Idiots who say they will and then they don’t 🤬

Thank you everyone for all your suggestions about what to do with my coats.

I think I'm going to give them to one of our local charities and hope they don't end up being sold on by the recepients.

I don't think it's a mania!!!
Not I'm my house!
It's LONG overdue

I still have stuff here from family bereavements in boxes waiting for me to sort that I just find emotionally exhausting.

Why this mania for getting rid of stuff? Ok, clear the real junk and keep the place clean. But don’t your heirs have the right to decide what’s useful and what isn’t? Rather than giving it away to strangers.

Tools with a Mission has other "recycling" (Christian) links on it's website eg. Bikes, books
Halfords for example (in many cases) seems to take bikes.

You just put your postcode in to get the details.

Primary schools and nurseries are often very grateful for bits of fabric and yarn. Might be worth contacting one - there might be someone living nearby who could collect.

Also if you have lots of bigger stuff, charity shops will often collect and there's always those charity bags which get put through the letter box (at least they do round our way).

I'd certainly try those ideas before just dumping.

I have very good response from Freecycle but don't offer to the first request unless the asker is polite.

Wrong thread Syracute?

The Catholic religion has enough corruption within itself and has had for years . How many more children will be abused by priests before the church realises celibacy has a dark side . Organized religions have enough corruption to make Satan proud . I am no longer a member of the Catholic Church and for good reason ! I do enjoy decorating for Halloween and the children that come are always polite and thank me for the extra effort I put in my decorations .

Charity shops ....please dont just throw them.

I had a friend who worked at the local dump. He was amazed at the stuff people took there and the workers often got the pick of the stuff people were throwing out. Some things would have been totally saleable but their owners just couldn't be bothered! He gave me some electronic items to save from landfill. He said they once got a brand new TV because it was the wrong size! The person getting rid said 'The wife wanted a bigger one!"

I'm a big believer in Freegle having given and received many things over the years. Most people come as agreed and are very grateful for what they receive. The few that aren't are definitely in the minority.

I wanted to get rid of a ten year old oak sideboard which still looks good. I can't be bothered to sell on any of these websites so I got in touch with the Princess Alice Hospice furniture donations. They pick up free of charge, inspect to see if it's in good condition and take or not take. They were very quick to respond, took it and thanked me for what they said would be a generous donation which made me very happy.

I have been on next door .com to give stuff away with no success. I have had lots of success with Freecycle though, & Gumtree for things that are worth a modest amount. Ebay takes a bit of getting used to to get the best from it, but I've got several of my hoard on there at the moment, collectors use it praps more than other sites.Vinted is my favourite,for clothes / pet accessories, so easy to put things on, so easy to keep track of payments, timely refund when the "locker to locker" system failed on a purchase, good sales, so easy to send things. Whats not to like?

Agreed, Tilly8.

In many cases, the person collecting the item is doing the donor a favour by saving them a trip to the tip or the cost of a council collection, but I sometimes see items offered ‘to someone in need’ and even requests for people to message the donor to say why they need it🙄

If I don’t want something I could sell it myself if I could be bothered. If I just want rid of it, I don’t care if the recipient sells it on. The only thing that does irk me (apart from people not turning up) is seeing the same few people taking everything. They must have alerts set to tell them when a new post is made, as they swoop at all hours.

The site I use is mainly for upcycling/recycling, and is supposed to be a community resource. It’s obvious when the same names want everything from highchairs to old doors and radiators and three TVs in as many weeks that they see it as a business opportunity which is not the purpose of the site.

Our dump has a shop, so all the clean books, ornaments, cookware, vacuum cleaners, pictures etc are sold in there for local charities.

I admire all of you who take the time to recycle and help others but here it is all but impossible to do so. We have few charity shops (just one in our town and none in the three neighbouring towns), Freecycle attracts no takers here, and whenever I've tried advertising in the post office I've had no response. My Son in law emptied our loft this weekend (50 years of stuff up there) cos we are having a new roof and I'm afraid the whole lot has gone to the refuse centre. I made the effort to sort it so clothes, books etc when into the right areas but otherwise it mostly went in "non-recyclable waste". I simply couldn't manage anything else.

Just on the point of people accepting second hand items and then selling them on. This really doesn’t worry me as I had finished with the item and if the money raised helps pay a gas bill or buys food for their children so be it. I feel you have to give graciously.

Tools with a Mission will, in some areas, take tools, knitting machines,sewing machines etc. They refurbish them if necessary and then transfer them to some countries in Africa for example to enable women to set up their own businesses. They do have a website

Sadly it’s very common for people not to turn up. I have posted a lot of free items on marketplace. People ask such stupid questions about the items, then ask if I can deliver the item. Items are free but a lot of people want more! And then when we arrange a suitable time for collecting many don’t turn up and never let me know.

However I once gave away a lot of bubble wrap, we had just moved so had loads. A lovely lady turned up at agreed time with some cakes in exchange for the bubble wrap.

It’s generally easier to take things to charity shops, and some will collect. Also the local rubbish tip has a shop where items in good condition, half used tins of paint etc are sold. When we downsized earlier this year, we got rid of a lot of stuff that way.
Also got a bit impatient with time wasters for things we did sell and if they didn’t show up, just relisted the items.

I put lots of things at the entrance to my drive, and the vast majority went. Depends on how busy your road is, of course, and sounds as though this may be physically demanding.
I've also given away a lot of things on Facebook, with great success. Found everyone polite, and gave them second chances to collect. Only a sofa didn't go, and I can understand that as it didn't have fire retardant labels.

Millie22.

Give your coats to a charity shop or the Salvation Army.

Homeless and hard up people will benefit then.

Please, please take your unwanted items to a charity shop. It's a waste to dump perfectly good items. My mother makes hats and gloves for shoeboxes and wool from charity shops means that many more children can benefit from them because the wool is so much cheaper there.

I must have been very lucky! I've recently done a clear out in the loft: a large family sized suitcase on wheels, a rug, 2 lamps, an electric fan heater and a child'scar seat. All in good condition and advertised on a local facebook page. Everything was collected at agreed times and every single person who took them gave profuse thanks and a couple of people even gave me a box of biscuits in exchange. Happy with that!

Whethertomorrow, I started Swedish death cleaning for the same reasons so my own AC wouldn’t have to deal with all our clutter for want of a better word. I put a chaise on Gumtree, a fire place and marble surround and 6 leather dining chairs on Gumtree, didn’t want any money just wanted rid of them without them going to land fill and all went within a day or two. I had tried some local charities, but as we’d removed the safety labels they weren’t interested. Now my final DS has moved out will need to start on his room, oh joy

Couldn't you donate it to a charity shop?