howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
this was in the window earlier.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#2
Block capitals, underlined and five exclamation marks, sorry six exclamation marks. I think that perhaps somebody is upset.
Might it be that children have had so much 'stolen' from them over the ages that this charity was brought into being in the first place?
Can the doll now be lost to a deserving child?
If these items were stolen for resale, to feed a drug habit say, does it mean that they are bound for undeserving people?
Is the pricing of a second-hand doll at £25 set to bring in a better class of shopper?
"As cold as charity." They used to say when an icy blast blew no good to anybody.
I wish the child well with her 'new' Christmas present and may the having and holding of such a pretend infant teach her the true worth of caring and Christmas.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#3
maybe your right tom,but i bet his name is ebonezzer scrooge or bill de scumbag.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#4
Those those that steal from charities are scumbags regardless of the reason.
Tom, the "real baby doll" could be brand new or might not even be a toy it could easily be a mannequin type doll used to display baby/toddlers clothes and is due to be sold on at a boot fair or similar. I suppose the leather coat that was stolen was also going to some equally deserving person.... NOT.
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Guest 739- Registered: 16 Jan 2012
- Posts: 85
#5
I donate a lot of stuff to Barnados and the thought that some selfish person could steal from a charity shop makes me furious. There is no excuse for it regardless of your weird altruistic comment Tom. I want my donations to help the charity not someone who feels it is acceptable to steal from a children's charity and deprive vulnerable children of help. Utterly disgusting!
I think we are all guinea pigs in the middle of an experiment for which they have forgotten to set up a control group!
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
#6
Stealing from charity is something British Society simply does not condone. It's generally considered here the worst kind of theft.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#7
Low life oxygen thiefs! If they really do know who they are then report it to the Police.
Audere est facere.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#8
I expect they do know amongst themselves but you need absolute proof to make it worth reporting, sadly all you can do is bar the thief from using the shop.
We had a leather coat taken from the Age Concern shop when I was there but as we did not catch the rat bag at the time we could only ban them. Luckily I managed to catch one of our suspected thieves when the stupid woman tried to leave the shop without paying for two videos (grand total 40p) we strongly suspected she had had several expensive items previously but no proof.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
#9
I tried explaining once to a very large family with many children, who were intent on trying to carry away boxes of items placed in front of a charity shop, that it was charity.
The reply came to me: "rubbish".
I think they meant with that, that it was placed there as rubbish.
Anyway I insisted it was charity, not rubbish.
