[dr_lew]

I gave $100 some time ago, but according to my own perception, it seemed like I got some phone calls and stuff. Dunno, just sayin’. Made me shy, for sure. If there were a bucket on the corner, I would readily stuff it with twenties.

[MUDDOG]

I used a prepaid debit card I bought at the supermarket. No problem.

[Leaning Right]

it seemed like I got some phone calls and stuff

That's why I'm going to send a postal money order to Free Republic. No personal checks. Not that I'm paranoid, or anything like that.

But FR is worth at least $10 per month to me. So a postal money order to FR of $120 makes sense.

[Chode]

then you need to check your perceptions... then goto Wally's any get a money order

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

I don’t generally give large amounts, and only semi-regularly, but I did also give $100 once, and noticed no uptick in phone calls or emails. I wouldn’t worry.

Now, if you give to a political candidate and they sell their donor list...now that’s a different story. It seems that half of some days are spent culling emails from obscure sources.

[ConservativeMind]

Jim has NEVER called anyone that I know of for any fund raising or telemarketing.

I must not understand to what your allusions are referring, but, really, there is nothing happening from “the management.”

If you are getting crank calls, it's not likely due to Free Republic donations. Really.

[Utilizer]

I have contributed to FR on a semi-regular basis whenever I can with whatever I could afford at the time. Over all the years I have never noticed an uptick in phone calls or any other solicitations.

However, it seems like every time I purchase more air time for the phone I begin receiving a sudden surge in the number of unknown and restricted calls coming in immediately after that. Then when I do a reverse-phone-lookup I notice quite a few others commenting about loan and mortgage offers from people with heavy foreign accents. As well as crank or vitriolic rude persons on the other end.

You might consider that it is not FR that is causing you your posted difficulties, especially considering that there is no advertising or ad-linkies allowed so there is no one that would have the ability to connect your donation to any information other than what you posted online.

Plus, as others have mentioned, a prepaid debit card is quite handy for all manner of donations. :)

[Jim Robinson]

Thanks, but we make no telephone solicitations. No calls, no direct mail, no email spamming, no advertising, no marketing whatsoever