Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: tonysue on September 01, 2010, 18:17:12 PM

Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: tonysue on September 01, 2010, 18:17:12 PM: I have today received 2 charity collection bags, the type you put your unwanted items in and put outside for collection on the nominated day.
These 2 bags now make a total of 5 this week, all for different charities. Its a pity the organisers cant get together and decide who will canvas what area and when. Times are hard, charities are suffering more than most in the financial downturn and it seems ludicrous that they are wasteing resources and money by flooding an area for donations at the same time.
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Gorgeous_bird on September 01, 2010, 18:25:41 PM: I agree I had 3 last week - still, free bin bags!
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Scunner on September 01, 2010, 18:30:26 PM: I wouldn't leave anything out in bags, for scamming illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe to come and collect and profit from. If you have anything to give to charity, drop it into the shop.
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Highlander on September 01, 2010, 19:46:32 PM: I agree entirely with that.

The other evening we had two kids, a girl about ten and the boy no more than five at the door saying they were collecting for charity. Not an adult in sight. Easiest way was to ask them for identification. They simply ran off.
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: heather07 on September 01, 2010, 20:45:32 PM: I have a pile of them. How much stuff do they think we have?
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Scunner on September 01, 2010, 20:48:30 PM: Fill one up with all the others and leave it out for them
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Gorgeous_bird on September 01, 2010, 21:02:08 PM: quote:
Originally posted by Scunner

Fill one up with all the others and leave it out for them

Fab idea:D
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Julesp on September 01, 2010, 21:04:18 PM: So if I start doling out charity bags in Fethiye for Fig I can presume i will be told where to put them?
The Turks would just fill them with household waste anyway
tried a reycle paper bin outside Fig shop, after 2 days I had to ask for it to be removed as Turks chucked their rubbish in. It Stunk!! :D 8) :-\
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: puma on September 01, 2010, 23:57:01 PM: we have a metal recycle bin in the next street all my stuff goes on there
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: Gorgeous_bird on September 02, 2010, 05:23:24 AM: we have one outside the post office. I stopped putting stuff in ther when the ids told e that had seen one of the village kids cycling around wearing most of our clothes!
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: dycedon on September 02, 2010, 06:32:37 AM: Agree with Scunner, read the instructions that are on envelope, only part goes to charity, a small part if anything at all, bin the lot of them.
Title: Charity collection bags
Post by: nuttybird on September 02, 2010, 16:42:06 PM: Agree with Scunner also, 99% of the 'charity' bags that come through the door are huge scams from eastern europeans, it was on the news a few months ago. I just use them for rubbish.