Thread: Chuggers a.k.a. Charity Muggers

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There are plenty of good causes out there but you can’t give to everyone. I think you need to know who you are giving to. With charities you don’t know, you can’t be sure how much is going to the cause and how much is used up in collecting the money - and there are plenty of somewhat spurious ones out there.

Stick to the causes you believe in and be generous with them.

And pick the right ones - a lot of charities, less then 5% makes it to the end recipient.

We choose to cut our Xmas holiday short and volunteer for Blazeaid instead of donating.

100% of our effort went into re-building fences, we also donated our quality wire cutters on our last day and left all he excess PPE I dragged along

I also donate plasma as often as I can.

Don’t donate money anywhere near as much these days.

I remember years ago a bloke won $90'000 playing for a charity on 'Who wants to be a millionaire'. 'What does that money mean to your charity' Eddie McGuire asked. It means we can move into a bigger office with air conditioning the bloke replied.
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Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I'm interested to hear peoples thoughts on how much is enough to give, as this week I was on a few days off and got bailled up at home by a charity collector. In the old days I would've just given him whatever was the biggest note in my wallet, a $20 or $50 but now with the new fangled tech I've been signed up to a $30 a month plan on and iPad, for the rest of my life unless I cancel!

Also if a charity sends one a letter, how much is enough? Is a puny letter worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars, as I've noticed the more one gives the higher they or pro'ly the computer generating the letter moves one's bracket?

Cancel

As Tombie said, most of the charities only end up with about 5%
The person who bailed you up is not collecting for the charity, they end up with a cut of your “donation”.

Better off giving blood or some of your time to a local organisation in need

Have done some work with this sector and often the charity does not receive anything until you have been paying for 2 years. There is a business behind the chugger that has overhead costs to support. The charities would not go along with it if it did not provide them some income. However many people cancel after 12 months thinking that have made a difference. Better to set the direct debit up direct with who you want to support.

never agree to anything at your door.

My wife used to give to every charity that rang, we ended up with around 20 ringing every month all around dinner time asking for her , they never say were they are from unless you ask & some were getting quite abusive when I told I told them we could not afford to give to every one . If they get abusive I now request that we be taking off there list to call & if they ring again I will report them. I don't mind giving to good causes but once they find an easy target like my wife they are like a dog with a bone. The ones that I have asked not to ring that start sending requests in the mail I just mark the envelope not at this address & send them back.
It is the same with giving cloths & furniture to charities, a lot won't take cloths & furniture now . I went to one recently to be told we only take new stuff & don't take books of any kind. Another said I could take every thing out of the ute they would take what they wanted & I could take the rest away. I do realise why they do this because people don't want to pay to dump it but most of the stuff was new or near new that I had , the cloths still had there shop price tags on them.
My sister in law volunteers at a charity shop she was telling me people wanting charity expect to get new items & won't accept second furniture ect.
I know I sound not very charitable bur these days I would rather give the money to my kids who need it than to give to some one knocking at my door or ringing at dinner time for only 5% of the money going to the charity. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME .