Collection Scam - Clothes collection

[biggee99]

I see all charities a scam only have to pay 15% of the money takenthe rest will pay fat cat wages and expenses, i don't know why people fall for this every time, but i must say i have and still give my time must be soft in the head. So they take £1000,000 and give £15,000. That's a great robbing deal but the government don't say nothing because its an industry the people who take the money pay taxes so that's ok i could go on but i have said my bit so next time, think who gets the money to help those who need it, or some fat cat behind the desk taking big money for all your hard earned cash.

[Leeds Hippo]

Crazy Jane wrote: Kirkstall/Burley Road area, i've seen these coming through maybe once a month for the last year or two. For some reason, most of them have some variation of the (totally unrelated) cat photograph on them.Edit: I suspect Hippo it's an unfortunate case of watching the small print, they may look a lot like charity flyers but if they say on (as they do) what they are and what they're going to do with it then there's no deception per se in a criminal sense... i guess.Fairly sure i have heard of some businesses like this whipping bags left out for collection by actual charitites, even purposely doing the run earlier the same day they know a charity does theirs to clean up, but couldn;t say that this has actually happened with any of the ones we have discussed here. Thanks Crazy JaneLooks like the same gang - note the expression - "We will collect come rain or shine" - I bet they will!

[raveydavey]

The likes of these people once collected three bin bags I'd left out in my front garden that wasn't there for them.They were actually three bags of garden waste to go to the tip that weekend, so I wasn't too upset! (This was obviously in the days before brown bins).

[tilly]

biggee99 wrote: I see all charities a scam only have to pay 15% of the money takenthe rest will pay fat cat wages and expenses, i don't know why people fall for this every time, but i must say i have and still give my time must be soft in the head. So they take £1000,000 and give £15,000. That's a great robbing deal but the government don't say nothing because its an industry the people who take the money pay taxes so that's ok i could go on but i have said my bit so next time, think who gets the money to help those who need it, or some fat cat behind the desk taking big money for all your hard earned cash. Hi biggee99 I dont think the Salvation Army pays anyone to run there charity.If this is wrong i would like to know i only give to this cause.By the way i have no connection with the Salvation Army so i am not plugging there charity.

[Reginal Perrin]

tilly wrote: biggee99 wrote: I see all charities a scam only have to pay 15% of the money takenthe rest will pay fat cat wages and expenses, i don't know why people fall for this every time, but i must say i have and still give my time must be soft in the head. So they take £1000,000 and give £15,000. That's a great robbing deal but the government don't say nothing because its an industry the people who take the money pay taxes so that's ok i could go on but i have said my bit so next time, think who gets the money to help those who need it, or some fat cat behind the desk taking big money for all your hard earned cash. Hi biggee99 I dont think the Salvation Army pays anyone to run there charity.If this is wrong i would like to know i only give to this cause.By the way i have no connection with the Salvation Army so i am not plugging there charity. Sorry to break this to you Tilly but they are one of the worst unless they have totally changed their model in recent years."$2 billion in income and $1.6 billion in expenses"See - http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/salvarmy.htmlVery shady organisation by the looks of it. Get lots of breaks for being a church but run as a military organisation with self employed "ministers" at the helm raking in some frigteningly high expenses. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs as they say but many charities help themselves to as much egg as they like before they make the omelette. It's why I don't trust any of them.

[tilly]

Reginal Perrin wrote: tilly wrote: biggee99 wrote: I see all charities a scam only have to pay 15% of the money takenthe rest will pay fat cat wages and expenses, i don't know why people fall for this every time, but i must say i have and still give my time must be soft in the head. So they take £1000,000 and give £15,000. That's a great robbing deal but the government don't say nothing because its an industry the people who take the money pay taxes so that's ok i could go on but i have said my bit so next time, think who gets the money to help those who need it, or some fat cat behind the desk taking big money for all your hard earned cash. Hi biggee99 I dont think the Salvation Army pays anyone to run there charity.If this is wrong i would like to know i only give to this cause.By the way i have no connection with the Salvation Army so i am not plugging there charity. Sorry to break this to you Tilly but they are one of the worst unless they have totally changed their model in recent years."$2 billion in income and $1.6 billion in expenses"See - http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/salvarmy.htmlVery shady organisation by the looks of it. Get lots of breaks for being a church but run as a military organisation with self employed "ministers" at the helm raking in some frigteningly high expenses. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs as they say but many charities help themselves to as much egg as they like before they make the omelette. It's why I don't trust any of them. Many thanks for that Reginal Perrin That is the end of my donations to them.I will keep my money in my pocket in future.    

[Reginal Perrin]

tilly wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: tilly wrote: biggee99 wrote: I see all charities a scam only have to pay 15% of the money takenthe rest will pay fat cat wages and expenses, i don't know why people fall for this every time, but i must say i have and still give my time must be soft in the head. So they take £1000,000 and give £15,000. That's a great robbing deal but the government don't say nothing because its an industry the people who take the money pay taxes so that's ok i could go on but i have said my bit so next time, think who gets the money to help those who need it, or some fat cat behind the desk taking big money for all your hard earned cash. Hi biggee99 I dont think the Salvation Army pays anyone to run there charity.If this is wrong i would like to know i only give to this cause.By the way i have no connection with the Salvation Army so i am not plugging there charity. Sorry to break this to you Tilly but they are one of the worst unless they have totally changed their model in recent years."$2 billion in income and $1.6 billion in expenses"See - http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/salvarmy.htmlVery shady organisation by the looks of it. Get lots of breaks for being a church but run as a military organisation with self employed "ministers" at the helm raking in some frigteningly high expenses. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs as they say but many charities help themselves to as much egg as they like before they make the omelette. It's why I don't trust any of them. Many thanks for that Reginal Perrin That is the end of my donations to them.I will keep my money in my pocket in future.     Don't change what you do on my say so Tilly please. Do some more reading about it. Raising £400k is not to be sniffed at I suppose but a 20% return on donations does seem low. My wife works for a charity and I donate my time when I can, never money. You are treated as a punter.

[raveydavey]

Much as I don't want to belittle the very good work many charities do - often arguably where that same service should be provided by the government - it will make you weep if you look into just how much certain people at the top of the chain are paid at some of the UK's biggest charities.http://society.guardian.co.uk/salarysur ... 7,00.htmlI wonder if when Leonard Cheshire was setting up the first of his homes for injured servicemen that he ever imagined one day someone would be banking a pay cheque of £95,000, for example?Yes, I know they have to be run on strict business like lines nowadays, but those six figure salaries are eating up a whole lot of donations that are being given to support the cause, not someones wage.

[Leeds Hippo]

From the Charity Commission Sitehttp://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/180,000 registered charities !!! - If I become a charity can I claim VAT back

[raveydavey]

Leeds Hippo wrote: From the Charity Commission Sitehttp://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/180,000 registered charities !!! - If I become a charity can I claim VAT back Make sure you become a religious charity - ministers of religion are exempt from council tax.