About 2-3 times a year, the National Kidney Foundation sends out fliers asking for donations. I just put your donations outside(in front of my garage) and mark them. They drive around and pick up the stuff. I keep a log of everything I give, and they provide a receipt.
Easy way for me to donate and it helps my tax liability.
Backup to two years ago, I put some items out for donation. A person(minister) who lives down the street, knocked on my door and said that a single mother from church could really use the tv I had out for donation. She asked if she could have it for the single mother. I agreed as it wasn't that big of a deal.
Fast forward two months, they have a yard sale(they have about 6 yard sales a year it seems). I notice a tv out for sale at their yard sale. Now I couldn't be sure it was my tv but it definitely was the same size and maker. Now keep in mind this was a personal yard sale, not a yard sale at the church. I decide that I can't be sure of anything so I give them the benefit of the doubt.
3 months ago, we put out a whole bunch of stuff for donation for the Kidney Foundation. It was CLEARLY marked. There was no mistaking who it was for. It was placed on my property right outside my garage door. This weekend they had another yard sale. My wife comes back from the grocery store and said she saw her roller blades at the yard sale. These were 10 year old, ugly as sin, hot pink roller blades. There they were out for donation. So this minister is taking the stuff I put out for donation and is turning around and selling at their yard sales.
I mean, sh*t, do they think I won't notice they are selling my crap 4 houses up the road?
So I am thinking about putting out my next donation pile and marking it even more clearly, taking pictures of the clear marking, then filming the idiot come steal my crap. Yes the stuff is just out on my driveway but it would be one thing if some jackass was stealing my crap, but it is just too classless, to come up steal my crap and try to sell it right down the road from me.
Would the police even give a crap, if I had the person stealing it on camera?
Cliffs:
I put out stuff for donation(Kidney Foundation)
Minister up the road steals my crap
Minister has yard sales to sell my crap
Minister profits
What would you do?
Easy way for me to donate and it helps my tax liability.
Backup to two years ago, I put some items out for donation. A person(minister) who lives down the street, knocked on my door and said that a single mother from church could really use the tv I had out for donation. She asked if she could have it for the single mother. I agreed as it wasn't that big of a deal.
Fast forward two months, they have a yard sale(they have about 6 yard sales a year it seems). I notice a tv out for sale at their yard sale. Now I couldn't be sure it was my tv but it definitely was the same size and maker. Now keep in mind this was a personal yard sale, not a yard sale at the church. I decide that I can't be sure of anything so I give them the benefit of the doubt.
3 months ago, we put out a whole bunch of stuff for donation for the Kidney Foundation. It was CLEARLY marked. There was no mistaking who it was for. It was placed on my property right outside my garage door. This weekend they had another yard sale. My wife comes back from the grocery store and said she saw her roller blades at the yard sale. These were 10 year old, ugly as sin, hot pink roller blades. There they were out for donation. So this minister is taking the stuff I put out for donation and is turning around and selling at their yard sales.
I mean, sh*t, do they think I won't notice they are selling my crap 4 houses up the road?
So I am thinking about putting out my next donation pile and marking it even more clearly, taking pictures of the clear marking, then filming the idiot come steal my crap. Yes the stuff is just out on my driveway but it would be one thing if some jackass was stealing my crap, but it is just too classless, to come up steal my crap and try to sell it right down the road from me.
Would the police even give a crap, if I had the person stealing it on camera?
Cliffs:
I put out stuff for donation(Kidney Foundation)
Minister up the road steals my crap
Minister has yard sales to sell my crap
Minister profits
What would you do?
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