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Mick Mac. So what if they are systematically travelling between clothes banks raiding them for the best quality clothing then selling them on Ebay? Is that a form of charity?

The clothes that actually reach the charities are sorted by quality, with the best items being sold in charity shops and the rest being sold on at up to ?1000 per tonne, hardly peanuts.

Womanofdulwich. How do you know they need things that badly? Were they in rags with bare feet? Perhaps we should let crack addicted burglars and muggers get on with it because they badly need their next fix?

These parasites are the lowest form of thieving scum, more than likely earning a good living at the expense of charities. I always challenge anyone I see stealing from clothes banks. I'd be too ashamed not to!

They probably were not wearing their rags, but charity shop clothes are much more expensive than jumble sale prices- they are sometimes more expensive than primark. I feel sorry for genuinely poor people. You are right of course they could have been raiding the bins and selling the stuff on e bay- but I think it is extremely unlikely. It is incomparable to drugs. Of course it is wrong but in the overall scheme of things it is minor. I think the good stuff goes direct to the shop- the clothes bank stuff is usually not so good. But that is just my experience. Maybe other residents of SE22 put their armami jackets in the clothes banks? If I cant be bothered to sell something on e bay- should I mind if someone else does- I think at least they are trying to get along and you need the money- have more time- than me. But thats just my slightly liberal opinion compared to nununoolio.

Womanofdulwich. I can see from my last post that I may have come across as a Daily Mail reading, line 'em up against the wall and shoot 'em type. I am anything but that.

Theft from clothing banks and scamming doorstep collections are rife, depriving charities of millions over the course of a year. I have seen people turning up with estate cars and vans to load the clothing from the banks outside my workplace. I have chased many of them away. None have tried to defend their actions by saying how poor or desperate they are.

I'm up to my eyeballs in debt, going through a costly divorce and can't afford to run a car, yet wouldn't dream of stealing from something like a charity clothes bank to 'get along', no matter how much I needed the money.

I became frustrated at the couldn't care less attitude towards what is organised crime, not something minor. It would be good to see people dealing with the situation as I have. I called the charity, told them what was happening and suggested they increase their collections to two a week as the bank was overflowing, which they have done. Now very little clothing is left beside the bank so the thieves are left with little or nothing to take.

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I once went out with someone who nicked a kids pedal cart from outside a charity shop. She took it for her own already over-privileged child. She just looked at me blankly when I reacted with disbelief . Still doesn't get the point,to this very day.

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