They are a non profit organisation. They are not allowed to sell for profit. That's it and all about it. It doesn't matter a damn if you think they should be able to. Yes, they can make money from other sources, but not by selling products for profit. Or do you think it's fine for them to do whatever they want to get money?
John.
John.
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From: "Gordon Keen" <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:18 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIBI am in no way a RNIB fan boy but where do you think they get the moneys required to run their educational establishments and other services? Some funds undoubtedly come from the state by way of grants but not all and they have to raise the shortfall from other sources.
I can not say that I always agree with the way they spend the money they raise, a lot of the tech projects are just a waste of time - who can forget the ill fated electronic newspaper debacle, and I believe that they are too top heavy in their management structure but that is another argument.
Regards G From glorious Devon, England On 20 Nov 2009, at 19:52, john coley wrote:
That's the point. They make a profit. As a non profit organisation they are not allowed to. You have just said so much yourself.John.----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:33 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIBThey are a nonn-profit organisation in that they do not exist to make a profit.Iain -------------------------------------------------- From: "john coley" <johncoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:21 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIBThey shouldn't in that case claim to be a non profit organisation. The fact that you agree with it is immaterial. It is dishonest.John.----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:46 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIBNo, I am not shocked and I think it only right that RNIB should sell goods at the same price as other suppliers. We should remember that Selling is only part of the work which RNIB does and even here there are many areas of subsidy. If we take books for example, a book is genrally sold by RNIB at the same price as the print version. However, the cost of producing that book is much greater than the print. If we were to be charged the same price for audio books as the general market price, I don't think many of us would be buying too many of them. Personally, I think there is too much of the expecting to get things cheaper within the blind community.Iain -------------------------------------------------- From: "john coley" <johncoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:03 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] RNIBHi everybody, I learnt something the other day that shocked me. It's something that affects many of us. The RNIB as a charity is supposed to be a non profit organisation. When I was researching prices of a product recently I found it strange that the RNIB charged the same as other suppliers. I took it up with a friend at the RNIB, who confirmed to me that yes, they do make the same profit as other suppliers, but given their status as a non profit organisation they're not allowed to call it profit, so call it contribution. Given that any financial gain made on sale of something is profit whatever they choose to call it it comes down to the same thing. 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