[ForSale-Swap] Top Ten Reasons not to donate to QTH

Eric Jones ejones at hiwaay.net
Wed Oct 1 20:40:47 EDT 2003


de N4TGC Eric

Even tho I "pony up" every year, I tried to think what conceivable reasons
folks might have not to -

1)  I AM going to donate - really!  I just have to get a minute to go online
and get it done - but the dinner bell's ringing right now, and there's a
game on later I'm gonna watch, but trust me, I WILL give something -- later.
2)  Geez - more junk mail!  DELETE!
3)  Whaddaya mean, donate!  Email's 'spose to be FREE, man!  The internet's
FREE!  It's a Constitutional right!  It's all FREE!  Get outa here!
4)  Al Waller?  Who the heck is Al Waller?  What kind of scam IS this?!  And
who's this Fischer fellow?  Who ARE all these people saying I should GIVE
GIVE GIVE??!!  Geez!
5)  I'c'n only give about five bucks - what good would that do?!  It's too
much trouble!
6)  Well, I'd really LIKE to - but I'm spent out for this month!  Bills,
bills, bills, bills, bills - all the getting and paying of the bills!
7)  I better not use my Paypal account - I'll have to get down to the P.O.
and buy a m.o. , so my wife won't find out about it - last time I tried to
spend money on Ham stuff, my arm was in a sling for a week!  And I'll have
to wait til after the 10th, when my check comes in --
8)  I'm out of a job, living back at home with my parents - I just can't ask
them for yet more dollars - I just spent $2000 on this computer ...
9)  Look, if I HAD the bucks, I'd MUCH rather spend it on my girlfriend!
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge!
10)  Screw Al Waller.  What a turd head.  He owes ME, not the the other way
'round!

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Disclaimer: While I don't know Al personally, I've corresponded with him
over the years, and he's always been friendly and forthcoming.  The last
"reason" is just one exploration of psychology.    e




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