Sorry to some charity solicitors.. I'm start losing faith on you and you're to blame for that

Months ago, I blogged my unpleasantness over how a charitable organization solicit donation from the public.

It seems to me that days of going around with a donation card or carry a tin waiting for donors to spare some shillings for the under-privileged are things of a past.

Just days after the unpleasant encounter at Bishan, I was being approached at my doorstep by a smartly-dressed gentleman who claimed to be raising funds for some handicap kids, which at the end of the day I would be given a small token of appreciation for my kind deed.

Perceived as a one-off kind of donating act, I did not think twice and part my ten bucks out of my pocket with a promise that the token of appreciation "would be delivered SOON".

To be honest, I don't really give a hoot of the token since I took it as an "one-off" thing, although bigger surprise awaits me when the token finally delivered weeks later.

In his usual attire, the solicitor turned up at my doorstep with two paper bags loaded with the promised tokens for every donors.

To facilitate some documentation, I allowed him into the living room to do so.

Having completed the necessary paperwork, here came the surprise when he flashed a laminated card to me.

"Do you having any saving plan?" he asked, while insisted he's not representing any financial institution.

Despite having told him I felt I'm adequately equipped with those financial commitments I already had, he went on persistently trying to persuade me to take up what he claimed is an "offer specially for the donors".

"So what are your concern (for not taking up the offer)?" he queried.

"I don't have any concern, it just that I did not expect this 'follow-up', nothing more than just an 'one-off' donation." I retorted.

Having stand firm on my ground, the solicitor left with no other option but to leave the place gracefully or risk any undesirable repercussion from the host (yours truly, that is).

Now, the point is – it seems to me that I'm fast losing faith of these solicitors who seems to be bearing some ulterior motives while seeking help for the less-privileges... I'm sorry for saying that but to me this is far too much.

This is the token of appreciation - which I appreciate it, but not the follow-up