Charity shops

manicstreetpreacher

Not sure whether or not there has been a thread on these before but aren't they brilliant? Would be interested to know what anyone has found in them. I've had countless clothes for little un in great condition, books, toys and games at a fraction of the price. Brilliant.

sleepymy

I bought my whole student wardrobe out of them when I was a uni, got some nice retro pieces out of them too. But never footwear because that's just wrong!

manicstreetpreacher

Or underwear:D

sleepymy

Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww!!!!! lolol

starlit_2

A little time wading through a load of rubbish CDs (so many of the ones that are free with newspapers and magazines) can sometimes turn up some real gems.
There's such a random element to pricing, that it can be a little frustrating. There's nothing worse* than seeing something that isn't rare or expensive but just something that I'd like, but it's priced rather too high. Somethimes I've been back six months later, and the item is still there at the same price. I'd never haggle to get something cheap in a charity shop, so I just have to leave it. If the tables were turned and I didn't know anything about music, and someone came up and said that this CD was only really worth half of the price tag, I'd be quite suspicious.
It could actually be worse though, the Oxfam near me increased the prices of some of their CDs after they'd been on the shelf for a while!

* Please ignore my pointless and possibly inappropriate hyperbole.

Raver2k7

I've managed to find lots of designer gear with the labels still on them..lol Bench. Goldigger. Playboy, ripcurl. all sorts of stuff if u can be bothered to trawl thru the rails!!

Contains_Mild_Peril

I buy most of my clothes and my son's from charity shops, including some really nice stuff. The charity shops near me normally separate the free-with-newspaper CDs from the others and sell them cheaper, but in some, the people in charge don't seem to have grasped the distinction between singles and albums, or the notion that they ought to be priced differently. I've found myself rummaging through dozens of £1 CD singles in search of any albums which may be left in the box.
I also buy a lot of books from charity shops, and various other stuff. I recently got a decent pair of binoculars in my local Red Cross shop for only £1.

boam

Raver2k7 wrote: »

I've managed to find lots of designer gear with the labels still on them..lol Bench. Goldigger. Playboy, ripcurl. all sorts of stuff if u can be bothered to trawl thru the rails!!

i thought you said designer? heheeh

jan03

I love charity shops and ebay, i like to think me and my two kids dress modern and are always very clean with good names on them, but i wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid per item.my sons clothes are mainly next(he's 2) and at that age they may have only been in them a couple of month so when i'v finished with them i then sell them on ebay and get my money back.my daughter is 10 and very fashion conciouse so she like names, i get these also from charity shops and sell them on for a profit most of the time when she's done with them.when i was young i would cringe with embarresment at my mum going in charity shops but i think the stigma has gone now that we are getting quality items and not the raff that was on offer 15years ago.( giving my age away!!!)

manicstreetpreacher

When charity shops first started out they were mainly ran by little old ladies who had no idea on pricing. This could either be very good or very bad as the pricing ran from one extreme to another. I still love charity shops but certain ones have lost their sheen through overpricing. The cancer research, though one could never argue about it's cause, always is a culprit for overpricing. I saw a rather worn t shirt in my local branch the other day for £3.25, it wasn't even a well known one (fcuk, diesel etc). When you can go to Primark and get a brand new t shirt for £2 you wouldn't pay that for an old one would you?

tsharp

I recently bought some Tog24 shorts for £2, looking unused. Tried them on and found 20p in the pocket!