Oxfam ~~ Amazing Sale Online (and instores)

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It means the charity obviously makes less profit per item sold but then again at least they get something. Obviously all the profit goes to a great cause.

They sell clothes (new and used), music, huge collection of books, food, cards, gifts.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/

Most of my friends like to buy |Christmas Cards from Oxfam where all the profit goes to the cause, most high street stores which sell "charity cards" donate a mere 5% of the profit of cards to charity :mad:

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Ps - Happy saving (or giving) for 2 0 0 9 :money:

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Just noticed that my local shop (Southport) has a good in-store sale on also, many things 1/2 price - remember if you want them to benefit more just give back the savings (or does that defeat the purposes - ????)

[puzzles himself with that one, scratches head and goes and makes himself a brew]

zenseeker

I don't quite understand the point of a sale in a charity shop...are you really in such desperate need of a bargain that you want too see less money being raised for their charities?

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I suppose like every other store they have goods that devalue unless they are sold. Personally I am not and I happily buy things at full price but the fact remains that charities need to compete and some people are driven solely by the price of something. If people are only prepared to pay the marked down price then it is still better for the charity than nothing I assume (otherwise they wouldn't do it)????

valk_scot

It's also the chance to get rid of some of the old stock and have a good clear-out, same as the rest of the shops. Also even charity shops have to remain competitive! Given that I can buy a new pack of three girls t-shirts for 80p (in Woolies) at the moment I'm less tempted by the savings to be made in the chariry shops.

yorkiegal

zenseeker wrote: »

I don't quite understand the point of a sale in a charity shop...are you really in such desperate need of a bargain that you want too see less money being raised for their charities?

having managed one for a while, i can assure you that people will haggle for a discount on a 50p item if it means getting a few pence off. clothes are so cheap on the high street now that it is very difficult to compete. we often had 2 for 1 sales in ours. on the plus side, january is a great time for donations of unwanted xmas presents.