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PostPosted: 19:39 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Moral Dilemma Reply with quote

My village shop has a shoe donation bin outside to buy wheelchairs for little kiddies, which currently has a pretty tasty pair of bike boots in my size and good condition sitting in it.

I feel bad for thinking about it, but would you take them?
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PostPosted: 19:41 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

no, just no, think of the shame if you get caught Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:52 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Moral Dilemma Reply with quote

Moonie wrote:
My village shop has a shoe donation bin outside to buy wheelchairs for little kiddies, which currently has a pretty tasty pair of bike boots in my size and good condition sitting in it.

I feel bad for thinking about it, but would you take them?


To be fair, a SHOE donation for kids that are wheelchair bound ... surely that is sick idea in itself!!! Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:01 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Moral Dilemma Reply with quote

Blue_SV650S wrote:
Moonie wrote:
My village shop has a shoe donation bin outside to buy wheelchairs for little kiddies, which currently has a pretty tasty pair of bike boots in my size and good condition sitting in it.

I feel bad for thinking about it, but would you take them?


To be fair, a SHOE donation for kids that are wheelchair bound ... surely that is sick idea in itself!!! Shocked


It's to buy them wheelchairs not give them shoes Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:04 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Moral Dilemma Reply with quote

Moonie wrote:
It's to buy them wheelchairs not give them shoes Laughing


Who is going to swap wheelchairs for shoes??? ... I can't imagine anyone that has a wheelchair would want to swap for shoes .... Confused
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PostPosted: 20:05 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take them and donate a pair of shoes to replace them Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:07 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

They sell the shoes then buy the wheelchairs. Laughing

Personally I would feel a little better if I put some shoes in to replace the boots.

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PostPosted: 20:15 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moonie, you cannot honestly be that desperate that you need to steal from a mongo bin Very Happy
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PostPosted: 20:16 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

c_dug wrote:
They sell the shoes then buy the wheelchairs. Laughing

Personally I would feel a little better if I put some shoes in to replace the boots.

c_dug


Jesting aside, who bulk-buys 2nd hand shoes and to what end??!!? Confused
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PostPosted: 20:33 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Charity shops? Not sure to be honest, maybe they take them apart and sell them as recycling stuff Confused

Was thinking they would be for shoeless people in 3rd world countries but im not sure how the end result would be wheelchairs Laughing

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PostPosted: 21:16 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

c_dug wrote:
Charity shops? Not sure to be honest, maybe they take them apart and sell them as recycling stuff Confused

Was thinking they would be for shoeless people in 3rd world countries but im not sure how the end result would be wheelchairs Laughing

c_dug


See what I mean about there being no obvious mechanism to make money!! Wink

I can't see many 3rd world kids needing a set of bike boots to be honest!! Laughing

Perhaps its to sell on eBay and 'specilist' shops to people with foot fetishes?!!? Thinking Very Happy

The only true way to make money, so far as I can see, is that shoe companies give say 10p per pair - i.e. by indirectly encouraging people to ditch shoes - consequently they end up buying more new ones?!!?!?

So to my mind, a fiver to the wheelchair charity should more than compensate for the loss of a pair of bike boots, if anything grossly over compensate!! ... ask them what they get for a pair of shoes ... but I can almost guarantee it isn't a fiver!! Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blue_SV650S wrote:
Jesting aside, who bulk-buys 2nd hand shoes and to what end??!!? Confused


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PostPosted: 21:37 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pocket Rocket wrote:
Ask for them in exchange for a donation ... Question


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PostPosted: 21:47 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blue_SV650S wrote:
Jesting aside, who bulk-buys 2nd hand shoes and to what end??!!? Confused

www.localcommunityrecycling.co.uk bulk buys (and sells) 2nd hand shoes.

Old clothes and shoes get donated to charities in those plastic donation bags that get put through front doors, from those donations the charity takes what it wants to sell in it's shops and Local Comunity Recycling Ltd buys (minimum £50 per ton) what the charities don't want.

They say that clothes & shoes are then sorted and sold, I've no idea who buys clothes that for whatever reason can't be sold in charity shops Confused

How it works:
Step 1: Get old crappy clothes and shoes that no one else wants.
Step 3: Profit

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PostPosted: 22:23 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scooty_Puff_Jnr wrote:
Pocket Rocket wrote:
Ask for them in exchange for a donation ... Question


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They are going to be sold on anyway, why not to you?
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PostPosted: 22:26 - 07 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scooty_Puff_Jnr wrote:
Pocket Rocket wrote:
Ask for them in exchange for a donation ... Question


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They are going to be sold on anyway, why not to you?
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PostPosted: 08:43 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

What size are they? i might steal them first... Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: 08:48 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

CHR15 wrote:
take them, and put 2 pairs in.



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PostPosted: 08:50 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Think I'll pop a pair of old trainers with a fiver in the bin for them Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 10:02 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moonie wrote:
Think I'll pop a pair of old trainers with a fiver in the bin for them Thumbs Up


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PostPosted: 10:42 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Re: Moral Dilemma Reply with quote

Moonie wrote:
My village shop has a shoe donation bin outside to buy wheelchairs for little kiddies, which currently has a pretty tasty pair of bike boots in my size and good condition sitting in it.

I feel bad for thinking about it, but would you take them?


if they are my size and i want them, i`would just take them Shocked .
bloody wheelchair-bound kids just get in the way, and it`s not like they can even ride a bike!
take the boots = less profit for the charity = one less wheelchair-bound kiddie getting in everyones way Shocked Laughing .

or you could donate some of your old shoes and boots in return for taking the boots Smile
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PostPosted: 11:43 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Surely, if its for wheelchair bound kids, they won't be needing bike boots, they'll only get recycled, get em taken, at least you'll get some use out of them.
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PostPosted: 15:59 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's what you do to save face.

Climb into the bin, put the boots on. Lie upside down so only the boots can be seen. When they come to empty it, pretend like you had a rough night and were just having a wee sleep.

They will assume they boots were yours all along.

If not that, steal someone elses motorcycle boots, make a scene of putting them in the bin then loudly say; "oh no they're not the ones I wanted to recycle!!" Reach back in and take out the boots you really want.

There's always a way.

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PostPosted: 17:58 - 08 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moonie wrote:
Think I'll pop a pair of old trainers with a fiver in the bin for them Thumbs Up


I wouldn't attach a fiver to the shoes, there is a good change they will just get 'tipped' and not hand checked ... give the shoes to the collection, but make the £5 donation in person if I were you.
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