Street Charity Workers.

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Stevenj214

4,941 posts

229 months

Wednesday 21st April 2010
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Kermit power said:
I like the ones who start straight out by telling me that they can definitely save me money on my mobile bill.

They get very confused when I ask them how much they're going to pay me. Of course, if they'd asked whether I paid my mobile bill rather than my employer before telling me they could save me money, they might not get confused! hehe
Similarly, I have never found a provider who can beat £1.67p/m for 200mins/500texts on a personal contract!

Fats25

6,260 posts

230 months

Wednesday 21st April 2010
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Typically they are only allowed to be in one area of the high street - so I always say that I don't have time to stop but if they want to carry on walking with me I am happy to listen to what they are saying.

I have never had one follow me down the street.

amir_j

3,579 posts

202 months

Wednesday 21st April 2010
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Willie Dee said:
What a pathetic thing to get riled up about SmoothRB
See his other posts such as seeing eastern europeans in the supermarket. It's like he was frozen in time and just released hehe (he was living abroad and just moved back)

Martial Arts Man

6,601 posts

187 months

Wednesday 21st April 2010
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Uncle Fester said:
My student son got recruited to do this without my knowledge.

When I heard how highly per hour they were supposed to be paying him, I called scam. It would have taken all the donations just to pay the wages.

Sure enough no wages were ever received.

Even if the students believe they're working for a genuine charity, they're probably being defrauded.

Give them your details and you will probably be defrauded too.

Maybe there's a few genuine ones out there, but it's not worth the risk.

Take control of the situation. Ask the student how long he's been doing it and has he been paid as agreed?

How many people does he know that have been paid as agreed?

Students need to either be studying or earning. Ripping them off and wasting their time is disgraceful.

Do them a favour and talk them out of attempting to sign people up.
I currently employ a girl who did this for years.

She always got paid, treated well and made a sizeable sum of money each day. As an aside, she is the best salesperson I have too.

Like everything, I guess, there are both good and bad organisations at work in this sector.