DIYbanter - View Single Post - “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will be in Buffalo, NY Nov. 7 to Nov. 14, 2009

Nova

wrote:

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:50:03 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote:

The ONLY problem I have with all this is the hypocrisy of asking all
these people to volunteer so they can milk it for ratings = big bucks.

Aren't you leaving out one important fact? That fact is the needy
family that gets the house.

That's what concerns me. A google search for "Extreme Makeover Home
Edition Foreclosure" brings up quite a number of hits.

I don't want to end up volunteering my time for the benifit of a bank.

Yup, all the businesses involved are profiting in some way. No
argument about that. But, someone who needs it is also benefiting. The
volunteers get a feeling of doing something good and everybody is
happy. Compare that to those 'profiting' businesses just paying some
corporate advertising agency and you're left with two outfits that
profit and everybody else gets nothing. You tell me which is
preferable? If it helps you, the Home Makeover show is less
hypocritical than just two companies doing some advertising business.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA