Charity pests in Stafford? AKA Chuggers

[Gramaisc]

I wonder if we'll miss them in Greengate Street - I like to use American Football tactics to try to interpose a "player from my side" (who may not realise they are playing), to 'consume' the tackle - I've got quite good at it.

 

[staffordjas]

Drove thru Stone this afternoon & evening with my sister. There are folk standing by the traffic lights on the one way system with buckets collecting for Children in Need. We thought at one point, a bloke was goin open the drivers door and shove it under our noses. He would have got told where to shove it n all.

There were 2 people in fancy dress on the pavement outside the convent today, one pedalling away on an exercise bike and the other with a bucket with what sounded like quite a lot of cash in . Saw them cross over the road to a woman walking in front of me and she put money in....Bit much when you can't even walk into town without a bucket shoved under your nose on the way.

The chuggers in town don't often make a bee line for me.... must be the scowl on my face after I've seen them up ahead

 

[Glam]

Drove thru Stone this afternoon & evening with my sister. There are folk standing by the traffic lights on the one way system with buckets collecting for Children in Need. We thought at one point, a bloke was goin open the drivers door and shove it under our noses. He would have got told where to shove it n all.

There were 2 people in fancy dress on the pavement outside the convent today, one pedalling away on an exercise bike and the other with a bucket with what sounded like quite a lot of cash in . Saw them cross over the road to a woman ahead of me and she put money in....Bit much when you can't even walk into town without a bucket shoved under your nose on the way.

They were literally walking up to cars and shaking the buckets at the windows. My sister, who isn't as refined as me (cough), was ready tell them where go.
So rude their methods.

 

[staffordjas]

They were literally walking up to cars and shaking the buckets at the windows. My sister, who isn't as refined as me (cough), was ready tell them where go.
So rude their methods.

Did wonder why these were in that spot out of town....just realised (bit slow today ) that it's where the cars were queuing in the roadworks! (Although if anyone ever came and asked me for a charity donation whilst I was sitting pissed off in a traffic jam, I know where I'd tell them to stick the bucket....)

 

[Carole]

I dont have a problem with the children in need buckets. I certainly wouldnt be rude to them when they are, after all, just trying to do something good. I am happy to throw some money in.

I am not rude to the chuggers either. But I dont like it because they are not just asking for a small cash donation they are asking you to sign up.

I have already chosen my preferred charities and we do several direct debits because we want to, not because we are being harrassed in the street to do so. When I reply, "no thanks, I already do my charity giving by direct debit" some of them are really nice about it.
Others, I can tell just dont believe me and they just think I am an uncharitable person.

 

[John Marwood]

I'm naive and think my taxes should go toward helping people in need

Rather than to people not in need who don't pay taxes

 

[wmrcomputers]

I am not rude to the chuggers either. But I dont like it because they are not just asking for a small cash donation they are asking you to sign up.

It's this side of charities that annoys me too. The amount that knock on our doors up here is ridiculous, and they all want a monthly commitment. As I'm not in a position to do so, I always ask if I can give a cash donation - but they can't accept one! I've now therefore resorted to making my own sign for the door to stop them from knocking - and I must say it has been doing the trick for the last couple of weeks. I give to charities as & when I can afford to - without pressure.

On another subject - just incase anyone is wondering why I made my own door sign and didn't get one of the freely available ones, I wanted mine to show clearly that I'm happy to receive food menu's and leaflets - which all of the signs usually rule out. If a local small business is making an effort to post leaflets then I might want to know they exist at some point in time. Plus I've had customers that were given my number (thankfully) by a neighbour and ask "how come I didn't get your leaflet?". It's almost embarassing when I have to point out that they instructed me not to post one!

 

[wmrcomputers]

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[captainpish]

Me and the mrs pay a direct debit to birmingham childrens hospital each month. I pretty much dont donate to anything else bar the charites or causes where there are war vets and stuff with the small buckets where you know almost all of the money is helping the guys standing there with the bucket. I also give to the kids stuff you occasionaly see at supermarkets like local football teams trying to raise money for a new kit etc. Anyone else, especially the twats who harass you for bank details in town centres can take a hike. There are a million good causes out there but you cant give to all of them. I have seen first hand the money that flies about with at least one large and well known charity and lets just say only a small percentage of your donation is spent on the cause you chose to give to.

 

[captainpish]

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That just reminded me of the couple of old dears i had knock my door about 3 years ago. They were your typical dillusional religeous oddballs. They tried to tell me the world was going to end on a certain date and gave me a leaflet. I was quite polite as were they, and tried to tell them that i was a man of science and not faith and that the world was not going to end. Ive been waiting for their return as i have seen them about on occasion. I really want to ask them what happened to their prophecy? What went wrong? They must keep a log of houses they called at so as not to embarrass themselves.

 

[PeterD]

What irritates me most is that I will be having a conversation with my wife and they are happy to interrupt with "you look like a happy fella"..... no, no I bloody well aren't. I despise them. I do a lot of good work for charity, but don't like to talk about it, but a chugger puts me off the charity they represent.

 

[John Marwood]

What irritates me most is that I will be having a conversation with my wife and they are happy to interrupt with "you look like a happy fella"..... no, no I bloody well aren't. I despise them. I do a lot of good work for charity, but don't like to talk about it, but a chugger puts me off the charity they represent.

 

[proactive]

Drove thru Stone this afternoon & evening with my sister. There are folk standing by the traffic lights on the one way system with buckets collecting for Children in Need. We thought at one point, a bloke was goin open the drivers door and shove it under our noses. He would have got told where to shove it n all.

I hate the whole children in need thing and the fact that you are considered weird if you don't dress like a twat and donate cash to people dressed like twats doing twattish things all in the name of charideee.

I donate regularly to two charities of my choice and take part in as many things as possible for KHH, but I'm fcuked if I'll be told who to support and how much for, either by chuggers or by so-called public opinion.

 

[staffordjas]

My parents used to have loads of direct debits set up for charities here there and everywhere and a few years ago I was once at their house when they got a call from Heart Research insisting they increased their donations each month. The bloke pointed out that he was being paid for his phone call, mum pointed out that they already gave quite a big amount each month by direct debit as well as giving into any collections coming around. The bloke then said "That's no good, we want to know how much exactly we have coming in, not rely on you topping up occassionally by putting money in a collection tin ....we need you to donate more by direct debit each month!" I told them to cancel the direct debit straight away, but no...they were stupid enough to carry on paying it!

On another note, the people I saw collecting today had nothing saying they were collecting for charity.... could well have been for a beer fund for all I knew!

 

[Floss]

My parents used to have loads of direct debits set up for charities here there and everywhere (and may still be doing so , despite mum being in a home and my dad passing away a few weeks ago ....) and a few years ago I was once at their house when they got a call from Heart Research insisting they increased their donations each month. The bloke pointed out that he was being paid for his phone call, mum pointed out that they already gave quite a big amount each month by direct debit as well as giving into any collections coming around. The bloke then said "That's no good, we want to know how much exactly we have coming in, not rely on you topping up occassionally by putting money in a collection tin ....we need you to donate more by direct debit each month!" I told them to cancel the direct debit straight away, but no...they were stupid enough to carry on paying it!

On another note, the people I saw collecting today had nothing saying they were collecting for charity.... could well have been for a beer fund for all I knew!

Similar thing happened to my parents they used to have a direct debit for Macmillan but they wouldn't stop pestering them for more so my dad cancelled it altogether

 

[tek-monkey]

I've cancelled several due to arsehole representatives.

 

[Studio Tan]

CHUGGINGTON WELCOMES CHUGGERS !

 

[joshua]

Interestingly there is a advert on a local selling site looking for charity fundraisers the type you see on most high streets, £200pw basic plus commission wage so the first £800 a month you raise pays you wage then your commission and then if there is any left a bit to the charity your raising money for.

 

[Noah]

Interestingly there is a advert on a local selling site looking for charity fundraisers the type you see on most high streets, £200pw basic plus commission wage so the first £800 a month you raise pays you wage then your commission and then if there is any left a bit to the charity your raising money for.

A lot of the chuggers don't work for the charities, they work for companies supplying fundraising services to charities, so another chunk of the money goes to those companies.

 

[arthur]

We got some at the door wanting us to support deaf children - i asked my daughter who is deaf if she wanted to sign up so we both did - then after about six months she said the have had enough of my money now and we stopped the direct debits. It was useful in that it taught her about charitable giving. But she feels she done her bit for deaf children now. Last month she saw a man begging in town and she gave him a bottle of pop and some crisps - i was really proud of her.