What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

empressemma · 16 December 2014 at 7:50PM

Recently....
Monsoon fluffy cardigan
Monsoon 2 x tops
Fenn wright mason dress (goodness, just googled them, dresses around £80!)

~ all 50p each!

Love my local "council estate" charity shop

Tinwhistler · 16 December 2014 at 9:06PM

I bought a Christmas cracker for 40p saved having to buy a whole box.

Living_proof · 16 December 2014 at 9:30PM

Mine is not a glamourous item of designer clothing, but nonetheless a bargain.

I saw something like an all-metal egg slice in my local shop at a pound. I thought it would be useful for slicing strawberries, which I dehydrate in season. But I thought again and left it. However, it kept nagging at me and I was passing the next day or so and it was still there, so I threw caution to the wind and bought it. The lady at the till was quite mystified as to why I would want to slice a strawberry and dry it!

Once home I gave it the usual clean up and notice a trade name - Westmark Champion. Out of idle curiosity I googled it only to find it on Amazon at 28.50 for the little gadget. And I had thought twice at a pound (sorry, pound sign gone walkabout). Well I think it must be a very clever and strong bit of kit at the full price, so when straws are next in season, I will let you know!

Pollycat · 17 December 2014 at 2:59PM

I've got one! I've got one! :j

A bargain, that is (well, actually 2 bargains).

From our local hospice shop, I've just bought a brand new, still-with-tag hat by Patsy Flood O'Connor

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Pretty similar to this one, on Mad4Hats website priced at 50 euro.

It says:

"A hat will change your whole appearance. It gives you a sense of confidence and elegance and if you’re having a bad hair day it will help cover it up", says self-taught hat maker and owner of Irish brand Mad 4 Hats, Patsy Flood O’Connor.

All of Patsy's creations are handmade to the highest standard, in her workshop in the South East of Ireland. The materials used are locally sourced and prepared in-house, including felts that are knitted and dyed by hand. This attention to detail is key, as Patsy believes colour and texture are important elements of her signature style.

Patsy is confident she has designed a hat that will stay on your head in the windiest of weather. This assurance comes from her own extensive road-testing while out walking on the beaches of Wexford, commonly referred to as the windiest county in Ireland...

I paid £2.50.

I also bought 3 twisted glass icicles in a box that I'm pretty sure are Dartington crystal.
I have to compare them with mine that I paid £5 for at least 7 years ago.
Very happy at £1.00 for all three.

verynewmoneysaver · 17 December 2014 at 4:21PM

bluelass wrote: »

My Aunt got a faux chanel handbag from age concern in wigan for £5. It was a burgundy quilted one with shoulder chain, it looks really nice with no scuffs or marks.

I've got one like that. It was originally Edinburgh Wool Mill and I got it for about £5 from BHF. Use it most of the time.

Miró · 19 December 2014 at 4:11PM

Pollycat wrote: »

From our local hospice shop, I've just bought a brand new, still-with-tag hat by Patsy Flood O'Connor

I paid £2.50.

Love the hat Pollycat!! :heart2:

Pollycat · 20 December 2014 at 9:49AM

Thanks, Miro, I'm a hat fanatic.

And, despite the strong winds over the last couple of days, I can confirm that Patsy's claim:

"Patsy is confident she has designed a hat that will stay on your head in the windiest of weather. This assurance comes from her own extensive road-testing while out walking on the beaches of Wexford, commonly referred to as the windiest county in Ireland... "

is true. :T

sarah182xxx · 21 December 2014 at 6:35PM

love reading this thread ! I got some lovely Christmas decorations - really old fashion wooden ones in a little bag for 50p in the rscpa shop. they are really special to me as they are exactly what my grandma had on her tree when I was younger xxx

kboss2010 · 22 December 2014 at 5:43PM

Blether wrote: »

Was in Aberdeen for the weekend. Went round the charity shops but only got a book in one. Prices are getting even higher. £6 for a worn George top, £12 for a Sainsbury new top which still had their £12 price tag on it and a second hand Jaegar leather bag for £120 and there are loads on ebay a lot cheaper and new ones for a similar price. I am a regular visitor to Aberdeen and used to get some good buys but lately the prices are getting outrageous. The charity shops used to be busy but not now. Don't know how some of them cover their overheads. Was told that Doc Martin were trying to open a shop in Aberdeen but were outbid by a charity shop. That says it all when they have more money to spend than regular shops.

Tell me about it! Most of them are ridiculous. I've stopped shopping at the chains altogether.

The best ones I know of in Aberdeen are:

CLAN (Chapel St or Rosemount Place)

Chest, Heart & Stroke (Schoolhill - can be a bit more than average but they mostly sell good quality branded stuff e.g. Barbour jacket for £25, Wool jaeger coat for £15)

The Sailors' Society (South Mount St just after the Noose & Monkey pub opp. the bridal shop)

- absolute gems here sometimes. My last haul included 3 men's hardly worn expensive branded shirts for 50p each, an elephant canvas print for £3, an original Old Aberdeen/University oil painting inc. frame for £5 by a local artist (similar in the art shop next door would have been about £300!!!) and a pair of lined 90"x90" curtains for £10.

The George St charity shops (Sue Ryder, Cats Protection & Bethany's) often have so e really good bargains too but you'll have to dodge the hobos, drunks and junkies who hang out there!

kboss2010 · 22 December 2014 at 5:53PM

My bf left a bag of really expensive shirts that his Dad had given him that he'd grown out of on a train and never got them back so I've been on a mission to replace them with similar quality shirts for much less than the cost of replacing them new.

I got 3 nealy new shirts for 50p each (TM Lewin, Charles Tyrwhitt & Blue Harbour) in Aberdeen.

I got 2 nearly new Blue Harbour men's jumpers for £3 each in a CS in Gorgie Rd, Edinburgh.

But my best bargains of the month came from the Sue Ryder shop in Dunblane - a small Ness Harris tweed satchel (BNWT) for £5.99 (RRP £25) and 2 Le Creuset miniature casserole dishes shaped like a strawberry and a raspberry for £1.65 each!! They were selling these in the Cheshire Oaks designer outlet store a few years ago for £15 each and that was 50% off RRP.

Mary's Meals in Dunblane is also fantastic. I got a pair of new cufflinks for my OH for £1 (he's the only man I know who actually uses cufflinks when he gets them for Xmas lol!), 2 still in the packaging C&A shirts for £2.50 (C&A went bankrupt about 15 years ago so they've been sitting in someone's wardrobe for over a decade!), several DVDs for £1 (Star Trek, Serenity/Firefly) and a handful of odds & ends (a bead necklace, a packet of sequins, some curtain rings, some haberdashery trimmings) for £1. It's a treasure trove if you rummage.

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