Signing up to good causes

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Fully expecting a flaming for being a coward about this but this is not usually how I deal with things.

I got collared recently near my office by a person selling something you have to sign up to, monthly. It is for a good cause (but they are all good causes aren't they?). I was really feeling quite unwell that day (which was visiblly obvious, think mass snot attack) and although I initially tried to leave, I relented instead of saying no and walking past I politely listened. When it came to sign up I just asked if I could take info and leave, would think about it etc but no, the person wanted my card details. I didn't have it so they kindly offered to accompany me to my office to get it which I gave.
On Sunday (yes, Sunday!) in the midst of my ongoing crappy illness they rang me up as something wrong with my card details. I was very tired and just said I would call back later and I didn't.
I then got so many missed calls I got annoyed and blocked the number.
They are still outside my office so I now have been walking the long way round as to not get collared again.

I feel bad as these people are probably on commission and I may have messed this up.
I signed up even though I didn't particularly want to, I did nonetheless.
I then felt a bit harassed.

So do I woman up and contact to say 'thanks but no thanks' and be a good cause Scrooge, just suck it up and sign up, or just ignore it? i now feel morally conflicted - didn't say no when I should have then filled it in wrong accidentally then didn't put it right.

No. fuck them.

consider it your cooling off period and you have now changed your mind, no problem, block them or contact and say no.

You shouldn't feel guilty. You were unwell and they were harassing you. Anything is fair game when it comes to dealing with these scum - it is generally considered perfectly acceptable to verbally abuse these "people" (in the loosest term!) so cancelling your payment is more than acceptable.

Remember, they are indulging in emotional blackmail to squeeze money out of you. Paying up just encourages them. Like any blackmail, the only way to stop it is to refuse to pay. You don't seriously believe that they will be happy with this monthly amount do you? It won't be long before they start calling you to increase the amount.

Unfortunately these charity muggers do not care about how their victims feel. They only care about the commission they get from making another sale.

On the human evolutionary scale charity muggers sit somewhere between paedophiles and Southern Railway strikers (a comparison that I sincerely hope offends all three groups, but a very fair comparison nevertheless. I'll leave it to you to decide which of those three groups is at the top and bottom of the scale!).

Don't feel guilty, and don't hand over any money. In common parlance, fuck 'em.