Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Nancree

On 06 Oct 2003 00:58:48 GMT, (Nancree) wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Nancree

This is humor, right?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"Nancree" wrote in message
...
Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each
foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer
Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds
of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the
cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and
effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Read a promotion about that in the grocery store. My first thought was..
instead of buying the yoplait tubes.. take it and the cost of a stamp to the
local cancer society and make a donation. :-) Wouldn't have done much for
yoplait.. but the breast cancer fund would have had a bigger boost than
yoplait's way.

Debbie

in article , Curly Sue at
wrote on 10/5/03 9:58 PM:

On 06 Oct 2003 00:58:48 GMT, (Nancree) wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer
Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Nancree

This is humor, right?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

what i don't get about plans like this ("click for food", send in soup
labels for school supplies, foil lids for breast cancer fund, etc) is, why
can't they just make a donation to the charity without people having to DO
something? Just donate $x to the charity and be done with it. wouldn't the
book keeping be easier than having to count out how many foil lids were sent
back?

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:02:03 GMT, Sheryl Rosen
wrote:

in article , Curly Sue at
wrote on 10/5/03 9:58 PM:

On 06 Oct 2003 00:58:48 GMT, (Nancree) wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer
Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Nancree

This is humor, right?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

what i don't get about plans like this ("click for food", send in soup
labels for school supplies, foil lids for breast cancer fund, etc) is, why
can't they just make a donation to the charity without people having to DO
something? Just donate $x to the charity and be done with it. wouldn't the
book keeping be easier than having to count out how many foil lids were sent
back?

They want people to buy their product, visit their website, recognize
their name. Lots of people respond to such stuff. Look at all of
the "walk for charity" events. The same arguments could be made for
those functions as well.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:49:02 GMT, (Curly
Sue) wrote:

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:02:03 GMT, Sheryl Rosen
wrote:

what i don't get about plans like this ("click for food", send in soup
labels for school supplies, foil lids for breast cancer fund, etc) is, why
can't they just make a donation to the charity without people having to DO
something? Just donate $x to the charity and be done with it. wouldn't the
book keeping be easier than having to count out how many foil lids were sent
back?

They want people to buy their product, visit their website, recognize
their name.

Exactly. If you're going to buy yogurt anyway, there's some incentive
to buy Yoplait brand, even if you never get around to mailing in the
lids. If you *do* rinse (surely not a great effort) and mail the lids,
you have made a $2-3+ contribution to a charitable effort for
37-cents, which is a pretty good return. It's PR and advertising, but
it's not sinister or stupid.

Look at all of
the "walk for charity" events. The same arguments could be made for
those functions as well.

There was a very funny 'Coach' program in which his daughter and
boyfriend tried to persuade Coach's sidekick to contribute $x/mi for a
charity "walk." He offered to donate $50 if they'd paint his garage
instead.

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds
of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

Did you notice that every one of the actors lick the lids before sending them
in? Talk about yuck-ewww. Jan

in article , Curly Sue at
wrote on 10/6/03 12:49 AM:

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:02:03 GMT, Sheryl Rosen
wrote:

in article , Curly Sue at
wrote on 10/5/03 9:58 PM:

On 06 Oct 2003 00:58:48 GMT, (Nancree) wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each
foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer
Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the
cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and
effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Nancree

This is humor, right?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

what i don't get about plans like this ("click for food", send in soup
labels for school supplies, foil lids for breast cancer fund, etc) is, why
can't they just make a donation to the charity without people having to DO
something? Just donate $x to the charity and be done with it. wouldn't the
book keeping be easier than having to count out how many foil lids were sent
back?

They want people to buy their product, visit their website, recognize
their name. Lots of people respond to such stuff. Look at all of
the "walk for charity" events. The same arguments could be made for
those functions as well.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

I know. it's not born of philanthropy, it's all marketing.

that's why i tend not to buy into those.

walk for charity functions are different. the people who walk often donate
$$ themselves. some people wouldn't give if someone they knew weren't
walking and soliciting donations. the corporate sponsors buy into it for
marketing purposes, but they also provide bottled water, snacks, t shirts,
etc for the walkers. these amenities bring in more walkers, who make
donations and bring in donations from people who might or might not give
anyway. there is good in that. And often, the corp sponsors make it an
event for their companies, in order to get more participation...yielding
more $$ for the charity.

the labels thing...shaking my head it's just hype. gee....10 cents per
lid. wow! could they spare it?

Sheryl Rosen writes:

what i don't get about plans like this ("click for food", send in soup
labels for school supplies, foil lids for breast cancer fund, etc) is, why
can't they just make a donation to the charity without people having to DO
something? Just donate $x to the charity and be done with it. wouldn't the
book keeping be easier than having to count out how many foil lids were sent
back?

The send in proof of purchase *gimmick* is a mechanism for generating increased
revenue, whereas the increased profits will more than cover the company
donation, which of course is also a write-off. The more intelligent choice for
consumers who are truly interested in a particular charity is to simply make a
direct cash contribution.... I mean it's kinda dumb to hafta eat tons of
fercocktah cream of 'shroom soup when one can just support breasts directly.


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Nancree wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for each foil
lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents to Breast Cancer Fund
? How dumb can you get?

First of all, yuck . Imagine the odor, in the post office, of hundreds of
envelopes filled with not-well-washed foil lids.

And then, you'd have to mail at least 5 lids to even break even with the cost
of postage (37 cents) and about 10 cents per envelope. Plus time and effort.

This Yoplait organization is not very smart.

Nancree

Why can't they just donate the money they spend on the TV ads for this
promotion? It has to be more than they can hope to collect piecemeal
from individuals who mail in those licked lids.

Margaret

Margaret Suran wrote:
Nancree wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for
each foil lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents
to Breast Cancer Fund ? How dumb can you get?

Nancree

Why can't they just donate the money they spend on the TV ads for this
promotion? It has to be more than they can hope to collect piecemeal
from individuals who mail in those licked lids.

Margaret

Agreed. Next Friday our company is participating in a "wear blue jeans to
work day" which is actually sponsored by Lee jeans. It is a fundraiser for
breast cancer research. Those of us who choose to participate donated $5
each towards the research. In return we get to wear bluejeans to the
office. And they will give us a pink ribbon pin to wear as a gift for
donating to a wonderful cause. No purchase required and you can wear Levi's
for all they care! It's not a marketing ploy.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

Margaret Suran wrote:
Nancree wrote:

Have you seen the commercial from Yoplait yogurt, bragging that for
each foil lid (pink) that you mail to them they will give 10 cents
to Breast Cancer Fund ? How dumb can you get?

Nancree

Why can't they just donate the money they spend on the TV ads for this
promotion? It has to be more than they can hope to collect piecemeal
from individuals who mail in those licked lids.

Margaret

Agreed. Next Friday our company is participating in a "wear blue jeans to
work day" which is actually sponsored by Lee jeans. It is a fundraiser for
breast cancer research. Those of us who choose to participate donated $5
each towards the research. In return we get to wear bluejeans to the
office. And they will give us a pink ribbon pin to wear as a gift for
donating to a wonderful cause. No purchase required and you can wear Levi's
for all they care! It's not a marketing ploy.

Jill

That's the kind of event that brings in the [purest kind of donation.
Nobody profits by it, except the charity and a small donation goes a
long way, since it all goes to where it does the most good.

Just like our own RFC Cook Book. Is there a third edition planned?

Don't look at me like that, Nancy.

I am preparing for tonight's Break Fast Open House

The Buffet will include Nova Scotia salmon, Sturgeon, Matjes Herring,
Herring in cream sauce, Smoked White Fish, Tuna Salad, Egg Salad,
Scallion Cream Cheese, Vegetable Cream Cheese, Italian Fontina, Brie,
Emmenthaler, Boursin, Egg Challah, Raisin Challah, Mini Bagels, Jewish
Rye Bread, Crackers, Cut up vegetables, sliced onions, sliced tomatoes
and for the ones who don't like fish, there will be Kosher salami and
sliced beef tongue with Half Sour Pickles.

The Challah, over which the blessings will be recited, will be dipped
into honey, for a sweet year.

Coffee and tea and red and white wine and Slivovitz and Scotch and Vodka
and whatever someone can find in my bar and Seltzer and other sodas will
be available, too.

For dessert I will have a flourless chocolate cake, a lemon tart,
Russian Coffee Cake, Ruggelach and tiny mini fruit tarts. A bowl of
whipped cream will be there, too. Mit Schlag, you know.

Everything is bought, except for the tuna and egg salads, which I mad.
Zabar's, Fairway's and Citarella do things better than I can.

My cleaning lady is coming to help me. That way, I can socialize with
my guests and be certain that there is a constant supply of freshly
washed plates, glasses and eating utensils at hand.

A Sweet Year To All, Margaret

Margaret Suran wrote:

That's the kind of event that brings in the [purest kind of donation.
Nobody profits by it, except the charity and a small donation goes a
long way, since it all goes to where it does the most good.

Just like our own RFC Cook Book. Is there a third edition planned?

Don't look at me like that, Nancy.

I would *never* look at you like that, Margaret.

I am preparing for tonight's Break Fast Open House

To all my Jewish friends here, I saw today that the correct greeting
is 'Easy fast' ... if I'm wrong, I'm sorry. But I do wish you that.
But how you can talk about all this incredible food and not eat, I
give you credit! (smile)

nancy

in article , Margaret Suran at wrote
on 10/6/03 10:57 AM:

am preparing for tonight's Break Fast Open House

The Buffet will include Nova Scotia salmon, Sturgeon, Matjes Herring,
Herring in cream sauce, Smoked White Fish, Tuna Salad, Egg Salad,
Scallion Cream Cheese, Vegetable Cream Cheese, Italian Fontina, Brie,
Emmenthaler, Boursin, Egg Challah, Raisin Challah, Mini Bagels, Jewish
Rye Bread, Crackers, Cut up vegetables, sliced onions, sliced tomatoes
and for the ones who don't like fish, there will be Kosher salami and
sliced beef tongue with Half Sour Pickles.

The Challah, over which the blessings will be recited, will be dipped
into honey, for a sweet year.

Coffee and tea and red and white wine and Slivovitz and Scotch and Vodka
and whatever someone can find in my bar and Seltzer and other sodas will
be available, too.

For dessert I will have a flourless chocolate cake, a lemon tart,
Russian Coffee Cake, Ruggelach and tiny mini fruit tarts. A bowl of
whipped cream will be there, too. Mit Schlag, you know.

Everything is bought, except for the tuna and egg salads, which I mad.
Zabar's, Fairway's and Citarella do things better than I can.

My cleaning lady is coming to help me. That way, I can socialize with
my guests and be certain that there is a constant supply of freshly
washed plates, glasses and eating utensils at hand.

A Sweet Year To All, Margaret

oh sure rub it in!!! :-)

while i sit here, starving....waiting for 1:30 when my friend will pick me
up so i can get to the appointment (it's finally here...grrr to the medical
profession) to have my broken wrist put into a cast!

Margaret, you know i wish i could be there. Might just stop at the (Italian
run) bagel shop nearby for a veggie cream cheese bagel for later, just so i
can feel like i'm with you, in spirit anyway.

going back to lurking...it hurts too much to type.
sheryl
(wishing i had that voice-typing software now more than ever)

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

while i sit here, starving....waiting for 1:30 when my friend will pick me
up so i can get to the appointment (it's finally here...grrr to the medical
profession) to have my broken wrist put into a cast!

WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED??? I'm so sorry to hear that. I know you
can't really type but geez!

(hug) nancy