Charity Shop Shopping

hilstep2000

My daughter bought a Next trouser suit from the PDSA for £5. She wore it to her next interview and got the job! I personally love Jacques Vert clothes, which I buy on Ebay. I've never paid more than £20 for a £300 suit. Most of the blouses (which cost £40 - £50 new) I've got for under a fiver. One trouser suit cost me 99p!!!!

needmoney

some of my best buys

really good leather jacket £10 unusually for me haggled it down from £15 (helpfull staff member)
nice leather skirt (can't fit into it at the moment - put on weight - must get it off!)
Good handbags 2 or 3 pounds a time
haven't been for a while must go soon.

Queenie

dinkydee wrote:

Those clothes look great well done. There is a charity shop open in the village near where my Mum lives. I said to my Mum I needed a new pair of trousers and I might have a look in and see what they have, she said she thought trousers might be dodgey with people being sweaty etc, could I not go to primark and get a pair there. I still have a bit of a mental block about buying clothes for myself in a charity shop, I'd love to get over this fear. Any ideas anyone?

It's all down to attitude I suppose.

Ask yourself this: do you drink/eat from crockery in a cafe/restaurant/bar that they serve it to you on? Or do you take your own? I think we all trust it's clean (complain if it's not) and don't bother taking our own.

Likewise, if you stay in a hotel/B&B: do you use their sheets/duvets/pillows/towels? Or take your own? Again, you trust that they are laundered and clean (and complain if it's not).

Wearing a pair of trousers from charity that may/may not have been worn by the previous owner in a "sweaty" condition would soon be solved by simply:
washing them at home before you wear them

Also, I have often come across items that still have their original price tag on and while they may have been tried on, clearly haven't been 'worn'. But yet again, simply launder them yourself before wearing them.

If, after considering the above examples, you still feel that buying clothing from a Charity Shop isn't for you ... then don't worry over it. Sometimes, with careful planning, you can get things near the end of sales that are almost as competative as some Charity Shop prices!

RACHIE77

In my local charity shop all kids clothes are 25p!! I have saved a fortune as I have got Next tops, jackets, even an Osh Kosh dress, all for 25p! All it takes is a bit of a rummage

My mum recently went to another charity shop and they charge by the carrier bag for kids clothes, it is £1 for a bag full so came back with about 20 items for £2!! My kids always look smart as the clothes are hardly even worn!

I got a nice pair of red herring cargo trousers yesterday for £1!!! Bargain!! yay!

needmoney

Queenie wrote:

It's all down to attitude I suppose.

Ask yourself this: do you drink/eat from crockery in a cafe/restaurant/bar that they serve it to you on? Or do you take your own? I think we all trust it's clean (complain if it's not) and don't bother taking our own.

Likewise, if you stay in a hotel/B&B: do you use their sheets/duvets/pillows/towels? Or take your own? Again, you trust that they are laundered and clean (and complain if it's not).

Wearing a pair of trousers from charity that may/may not have been worn by the previous owner in a "sweaty" condition would soon be solved by simply:
washing them at home before you wear them



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Queenie that's how I think too.

Linda32

I've never really been against charity shop clothes. I've just never really looked.

As it is I don't buy clothes that oftern anyway, but when I need somthing else I will deffently look in there. We've got loads either in town or at a shopping area near us.

louB_5

Those clothes look fab, well done! I haven't been in a charity shop for a while butthen I haven't brought any clothes for a while!

I used to use them regularly when I was a student, got some great buys.

Although, I did once get a nasty reality check in Oxfam, when at uni, one day I went in and found that I was actually to poor to buy anthing from in there! :rotfl:

Quasar

Yes Oxfam tend to be a bit more expensive than others. In my local high street there's a Scope shop, up the road in the next high street there are four including Oxfam. I always go in to look, and if I see something of good quality and in good condition that I know I will wear, I just buy it.

I also find charity shops useful for picture frames. I paint, and getting new frames, especially if glass is required, can be pricey. So when I see some of their pictures I buy them for the frames if they are suitable. A good clean and they're perfect. I have saved a considerable packet this way in the last few years.

Bennifred

I do a regular trawl around the charity shops where I live - there are six in the nearest town - and I always find that the prices in Oxfam are much higher than the others, sometimes so much so that it's cheaper to go to regular shops for the equivalent goods! In fact I often don't bother with Oxfam and just go to the others (I know others who feel the same, too) so they are rather shooting themselves in the foot............

Got a brilliant bargain the other week - immaculate dinner suit for DS2's school prom, fits him perfectly - £10! Costs a fortune to hire them:dance:

pickle

dinkydee wrote:

Those clothes look great well done. There is a charity shop open in the village near where my Mum lives. I said to my Mum I needed a new pair of trousers and I might have a look in and see what they have, she said she thought trousers might be dodgey with people being sweaty etc, could I not go to primark and get a pair there. I still have a bit of a mental block about buying clothes for myself in a charity shop, I'd love to get over this fear. Any ideas anyone?

Isn't it more a fear of being seen to be too poor to afford new things? Keeping up with the Joneses and all that. But if you think about it why buy new all the time, it's just wasting precious resources and it's just peer pressure really isn't it? The clothes are perfectly safe. If you're worried about hygiene then wash them, I do. Why follow the crowd?