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Fecking charity collecty donation people who won't take the fecking donation!

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KingJoffreysBloodshotEye · 10/10/2014 11:57

Knock at the door. Grinning man in blue bib. Wants money for charity - forgot which, random selection of small letters.

I actually have some change on me - hardly ever have any cash. Made me feel all organised.

I offer. He can't take it. They can't take cash. They can only have bank details. And it can't be a one of payment, it has to be a monthly thing.

Whatever happened to being grateful for what they're given?

I'm pissed off!!

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LeftRightCentre · 10/10/2014 14:00

Do you like dogs? Yes, barbecued and served with a side salad and noodles. Mmm.

Purpleroxy · 10/10/2014 14:02

I had this. Chugger on my doorstep wouldn't take the £2 I offered in cash and was very aggressive about trying to get my bank details.
I do actually give money to charity by direct debit but it was something I chose to do rather than getting chugged.
I would also think that direct debits that have been set up by chuggers are more likely to be cancelled by the giver in the short term. Which is not good for the charity.

Innermagic · 10/10/2014 14:06

What ever happened to the little charity envelopes you used to get through the door, we would always put silver change in them and at least you could seal it so the amount was anonymous. Charity's must loose out on a fortune now.

PetulaGordino · 10/10/2014 14:10

christian aid still do that innermagic

Spidergirl77 · 10/10/2014 14:11

I just say that I don't agree with charities paying people to fund raise.

LittleBairn · 10/10/2014 14:15

Balls I'm aware they are a paid workforce and not voloteeers. But if say 3 months of a years subscription goes to the charity worker that's quite a different thing, does the donor realise that actually the charity only gets 9 months worth of the sub rather than 12...I would guess not.

LittleBairn · 10/10/2014 14:15

Volunteers.

taxi4ballet · 10/10/2014 14:16

What would everyone prefer: that authorised people refuse cash because they are not allowed to take it - or to have fraudsters who impersonate bona-fide collectors and steal the cash they collect?

LittleBairn · 10/10/2014 14:17

It is crazy to give a stanger in the steet or at your front door you bank details. No other organisation would get away with sucha thing but you use the word charity and people let their guard down.

LadySybilLikesCake · 10/10/2014 14:22

I closed the door on the last one who tried. They must have caught me on a bad day as I said something along the lines of 'I don't give out my bank details, especially not to someone chugging at my door. I get enough of this when I'm trying to walk through the city centre!' I usually say I already donate to their charity. They smile and piss off.

EggsAreRound · 10/10/2014 14:31

Last tine I was in town, was asked by a chugger if I "didn't care about kids?" (barnados, I think). I quite happily chirped "nope!"

Excellent, exactly the response that shitty piece of attempted emotional blackmail deserves!

BalloonSlayer · 10/10/2014 15:26

I am on the bone marrow register and one day they rang me on my mobile. I only use it for emergencies and was very terse with the caller until I found out they thought I might be a match for someone and that's why they were ringing. Whoops!

FF a few months and I get another call from them on my landline. So I resolve not to make the same mistake again and be polite. Nice chatty girl, asked me a few questions about how I got involved in the charity, she was all interested in my replies - I was wondering where it was all going when BAM! the emotional blackmail started. Will I set up a direct debit? I pointed out I give to several other charities, and always do their raffle twice a year so I was not going to take out a DD. More emotional blackmail. I expressed my dissatisfaction at being chugged like this. Got incredulous response: "Really? Most people are happy to give and have no problems with us calling." My arse. Told them never to ring me again. Ended call feeling like Scroogey McShit. A couple of weeks later I get another call. Reminded them that I have asked never to be rung again.

Obviously I am not taking my name off the register but I just got this Christmas's raffle tickets through and they are going in the B I N. I hate hate HATE it when you give to a charity already and they just try and screw more out of you.

Gemzybelle · 10/10/2014 16:15

My 9 year old DD is in a wheelchair and I find that if she is with me and someone is collecting for a disabled children's charity of any description they will descend on us ignoring everyone else around. I find that v. irritating

Peaceloveandbiscuits · 10/10/2014 16:16

I work for a charity and when charity collectors come to my door, I just quiz them about what percentage of every £1 goes to programme and how much is spent on admin etc. Pleased to say my charity is the UK leader in this department

LurkingHusband · 10/10/2014 16:26

get your own collecting tin out and ask them for a donation ...

KoalaDownUnder · 10/10/2014 16:44

To the posters who work in charity fundraising - I understand why they don't (or can't) accept cash. I just don't agree with the whole 'chugging' method. It is high-pressure and fking annoying.

If they don't want / can't take my one-off $5 donation, no worries, but they need to not be pushy pricks about getting me to sign up direct debit!

Whippet81 · 10/10/2014 17:05

I went to Horse of the Year show yesterday and I go to quite a few big events like this and there are even chuggers inside big arenas now. They like to bawl at you across the aisle - CPL 'do you like cats ladies!?' So I just replied 'not really no'. That deflated her she didn't really have anywhere to go. I ignore the Dogs Trust they're very aggressive nowadays - I used to explain I give £10 a month to the kennels my dog came from but they just question why you can't give it to them instead.

Chugger leapt out at me a few weeks ago and said 'lady who cares?!' He didn't quite know how to respond to my answer of 'lady that doesn't give a shit actually'.

I hate being rude but there's nothing else to so with them I'm afraid. Luckily we don't get them at the door I can't imagine how annoying that must be.

I also volunteer for a couple of charities doing the old tin shake and also help on their stands at shows - I have never and would never take a penny from them - most you might get is a free pass into somewhere if you help them for half a day - they normally offer to buy you lunch but I never let them.

ballsballsballs · 11/10/2014 15:24

Petula people who give by GAYE tend to give for years - at my first charity we had people who'd been giving for 10+ years.

I once told a 'chugger' (hate that word) that I didn't give a shit about baby seals. In my defence I'd had a crappy day at work and couldn't be arsed to be my usual polite self. It made him laugh.

TattyDevine · 11/10/2014 15:50

Its sad but I've almost got to the point where I've had it with charities. Last Xmas I gave some money to Crisis in a one off payment type thing, and since then they have literally bombarded me with post (I just cleared up the last 2-3 weeks worth of excess post I hadn't gone through yet and there were 2 envelopes from Crisis there)

The amount they have spent sending me stuff since then has almost definitely exceeded my original donation.

I don't like giving bank details, since Crisis I won't be giving any personal details and if they can't take cash then they probably won't get anything at all from me.

I quite like the ones where you can text them a donation, I've never had text-bombarding after doing that but I suppose that is next.

DanyStormborn · 11/10/2014 19:36

He most likely works for a direct marketing company the charity has contracted out door to door stuff to. Not unreasonable of them as it is hard to get volunteers to got door to door and the cost of using them must be negated by the extra donations bought in by their sales skills. But it does mean the guy on your door-step is only interested in direct debits as that is what he gets his commissions for and it is the inky way he can collect money as he has no direct contact with the charity to pass on the cash. This policy is also probably more lucrative as every once in a while someone who was willing to give just a one-off donation will hand over their bank details and forget about the direct debit and pay it for years, this type of predictable long-term income is very valuable to charities and that one small direct debit for many years will add up to more than they lost from the people who couldn't hand over their change. I don't like having a regularly amount coming out of my account to charity as I'm a bit short of cash some moths so I prefer to give when I have the money so I just polite tell these people on my doorstep I'm not interested and donate one-off amounts in other ways.

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KingJoffreysBloodshotEye · 11/10/2014 20:40

I meant to come back to this thread.

Cheeky fecker came back a few hours later and knocked again.

Because nagging me will change my mind...

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jezzapaxmanslovechild · 11/10/2014 20:48

I was once harrassed on the street by a chugger wanting donations to a childrens appeal. I tried to give him my own two children, but he wasn't having it...

JennyBlueWren · 11/10/2014 20:51

I always put money in tins to encourage that type of collecting. When asked for details either in the street or more recently at the doorstep I say that I'll happily take any literature they want to leave me and I'll consider that charity when I next review my budget. I don't give jsut because they are asking but because I've chosen to.

LadySybilLikesCake · 11/10/2014 20:54

I'm going to try to ask them about their data protection policy. I can't be done with giving strangers my bank details.

ClapHandsIfYouBelieveInFatties · 11/10/2014 21:01

They don't give the first few months of donations to the collector. Those people are on a WAGE.

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