Would you like to round up to £1? No I fucking wouldnt.

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I cant be the only one who is getting increasingly pissed off at being asked to donate 20p everytine I pay for something?

The recent one in a charity shop was being asked to round up to the nearest pound AND then being asked to donate 25p. In fact, it wasnt even asked, it was "shall I round it up?" and "press green to say yes".

I always end up feeling really tight but apart from the fact that it would cost a fortune if I gave a donation every time I was asked, I really resent that businesses get tax relief for this whilst also bragging that they donated £x to charity.

I often wonder what would happen if lots of shoppers 'accidentally misunderstood' (or even genuinely did so) and took food off the shelves past the tills (without paying for it) and thereby 'helped' the supermarket to gather donations for worthy foodbanks in the area.

Obviously not shoplifting, as no un-paid for food is leaving the store; but I'd like to see the huge multi-billion-pound supermarkets having to explain that they want little old US to pay for food to donate to the good causes that they are promoting, rather than THEM giving it.

It's particularly in poor taste when you consider that they will have made a profit on all of the food that they've urged customers to buy and donate to their chosen charities. At the very least, if they're expecting us to fund their chosen giving, could they not at least have two prices on the shelves containing the kind of staple foods that foodbanks are always requesting: the standard price (including their element of profit) to buy it for yourself; and a lower price (excluding their profit, and possibly even an extra donation from them) if you buy it to put in their foodbank trolley?

I don't mind at all being asked, I might say yes or no according to the charity or how flush I feel at the time. What would be inappropriate is if there were any follow up remark by the shop assistant.

I recently went to a gastropub who did this with tap water—charged us for it as a donation to charity. They donate the money under their name to make their restaurant look altruistic. There’s no indication on the menu, and the customer is only notified once the bill arrives. Of course you can ask them to take it off the bill, but it makes you look like a dick. I paid it, but will never go back to this restaurant. I don’t appreciate their sneaky way to make themselves look/feel all warm and fuzzy.

this happened to me last week! Would I like to round up my £10 purchase to £11.
I confess I did laugh and point out that wasn’t exactly rounding up. She wasn’t very impressed.

bloody ridiculous.

There is a certain shop I visit regularly- well actually not anymore because of this donation thing they have at the tills.
There are 2 sales assistants who are both on the till every single day. When paying they will ask if you would like to donate to what ever charity they support. If someone does they make such a scene with their thank you’s and ‘your so kind’ comments so that everyone in the queue can hear.
When someone says no which I have done before there is comments such as ‘oh such a shame, maybe next time you will help our charity’ comments, again so the whole shop can hear.
I stopped going in there because of this and a few other people I know have mentioned they now only go there as a last resort and shop elsewhere, So they have definitely lost a few customers with their charity tactics.

I agree OP. Plus I have a setting on my bank accounts to ‘save the change’ where my bank rounds up any card payments to the nearest pound and puts that money into my savings account so paying round numbers for things does me out of that! I make my own donations to charities I choose.

Apologies for the slight derail. I had also signed up to "gift aiding my donation" i then received a letter from the charity saying " it was my responsibility to inforn HMRC if i no longer becane a tax payer. As i know at some point if and when this happens i will most likely forget. I didnt fancy being chased by HRMC for failing to do so plus the potential costs of my contributions (that had already been taxed) being incurred (when i could potentially be mor3 financially vulnerable) it took numerous emails and me having then to be adamant for them to confirm my name haf been removed.

I’m also sick and tired of chuggars in my town. I’m trying to nip for a sandwich in my lunch break. I do not want to spend any of that time talking to them. Sometimes there are so many of them it’s hard to avoid them. One positioned in the doorway of Home bargains. One positioned in the doorway of Boots. Yet another few directly outside M&S. Leave me alone!
If it’s not bloody charities it’s EE or some utility company.
Sod off.
Last week I was leaving work and heading towards where dh had arranged to park to give me a lift home. A bloke shouted from 20 yards away to try and get my attention. I said I was in a hurry, going to get a lift. Oh what time is your lift? I won’t keep you long, all the while walking towards me trying to cut me off and block my path. No ! Piss off. Wtf has it got to do with you?
No wonder people get stroppy with them or just completely ignore them.
Then you have the beggars asking for money. They all do a lot of damage to the town as it really puts people off going into town.

Chuggars are easily ignorable. They try to make eye contact and say "hello, how are you?". I reply with a cheerful "fine thanks" and don't stop walking.

I'm not convinced that's how the food bank baskets work. In my town the local food bank (run by a local charity) has asked the supermarket if they can place a basket and information about what items they need by the tills and the shop lets them. The shop itself isn't promoting the charity, but giving them some space to gather donations.

It is so interesting that on almost every page there is a person saying they stayed in a Ronald McDonald house and what a difference it made.

If you had asked me before reading this thread what major national charity has made a practical difference to so many people’s lives, I would never have guessed this one.

I usually donate only to small local charities where they are close to the people they are helping and most of the money is spent on providing that practical help, not on huge rents, CEOs and chuggers. But I will round up for Ronald McDonald in future.

I hate it! All the people saying 'it's only 20p, you can afford it' - no! I am a low paid NHS employee - I can't afford it!

Chuggers - one stopped me at the weekend saying 'you can afford to give £5 a month to 'insert random charity'. I just said, I can't actually and walked off.

Yes, irritates me too OP. This week it was Asda and Superdrug and others who were wanting money at the till. I donate to the charities of my own choosing and have regular DDs set up for that purpose. I also do ad hoc donations as and when.

Another irritant is the street hustlers. Yes, I know they have a job to do, but they don't accept a simple polite 'no'. One of the charities I support had a street stall recently and caught me as I walked past. I explained politely that I already donate monthly and the guy tried a hard sell to get me to take on an additional expense for a monthly lottery. I'm already maxed out with my charity spending and didn't feel comfortable having pressure applied to give even more.

I’d be interested to know who the Company/Organisation was.
My personal bugbear is Royal National Lifeboat Association who repeatedly keep pestering my elderly parents to increase their monthly contribution from their pensions. Shame on you RNLI

I don’t do it because I have a setting in my account that takes the round up amount to the nearest £1 and puts it in a separate account for me, I save it throughout the year and that’s most of Christmas paid for without me even thinking about it. So yes those odd 20p’s make a difference to me.

my most hated thing at the moment is companies like Scottish power and charities putting confident 20 something males on their stands who beeline for women and flirt to get them to stop and talk. I had one on Saturday, “lovely lady with the lovely smile!” Oh bugger off I’m nearly old enough to be your mum. But I do worry about the women who are lacking confidence who will fall for this tactic regularly.

Didn’t see anything of the sort in the States I was traveling in.

This has been a thing for years. It has definitely been a thing at Papa John’s when ordering pizza near me so when it showed up in stores wasn’t that surprising.

Just press the red button to say no and move on.

If you feel tight about it, that is your own personal problem. It takes less than three seconds to press no.

I agree with you OP. I hate feeling bullied into doing something- I’ll decide when and if I want to give to a charity!

What a great idea! Do you mind sharing the name of the app?

My bank account rounds up my purchases to my savings account. I’m my own charity!

I don’t know where the money is going. Does it even get to the charity without the company taking admin fees off.

I know charities are losing out because nobody has cash anymore so when people were getting rid of copper coins, they all add up to £££

You are missing something yes. The poster is not asking for their name to be highlighted but is pointing out the Company requesting his/her money is potentially taking credit for that said donation when it has not been made by them.

Dont get into a discussion with them. Just say no thank you and keep walking. If they insist, just ignore them.

A few years ago I used to go for a run straight after work. This would involve running past some chuggers. One twat started running alongside me thinking he was being cute so I agreed that if he ran with me and finished the run with me Id set up a maximum dd with him.

I was quite overweight and slow and he obviously didnt expect much from me. However, I was training for a marathan and running 14 miles that night. Needless to say he didnt run all the way with me.

He'd obviously told the other chuggers because they all left me alone when I was running after that. 🤣

I mean who thinks it's ok to try to stop someone running anyway! Even if they are in the first mile or so and still trying to find their stride.

Sadly you are just hastening their death if you give money.
Give to a homelessness charity or buy them food.
People with an addiction are incapable of making good choices

I hate this sanctimony. I give homeless people money so they can buy whatever is going to make them feel better. If that’s a drink or a fix so be it. Helping people doesn’t need to be accompanied by a side dish of self righteousness and judgement.

It’s is so useful. I use a revolut account to do it but i believe there are apps that you can link to your bank account to do it, i think it’s called Plum. Same idea it takes the round up amount you set and puts it in a separate account, it doesn’t seem like much but it all adds up and if you don’t touch it for a year it’s amazing how much is in there at the end.