rudds1 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 27 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said: There is a beggar who sits in the recess in the wall outside Co Op on Crookes. For years people gullably gave him money. It turns out, he's not homeless at all, he lives in a flat on Walkley. Absolute scum. Same as a guy who sits at Asda at Chaucer. Pretends to be homeless but lives just up road from my brother. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, rudds1 said: Same as a guy who sits at Asda at Chaucer. Pretends to be homeless but lives just up road from my brother. That guy gave me a £1 coin for my shopping trolley cus I'd no change........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz 786 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Padders said: That guy gave me a £1 coin for my shopping trolley cus I'd no change........ Yeah alright 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 3 hours ago, gaz 786 said: Big issue sellers have to be genuine as for the beggers well some years ago police caught one going home ...in a porch sports car ! My bold. Yet a few years ago, while walking past the Town Hall, I witnessed an argument between two Big Issue sellers with one saying that the Town Hall was his pitch and "Anyway, you shouldn't be selling the Big Issue. You have a home to go to." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfifes Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Baron99 said: My bold. Yet a few years ago, while walking past the Town Hall, I witnessed an argument between two Big Issue sellers with one saying that the Town Hall was his pitch and "Anyway, you shouldn't be selling the Big Issue. You have a home to go to." Some years ago I sometimes bought a Big Issue. Until the time the ‘seller’ I bought one from asked for it back as he wasn’t actually a proper Big Issue seller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz 786 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, pfifes said: Some years ago I sometimes bought a Big Issue. Until the time the ‘seller’ I bought one from asked for it back as he wasn’t actually a proper Big Issue seller. Sell it back then for a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrsaljko Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 6 hours ago, gaz 786 said: Big issue sellers have to be genuine as for the beggers well some years ago police caught one going home ...in a porch sports car ! I'm not sure that's true these days. It's well known that Eastern European (usually Romanian) gangs buy them up and have their 'associates' sell them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfifes Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 10 hours ago, gaz 786 said: Sell it back then for a profit. Sell back a dog eared copy of the Big Issue? OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Vrsaljko said: I'm not sure that's true these days. It's well known that Eastern European (usually Romanian) gangs buy them up and have their 'associates' sell them. No they don't need to be homeless. https://www.thebiglifegroup.com/service/big-issue-north/ 'While a third of our vendors are homeless, the majority are not – people sell Big Issue North for a wide variety of reasons.' Edited November 8, 2023 by Baron99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz 786 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 23 hours ago, pfifes said: Sell back a dog eared copy of the Big Issue? OK. Read it don't swat flies with it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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