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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  awww, what the heck! You wanna do something good and the organizations are never 100% what you think.  What should we do then?
I know the Locks of Love website says on there hair under 10" is unusable for them. But they do say they sell the unusable to offset manufacturing costs. |
I didn't mind them selling the hair to offset costs, but it sounds like they are making more money than most businesses.
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The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information on the organization’s finances and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard for Charity Accountability: 13.
Locks of Love (LoL) meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability. Charity Review of Locks of Love |
Here's an article on selling your hair.
How to Sell Your Hair - wikiHow, because you cannot take a tax deduction for selling a part of the body, it's better tax-wise to sell your hair yourself, and then donate the money to charity, and then take a tax deduction. Sounds like a lot of work though. Have you tried selling it on E-bay?
Seriously, I don't mean to be joking, I was just so shocked when someone suggested it wasn't a legitmate charitiy, and I thought I'd be able to find lots of information to prove otherwise, but the reverse it true. I have not done what I'd call a through investigation.