What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

MoaningMyrtle

A navy and white striped knee length jersey dress from Kalico, £1.99.

A vintage pale green crystal bead necklace for £1.49.

Both from Age UK. I find them quite good, price-wise.

nancmat

I tend to buy books, this week I got the daring book for girls hardback excellent condition £2.50

kitschkitty

rubytuesday wrote: »

A pretty floral double duvet cover for £1.99 a large readers digest hardback book, Sarah brown cookery book and another cookery book I've forgotten all 99p a paper weight £3.99 - overpriced but very pretty and two lovely old side plates 99p each - I should stop buying plates - I do have rather a lot!

It's interesting people's comments on the different shops - my Oxfam is great for clothes - nearly all priced at £2.99 but the bric a brac is ridicoulous and I do point that out - they must hate me - e.g a battered old ladle £3 when you can get three for a pound in Poundland -and I don't mean aesthetically battered - I'm talking rubbish.

The books are really cheap too - nearly all 99p.

I do always say how great those prices are but have a bee in my bonnet about the bric a brac - and apparently I'm not alone!

Wow, clothes in our local Oxfam are at least £5 upwards (for basic items) decent stuff can be at least £10 and books £2.50 and up.

fattybumble85

I don't tend to bother with my local Oxfam. There is rarely anything that catches my eye and even if there is it it usually very expensive for what it is. If anything is from a well known store such as Oasis or New Look they seem to whack up the prices, even if said garment is in poor condition. When they charge £3.99 for a bobbly George or Matalan t-shirt I despair!

I hate those stores that are colour coded too. It just seems pointless to me. I have never gone into a shop and thought - "I want something green today. Don't care whether its a top, skirt or trousers, I just want something green". I doubt anyone else has!

There is one CS near me that if for destitute animals, it seems to be an independent shop, but it is an absolute disgrace! They just pile the stuff in with no thought of displaying their stock so customers can see whats in there. It really puzzles me though as they obviously get some very good donations as the good/collectable stuff is displayed in the window with very high prices. I think with the rest of the donations they just chuck it into the middle of the shop and leave it there for people to root through! I got lucky once and nabbed a chilli pepper parka for £8 (which looked v festival chic at the stone roses this weekend ) but it must have just arrived as it was plonked at the front of a hanging rail.

My favourite CS's are the local ones - Bolton Hospice and St Lukes, and then there's the Sally Army and a row of little ones - Cancer Research, Shelter, Marie Curie in the town. Poddling round them all with a couple of quid in my purse is my favourite way to spend a Saturday morning!

maman

fattybumble85 wrote: »

I don't tend to bother with my local Oxfam. There is rarely anything that catches my eye and even if there is it it usually very expensive for what it is. If anything is from a well known store such as Oasis or New Look they seem to whack up the prices, even if said garment is in poor condition. When they charge £3.99 for a bobbly George or Matalan t-shirt I despair!

I couldn't agree more. I'm told that they have lists of 'good' brands in the back room so anything decent gets marked up immediately.

I spent just over £10 yesterday on 3 tops and a book so I was quite pleased. I got an apple green v necked jumper (no label) and a purple sleeveless top (Gap). Both are pure wool and in good condition and part of my drive to own more real wool clothes to keep warm in the winter (or even in August;)). I also got a burgundy top a bit like a fisherman's smock. That's Fat Face. The book was £1 for a bit of Irish chick lit that I'll enjoy.

rubytuesday

Actually I quite like colour coding but sizing is easier really.

kitschkitty

We have 1 shop that does the colour coding thing, don't mind it myself.

Also not sure if most people feel having a separate rail for plus sizes is easier or just more embarrassing.

Anyway just popped in to post about the charity shops I visited yesterday.

In the PDSA the staff must be loosing their marbles! Saw a George/Asda vest top brand new with tags... £3 and big red half price sticker, charity shop had priced it at &2.50 :eek:

Then a set of plastic drawers from poundland priced £1.50, and lastly 2 bottles of Imperial leather talcum powder for 99p - only they weren't both half full, they were both practically empty! :wall:

Also saw tops in a couple of decent shops with big stains, and a pair of shoes where the sole was cracked right through/falling apart (pointed them out to the person on the till)!

kitschkitty

Did buy a couple of things though, Harrods golfers gift set for £2.99, Evans top £3.99, a foot spa (asked about them on MSE the other day as I've been wanting to buy one) £6.99, and some brand new Alice bands, 8p, and 14p each!

rubytuesday

kitschkitty wrote: »

We have 1 shop that does the colour coding thing, don't mind it myself.

Also not sure if most people feel having a separate rail for plus sizes is easier or just more embarrassing.

Anyway just popped in to post about the charity shops I visited yesterday.

In the PDSA the staff must be loosing their marbles! Saw a George/Asda vest top brand new with tags... £3 and big red half price sticker, charity shop had priced it at &2.50 :eek:

Then a set of plastic drawers from poundland priced £1.50, and lastly 2 bottles of Imperial leather talcum powder for 99p - only they weren't both half full, they were both practically empty! :wall:

Also saw tops in a couple of decent shops with big stains, and a pair of shoes where the sole was cracked right through/falling apart (pointed them out to the person on the till)!

Sometimes the prices really are silly aren't they.

I don't mind paying a few quid for something Primark for example when it's nice and something I missed but not for basics!

stormchaos

Not had much interesting stuff this week at our local CS,
but got a Spode flemish green teapot £1,
a brownbag cookies ceramic cookie mould(rabbit) £1,
Jamie at home HBcookery book, 50p (not impressed with the recipes)
Readers digest HB Grandmas quick and thrifty cookbook, 50p (more my kind of thing)
a Criminal Damage skirt £1,
Last week I got a 3 cupboard,solid thick pine welsh dresser for £30, it's already groaning with all my charity shop vintage bits !