Clampdown on chuggers in Cheltenham town centre

“The Borough Council ought to employ ex-Stasi operatives to deal with this nefarious menace, and whilst they're at it, they should have a quiet word or two with that bearded God bothering fruitcake who was on the Strand the other day. You know the one I mean.”

“tishwash,
Please don't assume that people are asked for £3 per month as quoted by other posters, an experienced chugger will start a lot higher than that depending on the look of person in front of them. The more you get them committed to the higher your commission.

By the way most are actually employed by an agency, not usually on the charity payroll at all.”

“@NibNobs they are not paying anywhere near £70-100 for each sign up, as already proven by many other people here with basic maths, it just DOESN'T add up, please, consider the finances.

Many of those workers are charity volunteers too, depending upon which group.”

“tishwash,
Just how do you think these young chuggers get paid & motivated to stand out in all weathers, get 99% of people rejecting their attention.... a salary of £20,000 a year? They would end up hiding in Starbucks or Costa as there would be no incentive to 'sell'.

So just how would YOU motivate these guys to sell the direct debit to people who aren't really interested? A few quid per day? You have NO idea.”

“Those figures are rubbish and just bounded about by idiots on the radio.”

“If the figures thomas1996 states are anywhere near correct (and I'm not saying they're not), then a chugger signs up a new donator, and gets paid (say) £70 in return. That new donation pays a direct debit of (say) £3 per month, meaning the donations have to come in for 2 years before the charity makes a profit (for want of a better word). If after 2 years the donator coincidently cancels the DD, the charity has made no money. But for 5 minutes' work with a clipboard, the chugger has made him/herself £70 (if not more). Hmm.

Wonder what the average number of sign-ups per chugger per day is? At £70 each, 3 a day in a 5-day week equates to over £54k a year. Nice work, if you can get it. Anybody know how many hours a week your average chugger puts in? Even if they only work one day a week, if they're in a town / city centre all day they could well get into double figures on sign-ups, so a similar figure per annum for just one full days week is feasible...???

Of course whilst they're persuading you to sign up, they don't (presumably) tell you they're going to get a nice earner out of it themselves.”

“It's a start for sure. but they should have just banned the parasites completely.”

“honslyknjklyt,
A man representing the Charities Commission was interviewed on Radio Five Live and gave those figures, and he was speaking in support of the new rules of chuggers!”

“Thomas 1966, have you got any references for those figures? I am not denying those figures as I don't know but it sounds a lot when if someone signs up to a direct debit for for eg £3 per month, which is often asked for, then how many direct debits will it be before those £3s have paid for the charity worker?”

“Chuggers are are lining their own pockets with money that is intended for charity.

The direct marketing companies that run the chuggers are literally making a profit out of starving children, out of cancer victims, out of homeless people, out of political prisoners, and so on, all with the approval of the charities themselves, the "regulator" and the politicians.

There is no difference between chugging and helping oneself to the contents of a charity tin.

As a matter of fact, I actually posted the same comment as I am making here on the PFRA's own website, but, surprise surprise, it was taken down within a matter of minutes. This, then, is modern Britain.”