unknowingly bought fakes from charity shop

Mojisola

Leo2020 wrote: »

The shop must have thought they were designer to have put a £55 price tag on them.

If the shop believed them to be genuine and worth £800, why on earth were they selling them at £55?

hollydays

fake designer clothes to charity
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Fake designer clothes worth thousands of pounds which have been seized by police are being donated to charity.

Officers will hand over the counterfeit goods, including fake designer boots and tracksuits, to staff at the Glasgow the Caring City charity today, who will ship them overseas.

It is thought the items, which were confiscated during raids between 2010 and 2012, are worth more than £50,000.

Chief Inspector David Pettigrew from Police Scotland said: "Rather than destroying the clothing, we thought it would make more sense that a local charity benefit from the donation.

"We have the consent and support of the brands to make the donation, for which we are very grateful."

Reverend Neil Galbraith, the charity's chief executive, thanked the force for the "remarkable" donation.

He added: "It allows us to continue to support our overseas work in several communities, while at the same time allow us to divert much needed assistance and caring to the people of the west of Scotland through the resources being saved and the costs involved.

"It is important to note that we are Glasgow's aid agency and carry the name of our city with great pride. This donation shows once more the generosity of heart and spirit that is Glasgow, and the wisdom of Police Scotland who can turn something which is corrupt into good for the less fortunate. We thank them and those others involved who once again have made this possible."

missbiggles1

It's obviously going to be worth taking care what you buy from Scottish sellers on Ebay in the next couple of weeks!

Leo2020

Mojisola wrote: »

If the shop believed them to be genuine and worth £800, why on earth were they selling them at £55?

I've already explained that. People who shop in charity shops usually shop there because they know they can get stuff cheap. Frankly most people I know who go in charity shops wouldn't spend 50 pound on shoes never mind more. The charity shop will price to sell. Yeah they could have asked for £400 but they wanted to sell them not have them stuck on the shelf.

Mojisola

Leo2020 wrote: »

Yeah they could have asked for £400 but they wanted to sell them not have them stuck on the shelf.

But the charity doesn't have to put expensive items on the shelf. I know of several charities who filter out valuable items and sell them on through other outlets.

It's a terrible waste of a valuable donation if it's sold as such a discount in a shop 'because charity shoppers won't pay more' - find somewhere that will pay more.

LilElvis

Leo2020 wrote: »

I've already explained that. People who shop in charity shops usually shop there because they know they can get stuff cheap. Frankly most people I know who go in charity shops wouldn't spend 50 pound on shoes never mind more. The charity shop will price to sell. Yeah they could have asked for £400 but they wanted to sell them not have them stuck on the shelf.

Our local charity shop (hospice) sorts out the more valuable/designer items and sells them through eBay in order to achieve a better price than they would by placing them for sale in the shop.

daytona0

hollydays wrote: »

I disagree totally. Even if she was selling them on-so what?
The shop have just got it a bit wrong and the op got it wrong too but the op shouldn't be made to feel guilty.
The altruistic thing the op did was shopping there-that's good enough.

Not going to knock selling items on per se, charities make mistakes with pricing or underprice items and it is prime for a profit-making.

The point I made was that by doing so you take advantage of the fact that charity shops may be underselling products in order to make a profit. It is not completely altrustic, but I also won't knock it!

The main point is that OP made themselves out to be a really charitable person, yet want to get a refund for an item which theoretically looked fine enough to purchase. This is taking money back from a charitable cause, not to mention contributing to the (likely somewhat negligible) overhead costs involved in dealing with the sale and refund of the item, so the charity is losing money on the whole issue. Doesn't sit right with me that a charity loses out on a donation, and shouldn't sit right with op either (if it is so close to their heart).

Alas, each to their own and if they want to pursue a resolution which they are likely to be entitled to (SOGA etc) then so be it. The only party suffering is the charity.

If they weren't purchasing to make a profit then I wonder why the OP is going for a refund, as they likely only intend to otherwise use the item and the item was good enough to part with 55 quid whilst in a shop.

ThumbRemote

daytona0 wrote: »

The main point is that OP made themselves out to be a really charitable person, yet want to get a refund for an item which theoretically looked fine enough to purchase. This is taking money back from a charitable cause, not to mention contributing to the (likely somewhat negligible) overhead costs involved in dealing with the sale and refund of the item, so the charity is losing money on the whole issue. Doesn't sit right with me that a charity loses out on a donation, and shouldn't sit right with op either (if it is so close to their heart).

This is not taking money back from a charitable cause. It is taking money back from a trading business which raises money for a charitable cause.

The charity loses nothing. The business will be back in the position they were before the transaction. There was no donation from the OP, there was a purchase of goods.

daytona0

ThumbRemote wrote: »

This is not taking money back from a charitable cause. It is taking money back from a trading business which raises money for a charitable cause.

The charity loses nothing. The business will be back in the position they were before the transaction. There was no donation from the OP, there was a purchase of goods.

Of that 55 pounds a percentage goes towards "[raising] money for charitable cause". If that 55 pounds is refunded then 0% goes towards raising money. Unless you mean that company gives charity the money and then takes the 55 pound hit, in which case you are still hindering the company.

So yes, money is ultimately taken away from the charitable cause.


I can't believe you'd even consider bringing up that point!

Leo2020

I agree with sentiments about eBay but I know not all sell stuff on eBay or anywhere else. I worked in one that only sold through its shops. I advised them a few times about things one was laser cartridges - they would sell quicker and for more on eBay. Selling in the shop could take some time because you would have to wait for the right person to buy it. Even then this might not happen. Stock was rotated around stores and once it had gone round all the local stores, in this case Sheffield, the items would be skipped.