Don’t Invoice Me When You Want a Gift

I’ve been stewing for a while about a certain kind of solicitation I’ve seen. I’ve hesitated to write about it, but I get more annoyed the more I think about the damage this thing can do.

Want some examples? This is an email I got last December (good organization, bad solicitation). And this tactic made news in March when the Republican National Committee tried it. I really hate a request disguised as a bill.

I know, I know—I see it often enough to guess it must work in some way, but it’s all wrong.