Scope Omdömen 

Lost my job, contacted these for help, they sent me a carbon monoxide detector, not quite what I was hoping for, dont waste your time

Do not trust this charity! In it for themselves!
I had someone from Scope knock at my door today, he was polite at first and introduced himself then explained about the charity.
I explained that I wasn't able to support at that moment and the guy replied with "The more you put in the more commission I get, I want to buy stuff for my kids". After this he said no more about the charity, I politely said again that I couldn't support but the guy kept on and on about different ways I could pay and how he would get more commission. After firmly saying "No" The guy tutted and shrugged his shoulders before storming off down the road.
In the seven years I've lived in this area I've had a lot of charity callers but never from a charity called scope. Now out the blue just weeks before Christmas someone turns up and only talks about the charity for two minutes then spends five minutes on how he will get extra commission?! It's supposed to be a charity!! Or is it really a charity?? It's clear you are trying to scam people, get a life and real job or I will call the police!

Please stop coming to my door canvassing.

I don't donate to random charities I have no background on, and now you're turning up at my door despite the no cold callers sign.

This is actually bordering an offense, as the sign explicitly states removal of implied right of access.

Disgusting Wellingbirough store told me to me to leave the the shop just because they wanted close the shop was before 5 o'clock but l was waiting for my mother the the manager is a miserable sod

I dropped off donations today at the Kenilworth shop. The man at the counter didn’t even look up (was busy drawing lines on a piece of paper with a ruler) when I asked where he wanted the donations. He just replied with ‘put them there on the floor’. No please or thank you. Just rude.

A disability forum that is delusional and judgemental.
Where points are used as a weapon, yet the very members that employ this method to chastise others object when it is done to them.

Criticism and opinions are not allowed on the forum.
Serious discussion are allowed to be hijacked and trivialised and when the original poster tries to get the thread back on track they are attacked and so the thread is closed down.
The moderators are not looking for new ideas or suggestions as to how the forum could be run better. It is run their way with no input from the members that actually use the forum.

The forum operates a 'three strikes and you are out' policy. We are led to believe strikes are not given lightly, but I would suggest this is not the case as some are given within a couple of minutes of a member posting. Strikes are forever and do not expire after 90 days as other forums do.
The strikes decision is final.

The forum does not have enough staff to operate properly and some members looking for support are missed.
Not the friendly, supportive forum you might expect from a disability forum.

I have bought a few things of the Scope EBay site and was very impressed the items are well described and packaged with a reasonable p&p and they are posted asap with notifications as well keeping me informed a pleasure to do business with and highly recommended
Thank you.

Walked into the Leamington Spa branch
this morning Wed 3rd Sept
The shop was well stocked, clean and tidy.
It's a shame I can't say that about the assistant behind the checkout..
She was more interested texting on her mobile.
She didn't have any interaction with the customers.
After she had finished texting on her phone. She then decided to roll a cigarette in front of the customers.
This isn't the behavior I would expect in any retail shop.

Best charity shop in my area.
How can people give a negative review to a charity shop?
You pays your money, you take your chances.
Do people really grumble or even try to return items???
This country really does need to have a word with itself.

I recently bought a golf putter from Scope charity shop on ebay. The putter was in perfect condition when it finally arrived.
The scope charity shop are great seller's to deal with and are in my opinion highly recommended.
The only issue was delayed delivery. Not the seller's fault but Royal mail who failed their own delivery time.
Scope charity shop. Absolutely the best.

I rang scope for practical support in filling out a form but they couldn’t offer any support at all

Very bizarre undercurrent on Scopes online community...
Basically, an echo-chamber, and if you raise inconsistencies or even remotely challenge the zeitgeist, you're dogpiled with snide comments..

If I'm honest, I find many of the online community to be very manipulative, as often they shoot themselves in the foot when they slip up and disclose "what are you doing today"... some will say "bike ride" " cooking a nice large sunday roast" etcetra... Now all these things would mean they would never receive the care element of Pip...but the very same people pre- & post comments aforementioned, later go onto state how incapable they are.. Its hard to bite ones tongue when these obvious discrepancies crop up..

And the oddest thing is, its almost like an unwritten rule that theses matters should never be brought up!

THB, the online community is great for general information, but the clicky, often contradicting zeigeist of the community ruins the experience..

Maybe you have to be a specific type of person to enjoy the community.

POWER HUNGRY ADMINS!

My experience with Scope is on their website, its incredibly far left leaning and IF any of your comments are even the remotest of sarcastic to someone who said your post was "rubbish and hearsay" then your comment is removed.

Scope's idea of helping the disabled or people in need is fantastic and works a lot of the time, BUT to spend my time helping keep their forum active to have my comment removed over something so trivial is pretty much childish of the admins.

On social media I used to run as the only admin for large scale groups (60k+ subs) so I have some idea of the typical "Do's and Dont's" but I find the admins are power mad and too stuck in their little world.

In fact someone I know messaged me two months ago and he had been talking with someone on Scope's site and had his rather long reply 'deleted' even though it had no bad words or aggression? what those admins are doing is themselves stressing out members who suffer with mental health by removing justified replies with unjustified admin reasons?

The charity needs to get a new set of admins or/and rules.

Considering the shop is for the benefit of the disabled it’s extremely inaccessible & badly laid out. Have donated twice recently with not so much as a thank you from the curly haired boy on the till or any kind of acknowledgment at all.

I was given a number by step change which sounded promising and it’s like earth reaching mars I feel in terms of them answering their phone line. Its border line ridiculous in my opinion I’ve rang back twice (both with lengthily waiting, this one being over 29 minutes and counting), it’s ridiculous. The website prompt says it all I feel, are they really ready to assist when they are making an excuse on their website and it seemingly being about remote communication. How can it be justified a scope CEO was rumoured to of being paid £150,000 a year I suspect. Perhaps a CEO needs to be on the frontline to sort this out or perhaps or perhaps a more specific individual with a responsibility to monitor service delivery for example (possibility not fact) who may be on a salary to.

Now look I’m sure scope do good, but it makes me wonder where the proceeds from potentially my donated goods really would end up in the sense im a bit reluctant to donate and boy I am under no illusion high salaries (my opinion) for senior people are not occurring in charities other than scope.

Had bad experience but today I was reassurred it was important to them and they are dealing with complaint.

Scope charity shop Wakefield is so expensive, the Christmas trees were more expensive than new ones in Asda.
I saw a jacket in window for weeks then it went on shop floor been there weeks 😳 saw a jumper with hole in it £12 . Drop the prices and you will sell more. I see lots of things but would not pay the price...far too much for a charity shop.

I have applied for housing with scope. I was given great hope on a home to live in.
Unfortunately for me Scope have decided to go on Christmas leave a week early so I am homeless until they return from holidays next year.
I am very disappointed that I am not important enough to help before Christmas but the employees can enjoy a home and food while I'm homeless on NDIS and a week from Christmas they have left me stranded.

These people are incredibly abusive of old folks. Do not trust them. Disgusting treatment, abusing old people. It's absolutely vile.

I have found this forum to be of great benefit to myself tbh and I would describe myself as mainly a watcher whom sometimes posts for advice which is always given and much appreciated 👏

I think what's happening here is a disgruntled ex member is spouting utter rubbish, they certainly have shown their true colours both here and on the scope forum. It's just unfortunate that some may believe such lies.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the latest negative reviews were made by this one person!