PLEASE, give me strength. How easy it is to influence people with a well-timed rant over non charity collections of clothes (Watch Out, News Shopper, November 9).
If you had been in the rag houses outside of Prague watching a civilised society buying our smelly, crumpled, discarded clothes, by the kilo, to clothe their children, you may be in a position to criticise.
Poverty in Europe is heartbreaking.
I don't care whether these firms are making money, they do at least employ people.
I hope they are making money, what exactly do you think charity shops run on?
Unpaid, sometimes bullied workers are being exploited by multi-million-pound charities, with supervisors using the company car, chasing up window displays, sales and vulnerable staff.
How much exactly goes in rent and tax on a high-street shop?
Most have credit-card facilities. Most dump bags of donated clothes each week, or sell them to the rag houses.
There's a surprise.
People should worry more about the fact Asda does a T-shirt for two pounds, and the charity shop sells a second hand one, to the naive, for three pounds. Exploitation.
Merry Christmas.
GEORGE SMITH
Orpington
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