MMD: Would you tell a charity shop that a Chloe bag was under-priced?

barri_2

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Not knowing who or what Chloe is (Bratz, maybe??) I'd leave well alone and huff internally to myself that they wanted five pounds for a second hand bag.

Me too. No bag is worth that kind of money. Are some women nuts? Barri in Belfast

chrisd0302

It's getting to stage where you can't get bargains anymore, why do charity shops sell Primark tops for 3.99 when they sell in Primark for less. Anyway most volunteers are up on names so extremely unlikely to get a designer bag for 5 pounds. I would snap it up if it was me!!

JesaRose

Most volunteers are not up to date on brands - what information is that based on because that is far from true.

I have 300+ volunteers and about 10/20% of them MAX would know a high end designer tag

Ellie2758

I bought a brand new pair of Moshino jeans for my son from a charity shop, for £10 :T

The_Sparkly_One

I'd buy the bag. In fact I'm a great lover of handbags and have bought several in charity shops that were probably worth a lot more than I actually paid for. I do believe in Karma though so to balance out my cheap finds I also donate lots of stuff to the chairty shop where the bargain was found and usually make a one off donation to the charity too. I recently picked up a red leather handbag by a little known Italian designer for £4.75, it was easily worth alot more than that. To ease my conscience I paid with a £20 note and put the change in the donation box.

secgirl

Would not be interested in the bag, and would also probably say nothing if it was in some of our local shops as I am sure it would then be removed from sale and then "sold" to someone in the shop for the original fiver if they were feeling very honest. (And I have witnessed this also - been in the shop when someone brought bikes in that were hurriedly put in the back store until wee Jeannie got the chance to see them for her grandchildren).

Sorry in advance for the remaining tirade, but I really feel very strongly about the shop concerned!:mad:

We have a cancer research shop in our town which regularly charges more than new price - and I mean identical quality in fact identical goods! A man wrote in to the local paper - and I have witnessed myself - about a pair of shoes in the cancer shop at £15 while the EXACT SAME SHOES were new in the shoe shop across the road for £10!

Also the cancer shop has huge piles of Biffa binbags out at least 2 or 3 times a week to go straight to landfill as the goods are not "classy" enough for the manageress of the shop. I would never dream of donating to them, or buying from them expressly because of this. I donate directly to a cancer charity instead.

The attitude of the cancer shop in our town is outrageous, and the number of folks walking through the door - or not! - shows it is not just me. We used to hold monthly nearly new sales in our church, and at the end of each quarter would send bags of things that had not sold to Blythswood Care who then sent them abroad. Very little was ever binned unless torn - how different to the attitude now! I get so angry every time I have to pass the cancer research shop - and even more angry when I have to pass the bags out for the bin man! And I have seen the childrens toys sat beside them, I can assure you that theredoes not look to be anything wrong with a lot of the items. Just a manageress who does not think it fits with the ethos of her shop - well why not pass it on to someone elses shop, or some other way of disposing rahter than binning it. I appreciate that some folks send thigns to charity shops that you wouldn't let the cat sleep on, but not the amount this woman throws away!

On the flip side we have a local hospice with a shop, and they are soooo much nicer. I take anything that is sellable to them, and regularly go in for a wee browse. If the children take in toys, they often come home with a book or small toy as a wee "thank you" from the ladies for taking them in stuff. (And I know that some will be horrified at that - giving it away, its there to raise money - but my children love the idea that they can take a big bag of things that are no use to them that can then help sick people and they get a wee thing in return - which in the fullness of time will end up back where it came from anyway!)

Anyway, sorry for the length but my high horse was out of the stable and I thought I might as well give it some exercise!!!!

Arimar

I used to tell the staff - my finds have included a Lalique vase - but usually got faced with blank looks and confusion so I dont worry about it anymore and enjoy my purchases

MagicalMike

:beer: If I had the nerve would buy the bag and sell it on ebay.
Yes most charity shops do check prices out for selling. I always scout for books will probably donate some good ones. I think its a win win you make something and shop does. Even better if it goes to a loving home where its apreciated instead of being stuck in a wardrobe:j

JesaRose

Secgirl - you should complain to Cancer Research head office if you feel strongly. The role of a charity shop is to act as a recycling hub too so they shouldn't be adding that much to landfill if there is another option. If I found out one of my shops was doing that I would arrange for them to be able to dispose ethically or pass it on to someone else

fred_quimby

I am disgusted but should have expected it. I spent a year working as a volunteer in Tanzania. The people there are paid (if they can get a job) about $1 a day. That is 50p. Anything extra that you pay is worth almost ten times as much in countries like that. Just about everyone on this board comes home to electricity and running water but not so in Tanzania. All people want over here is more and they do not care how they get.

By taking it at a 'reduced' price you are taking the bread out of someone elses mouth. Not that you care by the looks of things. Charity begins at home what a laugh. Wish I had a pound for everytime I have heard that to excuse greed.

I am just plain disgusted.