Just plain Huh?

[Sheldonrs]

I just got off the phone after talking with a now NON donor. He called to complain that he was going to make a donation on our web site but now refuses to because we have the "audacity" to require his e-mail address.
I explained to him that we do this so the donor can get a receipt asap for tax purposes. He said that since his credit card company already sends him a receipt and that we should not have to. (FYI - 501C3 non-profits are REQUIRED to provide receipts).
I told him I would be happy to take his donation by phone and he would not need to give his e-mail address at all. He said he was already "SOOOO ANGRY" about "Having to make this phone call to complain" that he would never donate to us "EVER!".
I just told him I would pass on his comments. He said "I hope so" and hung up.

I wonder what he does if the toast is burned? Break out the uzi?

[Wingates_Hellsing]

I wonder what he does if the toast is burned? Break out the uzi?

Probably not, since he would have shot and killed himself by now should he try to use one .

He must be doing something about that darn toaster though... golf club?
The frequent self-inflicted blows to the head would explain the density of his skull...

Anywhoo, why do people act like their e-mail is some sort of sacred code, rivaling the importance of things like their birth date, home adress, and SSN?

I for humanity.

[wraiths_crono]

it is because most customers are too stupid the realize that you can get more than a single email address, heck I work for an ISP, we confirm email addresses, and people act like I just pulled out a club (hint: your ISP knows your email address you gave us, its NOT a secret)

[wagegoth]

I've got five personal email addresses (that I can remember) plus work. I have a main one, a couple of secondaries when I don't want to give out the main one, and two I really don't use.

[Dips]

We have a surprising number of customers who use a web form to get an activation code sent by email and purposely supply a fake email address. I receive the emails that are generated by the web form.

Their "cleverness" leads to two very amusing outcomes:

1. They email us from their real address asking why we didn't email them an activation code.

2. They submit the form again a few minutes later. The smart ones use a real email address the second time (you can almost hear the "D'oh!" when they realize what they did). The dumb ones will use a fake address AGAIN, sometimes more than once. The record so far is seven.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

What a self-righteous twit!

He gets to brag that he's some kind of wonderful donor, and keep his money!

Special place in hell. All I'm sayin'.

[Slytovhand]

yeeeaaahhhhh.... how wonderfully kind-hearted of him. To actually refuse to make a donation where he was going to, merely because of something like that..???? Mate - keep your money then! (and pray you never need to rely on other people's charity)

[sanchopanza65]

there's actually a website out there where you can create an E-mail address that expires in like an hour, for just such an occasion. Or you could just do what I do and use your school and/or company address as your main and deflect spam and registration crap to one of many others. It's gotten to the point where I am on a couple of mailing lists I don't remember signing up for.