These charities that collect clothes door to door......
These charities that collect clothes door to door......
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King Herald

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23,501 posts

233 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 st she doesn't need with money she hasn't got!!!

deviant

4,316 posts

227 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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.

paul26982

3,850 posts

235 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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

twistedsanity

493 posts

255 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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They collect the clothing then sell it on, money is made from your old tat

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

226 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 IIRC

Puggit

49,222 posts

265 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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They collect over wide areas on the given days. The drivers race round our street trying to spot the bags as they go, and if the bag is in our porch it won't be seen or collected.

If you want the bags picked up, leave them in clear sight near the road!

hugo a gogo

23,417 posts

250 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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

King Herald

Original Poster:

23,501 posts

233 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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?

bigdods

7,175 posts

244 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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Those bags are brilliant, we must get one a week dropped through the door and they fit our kitchen bin perfect as a liner :-)

deviant

4,316 posts

227 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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?
If its actually old tat then car polishing rags and dip-sticker wiperers.

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.

Podie

46,646 posts

292 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 IIRC
Indeed, there was an article in the bin fodder (local free paper) that many were scams.

As ever, there are some that are genuine that will suffer as a result.

shoggoth1

815 posts

282 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 IIRC
Yes, for some reason (I assume extreme boredom) I read the blurb on one of the bags put through the door - I think it was for Africa. They collected the clothes, sold them and then made a donation to the charity mentioned.

bazking69

8,620 posts

207 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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The issue is how much of the money goes to support the charity, after they have paid the salaries of the management who 'run' them. Usual drill...
If you thought people did charity work voluntarily, think again...

Elskeggso

3,100 posts

204 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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Some were linked to Eastern European gangs weren't they?

King Herald

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23,501 posts

233 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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.

Silverbullet767

10,972 posts

223 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 just take the bags now and use them to stick rubbish in.

V8S

8,582 posts

254 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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King Herald said:
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.
Shies? You posh git you. I bet you've got a big hice for all your clothes and shies.

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King Herald

Original Poster:

23,501 posts

233 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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V8S said:
King Herald said:
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.
Shies? You posh git you. I bet you've got a big hice for all your clothes and shies.

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Oh rather, what. biggrin

Jonny_

4,561 posts

224 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 biggrin

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 smile

MK4 Slowride

10,028 posts

225 months

Monday 20th April 2009
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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 hehe