Those free mammogram sites

Hi, Holly,

Yes, this site is “legitimate,221; but as you say, there is more to know. ; It is run by a for-profit company that draws you to its web site, the primary sales tool of the company, by asking you to click once per day to cause them to donate money for free mammograms.  That’;s why they don’t just give the money for the mammograms … it wouldnR17;t generate any customers for them. ; Those who responded that they do click daily are doing a good thing, so long as they have the willpower not to buy stuff they don’t want or need, or at a price that is more than they could easily find it for elsewhere.

I, too, get this email very frequently, claiming that the site is “having trouble getting enoughR21; clicks to fund the mammograms.  No!  They are having trouble getting enough visitors (read “shoppers”;) to their “store.”  Sometimes I take the time to write whoever sent me the email an explanation like this one, and if I go to the web site to get details to make my response more credible, I DO click on the free mammogram button while I’m there.  It can’t hurt, but I don’t obsess about doing it.  And I certainly don’t buy from the site’;s sponsor.  Their prices are pretty high, and the percentage of sales they donate to mammograms or breast cancer in general is very low.  I usually tell people if they want to donate to a breast cancer cause, I know a much better way to do so! 

Cheers!  Heather #3

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