Comment on October 2026 Membership Drive: Connecting Your Tags

  1. Isabellaoftheunicorn Fri 16 Oct 2026 12:54AM UTC

    It seems like too much money for the items being sold?

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    1. CandyLovely148 Fri 16 Oct 2026 12:58AM UTC

      Yes, it IS too much money for the items being sold. Those prices are way too high!

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      1. manbunjon Fri 16 Oct 2026 03:52AM UTC

        literally nothing is being sold. it’s no different than donating $100 to greenpeace and getting a tote bag as a thank you gift. i think you’re all confused on the difference between a donation thank you gift and a merch shop…

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        1. CandyLovely148 Fri 16 Oct 2026 04:17PM UTC

          Ok, sorry, thx

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          1. manbunjon Fri 16 Oct 2026 04:45PM UTC

            i didnt intend to come off as rude so i apologize as well. i just didnt like seeing so much negativity in the thread but it wasnt your fault. have a great weekend, wherever u are!

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      3. CaffeinatedMoonlight Fri 16 Oct 2026 09:59AM UTC

        You are not BUYING anything, they are looking for donations and giving small apreciation gifts in return. A donation is not a purchase, they could have just as well taken donations without any gifts being added.

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        1. CandyLovely148 Fri 16 Oct 2026 04:14PM UTC

          Sorry

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    3. CoilingThreads Fri 16 Oct 2026 01:16AM UTC

      They aren’t being sold, they’re a gift to thank you for your donation.

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    5. RubyRhodes Fri 16 Oct 2026 06:56PM UTC

      I think a lot of people misunderstand how fundraising gifts work, especially when they see something like a calendar being offered for a $200 donation.

      You're not paying $200 for a calendar. You're donating $200 to a cause, and the calendar is a thank-you gift.

      It's the same basic concept as donating to PBS during a pledge drive. You might contribute $100 and receive a tote bag, or a mug, or a DVD collection. Nobody is suggesting that the tote bag itself is worth $100. You're supporting public television, and the gift is a little something extra to thank you for that support.
      Fundraising works differently from traditional retail. When you buy something from a store, you're paying for the product. When you participate in a fundraiser, you're contributing to a mission, organization, or cause you believe in. The item you receive is an incentive or token of appreciation, not something with an equivalent retail value.
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      But judging a fundraising gift solely by what the physical item would cost in a store misses the purpose of the fundraiser yall.

      Tell me you’ve never donated to a charity without telling me you’ve never donated to a charity 👀

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      1. cuentame1cuento Fri 16 Oct 2026 07:34PM UTC

        THIS 🙌 I’m reading through the comments and I realized not many are familiar with how donation gifts work and I automatically thought of PBS as well. Thank you for giving a good example and laying out the difference between a donation gift given as gratitude versus merch being sold.💕

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      2. TheRazorsEdge Sat 17 Oct 2026 06:20AM UTC

        I honestly think many newer members, who are probably younger rather than older, may never have encountered this concept before. (I remember PBS pledge drives, but I haven’t seen one in 20+ years.) It’s likely they haven’t donated directly to a charity before, or if they have it was through something like a Facebook fundraiser or a text-to-donate-$5 campaign, not an old-school membership drive. Heck, I can’t think of another non-profit org I support that gives out physical donation gifts these days. (Hmm… Mozilla might have done stickers recently.) We may be getting into generation-gap territory here. 😅

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        1. valentinite Sat 17 Oct 2026 03:03PM UTC

          NPR around me still does them, but I think “turns on the actualfax radio in the car” is also a sign of being old.

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      4. regardsalxndra Sun 18 Oct 2026 11:20AM UTC

        My favorite gifts are the stuffed animals from the aspca and wwf.

        🐕🐼

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