These charities that collect clothes door to door......
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Are these guys genuine, or some sort of mass scam?? Today is the third time we have put a whole bunch of bags of stuff out and I just hope somebody takes this stuff away else it will all go to the local tip!
A couple of weeks ago we put a load of clothes and shies out, all neatly bagged, by the front door, and they were still there that evening.
Last week we had some cancer related collection due, so I called them twice during the course of the day, mid morning, then late afternoon, asking if they were actually coming round, and a bored voice answer "....wossyer postcode, oh, yeah, we'll send someone round rideaway...."
Today is Cystic Fibrosis day, so I shall be on the phone abusing somebody if the bags are still there tonight!
What really pisses me off is there is a scary percentage of stuff in the bags that still has price tags on, where a certain person has followed her natural female hormonal instincts to buy s
t she doesn't need with money she hasn't got!!!
A couple of weeks ago we put a load of clothes and shies out, all neatly bagged, by the front door, and they were still there that evening.
Last week we had some cancer related collection due, so I called them twice during the course of the day, mid morning, then late afternoon, asking if they were actually coming round, and a bored voice answer "....wossyer postcode, oh, yeah, we'll send someone round rideaway...."
Today is Cystic Fibrosis day, so I shall be on the phone abusing somebody if the bags are still there tonight!
What really pisses me off is there is a scary percentage of stuff in the bags that still has price tags on, where a certain person has followed her natural female hormonal instincts to buy s

I dont bother filling those bags anymore. They never come for them so when we have a clear out I just take it to the local charity store myself.
Its the same with those cataloges for stuff thats supposed to be usefull around the home...combined microwaveable potatoe peeler / pile scratcher with a delightfull lavender scent type crap aimed at people in their 80's with nothing better to do...anyway they never come back for those so they get binned if they are not collected on the day they say they will.
Its the same with those cataloges for stuff thats supposed to be usefull around the home...combined microwaveable potatoe peeler / pile scratcher with a delightfull lavender scent type crap aimed at people in their 80's with nothing better to do...anyway they never come back for those so they get binned if they are not collected on the day they say they will.
our washer broke the other month, the inlaw said she would do it for us for a few weeks, she used to drop it off at our house and left it at our dorr a few times, one day she had used one of them big white sacks and left it whilst we were out, we came back and heres a woman trying to steel, my the misus and kids cloths what she dropped off, the misus went burzerk, all in all she though it was left for the charity, nearly had a dicky fit
even the most legit of these schemes only pays a small amount to the charity, for the rights to use the name
many of the clothes are then sent to Africa and sold in markets there (screwing up the indigenous clothing industry, if you're bothered about that)
the rest go to making industrial cleaning rags
many of the clothes are then sent to Africa and sold in markets there (screwing up the indigenous clothing industry, if you're bothered about that)
the rest go to making industrial cleaning rags
hugo a gogo said:
even the most legit of these schemes only pays a small amount to the charity, for the rights to use the name
many of the clothes are then sent to Africa and sold in markets there (screwing up the indigenous clothing industry, if you're bothered about that)
the rest go to making industrial cleaning rags
Hmm, what to do with the stuff then? many of the clothes are then sent to Africa and sold in markets there (screwing up the indigenous clothing industry, if you're bothered about that)
the rest go to making industrial cleaning rags
King Herald said:
hugo a gogo said:
even the most legit of these schemes only pays a small amount to the charity, for the rights to use the name
many of the clothes are then sent to Africa and sold in markets there (screwing up the indigenous clothing industry, if you're bothered about that)
the rest go to making industrial cleaning rags
Hmm, what to do with the stuff then? many of the clothes are then sent to Africa and sold in markets there (screwing up the indigenous clothing industry, if you're bothered about that)
the rest go to making industrial cleaning rags
Some stuff you can keep as mucky job clothes.
More practical clothes like jeans, shoes, jumpers go down well at the local homeless shelter.
The rest can go in a bag and get dropped off at a charity store for them to sort through.
odyssey2200 said:
twistedsanity said:
They collect the clothing then sell it on, money is made from your old tat
None if any of it goes to charity in many cases IIRCAs ever, there are some that are genuine that will suffer as a result.
odyssey2200 said:
twistedsanity said:
They collect the clothing then sell it on, money is made from your old tat
None if any of it goes to charity in many cases IIRCWoohoo, they've been and collected them already. I think it is a first for us. We get the charity bag at least twice a month, and they all say they are collected and operated by some other company who promise to give fourpence a ton (or thereabouts) to the charity they are supposedly for.
I wonder how many are actually operated by a real charity, as anybody can print a bunch of plastic bags and stuff them through letter boxes.
My garage has several large bins full of old clothes for cleaning and general dirty stuff, no room for any more.
I wonder how many are actually operated by a real charity, as anybody can print a bunch of plastic bags and stuff them through letter boxes.
My garage has several large bins full of old clothes for cleaning and general dirty stuff, no room for any more.
King Herald said:
Woohoo, they've been and collected them already. I think it is a first for us. We get the charity bag at least twice a month, and they all say they are collected and operated by some other company who promise to give fourpence a ton (or thereabouts) to the charity they are supposedly for.
I wonder how many are actually operated by a real charity, as anybody can print a bunch of plastic bags and stuff them through letter boxes.
My garage has several large bins full of old clothes for cleaning and general dirty stuff, no room for any more.
At least you only get those bags twice a month, I get them every two days it seems, and they never come to pick up the bag when you've left it out to be "reused"I wonder how many are actually operated by a real charity, as anybody can print a bunch of plastic bags and stuff them through letter boxes.
My garage has several large bins full of old clothes for cleaning and general dirty stuff, no room for any more.
I just take the bags now and use them to stick rubbish in.
Glad it's not just me who gets inundated with their f**king bags and b**tard leaflets. I have a number of problems with 'em...
1. Exactly how much in the way of unwanted clothes/shoes/mobile phones/jewellery do they think I have? I must get 3 or 4 bags and leaflets per week.
2. These aren't even charities. "SHC limited is a collecting company who provides people in Third World countries with clothes for their families they can afford." ... i.e. they expect you to give them stuff for free that they can then flog for a profit.
3. I have a general dislike for scrounging of any variety.
"Third World Clothing Collection" seems to be the favourite headline, I think a mass spamming session to shccollections@hotmail.com is in order
On the upside, the bags are handy for taking leaves and grass cuttings down the tip and I haven't had to buy bin bags for quite some time
1. Exactly how much in the way of unwanted clothes/shoes/mobile phones/jewellery do they think I have? I must get 3 or 4 bags and leaflets per week.
2. These aren't even charities. "SHC limited is a collecting company who provides people in Third World countries with clothes for their families they can afford." ... i.e. they expect you to give them stuff for free that they can then flog for a profit.
3. I have a general dislike for scrounging of any variety.
"Third World Clothing Collection" seems to be the favourite headline, I think a mass spamming session to shccollections@hotmail.com is in order

On the upside, the bags are handy for taking leaves and grass cuttings down the tip and I haven't had to buy bin bags for quite some time

bigdods said:
Those bags are brilliant, we must get one a week dropped through the door and they fit our kitchen bin perfect as a liner :-)
A mate keeps being sent threats from the TV licencing people despite having always had a licence. He sais it makes for great roach in his splifs the card is just the right thickness for him 
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