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February 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - One well-to-do homeowner bought 40 litres, saving £424
- Now shop demands proof that buyers are on benefits
By
Suzannah Hills
Last updated at 12:53 PM on 20th February 2012
With names like Middleton Pink and Smoked Trout, it is the paint of choice for aspiring middle-class homeowners and has long been a hit with celebrities.
So it should be no surprise that when £58 tins of Farrow Ball paint went on sale for a bargain £5 at a small charity shop in Manchester, there was an influx of wealthy shoppers from the affluent city suburbs.
The five-litre tins of paint were donated by Farrow Ball as part of a charity drive to help struggling families redecorate their homes.
But they caused such a rush at The Tree of Life shop in Wythenshawe that staff there now have to demand that customers show proof they are on benefits or are representing a charity or community group.
Shocked: Tree of Life charity shop manager Janet Price said it was a shame ‘mean-spirited’ customers took advantage of the scheme meant to help struggling families improve their homes
One well-to-do homeowner, who couldn’t believe his luck, bought 40 litres for just £40 – saving himself £424.
Fan: Billie Piper is just one of the many celebrities who are said to be fans of Farrow Ball’s luxury paint
Tree of Life manager Janet Price, 63, said: ‘It is a shame some people have been so mean-spirited.
‘I
think somebody went to the Farrow Ball shop in Wilmslow in
Cheshire and said “I’m not paying that – you can get it in Wythenshawe
for a few pounds”.’
The luxury paint specialists had donated the five-litre tins as part of the Community RePaint scheme, which is meant to help charities and community
groups to redecorate their premises at a fraction of the usual cost as well as help struggling homeowners improve their property.
Farrow Ball has become the paint
of choice for the aspiring middle classes with its range of delicate pastels
such as Middleton Pink, Lancaster Yellow and Breakfast Room Green – and
boasts a horde of celebrity fans including Billie Piper and Alan Carr.
The paint company has been donating
surplus and end-of-line stock to the second-hand shop in Benchill as
part of Community RePaint, a scheme to help hard-up families.
Farrow
Ball director Sarah Cole said: ‘We wholeheartedly believe in the
objectives of Community RePaint because it is such a worthwhile cause,
helping organisations, individuals and families in social need.
‘Donations
are made under the agreement that the recipients will be charities,
non-profit organisations and those on a low income.
‘Farrow Ball
trust Community RePaint to distribute the paint accordingly.’
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Perhaps working people who pay for everything, with their hard earned taxes subsidising others would like a helping hand once in a while. Why should they pay for the fact they are contributing tax and doing the right thing? Why should people on welfare get everything free or cheap? including top quality paint? The charity shop should treat everyone the same or not sell the paint. The company should find another way of distributing. I was in a charity shop where they were giving travell ers a discount, not offered to pensioners or anyone else. They are usually strict about taking any money off for the rest of us
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If they want to help poor people, wouldn’t a good idea be to give it away????? Perhaps the fuss is to sell a story to the papers and get publicity as an uber worthy cause with principles, but what those principles are? Making a fuss if a customer has some money kind of principles maybe
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Wake up, it’s the rich do gooders that work in these charity shops – so who gets first pick !
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If the shop wanted to donate, why didn’t they give the paint for free to poor people?
Putting it up for sale but making it only available to people on benefits is discriminatory.
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Nasty comments from nasty people. Hope you never fall out on your luck.
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Why do you feel there are no perks for working?
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this article would never have been written if the ‘well-to-do’ homeowners had a little more interest in their community and realised that the paint was so cheap because it had been donated for a specific cause, not so that they could save upward of £400. before needing to show proof in this store, surely people on minimum wage/low income were also able to shop there, but there needs to be some kind of boundaries set in place so that the ‘well-to-do’ people don’t abuse it. it’s a shame, at the end of the day it’s the community that suffers.
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If you are rich enough to afford this paint, you can’t have it.
You can only have it if you cannot afford it.
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“wrong way around, i think. its a well known fact you get paid more on benefits then when your working.
– bob, Little Englander, 20/2/2012 10:13”
Ah yes, I know this type of “fact”; they are very popular with DM readers and are actually the complete opposite of fact, i.e. made up tosh.
You know, I think there are actually people out there like Bob who believe that people on benefits are rolling around in money. The irony is they themselves wouldn’t last a week on benefits if they actually tried to.
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The rich have exclusive shops so why can’t the poor?
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