Poppy Appeal 2014

[woe10]

Yes, I'll be buying a Poppy too, but it winds me up that these rich people running these charities are getting richer, from money that is donated by the public, for a cause.

Where do you think the Boomtown Brat, Bob Geldof, (live aid) got his money from to buy Davington Priory, in Faversham. Not from "I Don't Like Mondays" 

[Ivemovedon]

Apparently the ceramic poppys at the Tower of London will be sold for £25 each, of which 10% goes to charity. I know theres overheads but 90% going elsewhere is more than a bit over the top. I can see that sort of ratio would put a lot of people off . Always do the poppy thing myself but i don't like seeing money being made off the back of charities.

[Mr Boo Boo]

Oh God I bought two ceramic poppies - what shall I do???

Me too, I ordered two last week.

[Brightspark]

Anyone use Ladbrooks?
Time to boycott them

[Archer]

Got our poppies from Chaplin's as we couldn't find any local. Well done 'appy.

[Spike On Q]

I looked into this and found that the organisation that has put this great display together is in fact the organisation responsible for the upkeep of five Royal Palaces not a services charity like The Royal British Legion. They have a responsibility to act as a trading organisation - just like a High Street retailer

Therefore if they a making a net profit of GB£18.00 from a sale of GB£50.00 I think they are doing a good job. Any retailer would be please with a net profit of 36% after costs and I'm sure the money raised will be used wisely.

I'm glad I bought a couple now

[Mr Boo Boo]

Glad I ordered mine spike, all sold out, only issue is that on the HRP tracking site they show delivery in jan next year, was going to give them as Christmas presents..

[Spike On Q]

I wouldn't like to organise the posting out of 88,000 ceramic poppies - can you imagine making sure they all arrive safely

Why not get a photo of the display at The Tower and make a Christmas card of it on one of the internet card sites - you can send it to the lucky recipient and they will know what to expect and how much you love them

[admin]

Where do you think the Boomtown Brat, Bob Geldof, (live aid) got his money from to buy Davington Priory, in Faversham. Not from "I Don't Like Mondays" 

He's a very astute businessman.

After Live Aid and the Boomtown Rats collapse, it took about ten years to sort out their very messy accounts sorted out (not helped by a botched tax scheme dreamed up by former manager Facthna O'Kelly that saw them hammered for back tax from 1983, just as the hits dried up...). When it was concluded, it turned out Sir Bob, as the writer of 99% of the Boomtown Rats songs, was due a rather nice wad of cash, not only from past music sales, but from royalties for radio and TV plays that had not been forwarded on, further boosted by the first ever issue of the band's back catalogue on CD with bonus tracks.

He owned one third of Planet 24 the company behind the Big Breakfast and The Word. It was sold for £15 million in 1999 to Carlton and Geldof pocketed a cool £5 million

He is also a director of Castaway Television, which owns the rights to the reality show Survivor and Celebrity Survivor, both huge ratings successes in the US.
Shareholders, including Geldof, Lord Alii and Big Breakfast creator Charlie Parsons shared a dividend of £4.9m in 2008 on the back of sales that had risen to £8.8m from £6.1m in 2009.

Geldof also dabbled in the dotcom arena, launching an online travel business Deckchair.com in 1999. And like many internet operations at the time, its value ballooned (to £15m at the peak of the craze) but plummeted in the dotcom crash of summer 2000.
It was sold in March 2001 to the World Travel Corporation for £3.2m - still, Geldof walked away with £500,000 from the sale, although it is thought he may have invested and lost a chunk of his Planet 24 gains in the process.

He also commands high sums for speaking engagements, including one event in Australia last year where he was paid $AUS100,000 (£63,000).

He's chairman of a £125 million private equity firm 8 Miles, which invests in Africa.

There is nothing to suggest he took a penny from Live Aid.

[Mr Boo Boo]

I wouldn't like to organise the posting out of 88,000 ceramic poppies - can you imagine making sure they all arrive safely

Why not get a photo of the display at The Tower and make a Christmas card of it on one of the internet card sites - you can send it to the lucky recipient and they will know what to expect and how much you love them

888,000 yes agree it must be a logistical nightmare....