Another charity bag through the letterbox.

[lslowry]

This is the fourth in ten days. Written on the plastic envelopes are dubious charities such as Help for Japan. In the small print it states that the items will be distributed in east european countries. Looks like a scam to me,apart from The British Heart Foundation bags. Does anyone else get these bags as regular?

[sherrardk]

We get four some weeks - had one Monday but binned it and took the stuff straight to the charity shop instead (but when I handed it over the man didn't even acknowledge me - might try somewhere else next time).

[ummmm]

Sometimes....just turn them inside out and use them as recycling bags.

[Manwithnoname]

saves us a fortune on bin liners

[AlBags]

You're not alone.

Loads of old bags around here ; )

[boxtops]

It seems this is a growing trend http://www.theanswerb.../Question1023212.html

I had one yesterday, the first one for ages - they make great free binliners.

[starone]

Looks as if most ABers use them for bin liners. I wonder if the distributors realise they are supplying us with free bin liners. I still give my stuff to the local charity shops so they are wasting their time. Sometimes I use them to take my plastic bottles to the bottle bank.

[Canary42]

In my experience they don't take them anyway.

[denquiz]

I used to get 2 or 3 a week here and when they were for charities, I would collect them up and post them back to the charity or reuse the bag for other things. My hubby once said if we filled everybag that came through the letterbox we'd have nothing left to wear! Eventually I got so fed up with them coming I put a sticker on my letter box saying "No more charity bags, please" and it seems to have worked as I've only had one come through the letterbox since! I prefer to take things to the charity shop directly.