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I think this has been posted recently before..
lol, there's something funny about a charity organisation offering discounts
Do they sell any other colour of crosses?
from a charity, I'd be inclined to not use a discount coupon. nevertheless, if it happens to push someone over the edge from not buying to buying, it's a good thing
They also sell your DONATED blood to hospitals.
Sell?
Really?
Never heard of that one before, but care to provide a link so I can decide whether to donate or not?He speaks the truth. However you've got to remember:
- if they paid for the blood collected, a lot more people would lie on the questionnaires, simply so they get the money. I am not sure of any developed country that pays donators.
- It wouldn't be cheap to collect, process and distribute the vast quantities of blood requited, they have to claw that back somehow. I strongly doubt they have a significant profit margin on it. (would be used for advertising, upkeep etc) Hospitals bill it to the Government anyway under medicarecan't find the link right now but I'm fairly confident that it was on the red cross site itself
I know that red cross retains some donations as 'administrative costs'..never heard of selling blood though
Like mine, if your hospital takes blood donations you can donate there and bypass the "middle man".
I think you will find that NSW does charge hospitals for blood, but other states do NOT. Of course, you could say that the NSW Blood Service charges hospital the service to process and test the blood to ensure it is safe - it does not go straight from one vein to another.
I don't have a problem with this.
The way I see it, its a little like electricity.
The generating of the electricity is not that expensive, its getting it to your door that makes it expensive.
The Red Cross Blood Bank have admin (they need to hold a lot of data on us donors), staffing costs (nurses aren't free), materials (the amount of needles, blood bags etc they go through is amazing), testing of our blood and the building they occupy.
The only way the blood bank survives is if they derive an income stream from the hospitals.
is this really a bargain ???
Thanks OP!
after the Brisbane floods early this year where I had no power for several day and quickly realised that my HTC desire HD is useless as a radio… (battery life lasted around 8 hrs..) and storm season just around the corner.
I'm considering getting this emergency radio:
http://shop.redcross.org.au/shop/item/emergency-radio
apart from it being solar and hand-cranked powered it has a led light and a "mobile phone charger".
so the biggest selling point about it is the self-powered phone charger! has anyone seen this or anything simular before? what connection will it use for the phone? hopefully USB like everything else…
I want to play Angry Birds to pass the time :Pjust got the confirmation from the shop, the connection to phone is USB and the radio comes with chargers for most Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericson phones. any of these brands use micro USB?
This site has lots of Australiana gifts which would be good for overseas friends/family.