Amvets Service Foundation

Donating anything should be simple. But, unfortunately it is anything but that!!!
I periodically receive solicitations in the mail in the form of a card that asks for certain donations. Rather than load up the donation stuff I have (like I have previously), I called the 1−877−990−8387 toll-​free number listed on the card to schedule a pickup, as listed on the card. Unexpectedly, I got through immediately. The gentleman started out by asking for my zip code. I gave it to him after it took three tries to get him to get my zip code right. He then asked my name. I had to spell my name for him twice! Address? City (I guess the zip code didn’t help him)? State? Phone number (had to tell him twice)? He then asked if I was donating «clothes.» At that point, I had been on the phone approximately 6 minutes. I reluctantly told him that this was taking entirely too long and that I would find another service organization with a more efficient way of accepting donations and hung up.
Come on! I do like to donate stuff that I no longer need so that others can find some use out of them rather than the stuff winding up in some landfill somewhere. Heaven knows that we need less landfills! But really? Can’t these service organizations make it easier on the donator? I have had similar issues with other service organizations like Salvation Army (no one was at receiving dock and I stood around for 5 minutes in the store and no one helped me) and Goodwill (would not accept some furniture because «floor space was full and no where to put it…» This was after I spent my gas money and time driving to these stores!
Is it a wonder that some people just drop off there stuff on the side of the road, in alleys, and other similar places?