Do You Throw Away Excess Used Duplicates

I think it is great to give duplicates to a new collector or donate them to a charity that collects them. It is a shame to throw them out unless they are very damaged.

Remind me to never send you shopping

I checked three lots, and they were from three different states.




Goodwill has already worked this out. The lots are scanned & listed, but they never leave the 'local' store until they are sold.

One interesting variation are the S&H charges, which are set locally, and vary wildly from store-to-store for similar lots.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

I suspect the arrangements may differ here. My guess is that charities/charity shops in the UK that have a national presence consolidate material, either centrally or at specialist branches, and that, if stuff goes on the web, it's put on centrally. More local or one-off operations will do things differently, of course. Some charities probably simply sell large bulk lots of kiloware at auction or direct to the trade. In my experience, charity shops overprice most things these days - the bargains are largely a thing of the past.

I thought you had a personal shopper?

I never throw any stamps away unless they are damaged. There are times that I did not bid on a lot because it had things in it that I have no interest in and did not know what to do with them. I figured to let someone else have it that would have more interest than I do.

Let me add: http://christmasinthecity.org/
I've been a volunteer at Christmas in the City and witnessed by myself - it is totally non-profit.
Nobody gets any profit, no-bo-dy!

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Here is what the Christian Science Monitor reported re Goodwill:

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES SPENT ON PROGRAMS: 89.0%

Here is what the Christian Science Monitor reported re United Way:

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES SPENT ON PROGRAMS: 90.6%

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/G...do-they-rate ... notice that their facts are sourced & footnoted

Please delete that ugly post. Thank you.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

"please delete that ugly post......" No, I say leave it up. We've gotten way off track in this thread. But I will add that I seldom give any money at all; even memberships; to big national organizations that purport to help people in need. My few hundred dollars would be just a drop in the bucket, so to speak, to an entity like United Way, or even the American Legion. The Legion's National Commander may not get a salary, but there are other perks. I grew up in Indianapolis; national HQ of the Legion; and they have some real nice, multi-million dollar, buildings, in prime downtown locations, from which they handle their business.

90%+ of my charitable giving goes to local-based organizations, outdoor oriented, here in Colorado, and still a couple in Indiana where I'm from. Regarding this hobby, which I've loved now for over 56 years, I give to the APS, Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, and several specialist societies.

(Disclosure: I've done development & fundraising for some 25+ years, as a volunteer for various .501(c)3 non-profits. This has ranged from grant writing; to planning of events & conferences; to soliciting contributions from individuals and businesses; etc. I think I know my way around this field)

I removed the post because I do not want to offend anyone, just inform. I still believe those figures.

The original post, the Snopes debunking, and the Christian Science Monitor all are secondary sources that are subject to generalizing, rounding and spinning. Go to the primary sources. Any organization worth your donations will publish its balance sheet and P&L, although they are often highly simplified and therefore subject to accounting spin. Goodwill does and, if I am reading the P&L correctly, shows only about 5% administrative overhead and 95% expended on programs and payments for fiscal 2015, although I don't fully understand what a "member" means in their context.

All totals are subject to accounting spin, even those on the IRS Form 990s available at:

http://foundationcenter.org/find-fu...g/990-finder

https://www.guidestar.org/ ... free registration required

The CSMonitor table was built with footnoted data from:

https://www.charitywatch.org/

https://www.charitynavigator.org/

The advantage of the 50-entry CSMonitor table is perspective: it shows that CEOs of large non-profits often get a CEO-style wage package, which removes the hint of scandal when one CEO's salary is cited in an eMail.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/G...do-they-rate ... the "Top 50"

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

PS: There is an interesting theological discussion to be had on whether/not a balance sheet or tax return is truly a primary source; perhaps it is fair to say that they are less-secondary than whatever is extracted & aggregated from them?

Talk about getting far off base this one takes going in different directions to a new level.

Throw stamps away?! My brain won't let me. I'd rather donate them by the box load to Goodwill and save the receipt for my taxes.

I send the dupls to Stamp friends who are starting and there are plenty on this Forum !

Give your duplicates to a beginner. When I was attending the stamp club meetings I brought hundreds of duplicates to a beginner who just join the club. He was so thankful to me. He brought me back what he didn't need at the next meeting.

I probably have 25 of each pictured. This is in addition to the ones I have for my stamp class. Goodwill won't come out to pick them up and I won't pay $10.00 roundtrip to deliver them. I'm disabled and can't walk