Is it ok to haggle in charity shops

wookie_2

Just a thought while I was out today having a look through the local charity shops I came across a few items I liked with prices of £5.99 and £5.49. With only a £10 note on me I asked the cashier if she would accept £10 for the two items, to my astonishment she said yes. I know these shops get all of these items donated and they have to make a profit but with times getting harder, every bit helps. The thing is tho is this morally ok to do ?

TudorRose

In a word 'No'.

faerie~spangles

NO!

You don't go in to the supermarket and haggle...

OR do YOU?

robpw2

i would feel a tad guilty

newbie1980

robpw2 wrote: »

i would feel a tad guilty

why
they over cook alot of the prices these days anyhow
in wellington there must be 10 of said shops and some just dont compete with there pricing

Tigsteroonie

We have haggled in our local charity shop, most of the staff are happier to get a sale even if it means losing a pound or two off the price. However, the manager there is a real sourpuss who overprices his items and refuses to haggle, so we now have to plan our visits around his day off!!

bylromarha

I think it's fine.

Charity shops round here price to their market. One side of the city you can get the same stuff half the price than other side of the city.

blossomhill_2

Morally wrong, they price to get the best deal for the charity, not bargains for their customers
Luckily some people will say the item was worth more and make a donation or tell them to keep the change

Googlewhacker

blossomhill wrote: »

Morally wrong, they price to get the best deal for the charity, not bargains for their customers
Luckily some people will say the item was worth more and make a donation or tell them to keep the change

Well thats just not true, if they priced to get the best deal both items for the OP would have come to £10 and they wouldn't have had to ask...

bylromarha

Or the OP in this scenario only bought 1 item and the other item stayed on the hanger for a month or more.

Charliezoo

I guess they're grateful for any money they can make but I do think its a bit wrong morally. I see charity shops as a good way to support and help out the charity and will often tell them to keep the change when I buy things from them, they're trying to raise money for a good cause after all.

I have been surprised to see people returning items to charity shops recently and exchanging them for something else - I would personally never do this, I have bought stuff before from charity shops that didn't fit or I changed my mind about and just given it back and thought of the money I paid as a small donation.