Asking for a donation.

I give to charities, but raffle tickets, donate goods to food bank but I wouldn't like to be approached by someone asking me to pay for a bag of goods in the supermarket,I don't think it's good practice when a lot of people are struggling to pay for their own shopping but are embarrassed to say no.

I use my local Barnardo's charity shop often - donating and buying. Yesterday I bought Christmas cards costing £12 and was asked if I'd like to "round it up". That's the first time I've been asked. I declined. The term "round it up" is meaningless in these circumstances and probably should be replaced by "would you like to pay more for your purchase than the ticketed price?"
I was irritated and it is totally wrong to ask this of someone who could be shopping at charity shops because they can't afford anything else

Various charity shops have become increasingly greedy over time. I buy from charity shops and donate things to them but if staff ask me to actually donate money then I'll walk out and never return!

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We keep getting chuggers at the door. I hate to be asked to sign up to give regular donations. I give donations to charity shops and will donate to charities from time to time. I feel guilty saying no but don't wish to be bound to a set amount every month.

No, don't feel guilty.

Some are scammers.
I got scammed but luckily it was only a fiver, I'd never sign up for anything at the door or in the street.

You can donate your supermarket vouchers to charity online if you wish.

Ps also don’t care for being asked to donate to some charity after I have bought something. Feel hijacked.

We keep getting chuggers at the door. I hate to be asked to sign up to give regular donations. I give donations to charity shops and will donate to charities from time to time. I feel guilty saying no but don't wish to be bound to a set amount every month.

Customers are just as likely to ask for a discount in the charity shop where I volunteer.
Only yesterday we had a customer wanting to pay £5 for a brand new Lakeland pasta maker. It hadn’t even been out of the box. We had it for sale at £10.

I don't mind being asked and I don't have a problem saying no. What did annoy me was I made a big donation to a Go Fund Me for someone I know who has had a life changing injury in her early 20s. I ended up having an extra 15% taken off my credit card as a tip to help run the site. Tbh it was very unclear and they did give me the money back but just beware! I have several annual donations to the charities that I support so I don't automatically want to donate extra money.

I don't mind adding a donation if shopping or booking something online but face to face, it seems like emotional blackmail to me as you feel bad if you want to say no. Even if I know the small amount means nothing to me but could mean a lot to the charity. I always felt the same about tins being waved about in the street...and where have they gone now, I'm glad to say?!

Forgot to say, Ocado doubles all donations (in food) so if you do, say a £2.50 cash donation they offer £5 in food to the charities.

At Morrisons you can pick up pre-bagfed items for the food bank.

I shop online mainly. You can add a cash donation to their food bank. I discovered this during lockdown and think it is a good idea.

Yes, our local foodbank is looking for “smiley” volunteers to approach Tesco shoppers as they arrive and offer them bags of donations that they then pay for at the till. I can see that this will be good for the foodbank, but there are bound to be people who are barely able to afford their own shopping who’ll be embarrassed into taking one.

I do tell them to round it up if it's near to a whole pound, but other than that I just pay the price.

I donate goods, and I also donate money to charities that I have personally selected.

Asking at the point of sale is chugging in a different form, and I would be more likely NOT to give. I won't be guilt tripped thank you.

I don’t feel comfortable doing this so I ignore it

I think that says it all. You’ve made your purchase, why should you feel ‘bullied’ into giving more? I bet the staff (volunteers) do feel bad asking.

I see Tescos is asking for volunteers to approach shoppers and encourage them to buy goods to then donate for worthy causes.

Making you feel guilty if you don’t.

The till in ‘my’ charity shop asks if a donation is to be added after the sale has been entered. The customer cannot see this so we are supposed to ask, I don’t feel comfortable doing this so I ignore it as do all the volunteers and paid managers.

Some other shops (grocery stores and do-it-yourself shops for example) ask at the till or want you to "round up" for charity. Usually it's on the card machine.

I actually don't like it but apparently they do get a lot of people saying "yes" so it does work. The Screwfix Foundation, for example, has raised millions in the "rounding up pennies" for small scale d-i-y projects and cancer support over the years.

I say I don't like it but have actually still done it in Screwfix only this week!

I’m sure most people do this

I don’t. I donate goods, I buy goods, but I don’t offer any more donations.