JumbleAID

[Third Sector Lab]

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JumbleAID lets individuals and businesses post unwanted stuff online and anyone can pledge a donation in return for an item.

Seems an excellent idea for some great causes but will it work?

 

[anned]

Not sure -seems like a good idea in principle, but Freecycle is so well established and people can already sell on Ebay and make a charity donation.

And how is it structured? Are there fees involved? How much will the charity get.

I think charity shopping portals are brilliant ideas (if you shop through them wimost of the major retailers, a charity can get some commission) but so many have come and gone. They just don't seem to catch on.This may well be similar.

Anne

 

[Scottish Business Owner]

That was my initial thoughts as well, it's just a rip off of freecycle. I know it's for charity but how many people would prefer to get it for free than donate/pay for something. I always have a fear that much of the donations are consumed by administration costs etc that very little actually gets to the charities.

It should work but i'm not sure it will

 

[Barki]

Reading through the site it appears that none of the donation goes to JumbleAID, it all goes to a charity called Charities Trust who act as a banker and add GiftAid, and then distribute it to all the charities. Charities Trust have a fee of just 4% which covers all admin fees and absorbs the card or paypal transaction costs. Seems well thought through to me. I hope they can make enough revenue through advertising and sponsorship to keep it going.

I am sure people will continue to use freecycle - I tried it but did not like all the emails. I also was not keen on the attitude of some of the people who took the goods - they seemed a bit like scroungers - only grabbing stuff coz it was free. I think the difference with JA is that there is a pledge for the item and that will encourage more charitable people to offer stuff. I know they could take it to the charity shop but not all charities have shops and there are a lot of things they won't take.

Good luck!