Okay, somebody help me here.
A nice, friendly bloke has just knocked on my door looking for long term donations via direct debit on behalf of Oxfam. Nikki and I have been talking about this for yonks and we do need to get something set up so I took the forms and asked him to come back tomorrow to collect.
But reading the small print (and some big) on the forms, he was a paid employee of a company called DialogueDirect. He gets a salary and a performance related bonus based on subscriptions. A quick look on the web suggests 100% of the donation goes to Oxfam in the first year, then a percentage is taken by DialogueDirect thereafter.
Is it just me, or does this all seem completely inapproriate? I've looked on Oxfam's website and it looks like I can donate directly – which I think we'll do regardless…
Any thoughts?