Charity Bags!

So many are bogus, I take unwanted stuff to a charity shop, I know it gets there then.

I wont use these bags I take to charity shops myself or they legit ones come to collect. Too many bogus ones.

I agree with Jaxjacky I also take a bag locally rather than have it conveniently picked up outside my front door and where does it go after that?

I turn the free bag inside out so I am not advertising their wares and use it for rubbish so no wastage.

I throw the bags away. I take all my unwanted stuff to the charity shop

We don't usually get them as the deliverers can't be bothered to come up the (not very long) drive. The few we do get, I turn inside out having crossed out the logo, relabel and use for any clothes we are putting into the Salvation Army collection bin.

Are they, didn’t realise some are bogus, the vans that come to pick ours up are sign written with the logo on side, phone numbers and certainly seem genuine, none I’ve given to are plain white vans etc, that’s actually made me think now

I usually take things to the RSPCA shop but do use the bags occasionally when it's more convenient.

karmalady

I throw the bags away. I take all my unwanted stuff to the charity shop

Don’t throw the bags away. Re-use them for something.

I never seem to have any unwanted clothes to put in them. They make good binbags. I always feel grateful to the charities, genuine or bogus, for saving me a little money.

I’m in a small housing development and over the years when we’ve had various bags delivered, they’re only rarely collected, so I just take mine to the SA collection bin.

Elegran

I never seem to have any unwanted clothes to put in them. They make good binbags. I always feel grateful to the charities, genuine or bogus, for saving me a little money.

Me too.

I use mine for recycling shredded paper, to stop it blowing all over the place. Anything for charity goes to the charity shop. If it's not good enough for the charity shop we get a textile and electricals recycling pickup with the normal recycling bins.

My local charity shop makes money if eg I have trousers with holes in them and they obviously could not be resold. They sell on the pile of unsellable items which is good- no wastage.

Young people seem to have made a trend of wearing trousers with rips in Charley - so someone may be walking around wearing your trousers with a hole. ?
It is great if we can find a use for everything and cut waste in this country.

We haven’t had any for ages. However I have a big pile of stuff waiting to be taken to various charity shops.

TillyTrotter I understand what you are saying but my charity shop would not sell an item unless it looked almost perfect and certainly no signs of general wear and tear.

I have to thank a moth for lunching on one pair of trousers- not quite the same as ripped jeans which to my mind are hideous.

Our charity shop will take disreputable clothes as they sell them by weight to the ragman.
I put anything like that in a separate bag, labelled.

Some of the charity bags seem to be genuine, but when you read the small print only a tiny amount of money is passed on to the charity concerned. I now take all my unwanted stuff to a charity shop.

I use for bin bags and instead take my unwanted clothes to a independent hospice shop that I know isn’t top heavy with management and funds reach the hospice directly.

Charleygirl5

I agree with Jaxjacky I also take a bag locally rather than have it conveniently picked up outside my front door and where does it go after that?

I turn the free bag inside out so I am not advertising their wares and use it for rubbish so no wastage.

I do exactly the same Charleygirl5

What annoys me is that the bags COST money in the first place!!! so why not put the amount spent on them into the kitty to boost the coffers of the said charity its supposed to be helping.??????

I use the bags as bin liners and always take my own charity donations to a shop of my choice.

Our Ragman came this morning. 3 weeks of rag = £120.
That includes bags, shoes, and bedding. They won’t take duvets.
For some reason it’s been a day of sorting bags donated by relatives who’s relative has died.

HeavenLeigh

Are they, didn’t realise some are bogus, the vans that come to pick ours up are sign written with the logo on side, phone numbers and certainly seem genuine, none I’ve given to are plain white vans etc, that’s actually made me think now

Basically lots of the "genuine" ones give a tiny percentage to the charity they advertise - which technically makes them legal - but, it does mean that most of the benefits go to a private company. I think the way they advertise is bogus and misleading.

There was a thread on our local Facebook page a while ago about the bogus companies pretending to be charities.

I save the bags for the litter picking events we have in our town.