Charity case

[snaffle]

Now i'm not particularly a hoarder, nor do I chuck away needlessly and I see myself quite responsible when it comes to recycling.... but what are all these collection bags about? I'm happy to wear my 80's flares to death and the mrs can't change her wardrobe too often on the pocket money I give her but someone out there thinks we're flush with ££££££....so far this year (8 weeks)

The tree of hope
Age UK
Sea Cadets x 2
Kidney Research
Childrens Aid
Noahs Ark
British Heart Foundation
Safe Today x 3
Y Bont

Is it just my street........

[snoopy]

No, not just you same down here we must get about 2 a week ... drives me nuts     

[barry island]

Ive got a load of animals im minding at the moment - do you want them for the noahs ark collection - I can't stand them for much longer. That is what they're after I take it?

[Pope]

Was thinking about this earlier today
I must get about 1 a day posted through the door, seriously! 

The price of distribution is obviously quite low so these 'charities' are jumping on a bandwagon to cash in.

It used to just be the salvation army and Oxfam.
 

[red]

I get about 4 a week for weeks on end, and then when i do have a clear out nothing for a couple of weeks and I end up down the charity shop loaded down with bin bags

[trafford davies]

Same here.
Unfortunately a lot of these "charity " bags are for profit making companies who then donate a small proportion to the headline charity.
Take any stuff you want to give directly to your chosen charity.

[NERO]

I get about 4 a week for weeks on end, and then when i do have a clear out nothing for a couple of weeks and I end up down the charity shop loaded down with bin bags

That's what the wife does. Bin bags to charity shop.

[Addict]

Hey, those Moldovan people traffickers have got to raise cash somehow, you know.

[KEITH]

Last month we had six bags in one day it takes the piss sometimes 

[snoopy]

I did a bad thing .... I saved all the bags up for some months (there was a large amount) ... then placed them inside the very latest bag.. which was collected by the white van man courier yesterday  ...    

[Pope]

It's a real shame that genuine charities who need the proceeds from the bags are being undermined by all of these other people out to make a profit 

[snoopy]

Best approach is to give any donation directly to the charity be it money or whatever 

[Ninja Warrior]

Also, if you are going to donate using the bags then be careful with kerbside collections as more often than not its thieves that collect the bags before the charity vans! Same with clothes bins, they get raided frequently and always have to be repaired at quite a costly expense!

As has been said, take and charity donations directly to a shop.

[arron]

if you've got old sh*t hanging about you've been meaning to take to the tip for ages, just fill these bags and someone comes and collects it for free  or it gets stolen prior to collection - either way - saves you the trip   

[red]

if you've got old sh*t hanging about you've been meaning to take to the tip for ages, just fill these bags and someone comes and collects it for free  or it gets stolen prior to collection - either way - saves you the trip