[access-uk] Re: My experiences with legal download services
- From: "Justin R" <mypc128@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:25:43 +0100
>"Stephen and Tina Green"
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experiences with legal download services
> As far as I'm concerned, this initiative from Oxfam is a very poor way
> of donating to a charity. During a radio broadcast, a representative
> from Oxfam confirmed that only 10 pence goes to the charity from every
> pound spent on the downloaded music by the user.
realllY? it's not a lot is it! reminds me of the donation the halifax give
to their chosen charities on the charity card scheme. you'd think charities
wouldn't make much money out of credit card schemes and the Oxfam music
download store either.
Justin
> It seems to me to be a great deal of trouble for Oxfam, with little
> return.
>
> Steve Green
>
>
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> Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experiences with legal download services
>
> Thanks Andrew for a very thorough and informative article on the Oxfam
> way
> of doing business.
>
> The credits thing is a real put-off for me. I'd much rather pay
> straight
> cash and know what the percentage is that I'm paying over that goes to
> Exfam. You have told me enough to know its not for me. And the varying
> degrees to which you are allowed to burn music to CD would be a turn-off
> to
> me as well.
>
> Its an iteresting idea though, and much more preferable to Charity
> Muggers
> on the streets getting people to sign up without telling them that, very
> often, the first year's donation goes to the fund raiser. I for one
> though
> would not mind RNIB and others going this route with an accessible
> website
> and a trasparent business like way of trading and fund raising.
>
> Before I stray off topic even more, cheers.
>
> From Ray.
>
>
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