Online Tipping

[15isto2]

I just ordered a Morocco campsite book online and the cheeky buggers asked for a tip at checkout!

 

[Vanderek]

Here is a tip.... don't run with scissors.

 

[meanders]

The ones that annoy me is when you are supporting someone or an event for charity. You put in say £50 then they ask for more.

 

[chaser]

The ones that annoy me is when you are supporting someone or an event for charity. You put in say £50 then they ask for more.

I found red cross terrible for this, they must have spent more on sending me begging letters than I gave them in the first place.
No more.

 

[BikerGraham]

I found red cross terrible for this, they must have spent more on sending me begging letters than I gave them in the first place.
No more.

I remember a few years ago my mam getting very upset and stressed with the torrent of begging letters from the donkey sanctuary. Even though she had been contributing for years. They just wanted more and more. It was shocking the guilt they try to put onto people to pay even more.

We managed to get our mam (late 80's at the time) to stop altogether.

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[Puddleduck]

When I set up my standing order to my chosen charity I make it clear that begging for more will result in me stopping the payments.

One charity tried this and I immediately stopped the standing order and wrote to them to say why I had done this.

I now make a monthly donation to a local charity and they have never asked for more so I make an additional annual donation if I am able to. Always get a letter of thanks / appreciation in response.

 

[bobnick]

I have started popping into St Lukes Hospice charity shop in the village to pop £5 or £10 note into the jar on the counter.
They get a bit confused as i ain't bought owt.
All other beggers can do one.

 

[The Wino]

I have started popping into St Lukes Hospice charity shop in the village to pop £5 or £10 note into the jar on the counter.
They get a bit confused as i ain't bought owt.
All other beggers can do one.

A lot of smaller charities probably aren't as aggressive and don't employ paid fundraisers trying to get people to sign up for regular payments which they get a commission on. The choir I sing in tonight are doing a charity concert for refugees and asylum seekers there won't be any of the money donated being taken by paid fundraising.

 

[pappajohn]

I got accosted in the street by a paid 'begger'
I wasn't in a rush so let her waffle on but she just wouldn't let it drop so I arranged a £10 month donation.
Then I escaped......and rang the charity number and cancelled explaining why I did.

 

[bobnick]

If the bosses' did a stint in the shops now and again maybe just maybe people might appreciate them more..................not me i may add.

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[Hezbez]

Paying by credit card in some high street stores the option to add a tip now comes up on the screen which you physically have to decline before it allows you to proceed.

 

[maison]

Mrs Maison keeps getting texts from “Muslim Aid” requesting donations. We don’t have a clue why, or how they got her number.

Each time we block the number but we just get texts from a different number, been going on for two years.

I have tried every YouTube suggestion for how to stop it permanently on iPhone with no luck. All we can do is keep deleting/blocking as they come in.

 

[15isto2]

Mrs Maison keeps getting texts from “Muslim Aid” requesting donations. We don’t have a clue why, or how they got her number.

Each time we block the number but we just get texts from a different number, been going on for two years.

I have tried every YouTube suggestion for how to stop it permanently on iPhone with no luck. All we can do is keep deleting/blocking as they come in.

I keep getting texts about betting tips. I am quite expert at reporting and blocking phone numbers these days

 

[chaser]

When I donated to red cross it was never anything but a one off. But they kept sending me stuff I didn't want , Christmas cards, pens and all manner of stuff, I started sending them back and telling them I didn't want them, I went in the shops and told them , phoned them, everything but they just wouldn't stop sending them so it got to the point,every month some more would go in the bin unopened.
Must have gone on for two years.

 

[Lenny HB]

We won't do monthly donations. Prefer to take stuff we could easily sell to local hospice shop. We have barcode tag they label every item and we get a letter saying how much we raised for them. Makes it rewarding.

Won't give to national charities as they are experts at wasting money, employing directors on stupidly high salaries. Salvation Army excepted their directors have very low saleries.

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[davanne]

We went into a local charity shop the other day Max bought a book and they asked if he would like to give a donation

 

[Derbyshire wanderer]

I made a text donation to UNICEF to then be bombarded with begging texts for more. I had to ring them and threaten about data misuse as they had no right to use my mobile number from a ‘text donate £10 to *****’ message. Never again. Cash into a tin only now.

 

[Jo-jo]

We won't do monthly donations. Prefer to take stuff we could easily sell to local hospice shop. We have barcode tag they label every item and we get a letter saying how much we raised for them. Makes it rewarding.

Won't give to national charities as they are experts at wasting money, employing directors on stupidly high salaries. Salvation Army excepted their directors have very low saleries.

That sounds like gift aid. We cleared our loft in January and took a huge amount to the charity shop. I signed up for gift aid (as a tax-payer). This was before I found out that it means, if the shop receives more in tax back than you pay in tax, you are liable for the difference. I did some maths and realised I won't pay tax this year, so I emailed the charity to be removed.

 

[Lenny HB]

That sounds like gift aid. We cleared our loft in January and took a huge amount to the charity shop. I signed up for gift aid (as a tax-payer). This was before I found out that it means, if the shop receives more in tax back than you pay in tax, you are liable for the difference. I did some maths and realised I won't pay tax this year, so I emailed the charity to be removed.

Yes that's right.

 

[PeterCarole29]

Here is a tip.... don't run with scissors.

Dont get off the bus while its moving

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[nicholsong]

When I made my Will a few years ago I included £100K for RNLI. They are still waiting

 

[The Wino]

A lot of smaller charities probably aren't as aggressive and don't employ paid fundraisers trying to get people to sign up for regular payments which they get a commission on. The choir I sing in tonight are doing a charity concert for refugees and asylum seekers there won't be any of the money donated being taken by paid fundraising.

Just got back from the concert. The trustees of the charity don't take any payments. They had a raffle the prizes were either donated by local businesses or by the trustees of the charity out of their own pockets. All the money raised goes to the cause they support in this case asylum seekers and refugees. It's like charities used to be before a lot became big businesses.