Door to door charity fundraising...

fluffnutter

The bags don't bother me; I just use them to transport stuff to my local charity shops. Failing that, they get recycled as bin bags.

But if someone chugged at my door, I'd be furious. I have a No Goods, No Services sticker on my door which I got from my local council. Seems to do the trick. I know that charities would probably argue that they're selling neither goods or services, but it works for me.

Failing that I'd tell them to fcuk off. But then I'm rude

nullogik

BLT wrote: »

The last one was the best, on the letter attached it stated, 'we are not a charity; we sell on second hand clothes to support those who cannot afford to buy new ones'

In essence a bunch of boot fair scammers

I get these a lot. With each leaflet they change their company name and number and the only way to contact them is through a disposably Hotmail/Yahoo email account.

Read the leaflet very carefully before donating. On the last bunch of leaflets (with emotive pictures of crying children) states that "the clothes are sorted here in the UK providing jobs for UK workers and are sold to abroad to those who can't afford new clothes at reasonable prices". DO NOT give anything to these people, you will be helping to line their pockets with profits made from your donations. Such people are operating a PRIVATE company and NOT a charity.

tafer2uk

The amount of plastic bags pushed through doors are rediculous, we try our best to use them as bin bags etc... otherwise I dread to think how many our household would send to the landfill.

As for the door to door collectors, be wary, even assuming most are genuine the personal information they try and collect is frightening, name, telephone number, bank details, plus they already have your address.

gemstars

Pollycat wrote: »

Actually, I always used to take stuff to our local British Heart Foundation shop until I took in a couple of carrier bags (filled with decent and clean clothes - Next, Wallis, M&S etc) and the assistant huffed and puffed with annoyance and said 'I'm busy, just leave them there, I'll have to see to them later'.I said, Actually, if it's so much trouble for you to say 'Thank you', I'll just take them to the Save the Children' shop.
And did.

I currently volunteer for the BHF and I'm very sorry that you were met with this response. At least it hasn't put you off donating entirely

Pollycat

gemstars wrote: »

I currently volunteer for the BHF and I'm very sorry that you were met with this response. At least it hasn't put you off donating entirely

Yes, I was disappointed too - but then again the woman WAS a miserable old trout generally.
She no longer works there but I donate to my local Hospice charity shop now.

Dreamnine

I tell them to fcuk off too... Too many scroungers/beggars around.

oldhaggis

I totally agree with you Inca. We have had the same problem around here with chuggers calling at all hours. I either tell them that I’ve already signed up to give to another charity or that I don’t have a current account.

I read somewhere that it takes about a year’s worth of your donations to pay the chugger before your chosen charity actually gets any money. The best way for a donor to set up their donation is to do it directly with their chosen charity, then at least they know the charity is getting all of it.

Purely from the security point of view, I would never ever give out my bank details to a chugger.

Willowx

I wouldn't put things in the bags either as most of them get sold as rags with as little as £50 a tonne going to the charity named. Give the goods to an actual shop so they can sell them; they will get a better rate for rags as well, they should be able to get at least £500 a tonne even at low rates.

MothballsWallet

Had a doorstep chugger from Barnado's (supposedly) last week; don't think he had any real ID, just a logo'd jacket (yeah, like I couldn't make one of those up if I wanted to).

I've written to Barnado's explaining my concerns and withdrawing implied right of access to my property by their direct or indirect employees. Shame, as I used to raise money for them at primary school - hey, at least they're not the NSPCC (who I have a huge beef with)

gemstars

Pollycat wrote: »

Yes, I was disappointed too - but then again the woman WAS a miserable old trout generally.
She no longer works there but I donate to my local Hospice charity shop now.

Good. I could probably start a vent/rant on here about shop volunteers who are more of a hindrance than anything else - she sounds like one of those! :mad: