Amazon have teamed up with Mermaids

Just ordered something via eBay rather than Amazon. Pity as Amazon was cheaper, but still worth it.

To the poster who asked about support try here

lgballiance.org.uk/

I got a response from Amazon that states that any charity that has charitable status can apply to be enrolled on their Amazon smile programme. I have replied asking why they promoted them on Twitter

Well this will help break my amazon addiction.

I like Neste Dante soaps and have got them from Amazon previously. I just ordered some elsewhere. The same price as Amazon but I had to pay £2.49 delivery, whereas it would have been free on Prime. Worth it for me though.

Customer support have said they will pass on my concerns.

I assume the charity arm is woke and focussed on Pride. I hope the business people understand better, given the breadth of its customer base, the need to stay away controversy.

I hope either the Mail or The Times pick this one up, like they did with Mermaids lottery funding.

Ahh. I just used the customer support contact.

Its good though. I already had my reservations about Amazon's monopolistic power, the environmental impact, the use of he Luxembourg for tax reasons and the damage to the traditional high street and the resultant employment opportunities.

I also very irritated that my neighbour seems to think that because I work from home I am some form of delivery depot for her. Up to five parcels a day before Christmas and no thank you. And indeed parcels sitting in our hallway now as they are on yet another break from lockdown. It must be a huge imposition of the frail elderly.

I noted this this morning

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8469107/Department-Transport-considers-compulsory-charge-online-orders.html

I appreciate we all need to order online, and some more than most. However it would be one way of levelling the playing field between on line firms and shops who pay council tax etc.

Promoting a single faceted lobby Mermaids, when the Government has expressed concern about the increase in ROGD, and about the medicalisation of children, is a a strange move, and smacks of a woke US organisation trying to interfere in internal UK politics in a way that they really should not.

Wtf. What kind of sicko would want to commemorate that awful murder like that?

I don't know if I can face the summer without prime but I've emailed Amazon detailing my concerns. Email address is charity-support@amazon.co.uk if anyone else wants to do similar.
Interestingly if you watch the Unified in Pride trailer that @BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy posted, over half the presenters are drag queens, one charmingly named JonBenet Ramsme. Yeah, if I ran a charity for children I'd definitely want to associated with an act saucily named after a high profile child murder victim

I cancelled my amazon prime membership 2 months ago but I can’t seem to cancel my amazon music which I pay £14.99 a month for.
Anyone know how to do this as it seems to be impossible!!

My prime has just renewed. Bugger.

I don't want to let it go to waste my and I have been supporting my local Woman's Aid through Amazon Smile.

And this is one boycott DH is unlikely to support - he gets too much from Amazon.

I'm a bit conflicted tbh

I would love it if JKR could stop them selling Harry Potter merchandise.

How do you find a total on just giving? I've always seen a total nesr the top if the page but cant on mermaids.

Happy to buy elsewhere, safeguarding comes first.

Just giving still managed to take their percentage when Tom Moore raised the £20m for charity despite it being a very good cause.

So which charities does just giving consider not as good?

In googling for this I've seen a just giving page with loads of donations, and when I clicked through it said just giving aren't taking there percentage as it's such a good cause. 🤷‍♀️

Thanks slyvanian I've never tried etsy. I've got a Tesco order on the way that I can't cancel, but after that I'm done with them. I have to write and explain why.

Someone else asked this and I genuinely want to know how and why are mermaids climbing the charity ladder, queue jumping and getting access to so much so fast?

@ChinWhiskers they must have friends in high places. It just doesn't add up. Nor does it add up that the most oppressed group in the history of humanity seemingly have all the big corporations on their side. I've "followed the money" before and it does seem to point to interesting places but I think there's more to it than we know.

@Bluebooby try Etsy. You can find makers in the area you are sending to.

I wonder how much Mermaids has raked in from Tesco, Starbucks, Amazon and others over the year and what they plan on doing with it?

or is this power simply a momentum from woke millenials and social media?

I think this is the case.
It reminds me very strongly of Kids Company I would assume a high risk of the final outcome being the same.
It is the trendy thing of the moment with people who haven't really thought through what they are supporting and who is running it.

Sorry I posted the link and then got distracted by doggos. Meant to add it looks like mermaids have been added to the smile@amazon list of charities. As well as some more direct fundraising with whatever they are doing for pride. I've looked on Facebook and currently it's not going too well, a few aww we just wanna help the poor twans folk, and more that say mermaids ain't all its cracked up to be.

Thanks @Bananabixfloof

Just cancelled prime. It was about time anyway!

uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=amazonprimevideouk&pageUrl=3