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[quote=Anonymous]From the FAQs:
What will my guests see when they RSVP to my party?
When your guests RSVP to your ECHOage party, they will be able to send you personalized and relevant information about their child. They also send your child a special birthday message. And finally, they can contribute to the gift portion. The contribution page offers guests an amount between $10.00 and $40.00.  The amount is chosen by the guest and confidential to anyone but the host of the party.  The guest enters their credit card information using the secure ECHOage payment system. It is simple and quick.  A confirmation arrives by email as well as an ECHOage AWARD for the child who will attend the party.

I am not feeling these echoage parties.  I can kind of envision where they are going with this approach, the intention, etc....but the execution is just all wrong.  Are we going to start seeing this kind of thing for weddings now, too?  eh....not good.

If my kid wasn't good friends with the birthday child, I think we'd decline.  I agree with other posters who say that if you don't like the arrangement, better to simply decline the invitation.  If my kid was good friends with the b-day child....hmmm....tough one.  Not sure how we'd handle it ultimately.  Maybe do the approach someone else suggested of a special playdate IOU "gift," or something like that?  (Anything but a  wrapped, new toy.)[/quote]

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