What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

charlies-aunt

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Presumably such people never sleep in a hotel bed, or dry themselves on a hotel towel!

Or stay in a hospital bed!


By the time clothes have been in a shop for a week or two, many have been tried on multiple times but no-one seems to be squeamish about that

kellykindle

I got an ice cream maker for a quid, all it needed was a new fuse in the plug.

Pollycat

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I swapped the said blouse for a a top for me - the kind of thing you would wear under a suit jacket that would take you through to an evening out. Snipped the tag off today wiith the intention of sticking it in the washing machine but am so glad I checked the label - HW only as it is silk! For less than £3 I'm not complaining

Another 3 books for £5 in one store today, and 99p on "Gone With the Wind" in another. I can't believe the things I have not read at this ripe old age

My machine has a silk programme, I don't hand-wash or dry clean anything.

Good bargain with GWTW, I missed a good condition hardback copy a while ago & am still kicking myself.

theoretica

I got a lovely jacket (well it will be lovely once I have sorted out the shoulder pads) for £10 then looked up the maker and realised it was an even better bargain than I thought: Daymor Couture.

VfM4meplse

Had a bit of a chaz fail today. Went in to browse books as per usual, nothing there so ended up looking at the rails.

I bought a sheer blouse in large, which I thought would be fine for work, and a cerise Espirit cardigan in medium for £3.99 each. Now I have had a chance to try them on, the blouse is way too big so hangs without shape, as for the cardigan I can't even get my arm in it. I'm a tall size 12

Both will have to go back.

IceColdRum

Picked a up a Brown/Blue Denby Teapot for £5 the other day and Friday I picked up 4 pairs of trousers and two shirts from a Cancer Research Shop all at £1

freshstart11

I also had a good haul at the Cancer Research £1 sale

Coat for me
Coat for DSD
T shirt for DSS
2 x Scarf
6 x baby items for DD

all for £8.30

theoretica

This thread has made me wonder, how do you decide what is a great charity shop bargain for you?

Money saved that you would have spent? (I wanted a new coat and found one in a charity shop rather than buying new off the high street)

Increase in quality? (I needed a new sweater and got a brand XX instead of cheapo new)

Something you would never have bought otherwise? (Another coat, a very random gadget...)

Or of course a profit for resale.

TravellingAbuela

I had my very first serious "HOW MUCH??!!!" thought today in the British Heart Foundation shop. A pair of Skechers ladies trainers priced at, wait for it, £20!!!! To rub salt in the wound, they weren't even new! Granted they hadn't been worn much but £20?!!! I think they will still be there next time I look! It's a shame really as size 3's in charity shops are few and far between and if they had been half the price I probably would have bought them.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

theoretica wrote: »

This thread has made me wonder, how do you decide what is a great charity shop bargain for you?

Money saved that you would have spent? (I wanted a new coat and found one in a charity shop rather than buying new off the high street)

Increase in quality? (I needed a new sweater and got a brand XX instead of cheapo new)

Something you would never have bought otherwise? (Another coat, a very random gadget...)

Or of course a profit for resale.

Very good question.

I collect old pony books, so anything I haven't read is a find; if it's a first edition in good condition that's an ace bonus.

Office workwear is always a dull thing to spend money on, so a CS "bargain" is something that's cheaper than new and/or a better brand than I'd buy new. Today I'm wearing a lovely Whistles polo neck with pretty buttons which was a good CS find. Hobbs, Karen Millen and Jigsaw are other labels I've picked up second hand.

I have so many scarves that I can't justify any more; however there are always loads of them in chazzers, and usually for less than £3.

My other regular purchase is children's books as I have so many to buy for now all my friends have spawned. I check for tears and scribbles, but you can get some beautiful classics with stunning illustrations in great nick for a fraction of the price new.