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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's another reason not to go along, from the echoage website:

"To provide ease and convenience for parents and maximum financial impact for charities, ECHOage charges a service fee of 15% per party.  ECHOage incurs all costs for the transaction of funds for each of our charity partners as well as all costs for running the ECHOage infrastructure and service."

A 15% fee is ridiculous!  As someone who works in fundraising for a major nonprofit, I can tell you that that is a total rip-off.  If you want to give a charitable gift, please make it directly to the organization.  Don't go through a group like this that is skimming a significant portion of the money away from nonprofits who need it.

climbing down from soapbox now... :)

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I agree with this post.  Also, what "cost for the transaction of funds" are they talking about.  A wire transfer fee?  A check.   This was a total red flag for me, plus I did not see the listing of charities anywhere.   This looks like a scam to me.[/quote]

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