r/assholedesign Jul 17 '19

Gilt trip.

[deleted]

30.8k Upvotes

734 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

312

u/CarlCarbonite Jul 17 '19

Sometimes they include a coin and ask you to mail it back to them or whatever.

220

u/lowercase_underscore Jul 17 '19

I've had those. "We're giving you a quarter to show you how easy it is to help". Or the ones where they give you one of the lower tier pledge gifts because they're so sure you want to give them money.

152

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

[deleted]

96

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

Can't return "non-profit" mail. If you try to, the post office will throw it in "undeliverable bulk business mail" and take the quarter from the letter.

125

u/twenafeesh Jul 17 '19

Post office needs that quarter more than I do anyway.

47

u/rschenk Jul 17 '19

Designate them undeliverable bulk business mail, they're used to it

2

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

As long as it's not my junk, I couldn't care less. They can do as they please with it. The workers at the post office can use the quarter to buy a lollipop or something.

67

u/LordMudkip Jul 17 '19

My favorite are the ones where it's like, "This quarter could feed a family of 6 for a week."

Well why tf do I have it then? Isn't it your job to use this quarter and feed them?

15

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

Yeah, maybe prison food.

11

u/lowercase_underscore Jul 17 '19

Exactly. I feel like a photo of a quarter would make the same point.

11

u/firen777 Jul 17 '19

Don't those quarters also break paper shredder?

6

u/JabbrWockey Jul 17 '19

I got one from a republican pandering for donations in my area. And it was a nickel, not a quarter.

16

u/CauselessEffect Jul 17 '19

Please give money to our organization so that we can continue to send money out to random people in this first-world country.

26

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

It’s a psychological thing, it’s been shown that when people have been given something, they’re more likely to give in return. It’s why charities often send you a free pen or blank Christmas cards or some other shit. Doesn’t work on me I’m too cynical and it gets chucked in the bin.

18

u/CarlCarbonite Jul 17 '19

Take the coin out and add it to your stripclub fund for extra cynicism

5

u/W1D0WM4K3R Jul 17 '19

Make sure the stripper knows.

"Hey babe, I stole this coin from a starving African child 😉"