Comments on: Buzz Meter: ammado

By: International Giving Circles - Atomic 3.0

International Giving Circles - Atomic 3.0 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:38:58 +0000

[...] all old news, or old comments on blogs, eghttp://lukebj.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-is-ammado.htmlhttp://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2009/01/08/buzz-meter-ammado/and even http://exstaffinlimbo.blogs.ie/ which is a blog by supposed ex employees of Xsil Ltd that [...]

By: Dag

Dag — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:14:17 +0000

Does anyone else have any experience with this?

By: niall

niall — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:40:05 +0000

This man has no interest in charity, he is a serial entrepreneur, he just sees the opportunity to make money off the generosity of others!

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:53:48 +0000

I don’t know all the particulars of this situation. I do know that Peter has funded Ammado and built it on his own dollar in the hopes of benefiting charities throughout the world. Let us not diminish the intent of this effort.

By: Enlightened

Enlightened — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:10:54 +0000

Hi,

Obviously Peter Conlon and Anna Kupka are not very charitable people at the end of the day when you see what they have done to their own staff at xsil (just before xmas). I personally will never donate a cent through ammado.com to fill the pockets of such unscrupulous people and I hope others will see these people for what they really are and take a similar stance! As stated above if you are going to give to charity, give to the charity not these people!

Enlightened

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:09:35 +0000

Hi Geoff
It looks like Anna just agreed that in some cases their is a 10% Fee.
I also notice that she does not have any comment about not Paying their staff in Xsil. Do Contracts mean nothing to these people.
A company like Ammado should set out to gain people’s trust.
If Ammado owners showed that they cared enough to pay their own debts. Then it might show the way they do business in a different light.

By: Anna Kupka

Anna Kupka — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:52:54 +0000

Hi Geoff, I have to correct what Peter said – the fee for charity is maximum 5% that’s for credit card fees etc. where an individual donates directly through ammado. In cases where companies get the solution for their employees or customers we charge the company a 10% administration fee and the charity gets 100% of the allocated donation money without any deduction. The same is true for giving vouchers which you will be able to buy online from end of January. Thanks for your post, we really appreciate it.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:59:38 +0000

I think that the Buzz Meter is way off the mark, Read the links by Unpaid. You Mention that all donations are charged at 5%. This is not true. In some cases it is 10%.

When you read that the owners of Ammado have not even paid their own staff in Xsil since Sept 08. How can you be sure that the money you pay will reach the charity.

Pete

By: Unpaid Employee

Unpaid Employee — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:12:55 +0000

Hi,
I should warn you about Ammado – the directors are Peter Conlon and Anna Kupka and they are also directors of Xsil (www.xsil.com). They refused to pay staff there in September 2008. They refused also to pay any notice period or holiday pay or health insurance. The landlord also claims to be owed one million euro.
The staff (many with children) were forced to enter the Christmas period without any money. Only this week (January 9th) were staff given their P45s (the document needed by staff to apply for other jobs). This was after several weeks. Peter Conlon has stated that he will not pay wages, in spite of: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,46711,00.html.
For more information, read this:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/1206/1228515634652.html

Other institutions are investigating Mr Conlon’s activities such as Enterprise Ireland who provided him with grants and who feel he misused them.

Please be sensible: if people want to give to charity, then they should just give to charity and not use Ammado.

Thank you.

By: Ammado

Ammado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:58:40 +0000

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