British Heart Foundation - Unbelievable!

malc_b

Waste not Want not are coming to take it away tomorrow so I don't have to tip it. I did check saynoto0870 but no luck on a BHF number (it's a new store near me, not open yet so no number the smaller BHF shop says, only the national 0844).

IMO there is no excuse for 0844 numbers. They just exist to rip off people. When you want people to donate you should show consideration and not mug you as well.

qetu1357

ThumbRemote wrote: »

You seem to misunderstand the name "Charity Shop". They exist to make money for a charity, not to provide charity to their customers.

Items should be priced so they make the most money for the charity. If that is £5 for a T-shirt, or £1 less than the new price, then so be it. If they don't sell initially they can reduce the price later.

Actually you are wrong.

It IS both.

LisaB85

BHF are ridiculous, why would anyone pay £10 for a second hand top when you can get a new one of the same price?

Charity shops are there to help charities and those on low incomes plus I wonder how much their chairman etc earn.

arcon5

qetu1357 wrote: »

Actually you are wrong.

It IS both.

They are a charity raising money for heart disease, not a charity, helping consumers save money compared to other high street stores (agree 100% with Thumb). I'd love to see this objective written in their mission statement.

The fact that they are cheaper has nothing to do with helping consumers either, they are selling second hand goods and the price reflects this. If they could sell the goods for more they probably would.


In fact our local BHS furniture store is ridiculously over priced. When we needed a new washing machine it was the first place we went to -- however their cheapest one was double the price of a brand new one from Argos. The shameful thing about our local one is the staff always seem to be stood around talking instead of cleaning - everything is dusty as hell and many appliances and furniture haven't seen any cleaning materials for a long time!

lolseh

The main reason for me volunteering was because of family in the past drying from heart problems.

They have minimum pricing for all brands. So say something is Next then all tshirts of that brand will have a minimum pricing no matter if it's a plain top or not. And the minimum pricing isn't cheap!! I personally prefer small independant charity shops as they have great bargains and that means I will spend much more in them than I ever will the bigger over priced ones! But then I guess BHF have to make money somewhere to get all the fancy new hangers they bought even though nothing was wrong with the old ones

Mk14:37

I once took a bag of books but saw one i wanted and asked if they'd take the books in part exchange and sell me the other book for a pound (which I would have later returned to bhf), but they flatly refused. I left the books but didn't take the other, and haven't returned since, preferring to use one of the other half dozen on the high street.

jc808

bhf and oxfam are so expensive

and to the posters defending expensive charity shops - get a sense of perspective

they are selling donated secondhand gear - while it is good to get the maximum you can for it, reality has to prevail
give me a ropey old charity shop with senile old biddies and everything 10p any day

rustyboy21

You are telling me they don't offer interest free credit on all purchases as well? :shocked:

Boycott them ! :rotfl:

Micky_Mouse

Mk14:37 wrote: »

I once took a bag of books but saw one i wanted and asked if they'd take the books in part exchange and sell me the other book for a pound (which I would have later returned to bhf), but they flatly refused. I left the books but didn't take the other, and haven't returned since, preferring to use one of the other half dozen on the high street.

I cant believe someone has actualy haggled in a charity shop.

ThumbRemote

jc808 wrote: »

bhf and oxfam are so expensive

and to the posters defending expensive charity shops - get a sense of perspective

they are selling donated secondhand gear - while it is good to get the maximum you can for it, reality has to prevail
give me a ropey old charity shop with senile old biddies and everything 10p any day

My sense or perspective is fine, thanks. It's your "ropey old charity shop" that is probably making next to nothing for the charity. It what sense is that reality?

Surely when you donate goods to a charity shop, you want them to get the most they can from selling them?

A charity shop is a business making money for a charity. It's not there to provide bargains for you or others.