[luke's mummu]

I've read a few posts on EB recently where posters have said they don't want to donate their old baby stuff to charity/op shops.

I was wondering why not? I regularly donate stuff and will browse and occasionally buy stuff there as well. Even though we are not "poor" by my standards. I also buy 2nd hand clothes from the school uniform pool because my son wears them out very quickly and/or draws on them with texta.


Interested to hear why/why not.

Thanks Lisa

[Jenflea]

I do because none of my friends have kids and I don't have the room to store stuff.
I don't shop in them much though, but might browse in case my 2yr old sees a toy she might like.

[Chocolate Addict]

I do but I will not donate to the Salvos ever again. I had a boot full of stuff in really good condition but they turned it down without even looking at it. They only wanted the latest release books and weren't interested in any toys or clothes without even looking at them.

I had the same problem with them when clearing out my Grandfathers house, if a mattress was not like brand new they wouldn't even look at it. We ended up throwing a lot of stuff away.

I only donate to Diabetes Australia now as they take almost anything and seem grateful for it. They also collect from you without any hassle and when they say they will.

The Salvo's have left a sour taste in my mouth for many reasons.

[Chchgirl]

I did. I cleaned out my late dh's clothes etc out of the wardrobe, rang the Salvos and they came and picked the lot up for me. They were fantastic!

[luke's mummu]

Chocolate Addict - did they come to your house or car to collect stuff?

Wow that is a shame they didn't even look at all of your stuff.

Our Salvos have a drop off point (business hours only) and I just leave stuff there in bags/boxes - they don't look thru it in front of you.

[tickledpink72]

I personally wont donate to any charity with any religious affiliation.

[Jenflea]

I use the Salvos because I can park the car right next to the drop off point(and i don't need to get my toddler out) and they help me get the stuff out of the car.
I think as long as they help people in need I'm not that fussed on their religious affiliations.
Our local Vinnies is almost impossible to put bags of goods in as they little shoot things are TINY.
Re the mattress thing, it's pretty common to NOT take old mattresses as they can be a health risk and not many people want to sleep on old scungy mattresses. Would you?

The thing which DOES annoy me, is that pretty much no charity will take the old cathode ray TV;s, they only want flat screen ones. Perfectly good TV's going to landfill annoys me.

[casime]

I took a heap of stuff in the other day, including a baby swing in brand new condition (literally used it about six times, DS hated it) and the woman told me off because I didn't have batteries in it.

[luke's mummu]

I took a heap of stuff in the other day, including a baby swing in brand new condition (literally used it about six times, DS hated it) and the woman told me off because I didn't have batteries in it.

I was looking at the dandelion network website and it says to remove batteries from all products! You can't win can you????

[Daisy Goat]

i wont because it is resold at ridiculous prices. To the point that people can go to Big W and Best and Less etc and buy new stuff.

I much prefer to hand them to someone who needs them and appreciates them for something they would otherwise be unable to have at all