Bloody charity bags

29 May 2013

2 bags last week four this week etc. How many charity bags is it reasonable for a household to receive? Maybe two three a year would be about right for us I think but no, we get about a two hundred and three. OK that's probably an bit of an exaggeration but I reckon fifty plus isn't. I realise that a fair few are probably not charity at all and will more than like have the contents sorted an d into a boot sale somewhere but still.
Also noticed now that we have two sets of rag & bone men or rather couple of pikey's in a van, and yes they are pikeys from a pikey camp one set of them even collecting anything that isn't nailed down and being followed around on a regular basis by the local plod, that are coming around multiple times a bloody week. Doing my head in at the moment

29 May 2013

Quote by flower411

Here's one just for you Lost

Flower, classic!
Lost - I use those charity bags as bin bags - As they aren't for charity!

29 May 2013

Even if you leave something out in the bag, they never seem to turn up and collect on the stated day.
Now just take things to the local Charity Shop or Recycling Centre.
.... then recycle their bags.

29 May 2013

I get about 2-3 per week, slightly less than menus for the local take aways but more than the bloody catalogues from bettaware/avon/fuckknowswhatelse.
Bags used for the bin or go in the camping box/work box for rubbish, everything else is binned
Thinking of installing gates and a gattling gun for those that don't take the fucking hint! :twisted:

30 May 2013

Quote by meat2pleaseu
I get about 2-3 per week, slightly less than menus for the local take aways but more than the bloody catalogues from bettaware/avon/fuckknowswhatelse.
Bags used for the bin or go in the camping box/work box for rubbish, everything else is binned
Thinking of installing gates and a gattling gun for those that don't take the fucking hint! :twisted:

Forgot about those bastards I did Meaty ffs twice a month we get betterware from two different people and Kleeneze once month from another and we even have to put the little bloody catalogues out for them to collect if. Damn things go straight from the inside of the letterbox to poking out under a plant pot outside without being opened. You'd of thought they'd get the idea by now but no. Got to admire their tenacity I guess.
And together with the Chinese Indian & Pizza takeaway and the weekly Lidl leaflets it gets a bit of a pisstake. OMG there really is a stack of shite isn't there jeez

30 May 2013

Quote by Lost
I get about 2-3 per week, slightly less than menus for the local take aways but more than the bloody catalogues from bettaware/avon/fuckknowswhatelse.
Bags used for the bin or go in the camping box/work box for rubbish, everything else is binned
Thinking of installing gates and a gattling gun for those that don't take the fucking hint! :twisted:

Forgot about those bastards I did Meaty ffs twice a month we get betterware from two different people and Kleeneze once month from another and we even have to put the little bloody catalogues out for them to collect if. Damn things go straight from the inside of the letterbox to poking out under a plant pot outside without being opened. You'd of thought they'd get the idea by now but no. Got to admire their tenacity I guess.
And together with the Chinese Indian & Pizza takeaway and the weekly Lidl leaflets it gets a bit of a pisstake. OMG there really is a stack of shite isn't there jeez
the paper shit i use it all for starting my patio burner in fact i cant get enough lol

the recycle bags i use for rubbish saves on bin bags, and the catalogues i burn in the burner and take the doorbell battery out when they are due round so they can't collect them, since we did that we dont get anymore wink

30 May 2013

It's free kindle for starting fires, recycled and sent back to the earth as ash

30 May 2013

I just pass the flyers straight to the recycling bin.
The "charity" bags.... don't get me started on them! If they're a recognisable registered charity then all well and good, but most of them nowadays are commercial companies who just sell on your donations, and if you're lucky they might give a pittance to some obscure fund somewhere.
As for the catalogues, they also go straight into the recycling, much to the obvious annoyance of the profoundly verbal lady who recently tried to get one back from me. I turns out she has to buy them from the supplier, and me chucking it cost her money. Serves her right for posting it through a letterbox marked 'no junk mail' I suppose! innocent

Oh, and while we're on the subject of knockers, one of the best things I ever did was to laminate one of these for the front door:

I just love seeing them walk up, read it, and beat a hasty retreat. smile

19 Jun 2013

I will never use one of those charity bags for donating household goods. I would much rather donate the items in person to a shop or recognised recycling facility. I simply don't trust the bag collectors to do as they claim to do.
If I do not recycle the bag as a waste bag for my own purpose I quite happily leave it outside the front door as part of an ever increasing pile. Maybe one day people will take the hint wink