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[Closed] Any Poppy sellers on here?

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Last year we were told what the minimum donations were for the metal pins and wooden crosses etc.

This year we had a new lady drop them off and she reckons there's not a minimum donation. She is wrong.

I can't find anything on line, just what the poppy shop sells them for.

Does anyone know?


 
Posted : 31/10/2018 3:35 pm
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if you don't know the answer how do you know she's wrong?

The British Legion issue a guide, but no minimum donation is specified.


 
Posted : 31/10/2018 3:46 pm
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Yup I've heard this a few times from them and seems fair enough to me.


 
Posted : 31/10/2018 3:55 pm
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I'm not but interested in this "minimum donation" thing.


 
Posted : 01/11/2018 5:18 am
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If people just put 10p in the pot for a metal pin they wouldn’t be making any profit.

Before I put the suggested donation sign up a lady put 2 coins in and took 3 metal pins. Obviously people can put in what they like but FFS it’s a poppy pot don’t take the piss.

A couple of years back I had a seemingly normal person come and give me an earful because her paper poppy had broken and demanded a new one.


 
Posted : 01/11/2018 7:05 am
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A couple of years back I had a seemingly normal person come and give me an earful because her paper poppy had broken and demanded a new one.

Poke her in the eye with a metal pin badge, then she'd have something worth complaining about?


 
Posted : 01/11/2018 8:55 am
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I put £30 in the poppy pot in my local cafe this year and didn’t take a  poppy so I’m sure it all balances out

donations are donations - there’s no ‘minimum’- that would be a ‘sale’ . You can have a ‘suggested’ donation if you like. But the poppies are free. They’re not a receipt.

when that lady’s poppy fell apart you should have just given her another one.


 
Posted : 01/11/2018 10:02 am

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