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nats

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2374
Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 11 12:48 pm Post subject:
I turn them inside out and then use them for delivering what we are giving to the BHF charity shop when we take them! That and for giving on clothes to friends etc

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 11 12:53 pm Post subject:
I've had at least three this week! I also take my redundant stuff direct to the charity shops.

Rowanlady

Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 195
Location: NE Hampshire

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 11 4:01 pm Post subject:

I used to get 10-12 a week - so I put up a NO JUNK MAIL OR CHARITY BAGS THANK YOU notice on the front door

Still get the odd bag now and again and the occasional bit of junk mail

Asked one woman junk mail deliverer if she could read - the answer I got was she didn't consider the Pizza Delivery Menu junk mail -

- told her I did and made her take it back!!

I get really fed up with all the excess paper and plastic generated - and as I recycle as much as possible and have wheelie bins I don't need rubbish bags

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 11 5:12 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

We never put stuff out in those charity bags. Far too many of them are businesses which give a (small) percentage to charity.

Yep.
At least some of them are honest though and say how much.
One came through my door:

PALS wrote:

All clothing, etc will be collected by Nesta Trading Company Ltd who will pay �50 per tonne to the charity for any clothing not wanted by Canine Pals Charity Shops.

Last I heard, the going rate for scrap clothes was nearer 50p/kg; ten times as much... and "PALS" don't seem to have any shops listed in the yellow pages...

I did a bit of rummaging and concluded the trustee of the charity was married to the proprietor of the collection company.
Moaned at the Charity Commission, but they did not seem to care. It does leave one wondering what their purpose actually is.

camaro

Joined: 31 Mar 2010
Posts: 178
Location: N. Ireland

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 11 12:50 pm Post subject:
I get on average one bag a day, and I've NEVER actually seen bags out to be collected in the morning. Do these people think that people only wear clothes once and then throw them away, or something?

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 11 1:38 pm Post subject:
This must be a more urban thing, as I have never had a 'charity' bag delivered here. I take clothing/items direct to the Red Cross charity shop in the nearest town.

ellie500

Joined: 26 Apr 2011
Posts: 37
Location: St Athen Barry

Posted: Thu May 26, 11 2:56 pm Post subject:
i never use them there is always some one in need a lot closer to home you never know what will be done with the bags at least by giving to my local community i know its done a good turn xx

evie2

Joined: 29 May 2010
Posts: 2156
Location: Here

Posted: Thu May 26, 11 6:47 pm Post subject:
We probably get about 5 a week, it's ridiculous I prefer to give directly to a charity shop and use there bags for rubbish.

Aeolienne

Joined: 03 Apr 2008
Posts: 1498
Location: Leamington Spa, Warks

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 8:46 am Post subject:
The British Heart Foundation spills the beans... Link

Monki magic

Joined: 21 Jun 2010
Posts: 161
Location: Stockport

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 11 9:06 am Post subject:
Yeah I know alot of these bags are a scam round here and never even see charity hands. Most of it goes in to private hands, even the legitimate bags are collected by "thieves" alot of the time. I would never use them.

skaman777

Joined: 30 Mar 2013
Posts: 1

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 13 8:39 am Post subject:

Get these bags on a weekly basis when looking at what they give to said charity.It is anywere from �70 to �100 a ton take into account there are companies that will come and collect paying 40pence a kilo �400 a ton.Then we look at what is being paid per ton for used clothing �1500 the only people who gain from this is the so called charity collectors.Give direct to the charity shops makes more sense.

Annemieke

Joined: 26 Feb 2013
Posts: 131
Location: Somerset UK

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 13 7:20 pm Post subject:
We get them delivered but not collected. Too much work out here in the countryside I guess. They annoy the pants off me. We all know where to find a charity shop don't we? Or two. Anyway, I use them for binliners.

Sherbs

Joined: 27 Apr 2007
Posts: 1931
Location: Swansea

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 13 6:25 am Post subject:
We get these all the time, I never use them as anything we have that's worth re-using either gets given to friends or to our local charity shops from which we regularly buy stuff. I use the bags for whatever I need a large plastic bag for as otherwise they are just more plastic bag rubbish to go to waste.

cir3ngirl

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 4846
Location: Cirencester

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 13 6:47 am Post subject:
When clearing the house all stuff to keep goes in charity bags all rubbish goes in black back then there is no confusion as everybody knows the system.

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 13 9:07 am Post subject:

Yep.. plenty of bags coming through our letterbox too.. don't mind at all, very useful they are !

I never leave filled bag out but instead we do little clear out once a year and take it straight to the shop...usually PDSA and they send me letter later on and telling me how much they've earned from our 'junk'

I could never earn that amount of money in carboot sale..and would have to spend money for traveling and the 'table' and spend all day of selling it...and probably bring most of it back home too...all the hard work for 'peanuts'.
We don't tend to buy much of stuff that can be passed on for charities or sold in carboot sales in first place!
Little lane nearby us regularly has charity bags thrown into hedgerows...probably nicked from streets and rummaged through in hope of finding something decent and sellable

..what a mess!

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