is it illegal to take things left outside charity shops?

Answer 1

Yes, most donation locations have signs up stating it is illegal to take the property.

On a side note, if you are taking the property because of need, you can sign up for some assistance programs in the area you live. If you just like the stuff and have the money to afford stuff - please make a donation to good will (or another organization) to get rid of the guilt you should be feeling.

Answer 2

Sort of. If it's left on the sidewalk outside the door, it cannot be illegal to take it. I KNOW it is illegal to remove things from the charity drop off boxes that are sometimes outside the place. Sometimes, the boxes are so full that people pile the stuff on the ground next to the drop off boxes. I'm not sure if that's legal to take but I've seen tons of people combing through the bags at night and no one ever stopped them, like the cops. I almost think it is legal to take that stuff as long as it's sitting on the ground in a parking lot or on the sidewalk/street. I do not see how a charity shop can claim they own every single thing that's laying on the ground in a public area. It's really NOT nice though.

Answer 3

I know its illegal to take anything from Goodwill collections boxes,so I would assume that it is also to take things that are left at charity shops.
Why in the would you want to take something that is designated for the neediest people in our society. Id be ashamed to even think of doing anything like that.And they weren't lost so no finders keepers either!

May I ask what this has to do with immigration?

Answer 4

There's a charity shop across the road from the office where I work. There's often a few bags there in the morning as they don't open til 9.30.
One day, a very respectable man in a nice car pulled up outside, opened the boot (trunk) of his car and emptied the bags out into it.
He then tried on various items of clothing (jackets, sweaters) before stuffing the clothes back into the bag and dumping them back outside the shop before driving off.
Couldn't see if he actually took anything, but we were speechless at his cheek!

Answer 5

i might argue that that's probable unlawful, yet is surely morally ethical with the aid of fact in spite of the reality that the guy placed the products there with the motive of donating them to the shop, maximum charity shops, notably great chains like Goodwill, throw away maximum of the stuff in the time of preliminary sorting, notably in the event that they do no longer understand what some thing is or if some thing is seen a unfavorable supplier. those trash compactors in the back of great shops are there for a reason.

Answer 6

No, but it's tacky.

Well, unless you're taking a car sitting outside a charity shop. That's probably illegal AND tacky.

Answer 7

Absolutely. It belongs to the charity since it is a donation. It belonged to the prior owner and then to the charity and never to the thief.

Answer 8

Illegal and Immoral, you would be taking money out of the hands of the poor and the ill.

Answer 9

Don't think so, people wait outside oxfam in huddersfield on a sunday morning, waiting to go through car boot sale leftovers. Personally I think they are scroungers, but it's the mess they make, that really annoys me, because what they don't want is left over the road and totally useless to anyone.

Answer 10

No, its left on the street with no implication as to ownership, the charity shop only owns it once it is inside their premises.