Where are the clothing appeal notes gone?

Berty

I have noticed recently that I do not get any clothing appeal crap from crazy supposed charities.

I have not gotten any since around Late November and we were getting around 3 per week.

We did get one on Monday but it was actually credible enough to probably be real. We gave them nothing but thanks for another bin liner.

Where have they all gone?

tba

Its a recession, the people putting them in your letter box are keeping the bin liners for themselves.

Fizman

I'd imagine that all of the charities saw what you wear and thought to themselves "Jesus, we wouldn't be able to give that sh1t away"!

Biggins

Give them time. The feckers will be back!

Pace2008

Berty wrote: »

I have noticed recently that I do not get any clothing appeal crap from crazy supposed charities.

I have not gotten any since around Late November and we were getting around 3 per week.

We did get one on Monday but it was actually credible enough to probably be real. We gave them nothing but thanks for another bin liner.

Where have they all gone?

There was a businessman from Belfast that ran one of the bigger ones. It turned out that he was giving something like two cents for every euro made to good causes. This was exposed and since people found out they're lot warier of giving to these 'charities.'

MarkR

They seem to be mostly on the floor in my hallway. Have you noticed how they never seem to be registered charities, but often have waste collection permits?

Berty

I have two and a half black bin liner upstairs waiting to be given to a clothing appeal in town.

I would never give them to somebody who gives me a sticker and expects me to give them my clothes with nothing but a mobile number to confirm their existence.

Gorta in Limerick city will be getting these bags.

BTW my clothes are good. My rotund features do not fit my clothes any longer.

Biggins

An awful lot of the public has grown a lot wiser to this scam.
Others still leave stuff out but thankfully, a lot more take their stuff (and make a point of it) to the likes of St Vincent de Paul, etc.

Maybe why the leaflets have dropped off for the moment is just because of the cold!

Mollywolly

Don't kid yourself Berty, they've not gone away. I got the bin liner plus a sticker over the weekend and both ended up in the bin 'cos I just don't trust them anymore. Prefer to make the trip into town so that I know my stuff has gone to a good cause.

I don't live too far away from you either, so no doubt they'll be heading your way soon. Oh happy day......:)

Berty

Mollywolly wrote: »

Don't kid yourself Berty, they've not gone away. I got the bin liner plus a sticker over the weekend and both ended up in the bin 'cos I just don't trust them anymore. Prefer to make the trip into town so that I know my stuff has gone to a good cause.

I don't live too far away from you either, so no doubt they'll be heading your way soon. Oh happy day......:)

I was up at 5:00am one morning and the guy was putting them in the doors. I picked it up tore it in half and walked out on to the footpath and put it on the ground. I watched from the dark hallway through the window the guy pick it up, look at the house, roll his eyes and walk on.

The next week the same guy is back at 7am and putting stuff in my letterbox again.

I told the GF I was going to electrify the letterbox during the night but she told me I didnt have the ability to see the project through and she was right!!!

nedd

I'm living in Sallins and i still get 2/3 of these Clothing Appeal stickers in the door every week. They just end straight up in the bin.

But I did have a black bag with some old clothes that I was wanting to get rid of once so i decided to leave them outside the door with one of these stickers on it. The bag wasnt collected after a week so that was the end of that.

Neamhshuntasach

A load of them were foreigners who would sell the clothes at various markets. I put a t shirt from college in it that had my name on it. I seen some teenager on the bus wearing it one day and since i thought it was destined for Chernobyl i asked him where he got it. He said at a market beside Parnell street. I was then telling a bouncer mate about it and he said a lot of the Polish lads that work the door with him knew people who done that.

And since a lot are going home, the labels have stopped coming in the doors.

spurious

There aren't too many 'foreigners' selling on the hill (Cumberland St., off Parnell St). Most of the dealers are local and fiercely protective of their pitches. Much more likely to have been flogged by a local.

Berty

Ah, we will miss them when they are gone home.

mike65

I got only two since Chrimbo, I reckon the weather might be an issue!

Hanging about in clothes banks all night is a summer job

Zaph

Two in my letterbox this week alone. I'd love to know what time they deliver them at. I come downstairs around 6.45am on work days and regularly find one has already been delivered.

Berty

Take the clothing stickers and set your alarm for 2am. Ring the mobile numbers at 2am and tell them that if they feel like walking you up at 7am playing with your letterbox then you will wake them up every single night at 2am.

kittensoft1984

Ive had about 6 in the last week!

Type 17

I keep getting the same one every few weeks - total scam, I'm sure.

There is a Company Reg Number (287899) in the corner of the sticker, and this time I had the computer on, so I looked it up on CRO.ie.

It's the company reg number of a Software Company that was wound up around 2001 :rolleyes:

Piste

These scam artists were outed on Buyer Beware on RTE a few months ago, I'd say that got through to a lot of people so now they're a lot more wary about giving to these bogus charities.