I reckon my discontent on this issue would never be ‘entertain’ by local newspaper, therefore I’m writing in to Temasek Review, hoping you would find it reasonable and a need
to voice it out.
(Please pardon me for my poor English)
For many years, I’m very puzzled and unhappy with this $0.20 charge on the charity shows’ donation calls. Since it is all fully automated, I do not understand how Singtel can impose such a charge so shamelessly.
I still remember there were a few times (not sure about now though because I haven’t been following these charity shows closely nowadays) Singtel actually charge $1 for ONE twenty-five-dollar donation call, in a sense that it is 5 five-dollar donation calls??
Excuse me, but wasn’t the $0.20 supposed to be the charge for ONE call?
And one would be charged $1.00 if he makes ONE twenty-five-dollar call instead of 5 five-dollar donation calls?
This is not an issue of the charge being ‘peanuts’ compared to the five/fifty dollars that the person is able to donate.
I simply find that Singtel should NOT be making any sort of profit on these automated calls.
If they think they actually spent money to build such devices, I would propose the charity shows follow the good examples of Hong Kong’s charity shows, have volunteers to answer the calls and take down the particulars of the donors.
No established and honest corporation should be making profit out of these charity events. Every single cent should go to the needy. I’m truly puzzled why no one ever bring up this matter, letting Singtel make profit out of it all the time, and even including GST on
the charge! $0.20 to an individual is not ALOT, but mutiply it by one million, it is.
Is there a way we can bring this up to Singtel?? Or any organization it concerns?
to voice it out.
(Please pardon me for my poor English)
For many years, I’m very puzzled and unhappy with this $0.20 charge on the charity shows’ donation calls. Since it is all fully automated, I do not understand how Singtel can impose such a charge so shamelessly.
I still remember there were a few times (not sure about now though because I haven’t been following these charity shows closely nowadays) Singtel actually charge $1 for ONE twenty-five-dollar donation call, in a sense that it is 5 five-dollar donation calls??
Excuse me, but wasn’t the $0.20 supposed to be the charge for ONE call?
And one would be charged $1.00 if he makes ONE twenty-five-dollar call instead of 5 five-dollar donation calls?
This is not an issue of the charge being ‘peanuts’ compared to the five/fifty dollars that the person is able to donate.
I simply find that Singtel should NOT be making any sort of profit on these automated calls.
No established and honest corporation should be making profit out of these charity events. Every single cent should go to the needy. I’m truly puzzled why no one ever bring up this matter, letting Singtel make profit out of it all the time, and even including GST on
the charge! $0.20 to an individual is not ALOT, but mutiply it by one million, it is.
Is there a way we can bring this up to Singtel?? Or any organization it concerns?
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