Mouth & Foot Painting Artists Sdn Bhd shall stop this kind of hard selling

[FearLESS]

I received a pack of greeting cards from Mouth & Foot Painting Artists
Sdn Bhd. First I do not know who is the fucker giving out my name and
address to this organisation.

Although the letter said the receiver has no obligation to mail back
RM26.00 to the company, but I feel very uncomfortable if I ignore the
appeal after seeing those handicapped persons' picture in the letter.

Definitely I would like to do charity works if I am not wasting my
money to fight with Petronas in the court. Unfortunately the timing of
receiving this letter really makes me angry on this kind of hard
selling tactic.

I wondering this kind of hard selling to bait sympathy from normal
people is an ethical or right things to do or not. I am going to throw
away the cards and not give a single cent to this company because I am
totally disapproved using handicapped people to push for hard selling
marketing.

[Jason Chong]

FearLESS wrote:
>
> I wondering this kind of hard selling to bait sympathy from normal
> people is an ethical or right things to do or not. I am going to throw
> away the cards and not give a single cent to this company because I am
> totally disapproved using handicapped people to push for hard selling
> marketing.

Putting our differences aside, I have a similar gripe.

I hate it the most when I am having my lunch and people come up to
me asking for donations and shove the pictures of handicapped people
right in my face.

I have symphaties and willing to donate at my own discretion but when
these donation seekers do things when I need peace and quiet the most
while having my lunch, I almost want to jump up and punch the person
for spoiling my appetite and day, regardless if it's a pretty girl
or not doing this to me.

That was really a big low down and most turn off approach of all
donation seekers! Everytime I feel like screaming at these idiots
to get lost, most of the time i just ignore them until they go
away. They spoiled my mood and I am even MORE FIRMED on NOT donating
to them.

[Ms Bellum]

I understand you sentiment regarding such 'hardsell' tactic. I have visited
this organization before as well as their counterpart in Singapore. Just put
yourself in their shoes, they are handicapped as you can observe from the
letter detailing how they do their arts. Thus, they are physically curtailed
in their efforts to 'market' their artistic products like other able-bodied
people. In other words, they have little choice but to resort to such
tactics. Rest assured that they really mean 'no obligation' - they have
factored in the rejection rate in order to maintain their profit margins. Do
not feel uncomfortable if you do not wish to purchase, just do not throw
them away. You are doing them a favor by sending the cards to your friends
or relatives (free publicity for them). If they had wanted to make you feel
uncomfortable, they would have written sob stories about their lives. Most
of them have heart-wrenching personal experience to tell...
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[FearLESS]

I had observed how normal people make use of handicapped people to
make money from other normal people. Abusing "symphathy" with hard
sale is not a right approach to help those handicapped people. This
tactic is not different with Reader Digest's you win a big prize
campaign. That's suck and low taste!

I can say most people will feel uncomfortable and not happy with this
kind of hard sell tactic. You feel guilty if you decline the offer and
you also feel you are forced to donate if you pay this company.

Sometimes I feel handicapped people having same mentality with Malay
race, they always think they are victims and marginalised by other
people.

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