Jump to content

Recommended Posts

The Oxfam I worked at would accept electricals (not health related) and they would all have to be tested first.


I thought it was obvious that they would be.

In terms of cost, we had a volunteer who was qualified to do the testing and things. It cost nothing, but this man's generosity.

They have also ceased to take items of furniture (although I think you can still call for collection). I was told this was because they made more money out of clothes and also that people had started to use it as a bit of a ?dumping ground? for things that were unsellable. I understand their position and think it makes sense for them to concentrate on making the most money possible in the space they have ... however I had always taken old towels, bedsheets etc (and yes, old bedside tables and mobile phones in)with the intention they could be ?ragged? and resold for some money, and would also prevent those items from ending up in landfill. Not sure if they would now only accept higher quality clothing, or if mobile phones would still be welcome.

I was told a few weeks back that St Christopher's would take electrical goods if the flex (?) was removed. Obviously that would not be appropriate for some items.


I then took a brass vintage table lamp in which would have to be rewired when bought as I had cut the flex off.


I sincerely hope they have not binned it as I think it was worth quite a bit.

I wanted to donate an armchair, but they do not accept furniture at the shop.

They gave me a number for furniture collection 0208 768 4571


My chair was bought by my mother 10 years or so ago but as part of a 3-piece suite saw very little use.

The chair was bought from John Lewis and is of high quality costing ?450 back then. So worth selling.


If donating Chairs/sofas, they MUST comply with Fire Regulations and have labels to confirm this.

My item will now be collected next Tuesday.


DulwichFox

Chick Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I have given these people my phone number three

> times with the offer to carry our portable

> appliance testing and certificate the work. They

> didn?t even have the courtesy to reply.



Who did you contact Chick? A shop or head office?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Hi there,  Looking for 10-12 jars (to start with) of local honey to fill a small section of a deli space in my work canteen. Please get in touch if you know of any community projects/small scale productions Cheers
    • Yeah, it did work out in the end, but it was way more stressful and expensive than it needed to be. He lost money. He had higher offers early on, but those buyers pulled out because of all the delays. On top of that, he spent a fortune on legal fees trying to get the neighbour to sign off on the freehold transfer. It dragged on for ages. In the end, he was lucky the final buyer stuck with it, but the price was lower, and the whole thing left a bad taste. A lesson learned. Share of freehold can be a real nightmare if the other owners aren’t cooperative. You’ve got to be 100 per cent sure everyone’s reasonable, otherwise it’s just not worth the hassle.
    • It's quite a steep step from memory. The ramp would have to be quite a few feet long to make the angle shallow enough to be safe. Maybe I'm wrong - not an expert.
    • really, it's the fact that a chain is muscling in when there is already one in a small area - if it was just a chain coming to a new area, it's a little different  
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...