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Charity Bags not collected
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Where I live in Brighton,East Sussex, I regularly have a charity bag pushed through my letter box requesting donations of clothes, etc, which they can sell for charity (the latest was from The Samaritans) but they never collect them.
One charity stated that they get £50 per tonne for clothes, so it hardly seems worth while.
I shall give my unwanted things to charity shops in future or put them in a bin at the local Asda supermarket
One charity stated that they get £50 per tonne for clothes, so it hardly seems worth while.
I shall give my unwanted things to charity shops in future or put them in a bin at the local Asda supermarket
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Im always getting bags through the letterbox. Sometimes 3 in a week. I take my things to charity shop as I dont like leaving stuff out when Ive gone to work as you never know whos going to pick them up. They say to leave out the bag even if unused and I used to do this but they never collected them so now I use them for bin bags or keep the odd one in the bottom of my shopping bag just in case it might come in use
I counted 7 charity shops on one street in my local town all full of folk browsing (and buying from) racks of clothing...made me wonder how the "proper" clothes shops are affected....surely it must make a big hole in their turnover.........and not just clothing but furniture and all kinds of stuff. thing. Can't blame anyone for buying as cheaply as possible but it all seems to be getting out of hand..
It's possible you havent seen a van because all they do (and I've seen this for myself) is come to the top of the (my) close, take a look and if they cant see a bag they dont even drive down
I've seen a few vans, one with no brake lights and a broken front light.
I even stopped to tell him his lights weren't working and was greeted with a 'its what they gave me to collect it all in love'
I've seen a few vans, one with no brake lights and a broken front light.
I even stopped to tell him his lights weren't working and was greeted with a 'its what they gave me to collect it all in love'
I'm afraid I'm with smowball on this. When this kind of thing started round here I made an effort to dig out some stuff to put in the bags but quickly found that the bags were just left sitting on the doorstep and weren't collected. None of them have EVER returned to collect unused bags.
Now I take it all to the local recycling plant which have huge charity containers for clothes, books, shoes etc.
Now I take it all to the local recycling plant which have huge charity containers for clothes, books, shoes etc.
They do make good bin liners. I give everything away that I can, but it always surprises me how difficult it is. In spite of the recession I cannot give away my old furniture. Do people want new? When I first started out I was grateful for anything and still have a couple of old wooden chairs which someone gave me, over 60 years ago now. If nothing goes wrong, I shall be moving soon and some of my furniture will be too big for the new house. I shall have to offer it on freecycle, and if no-one wants it the wheelie bin will get it (broken in pieces of course).
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