anyone agree..

[missjef]

When i was out walkign about in town today there was loads of charity people all dotted around just so you couldnt avoid them even if you tried. Does this annoy anyone else? Because it really gets to me, because even when im on my phone they always say something to me! I know its their job, but even when you say no or that you cant stop they still carry on talking to you.
It just really annoys me as well because the guys always seem to walk upto young girls & the girls go to guys. There's nothing wrong with people trying to get money for charity i just dont think they should do it in this way.
Usually there is only 3 of them on one street, but today when i went to town there was 3 on that street where they usually are, and then another 3 on another street!!
Does anyone else wish that they would go about this in a different way?

[raysparx1]

The annoying thing is,not much of the money actually gets to where it is needed, my wife used to do work for Kidney research,taking collection boxes to shops etc,when she collected the boxes she was told to count the money take out her commision, she said what ? I thought I was doing this for charity, but no, I can't remember what % it was but she packed it in because only about 15-20% gets to where it should be, those figures might even be a bit on the high side.

[joko]

so, in order to stop you feeling a few seconds of irritation, thousands and thousands of pounds worth of charity donations should be lost??

the irritation is in your head. you are making yourself feel irritated.

these people merely try to speak to you - you ignore them and they will stop - they don't shout at you, abuse you, harass you or chase you down the street with a megaphone!!
so how exactly are they upsetting you so much?

if you are firm with them they will accept it.

if this irritation stems from feeling guilty for not giving anything then make a separate donation and then you won't feel guilty.

otherwise, get over it.

[missjef]

Thats so ridiculous i cant believe that if you are doing something for charity you get commission from it! that just seems so stupid.

joko i know where your coming from, but whenever i have said i cant stop because im meeting someone or have to get back to work they still carry on talking to me, and some even beg you to stop and talk to them. I jsut dont like the way they are going about it, i have been on my phone before and they have tried to get me to stop.
Im not saying what they are doing for charity is a bad thing, i just dont think they should go about it in this way. Surely instead of doing this they should set up a stand on the street with posters & things up & if people wanted to donate to that charity they could go up to the stand.

[CherryPie1]

It's absolutely true about the commission, I did a collection for the McMillan trust and was given 20%... then there's the people that recruit the collectors, the people involved with the admin, etc.etc. Most charities use 3rd parties to do street collections so very little actually gets to the charity. Not what we think when we happily put our money in a collection box is it?

[Lonnie]

It actually doesn't bother me at all, if I agree with the charity, I may or may not give,
I'm at the moment selling Poppies, whatever you say, its still a charity, I also fund raise for a charity that works with 'special needs adults', in the end, its up to you, these people aren't supposed to approach you, just to remain visible, then its your choice.

[admarlow]

does everyone know the Charity Muggers ''Chuggers'' are all studends and travellers who get paid �7-�8 per hour for their time. I am only talking about the sign up direct debit ones, one even asked me '' Well, what charity do you give to'' when I told him I already give to charity, so I replied with what any civilised human being would, ''Fu@k Off''

[Eve]

I used to do a lot of charity collecting when I was at uni. Never on a commission basis and all the money we collected went to the charities themselves to deal with. We used to do tours and events as well, travelling round the country in a minibus sleeping on the floor wherever people would put us up and again 100% of the money collected went to charity, we funded anything else through other means.

I never used to approach people, just stand somewhere prominent and be smiley , always polite and we used to dress up or banter with each other to the world at large to attract attention and often had stickers/badges/tops/sashes to "advertise" what we wre there for or things like Children in Need bugs or Marie Curie flowers.

Amazing the amount of abuse we could get though, we never asked for thanks but abuse was a bit much. We'd always get some heartrending stories to though, esp for cancer charities with people's personal stories.

Some of the loveliest ones were the homeless and Big Issue sellers. We had an honour code so we didn't encroach on their patch. They'd often give us a small donation and once I was walking up the road heard someone call me from the other side of the road. An old guy, proper homeless and in a bit of a state he was, I went over to chat and he said he'd had a really good day and put a pound in my tin bless him.

[Eve]

Oh, I didn't manage to get your msn address hon before they removed the post. Am on [email protected] if you want to add me xxx

[IggyB]

i was surprised when i found out how much they earn really made me think twice about the charities that use them, in the same way i question the charities that send me things like pens in the post to fill out the form they have included - i know that publicity is important but when money appears to be spent on people, admin and gimmicks it does put me off donating.
though having said all that i guess it must work or they wouldn't do it but i still wonder if it is all really necessary if the charities cut back to their basic functions

[kwicky]

I'm surprised that a firm like Tesco allows these charity tins inside the entrance of their stores?

[purplehair]

The ones who bug me are the "accident people" who jump right in your way and ask if you have had an accident lately, theres loads of them in Manchester.

One came to my door and wouldnt go away, i said 'no i've not had an accident', he said 'are you sure?', i said 'yes', and he told me to make one up because i could claim compensation.

[missjef]

Ward~Minter you should come up to Harrogate & tell all of them your views on what they do, as there are loads of them every day! And yes they do usually seem not to have shoes that in your opinion are not conductive of a smart society!!

purplehair i cant believe there's actually people asking if you've been in an accident, its bad enough having adverts for that kind of things but to have people ask you on the street or actually coming to your houser to ask you!! glad we dont have them round here!