So, we can buy lots of dirt cheap items separately, pick up from one of those 2 branches, and get ebay to donate £lots to McMillan? (new cars for the execs)

before smearing the charity's good name, can you expand on this comment?
is it just a lazy dig at perceived fat cat behaviour amongst charities?
do you have any understanding of third sector economics? and in particular this charity?
FYI charities cannot get managers for peanuts, otherwise they risk dangerous mismanagement and pilferage of money donated on goodwill, but often dedicated bosses will work for a lot less than they would in the open market
to have someone at the helm of a £200m+ revenue organisation for less than £200k is still unheard of in the private sector so for the responsibility and workload, it seems like the charity is getting good value from its MD

if you're going to be cynical and fling around damaging insults, please do a bit of research and back up your statements with truth

My cynicism is based on experience. I worked (unpaid) at a different charity. I was in board meetings and was able to see some of the accounts. The vibe I got from the board was "let's get more donations so we can find more activities that will be fun for us under the guise of helping others" like an 'awareness-raising' trip to the Caribbean that they all had to go on ffs...
(Your table shows salaries but not expenses etc.)
Your scurrilous assertion that a lower-paid manager would embezzle the funds seems to ignore that laws are in place to prevent that.
Your argument is the one that's always given for throwing donation money at overpaid bureaucrats and I don't buy it.

I've read both links and am struggling to fully understand.
So you sell something on ebay. get paid, and take the packaged, addressed item to argos and they'll take care of delivery?
And what if the item goes missing, is it covered? Is there tracking?

Or are you not selling getting any money for this item? Do profits go to charity?

So, we can buy lots of dirt cheap items separately, pick up from one of those 2 branches, and get ebay to donate £lots to McMillan? (new cars for the execs)

Ebay should have some January bargains mid month as people get around to list their unwanted presents, and those nasty credit card bills come home to roost. Add into it the fact that peoples spending power is reduced this month and it can be the time to bag a bargain !
Blue Monday (the most miserable day of the year) is the third Monday in January, this year the 21st when all the factors are supposed to come together !

Not sure about the deal, is it just wanting 2 Argos stores to use? That's not gonna work for me... but free listings worked! Woohoo!

it should be more stores cant get to them :confused:

Sorry, you're right! I was on December instead of January!

Great idea but I would rename it 'Sock Drive' as they'll probably be inundated with them

Yeah thing is I have been selling on ebay for years and more and more finding it difficult to sell any unwanted stuff due to the big retailers being on ebay now like Argos

I've read both links and am struggling to fully understand.
So you sell something on ebay. get paid, and take the packaged, addressed item to argos and they'll take care of delivery?
And what if the item goes missing, is it covered? Is there tracking?

Or are you not selling getting any money for this item? Do profits go to charity?

great idea for the macmillan support

My understanding of how this works:

Argos are now doing a 'postal service' where you can send items from one store to another.

So, sell something on eBay offering collection from Argos, take to your closest Argos to send, buyer gets a code and collects it from their Argos a few days later. It works fine and is popular for people who are never in for the postman. It costs something like £3.50 so not too bad and is tracked and has compensation.

Noticed your unsourced table doesnt show earnings below £60k. :wink:

Your lazy assertions contain similarly few sources. Those in glass houses... *Edit: just realised the original assertions weren't yours. My mistake*

Having a "below 60k" column would surely just include everyone else who is employed in the third sector. I don't see what else can be gleaned by such information, and is the main reason for its lack of inclusion in whichever report this was taken from.

I'm beginning to think you're just trolling to get a reaction..

Thought it was elves at christmas

Not really a deal as sellers don't gain anything (you still have to pay for delivery) but if it makes dosh for charity then all well and good. Can't be bothered to do the survey to read all the blurb tbh so will take OP's word for it re this.

I tried the drop-off at my local Argos the other day and it was actually a bit dearer than RM for a medium parcel and the girl on the checkout didn't really seem to know what she was doing but the location was more convenient for me. They use UK Mail to do the delivery.

Even a best case scenario (i.e. taking the lowest possible amount for each pay band) that's still £4,200,000 for just that list of managers isn't it? What the nurses do is admirable, but after seeing that table I'm viewing the charity in a very different light, and I'm sad about that.

My cynicism is based on experience. I worked (unpaid) at a different charity. I was in board meetings and was able to see some of the accounts. The vibe I got from the board was "let's get more donations so we can find more activities that will be fun for us under the guise of helping others" like an 'awareness-raising' trip to the Caribbean that they all had to go on ffs...
(Your table shows salaries but not expenses etc.)
Your scurrilous assertion that a lower-paid manager would embezzle the funds seems to ignore that laws are in place to prevent that.
Your argument is the one that's always given for throwing donation money at overpaid bureaucrats and I don't buy it.

Maybe someone who is not in it for the money Is that not what charity is about they do have lots who work for them for free after all.

Pathetic trolls. Get life's, get jobs, do something... But ffs, just get off here. If you dont like what you're reading or aren't interested then read something else. And if you're too tight to donate to charity...deal with it, don't try to justify it. Just live with your conscience.