"Scam" Clothing Collections

birkee

trukdiver wrote: »

I used to work in an Oxfam shop and the bags they put out did actually end up in charity shops! So did the stuff from their clothes banks.

That's if the bags hadn't been collected by the thieves before the Oxfam called.
Item on TV this last week, the van has to go out at 7am to try and beat the thieves to them.

shazzaaa

You can always do what these collectors do & sell the stuff yourself! I had 6 bags of old clothes etc, made £30. I'm afraid with an unepmloyed hubby, the charity who got the cash was ourselves but nothing to stop kinder souls donating the money. Going rate here is 50p a kilo.

savemoney

I only donate unwanted stuff to charity I know

Last week popped two bags on unwanted stuff mainly books to Hospice along with a cheque 82% goes to hospice

I did have PDSA bag posted other day which I have given before but I dont have anything to give now

Gothicfairy

I tried to take 4 boxes of books to my local charity shop and got turned away as they did not want " the hassle of sorting through them for 50p each"
I would have thought 50p for free is still worth doing but guess not.
Sold the lot on ebay for £1.99 and gave that to my local animal shelter instead.

EssexGirl

I keep the scam bags and use them to take stuff to my local charity shops. The bags are stronger than the average black bag too.

Freddie_Snowbits

Minds me of an old pal who collected money for charity each year in his Chip Shop restruarant. One year they invited him to a function where he would present this years offering, 1980's, well into five figures. Prioir top teh meeting, the exec went through the annual accounts, investments and offering, where they decided to invest vast sums, six figures plus, into ventures not connected with the charity, form peoples hard work and donations. The Charity ran on the money from the investments.

Needless to say, the collecting tins were booted out on his return.

mycatdenzil

Oh I love those bags, always come in handy when I'm cleaning out my rabbit cage.

littlemisschocolate

I echo what other posters have said, take any unwanted items to your local charity shop where they will be gratefully received.

spike7451

moonrakerz wrote: »

Just had two bags stuffed through my letter box for unwanted clothing.
They appear to have been delivered by the same person.
Neither of them was a name that I knew - so did a bit of Googling.

1. "Troop Aid" does appear to be a genuine charity - although the bags are distributed and collected by a commercial organisation who then say they donate money to the charity.

2. "Second Life". A beautiful logo showing a child and an adult holding hands in a heart shaped "frame" and a soulful looking young lad on the bag - really tugs at the heart strings !
BUT...........
On closer examination: Second life isn't a charity - it is a company called second life ltd. They claim on their website that they are "linked" to a charity in Lithuania !!!
The bag also has a "Reg No" on it which led me to a (genuine) website in the Irish Republic highlighting doorstep collection scams - this time linking second life to another charity, this time in the Ukraine !!


Be careful who you give stuff to ! It is a far better bet to take it to the shop of a charity you know as some of these scammers have been known to "collect" bags left out for bona fide charities.

Troop Aid ARE a genuine orginisation that cater to injured troops returning from Ops.
You can find details of them in this thread below;
http://www.arrse.co.uk/charities-welfare/68020-troop-aid.html