I was buying a father's day card in Clinton's Cards (already begrudgingly) and the shop assistant asked whether I wanted to buy a "cancer pen". Sensing my alarm, the assistant then offered the additional information that this was, in fact, a normal pen being sold to raise money for a charity. I relaxed a little, considered saying "No thanks" then saw it was for prostate cancer, I tensed up again. "Yes, I'll take one. Thank you." OK, so £2 to help stave off the potential cancer is a small price to pay, and I was happy. Then I saw the box for the pens, and the disclaimer stating that 20p from every pen sold will go towards this charity, which is insane! A pen costs about 5p to make, and not much more to store, distribute, market and support. So why are Clinton cards, or whichever shyster, pocketing 80% of our cancer insurance plan?
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