I have half a dozen or so big charities I donate regularly to (I also donate to other causes irregularly) & only accept emails from the major organisations & they don't send pressies!

Once upon a time I asked one not to waste money by posting reports at the same time as I changed my email address & received a Standard Reply saying how sad (my words not their's) they were & they had cut me from their subscription lists but I could re-register any time, love & kisses etc. SIGH ... They are an international charity that does lotsa' good stuff but I do have another similar UN agency on my list.

Several decades ago I was supporting a big national charity that works with kids when they sent me an annual report or similar at the same time as I received a parcel of crap from an organisation I'd never heard of - both had the same reference no. on their labels, FUME - so I emailed the big charity & pointed this out & received a similar Standard Reply that did not mention the ref no. ... bye bye big charity. Crap that was donatable or recyclable went into the appropriate bag I & the rest went into landfill.

Those of us of a suitable age will remember sending or watching colleagues send data entry cards to THE COMPUTER at Head Office with fierce notes not to Bend, Fold or stab?, (can't remember the exact word but google knew it - Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate, where's bend?) & one day I bent & folded (did I stab???) some cards I received - never got any again! GRRRR - don't mess with me!

I have a friend on a smaller income who has supported an assortment of charities on a list she keeps. Some of these mobs send her crap even tho her donations are small. We both wonder if her donations cover the cost of the crap she receives, which she asks not to receive to no avail - weird. Personally I'd delete that/those organisations from my list