Turk182 wrote:
> The company, SHC Collections Ltd., distribute leaflets throughout the
> UK which urge householders to leave their unwanted clothes outside
> their homes on a notified day for collection. They claim it is a
> "Third World Clothing Collection" and make no mention of being a
> charity. They are clearly therefore a profit making concern, who may
> indeed be sending clothes to a thrid world country perhaps to sell.
>
> The scale of this operation must be massive. I have two leaflets
> distibuted to homes 90 miles apart. The leaflets are a different
> colour and wording; one says they will collect on Monday, the other
> Friday. We could be looking at a massively wealthy company who are
> being given clothes for nothing. Does it matter? Is it illegal?,
> obviously not, though it just shows that you only have to say the
> magic words "Third World" and the public will then make the rest up in
> their own minds.
>
> SHC claim that they supply clothes and jobs for people in third world
> countries and, jobs for the people involved in the collection and
> sorting.
>
> I wonder though, does begging only involve asking for cash or can it
> be asking for 2nd hand goods too? As they do not claim it is for
> charity, are they begging?
>
> Can we do it too and make loads of money? Can we ask people door to
> door or in the street for that matter, for free items they don't
> want? As we are not offering money for the items, we are not
> conducting a business transaction at that point, are we?
>
I think you can as long as you make it clear that you are not a charity.
We are all raggers now. |