ACLU

[clevermanka]

I double-payed my ACLU membership by accident.

They sent me so many letters and emails telling me that my membership was ready to expire, oh noes!, that I thought I'd imagined sending in the information last month. No, they were just really slow processing the payment.

I doubt they'll refund me, and I feel too cheezy asking for my money back to ask for my money back, so I guess they just get extra this year. Too bad I can't forward the overage to pay for my 2010 membership.

*grump*

I wonder how many other people fall for that underhanded sleazy liberal trick. Lawyers. I tell ya.

Comments

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

That's one of many things which bug me about this business. For production purposes, most data is pulled about six weeks out from the mail date, so they wouldn't have had your renewal in the database before they sent the second wave of notices. Bleh.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's always good to be reminded that once they reach a certain high level, even the people we think are the good guys are still usually assholes.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Er. Okay. :)

Note to self: You're an asshole.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

At some point in our lives, we're all assholes. =D

But seriously, it's a hard and uncomfortable thing to remember that even the high-ranking career politicians/lobbyists/advocates that we think are so wonderful and cuddly and lovable...well, there's a reason they're alive and thriving in the world of politics and it's not because they're golden paragons of pure virtue and integrity.

*sigh*

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Ah, well. I was talking about marketers, damn marketers, database marketers, and fundraisers. Not so much about politicians.
I'll be quiet now. :)

[poincaraux.livejournal.com]

Despite the studies I've seen showing that the ACLU actually does a decent job of spending my money on things other than bureaucratic nonsense, I'm almost done with them.

I give to the ACLU online. They came knocking at the door recently. I said "hey, ya'll are doing great work. That's why I'm already a member." Then they gave me the hard sell about contributing more because they need to boost their "on-the-ground" numbers and "neighborhood representation." And the guy just wouldn't take no for an answer.

Dear ACLU: It's 2009. If your charity is too stupid to put my name and address into a fucking database so that you can add me to your "neighborhood representation" numbers, how can you *possibly* expect me to believe that you're making good use of my money?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That's ugly. And upsetting.

Let me know if that happens to you again, because you can believe me if I have multiple examples of that sort of thing, I'll include a nice letter to accompany my non-payment next year.

How awful.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you can write them and ask them to apply the extra membership dues donation to the ACLU Foundation?
I mean, why the hell not get a tax deduction out of it, right?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That would be a really good idea if I bothered to itemize. =D