"Charity" collection

[Dorothy]

I make sure I only give genuinely nice stuff to the charity shops. It is not their job to sort through all my old tatt for me.

Clothing that is worn, has buttons missing, and underwear etc goes in the big collection banks in Sainsburys carpark or in one of these dubious door to door collection bags. They can sort through that lot if they like and try and find something useable. I imagine they sell the worst of it for rags.

[marscapone]

Where is a good place to get rid of "crap" clothes then? For instance things that might have a small stain or moth hole but otherwise fine and might be welcomed by homeless or others who can be given these things for free

[tallulah71]

When I said disposed of - and yes most of it is - I meant sent away to other shops around the country. You have to realise the demographic of where these shops are. I gave away an awful load of old crap (wearable crap..) to the street collection thingy, because I knew it would be sent away, or 'ragged' if I took it to the shop. Basically unless it's exceptional, or designer, it won't be put out on display. (Also, it's a tiny shop and there's no room!!)

[Sue]

tallulah71 Wrote:

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> Basically unless it's exceptional, or designer, it

> won't be put out on display. (Also, it's a tiny

> shop and there's no room!!)

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That's not true, surely.

The Mind shop in ED sells stuff from places like Primark, and most of what they have on display is neither designer nor exceptional - in my opinion anyway :)

[tallulah71]

You will be surprised what people send in though. I've sorted through huge bags containing stained pants, bras, and old net curtains, odd shoes with no heels...you name it. Lots of stuff is great too. There is also a huge amount of BNWT unworn, expensive gear - clearly people around here have more money than sense.

As sofiasofa and Dorothy point out - charity is not a place for unwanted tatt. There are things called bins for that.