Wristbands everywhere!

Originally, BLUE wristbands were to beat bullying and the makers didn't think a great intererest would be took in them. However they were wrong, and millions of people now have one.

So the makers decided not to stop there and create more and more. Such as cancer, poverty, breast cancer and more!

There is basically one for everything now!

Although these are a good idea to start a campaign and encourage people to overcome these treachorous things in the world, they have now missed the whole point and became a fashion accessorie instead of a campaign!

I believe as much as the next guy in overcoming cancer, but is there really a need for everyone to have these bands for it? The money people spend on buying them, could be donated to the scientists who are trying to come of a cure.

People say days such as Valentines Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Buying Easter Eggs etc etc etc. are all just ways to gain big businesses money. But so are these bands now.

If you go on ebay there is roughly 550+ bands selling for up to £10 each when you could have got them free at one point.

Is it just me, or are these bands begginning to come a bit of a farse? :eusa_eh:

that is true but they do have a strong point. one group of chavs in my skool rates ur 'coolness' (chavness) as what type of band u got.....

the money you pay is going towards the cause =S

Actually the yellow LiveStrong band was the first out. I have stopped wearing my LS and BB bands, I have got a bit bored with them and there isn't much point now there are so many.

Radio one was giving em out for free :P cant beh bad they jus got their website Url on :S

I bought 10 anti racism bands and sold them all for 3 quid each i have made about 20 pounds profit and i thought to myself...Im ripping off charity to make money... so i decided to donate half my profits to charity :D

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Originally Posted by wootzy

the money you pay is going towards the cause =S

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No it doesn't, if you buy it from someone from eBay then they get the money you pay, not the charity.

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Originally Posted by Concentric

No it doesn't, if you buy it from someone from eBay then they get the money you pay, not the charity.

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It does because the person who's selling it on ebay bought it from a shop or somewhere so it goes to charity...Even if it doesnt somewhere down the line some money goes to charity.

The price some of my friends are paying is like £7.50 when i was in america on holiday they were like 99 cents well $1 they are so much more expensive over in england

You thats going out of hand? A LiveStrong wristband (Which was first!!) and a Beat Bullying wristband? We got so much more in Holland.
2 Against violence against people (Pink and Red one)
1 RESPECT2ALL (Orange)
1 Westland (Green, Westland is a province)
Those Stand up Speak up wristbands (Black and White)
All those neo-nazi's got an own band EVE (eigen volk eerst, which means own people first)
Every town in Holland wants to get their own wristband (and most of them got one now)
Oh and so much more, its a HYPE!! And LS bands are on Ebay for € 25...
Which is 25 times as much as it was..
Ive got a BB wristband even thought they said they would not deliver in other countries, so im happy xD

http://www.laf.org/Images/wristband_home.gif
http://www.zinloosgeweld.nl/docs/sho...ect_100x46.jpg
I wanted to show them all to you but im not gonna xP to much work

Those bands are all over my school aswell! :o

I sold my beat bullying one of ebay, for a fiver, I know it's a bit bad.
But atleast the bands are giving all the charities a bit of publicity.

I have plenty and i think they show that i believe certain things, and that we are going to stand up for many things, and prevent things from happening

I got 1 free form radio one ( im cheap )

Lol I did too, I was searching freebies on google, and came across it.
I also got free...
Kenco Coffee
Whiskas Cat food
A London underground poster
These weird bubbles that you can hold in your hand

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Originally Posted by seacat290

Originally, BLUE wristbands were to beat bullying and the makers didn't think a great intererest would be took in them. However they were wrong, and millions of people now have one.

So the makers decided not to stop there and create more and more. Such as cancer, poverty, breast cancer and more!

There is basically one for everything now!

Although these are a good idea to start a campaign and encourage people to overcome these treachorous things in the world, they have now missed the whole point and became a fashion accessorie instead of a campaign!

I believe as much as the next guy in overcoming cancer, but is there really a need for everyone to have these bands for it? The money people spend on buying them, could be donated to the scientists who are trying to come of a cure.

People say days such as Valentines Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Buying Easter Eggs etc etc etc. are all just ways to gain big businesses money. But so are these bands now.

If you go on ebay there is roughly 550+ bands selling for up to £10 each when you could have got them free at one point.

Is it just me, or are these bands begginning to come a bit of a farse? :eusa_eh:

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But they charge for them now.... ¬_¬

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Originally Posted by .x-aimee-x.

Lol I did too, I was searching freebies on google, and came across it.
I also got free...
Kenco Coffee
Whiskas Cat food
A London underground poster
These weird bubbles that you can hold in your hand

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Always looks better when its free :)

I like the Kick Racism Out Of Football bands they look best. :p And I bought a yellow live strong band off ebay for £4.00 P&P included.

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Originally Posted by danny1541

Always looks better when its free :)

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Yeah, lol, but I just felt like it was kinda cool to get free stuff.
Even though it was all pretty lame.

Free stuff are fun . as long as you dont win them from a restaurant