We have a three piece bedroom fitting, you know, two wardrobes and a vanity unit which bolt together and take up the whole of one bedroom wall. It is now redundant and I was going to chop it up for firewood because I CBA selling it as it would need a van to shift it. They are not flat pack items.

SWMBO suggested letting a local charity have the unit for their furniture shop in the City so she phoned them up and was told.

"Well, we can agree in principle, but we'de have to send one of our inspectors out to examine it to ensure that it reaches our high standards" SWMBO and I were not impressed but as the unit is less than three years old she decided to go along with them.

She was then told  "If the items do not meet our exacting standards, we will have to charge you an administration fee of £25 towards the cost of the inpection".

The phone went straight down. I'll chop the damned thing up for fire-wood.

I'm not going to mention the charity name to save their blushes but I'd suggest that next time you want to donate to charity, you have your solicitor look over the "contract".

Hi Paul,

 

I had an experience with a certain charity some years ago when trying to get rid of a TV in full working order that was taking up too much space.

 

I was told by the Assistant Manager to bring it in myself, and when I pointed out that I couldn't lift it, being in my seventies at the time he told me that they hadn't the time to collect it. [They advertised that collected bulk items].

 

When I contacted the charity on their website and complained I had an immediate 'phone call from the Manager of the said store asking if the next morning would be suitable for collection, and also telling me that the Assistant manager was going on a retraining course.

 

I got a letter a couple of weeks later saying that they had sold the said TV for £25, and thanking me.

 

Peter.