How often did you get donations from the HH in the FS?

highdose

Because in my experiance it was once in a blue moon! Even if we did ask/ suggest for money. Most of the contributions put in the box were out of the JW's own pocket. So i can't see that printing mags and books is a very profitable way of going about things?

aSphereisnotaCircle

once it became a donation basis, I quit asking for money.

I hate it when someone gives me something, and then asks for a "donation".

I will not do that.

WTWizard

Usually, I would donate nothing upfront for the littera-trash. I didn't buy the crap about its not being double donating, since it really was. I would wait for the householder to donate, and then forward that to the box. If I did donate my own money, I would deduct whatever I got in the territory from my donation so I wouldn't double donate. Eventually, I simply quit donating altogether and rarely if ever asked the householders for donations--hence, they would take a bath every time I placed any littera-trash.

mentallyfree31

The last few years, I felt really embarrassed asking for donations. So I usually didn't.

nugget

Very few people ever gave a donation.

I was once accosted by Hare Krishnas who wanted me to take a vegetarian cookbook. They then said it was free but people were making donations, good buddies were giving £5. I told them that I was a bad buddyand would never use it so they should save it for the next good buddy to come along.

I always felt you were lying to people, on one hand saying something was free and on the other that they should be guilted into parting with money. I

Soldier77

Since the change to donations, I rarely asked for one and I have never put money in the donation box out of my own pocket. The very few times I got a donation from the HH I put that in.

I think I can count on one hand the amount of times I have ever donated out of my own pocket to the WTBS. I know, I was a rebel.

blondie

Some before 1990 since I wanted to be recouped for what I paid; after 1990 rarely since I no longer paid (or donated) for them. Also, I was puzzled why we did not ask people for funds when they had taken no literature if the money was not supposed to be directly associated with the publications.

Found Sheep

I never asked after it was donation... rare to get money once in a while I'd get veggies...

pirata

One time I placed a book and got a donation. I rarely hear a JW mention the donation arrangement (except when giving a sample presentation on a kingdom ministry part on how to ask for a donation). Most congregations as a whole seem to contribute enough to cover the cost of the magazines they donate, use, recycle or stack up at home.

How often did you get donations from the HH in the FS?

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