No, blue definitely does not go with pink.

Then again, neither does anything else. Carry on.

2) Suggest that another way besides the above may be the better one.

Was that so hard?

I would *totally* go see that zombie movie!

You stand by your missive of logic fail. Good for you. 

I’d guess you are unaware that the charitable portion of this episode does not include the bereaved? 

That is putting aside the straw-based foundation of your statement vis a vis criticism justified.

Pink products have the potential to be draining charitable dollars btw. Many instances of no money donated are regularly identified, like this one probably is.

Yet the consumer has acknowledged that they often feel they have done their share by buying such products, and need give or volunteer no further.

Yeah but if… 35 cents, or maybe even 45 cents, reaches a research project, I’m sure it’s all good.

The charitable agency with a $25,000.00 “pledge” guaranteeing them the amount the company wishes to donate to cancer research from sales of the jackets makes the lion’s share of it’s grants directly to or to efforts affiliated with the NFDA.

The NFDA is teh professional association of funeral directors/business owners. And is one of the largest contributors to the FSF charity in question.

The NFDA produces the annual trade show for this industry.

Which is where the jacket was introduced to the industry by the funerary apparel supplier that created the campaign.

The pledge would require that it be met from those “proceeds” whatever they are, before any other consideration. So if there is nothing left for the American Cancer Society ( a pox itself) then their poor hands are tied and all the “donated” money goes to the people that promote the interests of the people who “donated” it. 

A cost-effective, revenue neutral promotional campaign using the Breast Cancer Banner. It was never anything else.

You open with an ad hominem attack “let’s keep the ‘we’re too cool…’ “, and in a subsequent comment you continue with an appeal to emotion, “…and you can go over and tell them…”. It would help if you would address arguments on their merits.

That pledge is made to an association committed to furthering the funerary industry and has no affiliations with cancer research etc.

You demand in bold that it raises money for cancer research, but does it? It is certainly questionable and many similar efforts have been found to be “raising” money for at a rate of less than a penny on the -net- dollar. The fact is that when it is the prop for business promotion, research often gets none or so little as to be laughable, and then that amount is washed through the agency that receives it, diluting it further, often to nothing.

And does that then hurt no one?

Here’s a challenge to demonstrate: 

https://www.wearthepink.com

Now find how much and where it goes.

Note the post above, that highlighted that “up to 12% of the proceeds” goes to 2 different agencies, only one of which was smart enough to require a pledge as part of being named beneficiary of their fundraising (smart move these days, though pledges are often non-binding or un-enforcable). 

The one agency that may be guaranteed to receive “up to” 12% of a possible loss? Not a cancer agency.
http://www.funeralservicefoundation.org/

I am here to say it sucks and is lame because it is largely a false promise of an empty gesture, and even the suckers it comforts deserve better, let alone people suffering or actually working to better lives before profit.