Society Of The Little Flower

[granny grump]

I received a mailing today from the above society - completely out of the blue and of no interest to me whatsoever.

It amazes me where they get these lists of addresses from I will send it back and ask for my name and address to be removed

I got a few address labels though - always useful although I don't think that I will use the ones with a nun on.

[boxtops]

I'd just ignore it, granny - if you write back, they'll know they've hit a genuine address.

[granny grump]

Good idea boxtops thank you

[boxtops]

I made a mistake of answering an advert for free seeds to attract honey bees - Friends of the Earth descended en bloc, asking me to donate to Save the Bee.

[granny grump]

Will definitely ignore it then although the letter is signed by:
Most rev.Fernando Millan Romeral, O Carm Prior General

With a PS Please make the first use of your new Little Flower Rose name label on the enclosed donation envelope. Please help send out her Carmelite priests and brothers to be messengers of God's love of life, Your friendship and goodness touch my heart. God bless you.

I am touched by this personal message (Chortle chortle)

[atalanta]

Someone who has your address legitimately has sold it. I get to the bottom of these scams by giving a different middle initial every time I have to give name and address. For instance, for Amazon, I am "Atalanta A ******". For Lakeland, I am "Atalanta L ******". For a tour operator I travel with, I am "Atalanta V ******". For a cookshop I deal with, I am "Atalanta C ******". So I can easily see which one has sold my details to some charity ( which may easily be a bogus charity, when you think about it.) Then I can write a viciously polite letter to the managing director of the company which has sold me down the river, telling him/her what I think of the company's morals.
Not that any of the above companies has ever done this - if I told you which ones have done so, there could be trouble. Try it for yourselves.

[woofgang]

cool idea Atalanta, my vote for best answer!

[Octavius]

Society of the Little Flower - thats quite an obscure one though really, are you American granny grump? Were they asking for donations, or do you know someone religiously inclined who might have inadvertently given your address out for some infathomable reason? Are you connected with the carmelites or suchlike, visited pone of their historical places...?

I agree with ignoring it, but the provider of your address may well be closer to home.

[naomi24]

http://www.littleflower.org/


I'd give it a miss if I were you.

[jomifl]

Do they do discounts around St. Valentine's day?

[granny grump]

A good tip atalanta - No Octaviust I'm not American and there is no one I know that would have any links with an organisation like this - will definitely give it a miss naomi and that made me titter jomifl as I said the labels will come in useful

[joko]

you can buy copies of the phone book for any town you like

some companies do gather mailing lists and sell them though.