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In Protest

Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
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In protest of the wristband band-wagon. I wear 2 red rubber bands joined in a twist.

4rf5hh

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    can i be you?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How exciting.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What, just lacky bands?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i have 1 of the yellow livestrong bands.... but tbh i prefer by surfer bead bracelets :D

    the red ones look cool though imo
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lol.

    I can understand where you coming from, but the ppl who made the actual charity ones had good intentions. Its just that people have turned em into the latest fashion item..
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    Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    Panthro wrote:
    What, just lacky bands?
    Yer ;o
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    mystifymysoul wrote:
    Lol.

    I can understand where you coming from, but the ppl who made the actual charity ones had good intentions. Its just that people have turned em into the latest fashion item..
    yeh... there's a shop in town that calls them "fashion" bands.... it's annoying because now they are bringing out random ones that have no meaning at all.
    they are even fooling some people into buying them and making them believe the moneys going to charity when its not.

    its a shame to see that something that started out as a good cause is now turning into something to make shops money rather than charitys.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ive got one livestrong band which was bought for a charity shop so at least i know that my money has gone to the charity
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeh, well nowadays its all about making money I guess..all those greedy business ppl have lost sight of whats important.
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    Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    Fish Food wrote:
    they are even fooling some people into buying them and making them believe the moneys going to charity when its not.
    This is the very reason I am protesting.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I bought my band from the Action Aid website, for £1 and I know the money has gone to charity. A store in town is selling Make Poverty History bands for £2... it's obvious they're making a profit on charity, which Dr Pirate, I agree is awful.

    I've seen schoolkids with millions of them, but if it makes money for charity then I can't see it being a bad thing to be honest.... the commercialisation of them is bad, so people should only buy them from places where they know the dosh will go where it's needed. I think it's a canny way of giving to charity. :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sorry, meant to post a new topic and got confused. :blush:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    All I have is a LiveStrong and a makePOVERTYhistory band, both from the charities themselves. It is shocking that people are trying to make a profit out of these. Scum
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    Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    Panthro wrote:
    All I have is a LiveStrong and a makePOVERTYhistory band, both from the charities themselves. It is shocking that people are trying to make a profit out of these. Scum
    I respect that, I just dont get why people would want to wear one that says "love" or "heart" or any other random word on.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Who gives a flying fuck :thumb:
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    Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    I was gonna say 'obviously not you' but seeing as you are banned, I shall simply say;

    SHAME.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hello everybody,
    I think that the charity bands were a fantastic idea, and the fact that they are now somewhat of a fashion statement is even better. This is one of the most clever ways to collecting charity money. There are heaps of fake ones, but i think that most people know which ones profit charity, but why not wear a random word on your arm if you like it? :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I agree they were a really good idea of raising money and awareness of chairtys but now that the fake ones are coming out i think that people would just rather buy one of those than going to the actual charity shop or website etc.

    i don't particularly like the idea of the ones with just words... i mean if they came out before the chairty ones they wouldnt be even half as popular as they are now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    People who profiteer from charity should be hanged upside down, nailed to a wall and then gently flayed.

    You should start selling them pirate:)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the original idea was to raise awareness. and you have to agree that it worked. a year ago, everyone was like 'lance who?'

    but obviously the human race cannot be trusted to keep things above board. agree with this comment:
    People who profiteer from charity should be hanged upside down, nailed to a wall and then gently flayed.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I know someone with 10 all together. They range from breastcancer to livestrong, to anti-racism to livewrong. All are sported at once down his arms. I've never seen anything so cool in my entire life.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fish_food wrote:
    yeh... there's a shop in town that calls them "fashion" bands.... it's annoying because now they are bringing out random ones that have no meaning at all.
    they are even fooling some people into buying them and making them believe the moneys going to charity when its not.

    its a shame to see that something that started out as a good cause is now turning into something to make shops money rather than charitys.
    people had that on the market today, all the teenyboppers were creaming themselves over them, literally
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    Showing ignorance here ... which colours are for what?

    Yeah, they really are raising awareness when some people see them and don't even know what charities they are supporting. If there were only a couple of them the I would agree but now I don't because there are so many so it is hard to work out which is which, therefore, IMHO defeating the object.

    But yes ... which ones are which?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Char_Baby wrote:
    people had that on the market today, all the teenyboppers were creaming themselves over them, literally
    :lol: its like that in the shop that they sell them here
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    o yeh and what i saw today... i made it obvious i wasn't impressed by them...

    but there was a set of four in a packet. a blue wristband with live strong on it (yes a space between the 2 words), a purple wristband saying some random word and 2 finger bands!!!!

    fingerbands!?!?! i mean wtf!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fish_food wrote:
    o yeh and what i saw today... i made it obvious i wasn't impressed by them...

    but there was a set of four in a packet. a blue wristband with live strong on it (yes a space between the 2 words), a purple wristband saying some random word and 2 finger bands!!!!

    fingerbands!?!?! i mean wtf!

    Lol..Now the evil band makers are trying to rob even more ppl of money-which doesn't even go to charity. However, as long as there are ppl willing to buy them, they will continue to manufacture this stuff.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dr Pirate wrote:
    In protest of the wristband band-wagon. I wear 2 red rubber bands joined in a twist.

    4rf5hh

    Discuss.


    omg your so cool, i do the same thing :/ only cause i have a force of habbit of puttin rubber bands round my wrist from my old job

    but yeah coolness :p
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