Is this Lithuanian Doorstep Clothing 'Charity' for real?

shammyjack

I love all these charities. I look after my Mother who lives in a small development where there are only pensioners, we sometimes get over 10 bags a week. I have not bought any bin liners for either of us for years .

shammy

sarahg1969

shammyjack wrote: »

I love all these charities. I look after my Mother who lives in a small development where there are only pensioners, we sometimes get over 10 bags a week. I have not bought any bin liners for either of us for years .

shammy

Unfortunately, for you and your mother, these Lithuanian clothes collectors only leave leaflets and not bags.

hethmar

I have a police sticker on my porch window - the usual, I do not buy or sell or trade at this doorstep ..................

It makes no difference, they still bang on the door or leave their bags on the step.

I guess the thing to do would be report it to the local community police - the obvious one with the Fryday - and may be he could be hanging around on Fryday to speak to the collector.

BFG_2

Crisp_£_note wrote: »

Is there anyone or anywhere I can write requesting they not deliver to my address? Or any other way I can stop them?

Thanks

Not really.......... most of these are chancers, working in a gray area of the law.

The police, TSO etc are pretty powerless to stop them.

Just thow the bags in the bin and forget.......

hethmar

There was a programme on the radio about this last week actually. The real charities saying how much they have been losing due to East Europeans going round collecting the sacks meant for them. Honestly, why do we let these people continue to live here? Its theft, they should be sent back immediately.

ThinkingOfLinking

ALL of these are scams; anyone who leaves leaflets. I also think that the bags are now scams, even if theyre British Heart Foundation etc...they used to be legit but I don't know these days; it's not that hard to fake a charity collection bag...

sharnad

I am now getting one of two of these things each week a couple have been from charitys i have heard of but the rest have no charity number on them just a buisness number

They all go straight into the bin as I give my mam my old clothes to car boot, give them to a charity shop direct or cut them up for rags

vikingaero

Some Charidees actively use rag collectors to collect their bags such as I & G Cohen The collectors pay the charity a fee per ton of clothing collected normally around £50-75 per ton. Bear in mind that for each ton of rags collected a certain % will be rejected. Also there doesn't seem to be a way of policing the rag collectors and the charities rely on them being honest.

PolishBigSpender

hethmar wrote: »

There was a programme on the radio about this last week actually. The real charities saying how much they have been losing due to East Europeans going round collecting the sacks meant for them. Honestly, why do we let these people continue to live here? Its theft, they should be sent back immediately.

Because British citizens never scam their own, do they?

In fact, if you knew anything about Eastern Europe, you'd know that the British have been involved in some very questionable dealings post-1989 here, particularly concerning former state property.

hethmar

But we arent talking about that are we? We are talking about scams involving false charities. Do you think its ok for them to commit crimes in a country which is housing and feeding them then?