Questions for the Women here! Crossed the line from donating?

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   chrissy1965posted 15 years ago

   I think it's common sense to donate lightly worn shoes in excellent condition - especially baby shoes. Our church actually takes donations yearly that go to children in Mexico who literally do not own shoes. So, yeah, I definitely donate there. But, old, worn, impractical shoes? Nope. They're not worth the effort or cost it would take someone else to sort through them! That might be a record on this board. Those old leather boots have been sitting for over 15 years on the bottom of my closet:
   
   
   
   
   
   Shameful. I cringed several times. They looked like old wellies and alone the germs ...Ewwwwwwww!!! I´m generally not a squeamish person, but in this case I stuffed those old boots into the garbage bag and dropped a pile of everday waste like food scraps, dirt, tissues on top. It was a little bit throw-awayer, but I think it wasn´t wasteful. Those old boots crossed the line from donating to just plain old gross domestic waste Ewwwwwwww! Do you agree with me? Well-done or not?

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   Leta Sposted 15 years ago

   Naw, sorry, I would have donated them.  They were not that bad (at least from the photos).
   
   You sure these are 15 years old?  The heels (style-wise) don't look it--and that scrunch whatever look (not saying I like it) has sorta recently been in again.

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   Dame Scribeposted 15 years ago

   I like those too, lol ...what size? ...I agree ...retro is part of fashion..there are all sorts of styles that can be worn. I would've donated them boots. Leather isn't a cheap toss n has value.

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   LelahKimballposted 15 years ago

   I used to dump shoes that I didn't think were "worth while" either, but then I found out that they will take *any* shoes, even those with holes in the sole to send to 3rd world countries because they have such a shortage and something is better than nothing; they just cut the heels off the boots. 
   
   If you still can't bring yourself to donate them.  Don't throw them away--recycle them.

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   The Real Tomatoposted 15 years ago

   ANY shoes are better than no shoes. They could even make leather slippers out of them.
   Those boots don't look trash worthy to me.

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   AEvansposted 15 years ago

   Those boots looked fine from the pic and considering there are so many without shoes , it would have been a definite donate for me. They would have kept someone's little tootsie warm and somebody would have been most appreciative.

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   Mighty Momposted 15 years ago

   It's not about fashion. It's about function. Many people would be grateful for a pair of real leather boots. I believe the best tactic is to err on the side of inclusion rather than exclusion. Donate everything you can and let the sorters/recipients decide what's useable and what's truly junk.

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      AEvansposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I get rid of many of our things on freecycle.org through YAHOO you would be amazed how many people need something from a box of food to a car, it is all there. In this type of economy it is good to have it around .

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      AEvansposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I get rid of many of our things on freecycle.org through YAHOO you would be amazed how many people need something from a box of food to a car, it is all there. In this type of economy it is good to have it around .

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