And left it in the driveway.
The next time they call us to ask for a donation, they get coal in their shoes, and the edge of my temper.
We’ve called another charity I like better anyway, and we hope they’ll send a truck to take it.
And the snippy charity driver left all the heavy stuff…
by CJ | Sep 9, 2013 | Journal | 17 comments
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I hope this wasn’t the Sallies. They’ve always taken everything, at least down here in T-town.
Fie! I say fie and shame upon them!
Yea. Stand ye uprightly and justly cast asparagus upon them with good cause for the bootless and idle knaves they are.
I wouldn’t cast asparagus — I’d rather eat it 😀
If they didn’t say they couldn’t take or didn’t want heavy furniture, and you told them what you had, then bah humbug! They can whistle for their next donations!
There are charities here that we won’t donate items to for the same reason. (And we won’t answer the phone when they call) Our driveway is long, and they wanted the bags out at the street then didn’t pick them up after we hauled them all the way out there! Grrr. Salvation Army has picked up a large computer hutch, couches and loveseats with their own truck. Goodwill here in MD uses outside contractors that charge – I guess the charge would be deductible as a charitable contribution.
I get better service from my trash collectors! When I had a huge and heavy pair of bags of wet leaves (rain had filled the bags, soaking the leaves) I called the service and they sent a special truck. We picked the bags up together and off they went.
I cannot imagine treating customers as badly as you report.
There are several good charities in every major city. I hope your new one works better for you.
I had a raft of bags of leaves the city garbage trucks tagged for having the wrong bags, and had to re-bag them and inform the lawn service I used. So the bags sat there, annoying my neighbors and me, for over a week before I could get the right bags and re-bag.
I’ve had mixed results with local charities. I get better results if I tag it “Free to good home!” sometimes. 😉
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The problem charity is the Arc, Spokane, who call us once a month wanting donations. They are now off our list. We got hold of Teen Challenge, which is a rehab/work charity, and they’ll send a truck at a fixed time tomorrow for a 5.00 donation and happily take what we described to them. Guess which is more popular with us?
did you tell the Arc not to call you again? I’d make it very clear to them that if they’re going to be selective in what they pick up, then I’d be very selective in to whom I’m going to donate.
Well, and we TOLD them it was heavy furniture. The people who hire on to drive for charities are sometimes temporary and I can’t blame the charity totally…but I can sure go for the nice teens who will come get it on a fixed schedule for 5.00.
Hire on to do deliveries? I had to laugh. My husband donates his time AND his pickup to get donations and make deliveries of the big things for our little rural humane society. Of course no one else gets to use his truck. Not sure about the other town charities, but won’t surprise me if it was similar for most. I can’t believe they refused things — heavy stuff like furniture tends to have the higher prices and believe me, nice furniture tends to go quick!
I don’t know how it is in Spokane: if you have a big-ish truck and have an accident, there is the possibility of liability. These are 15-18 foot trucks these charities are operating in our area, and I kind of doubt they’re the drivers’ property, so I’d suspect they are hire-ons…but I don’t know how that goes, re required license and liability. The Teen Challenge folk operate a larger truck, too about a 15 footer,—whether with a teen driver, I don’t know.
I’m reminded of an interminable video I watched yesterday of a road going under a RR trestle with 11’8″ clearance. While 18-wheelers are considerably bigger, cab-and-box trucks seem to range from 11’8″ to 12′ high, causing everything from peeling back the roof of the box to truck-wheelies to complete destruction of the box. Some were rentals, but many were not. RVs seem to be 11’6″, unfortunately not including the A/C pods on the top, which add 6-12″, and are easily shed.
you mean like the box truck that drove under the RR bridge even though the sign warned it was 6″ lower than the height of the box truck? Just like a sardine can…….or the clown with the big RV trailer who pulled into the drive-through bank and knocked down the entire roof of the drive-through? Oh, yes, I loved watching those kinds of videos, because I know that it could be me not paying attention……;)
It was cautionary, to be sure.