What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

maman

MadelinesMum wrote: »

The cs where I volunteer has a man that comes in to buy petticoats and slips. At first I thought they must be for his mother or something, then one day he was wearing nail varnish on perfectly manicured nails. He looks like
your average, middle aged, plump, bald man. Takes all sorts!

I know what you mean but why wouldn't trans people like bargains too!!:)


I bought a Per Una black, velvet skirt today. Only £2.99 in a local CS. It's a bit big but as it's a wraparound with buttons I think moving the buttons will sort it out. It's probably intended for evening wear but my plan is to wear it with opaques, boots and a thick jumper.


I deliberated over a Coast lined, linen skirt in cancer shop. Decided to think about it but shop was closed when I went back. Maybe tomorrow?

got-it-spend-it

Mir! wrote: »

Has a bit of a :eek: experience though....I noticed an older man, rummaging through the ladies shoes in one charity shop. Then he started sniffing them.....yuk!! Dunno if he bought any as I left sharpish! Then, about 15 mins later, there he was in another charity shop rifling through a box of ladies swimwear and underwear.....and yes he was sniffing stuff again! The assistant saw what he was doing but just left him to it.....yuk, I feel ill thinking about it still, *shudders*

Wow, that is a bit freaky! If he wants to sniff chazza shop goods he should at least buy them first!

bobsa1 wrote: »

today i got 3 bargains in 3different shops the first one was a Toast long sleeve jersey top for £1.49 it looks unworn. Next was a hobbs red wrapover cardigan for £1.50 will be great for work and finally a 100% cashmere m&s jumper in beige for £2 ive probably got over £200 of clothes for just under £5 i don't know how people can afford not to shop in cs

What a haul- you can't beat a good bit of bargain cashmere.

Has anyone been in Oxfam recently? They seem to have massively reduced prices. All tops seemed to be £1.99- I got a striped Wallis jumper for £1.99 and it's lovely- buttons down the back which is a style I love. Good on Oxfam for pricing to sell.

timehastoldme

Frith wrote: »

I was in Kidderminster (note to Kidder people that both the big British Heart Foundation and the smaller shop in the deserted street are moving into the old Owen Owen store off the Bull Ring. Sofas in the big store are down to TWENTY POUNDS!!!)

Very helpful thank you, kiddy is great for CS poking, there about a million!

HOWMUCH

My local Barnardo's shop does children's items 4 for £1.99, I got Boys Bluezoo from Debenhams jeans aged 2-3 years and long shorts in blue and cream also by bluezoo, Next denim smart shorts for a girl age 2-3 years which I shall give to a friend for her grand-daughter. They are all like new, if worn it would have only been once.

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brilliant heavy copper-based stainless steel frying pan that I bought from the Red cross shop in Freshwater this week while on holiday for £3.50 for my DGS Ben who is off to Uni next month.I also bought a great Clarins striped bag to use for my knitting in the Wessex charity shop in Freshwater for 50p !!! its large enough to hold my knitting and several balls of wool and is made of a canvas material.I was very pleased with the bits I bought and well done for such a small place to have such smashing charity shops.(thought the Earl Mountbatten one was over-priced for stuff though)Great place for a holiday and I had a fantastic two weeks there

starsandmoon

Went to Southport today which has loads of chaz shops. One had a half price sale so books were 25p and I got a stripy Wallis top for £1.75 and a Gap top for £1.50.

Went to Heswall earlier in the week (Ive been off work) and got a Viella (sp?) camel blazer which is wool/cashmere for £5.

Carnt shop in normal shops anymore as the prices terrify me now.

Ballymackeonan

More clothes going back to the CS at the minute than I'm buying - I'm trying to lose weight and getting rid of the comfortably large things to make me more resolved!

But yesterday I got, as well as several books and a DVD, a lovely watercolour of Buttermere, well framed and just right for my bedroom, for £15. Checked the painter online when I got back and his paintings are around £220 unframed!

sparrer

Found a pair of Eeyore jimmies bnwt for £3. A size too big for me but it's better to have roomy jimmies than tight ones

Beenie

haven't been to a charity shop for a few weeks now but went out today and found a Mint Velvet top for £1, a Topshop NY skyline t-shirt for £2 and a Next linen vest with lace for £1.50. Just right for my hols in Australia.

kboss2010

JackieO wrote: »

brilliant heavy copper-based stainless steel frying pan that I bought from the Red cross shop in Freshwater this week while on holiday for £3.50 for my DGS Ben who is off to Uni next month.I also bought a great Clarins striped bag to use for my knitting in the Wessex charity shop in Freshwater for 50p !!! its large enough to hold my knitting and several balls of wool and is made of a canvas material.I was very pleased with the bits I bought and well done for such a small place to have such smashing charity shops.(thought the Earl Mountbatten one was over-priced for stuff though)Great place for a holiday and I had a fantastic two weeks there

:eek: you're going to give an expensive copper-bottomed pan to a fresher moving into halls?!

As someone who guarded my non-stick wok with my life in self-catered halls, let me advise you that it probably won't survive until Xmas! I can pretty much guarantee that, even if he is super careful, someone he lives with will burn it, scratch it and generally destroy it before he's barely had the chance to make use of it.

Buy him a cheap frying pan and save the fancy one for when he gets his first property. Trust me, if he is good at cooking he will thank you!