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by Dan Leopold
Aug 18, 2010
THE LATEST DONORS CHOOSE SCAM - PLEASE READ IN IT'S ENTIRETY
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL EMAIL I WROTE DONORS CHOOSE
> >**QUESTIONTYPE** My Posted Project >**PROPOSAL.ID** 392783 >**PROPOSAL.TITLE** Want to Bang on the Drum All Day! >**ADDITIONAL.PROPOSALS** > >**MESSAGE** I got an email with the subject > >- ...See MoreTHE LATEST DONORS CHOOSE SCAM - PLEASE READ IN IT'S ENTIRETY
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL EMAIL I WROTE DONORS CHOOSE
> >**QUESTIONTYPE** My Posted Project >**PROPOSAL.ID** 392783 >**PROPOSAL.TITLE** Want to Bang on the Drum All Day! >**ADDITIONAL.PROPOSALS** > >**MESSAGE** I got an email with the subject > >- Your project is eligible for an "Almost Home" offer: Want to Bang on the Drum All Day! > >I looked for the Almost Home logo on my webpage and could not find it, nor was my balance reduced to under 100 dollars. > >What I did notice is that the > >AO Fans and Glamberts - Glam Nation Tour Celebration! > >banner was removed, and I had two of their members support my project because of mention on their webpage. > >Please explain, > >Thanks, > >Dan Leopold
HERE IS THE LETTER I GOT IN RESPONSE
Thank you for contacting DonorsChoose.org! We truly apologize for this issue.
Yesterday we released a new feature to send emails to teachers when their projects become eligible for an Almost Home or Double Your Impact offer. We were excited about this new feature, as we always like to give teachers as much information as possible and alert them to any new opportunity. Since your project qualified for The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Almost Home offer, you received a copy of this email letting you know.
As mentioned in that email, although a logo appeared on your project page, funding from Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation was not guaranteed, as a lot of projects qualify for each available offer and only some actually receive funding in each case. However, offers do usually remain on projects for much longer than a day. We were shocked at the response from teachers to these emails! It seems that teachers were so excited about this opportunity that many emailed friends, causing the funding to run out in this case much more quickly than we ever expected - more than ten times faster than usual.
--------In your case it sounds like the offer ran out before you even made it to your project page--------
Thus, this funding has been spent out, so funds no longer remain to be applied to additional requests. We are truly sorry for any confusion this email may have caused and are working hard to ensure that this does not happen again. Please also know that your projects still have an awesome chance of full funding on DonorsChoose.org - especially during back to school season! It looks like you have already benefited from another recent opportunity through Adam Lambert.
Thanks for all that you do and please let me know if you have any further questions. For full details on Almost Home offers, check out the follow FAQ on our site: [link removed].
Best, Abigail
-- from Abigail DonorsChoose.org Customer Service
P.S. If you reply to this email, please do not modify the subject line. Re: AH (emails)-- from Abigail DonorsChoose.org Customer Service
P.S. If you reply to this email, please do not modify the subject line.
HERE IS THE LETTER I WROTE BACK TO DONOR'S CHOOSE
Dear Donor's Choose,
This is truly unfortunate. You said "it seems that teachers were so excited about this opportunity that many emailed friends, causing the funding to run out in this case much more quickly than we ever expected - more than ten times faster than usual. In your case it sounds like the offer ran out before you even made it to your project page."
I was so "excited" but the mailing you sent out was extremely misleading. I had NO idea what you were up to. You did give your members ANY indication that this project would be going through and it was first come first serve. In many ways it reminds me of a bait and switch - and I truly feel swindled out of an opportunity that I was never supposed to get in the first place. I think you need to make a public apology to your members on your webpage and find a better way of announcing opportunities so this never happens again. Please note I am posting a copy of this letter on your Facebook page so that others can learn from this experience.
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