What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

VfM4meplse

Art_Deco wrote: »

Agree with this also I think if men live alone they dont seem to think to pass clothes on to charity shops its straight in the bin if they no longer fit!!

I agree. But what is most puzzling is the "one in, one out" school of wardrobe management. Much if the stuff evicted on principle has plenty of life left in it! So why not give to the chazzer?

Bogof_Babe

There's a Barnardos menswear shop in Formby, Merseyside, which is pretty good. They have good bargains sometimes - the other day a whole rail of suit jackets for £5 each.

They also have other "man stuff" like backpacks, so it's always worth a look.

bobsa1

Foxyloxy do you mean Beverley East Yorkshire as that is near me and I'd love to know where the men's shop is.. just realised as I type is it down dyer lane

Owain_Moneysaver

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I agree. But what is most puzzling is the "one in, one out" school of wardrobe management. Much if the stuff evicted on principle has plenty of life left in it! So why not give to the chazzer?

Men don't evict stuff on principle.

When the wardrobe's full we know we have enough clothes, so don't buy any more.

It's only when something is too holey for gardening that it gets composted and everything moves one position to the right on the rail. Then we can buy a new version of whatever we've just thrown in the compost.

Obviously if we get new socks for Christmas this upsets the system. Given the choice between new socks or overflowing drawers the answer is to donate the new socks to the charity shop in January and continue wearing the old comfortable ones.

OldMotherTucker

I love going back to Launceston and, in particular, The Cornwall Hospice shop, where most items if clothing are just a pound! There were a couple of rails of clothing marked individually but the rest of the stuff is nicely coloured coordinated and hung in size order. I picked up a couple of lovely bits ( a Next and a Papaya top and an M + S dress ) great quality, clean and pressed!

They have a really high turnover because of the cheap pricing.

Also 4 books for a pound.

Sayschezza

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Men don't evict stuff on principle.

When the wardrobe's full we know we have enough clothes, so don't buy any more.

It's only when something is too holey for gardening that it gets composted and everything moves one position to the right on the rail. Then we can buy a new version of whatever we've just thrown in the compost.

Obviously if we get new socks for Christmas this upsets the system. Given the choice between new socks or overflowing drawers the answer is to donate the new socks to the charity shop in January and continue wearing the old comfortable ones.

My OH exactly.

VfM4meplse

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Men don't evict stuff on principle.

When the wardrobe's full we know we have enough clothes, so don't buy any more.

The main man in my life does, and is ruthless about it. He's due to have some more suits tailored - he does this every 5 years or so - and unless I'm there when they arrive, the others will end up in the bin. Tbf it's going to be unlike that anyone will be exactly his size.

He also has just 4 pairs of shoes: smart work ones, a casual pair, rarely used sandals for holiday / summer, and trainers. He doesn't even keep a spare pair of trainers, even though he runs 10k 6 days a week.

Miró

My, *ahem*, 'gentleman caller' hates ironing yet likes wearing linen trousers and silk shirts. Frequently he will go out and buy a new item rather than bother to iron an existing one:mad:. Once when we were going on holiday he left his holiday ironing to the last minute, decided he couldn't face it and went out and bought 10 new shirts! Hence his wardrobes rival mine in their overflowing-ness but every couple of months he does a major cull and dumps a load of washed but unironed, good quality, hardly worn items on the charity shops. The last 'dump' included 40 shirts!

VfM4meplse

Mir! wrote: »

My, *ahem*, 'gentleman caller'

Tell us more?

Like his collar size and where you live

Miró

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Tell us more?

Like his collar size and where you live

:D:D

The thing is...I don't think the charity shops even bother putting the stuff out for sale! Can you imagine what a washed, unironed silk shirt that's been scrunched up in a bin bag for days on end looks like? Not much hanger appeal I should imagine. Probably just all ends up being 'ragged'