charity clothes collection scams

bnorth

I thought this article was interesting re groups who claiming to be charities collect clothees and sell them at a profit !
thus depriving real charities and eroding confidence in who the real charities are !
offenders include Angel of Goodness, Angel of Help, or Island of Hope (so if I see those I'll fill them up with food waste and other rubbish - ha !).
"If in doubt, take old clothing direct to a shop or use a clothes bank."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2007/aug/18/moneysupplement.voluntarysector

WBRacing

I get at least one of these colelctions bags shoved through my letterbox, some weeks I get 3-4 of them.

Clearly there is no way that they are all genuine, if indeed any are. There is a big metal collection tin next to the bottle bank so I put all mine there. I trust that at least those are going to the right people.

That is an interesting article to read, backs up what I have figured was the case but gives more (potentially correct) info. Thanks!

MothballsWallet

We get a lot of them here - so I just reuse the bags as I don't trust them.

They're emblazoned with the charity names and logos, but many of them list a private company in small print on the back, so that makes me suspicious.

sillyvixen

i get loads of these bags as well!! free binbags if you ask me!