Bigissue Reviews

The quality of their bikes is questionable

The quality of their bikes is questionable You have less than one minute to check a bike for free and it s physically impossible so I was charged a few times for bikes that didn t work There should be a cup per day and not per ride as I ended up paying 21 per one ride where other bikes batter was draining too fast and I had to come back somehow

Ringwood 6th September pushy rude big

Ringwood 6th September pushy rude big issue seller accosting people to buy his magazine on speaking to him of homeless he told me from his own lips he owned two houses and drives a brand new car something very very wrong there

The big issue problem

The big problem is price of this so called MAGAZINE 4 it s packed with adverts so much for professional journalism I sold big issue on off eight yrs apart from the Romanians who are on every street corner the majority of sellers were white but the London offices the majority of employees were black something wrong there the majority of employees at the job centre lissom grove were black it s like I have a brain yet could not get my foot in the door with any job being homeless and resorted in selling big issue it s now a complete rip off for the vendors who now for six mags fork out 10 50 vendors all day long trying to sell the biggest rip off a mag full of ads HAND UP NOT A HAND OUT that s the big issue motto they should change it to TAKE THE HAND OUT BECAUSE YOU WONT SELL THE MAG why do the govt not intervene by way of subsidy because they are to busy feathering their own nests and that of birds too and he lives in Spain now talk about desertion what s next one glossy page for a fiver the vendors who do the really hard work are being conned by the govt internet sales that was the downfall for the vendor the most people that do it now are the old boys who have been doing it for years and the Romanian gypsies who are doing it as forced labour by criminal gangs The big issue is now the worst thing ever created to help the homeless due to selling price for vendor and buying price for customer and more and more people just walk by I watched this girl getting no sales for one hour she was Romanian is this racism and I watched this guy sitting down with his dog having chats and being bought a coffee and getting hand outs but no one bought the mag this was 14th September CANTERBURY town centre The big issue as a whole is putting vendors out of business as an ex seller I would not sit or stand eight hrs a day for selling perhaps two mags a day it has passed its sell by date GB should stop and wonder what greed has really become every company has become greedy anyway who cares no one does especially the religious pretenders who pretend to care with their lip service and the affluent who would buy a mobile iphone for 1000 but not help a person with nothing I would do 50 in sales and a 100 in handouts per week now it s probably just about 12 in sales and 75 in handouts per week the big issue seriously need to stop and go back to grass roots and go back to the days when the big issue actually meant something

A seller s scam I was told by a seller that she needed

I was told by a seller that she needed to make 20 today or she and her baby would be thrown out of their room in London This took place on Eastcheap Letchworth I got 10 out of the nearby cash machine but she had no change as she hadn t sold any all morning I went into Sainsbury s and bought her a sandwich to get change I gave her a 5 note and told her to take the change She said she couldn t let me have the magazine as it was the only one I took it nevertheless and the date was October 16th today being 18th November She had also said that she comes in from London every day for 2 hours--and that she is from Romania

Just bought mylast issue

I am sorry to have to raise this but I am frustrated by my experience of big issue vendors I have been buying to try to support for many years Recently I have experienced the assumption that I will give the extra pound for the purchase I normally say keep it when it s offered back but the last several times I have bought it I have only been offered the 5 change with the excuse I don t have the change Today I bought a copy and was told I have no change my wife bought a copy 10 minutes later and was told the same thing I will not be buying again You need to look at standards

My local big issue seller gets out a

My local big issue seller gets out a Mercedes around the corner I was shocked I thought all sellers were homeless or in great need will not be buying again

The CO OP in Earlsdon Coventry

Standing outside the co op in Earlsdon Coventry is a big issue sellerYou have to walk past this person to get into the shopHe stepped out in front of me waving a magazine around in a very aggressive way I have nothing to say to the man but he continues in a very intimidating way I asked the lady inside the Co Op about him she seemed very sympathetic towards him Can t be good for business I wont go again while this seller is around the door

Lost its direction

Lost its direction Street sellers now controlled by organised hierarchy across the country