..re. charity bags posted through doors?

[HubbabubbaT]

We seem to receive on average 3-4 a week of these.. from a variety of charities. I've tried filling a few of these and leaving out on the days noted on the bags .. but they've never been collected. In the 3 years we've lived here we have accumulated hundreds of these bags! They've been used for storage in the attic, bin liners, to take items to charity shops etc, but it seems a monumental waste of time and plastic to keep posting these through doors ! This morning we had one delivered very carefully and quietly halfway through our letterbox at just after 6am... AIBU to think there's something suspicious about the whole thing...?

I gave up on these after wasting some "good" stuff (worn but still serviceable stuff from clearing out late DF's wardrobe)
I was wary of roadside collections, but this one was Salvation Army, a good cause, so I filled it to the brim instead of taking down to the charity shop.
The collection time was given as 8 am; I went off the work. During the day, it rained heavily, and I came home to find the sack soaked and ruined, only fit for shredding.
Just for once, I was annoyed enough to follow through, and actually rang the number on the sack. The lady from the Salvation Army was very apologetic about it, but could not really offer an explanation.
As an experiment, I put a few bits and pieces into the next dodgy-looking collection which came around; it was efficiently whipped away, which I think tells you all you need to know, sadly.
Genius idea to turn the sack inside out!

What a meal people are making about nothing*
@coconuttelegraph it's not just that it's a scam, obvious or not, but many of these are just the lowest rung of a criminal group. Those same people who are doing it are funding bigger criminal enterprises. Not to mention that many of the immigrants they are using to distribute the bags don't have a choice. I refuse to donate anything even if I'm going to throw it out anyway because it inadvertently supports crimes like human trafficking.

I never fill them and never put them out. I use them as bin bags. 🤷‍♀️

Ours are always collected, I find them quite useful, especially the ones that take bric a brac, books, and household stuff, I generally take clothes to the supermarket clothes bank as it is easier than waiting for a bag

I tried to investigate one these charities. The bag didn't say what % of sales went to the beneficiaries. I found them online and e-mailed, they didn't reply. I e-mailed the Charity Commission who also didn't reply.

I suspect there are some which are within the letter, but not the spirit of charities legislation, but I can't prove it.

Now I just use the bags for something else like bin liners.

If my household tat didn't go in one of those bags I would have to take it to the tip so they are doing me a service really.

Salvation Army ones I fill.
The others I just use the bags to take donations to our local charity shop.
The majority of these bags are using names very similar to well known charities. They wouldn’t need to try and pass themselves off as another charity if their own cause was legitimate.

ZOMBIE THREAD, REOPENED BY A SPAMMER.