More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

Miró

Had a bit of a splurge this afty . Been looking for a pair of plain heels in a particular shade of beige for months, (never knew there were so many shades of beige til I started looking!! Pinky beige/grey beige/yellowy beige/nude/natural/cream/camel/stone!!). Anyhoo I have been carrying round a paint shade card that I liberated from B & Q with an almost colour match and today in the Mind shop I found a pair of Reiss heels in brilliant condition in just the right shade, priced at £10 tho . I know Reiss clothes are expensive and good quality so I'm hoping the shoes are too. Heels are just a leeetle higher than ideal but otherwise a perfect fit. This shop has had a lot of LK Bennett, Coast, LongTallSally etc clothes and shoes lately - I'm sure they are all coming from the same person. Also from the big Cancer Research cheapie shop I got a pair of b/n M & S linen wide legged trousers in cream with narrow blue & black stripes for £2.

luxor4t

My local CS isn't accepting donations at the moment as they have got too much stock.

Are they reducing prices or have they set up a £1 section to clear the older stuff?
Of course not - unless you call '3 for £8' on a rail of well used, high street branded polyester tops a reduction.:huh:

Oh well. Looks like I shall be taking my donations to another part of town for a while.

dolly84

Mir! wrote: »

Had a bit of a splurge this afty . Been looking for a pair of plain heels in a particular shade of beige for months, (never knew there were so many shades of beige til I started looking!! Pinky beige/grey beige/yellowy beige/nude/natural/cream/camel/stone!!). Anyhoo I have been carrying round a paint shade card that I liberated from B & Q with an almost colour match and today in the Mind shop I found a pair of Reiss heels in brilliant condition in just the right shade, priced at £10 tho . I know Reiss clothes are expensive and good quality so I'm hoping the shoes are too. Heels are just a leeetle higher than ideal but otherwise a perfect fit. This shop has had a lot of LK Bennett, Coast, LongTallSally etc clothes and shoes lately - I'm sure they are all coming from the same person. Also from the big Cancer Research cheapie shop I got a pair of b/n M & S linen wide legged trousers in cream with narrow blue & black stripes for £2.

I always find Mind very overpriced on the whole. DD found a pair of M&S cotton trousers in one a week or so ago and they wanted £8.99 for them - at the end of summer aswell.

dolly84

Right - this is what I got whilst away:


Next cargo shorts for DH, lovely thick cotton, stone colour, total rip off of Fat Face shorts - £3.45


Ryedale blue and white striped shirt (another blooming striped shirt - what is wrong with me), roll back sleeves with tabs £3


H&M Basic black long sleeved, round neck jumper. I only have one black jumper and wear it a lot in winter, that coupled with the lovely long sleeves that H&M do and that it looks unworn is why I paid £4 for this.


Primark Flip Flops - I needed these for camping and paid £1 for these, I know they are cheap as chips in Primark but it is all about not creating a new demand for things if I can avoid it.


Toggi 100% Lambswool jumper in oatmeal colour, its very similar to this one but with 3 buttons at the neck and a different colour. It looks barely worn, no bobbling at all - paid £4.99 for it.


,https://shop.toggi.com/gb-gb/en_GB/cat/WOMENS-8446/KNITWEAR-8454/prod/neave-193225/


Boden sweatshirt in peachy colour with gold metallic bird design all over, perfect condition, Boden sweatshirts are very pricey but lovely quality fabric and I have bought them direct in the past (in the sale of course), paid £4.50.

DigForVictory

Himself has come back laden! A Pink Pig art pad (seriously high end paper), a grow your own beer kit (hop seeds!), two new pairs of trousers (one craghoppers) for son, & pair of unworn Teva sandals which turn out to be his size, cost him £3 & sold new are £80!
He even found a Fascinating Aïda dvd for me, plus a book on the Terracotta Army.
Plus a desk, which he paged me to come & fetch with the car as it had 4 drawers & a nice upholstered stool to go with & like a good wife & mother I have already dropped off at son’s. Despite assurances he could get it up to his room (which I accepted), husband thinks I should have helped lug.

Pollycat

Mir! wrote: »

Had a bit of a splurge this afty . Been looking for a pair of plain heels in a particular shade of beige for months, (never knew there were so many shades of beige til I started looking!! Pinky beige/grey beige/yellowy beige/nude/natural/cream/camel/stone!!).

For people who are anal about colours (that will be me ), it's a nightmare.
Years ago, we went into an old fashioned carpet shop to choose a green carpet (for the whole of our new house).
He had piles of samples.
"No, too blue. No, too yellow. No, too grey. No, too green."
Really? :eek:
After hours, we had 5 samples. He looked at them and said " WOW! You knew exactly what you wanted".
Glad you found a good match. And a good brand too.

luxor4t wrote: »

My local CS isn't accepting donations at the moment as they have got too much stock.

Are they reducing prices or have they set up a £1 section to clear the older stuff?
Of course not - unless you call '3 for £8' on a rail of well used, high street branded polyester tops a reduction.:huh:

Oh well. Looks like I shall be taking my donations to another part of town for a while.

I think this attitude is short sighted.
They run the risk of alienating regular donors.
Is it local or national?

I've commented to our local Barnados who sell books at 99p but refuse more book donations 'because they have too much stock' that they would make more money (and possibly bring in more potential customers) if they had a table outside - there is room undercover - selling books at 3, 4 or 5 for£1.00.
It's just :wall:
<steps off the soapbox >

luxor4t

Pollycat wrote: »

.....I think this attitude is short sighted.
They run the risk of alienating regular donors.
Is it local or national?

I've commented to our local Barnados who sell books at 99p but refuse more book donations 'because they have too much stock' that they would make more money (and possibly bring in more potential customers) if they had a table outside - there is room undercover - selling books at 3, 4 or 5 for£1.00.
It's just :wall:
<steps off the soapbox >

It is a local charity with a couple of shops inside a 15 mile radius, which supports a counselling service. They do good work, and I appreciate that every penny counts but....

( 're books,: usually 50p and I know I am not alone in buying a couple, reading and then returning them.)

DigForVictory

Mir! wrote: »

Anyhoo I have been carrying round a paint shade card that I liberated from B & Q with an almost colour match

We are not worthy. That kind of thoroughness Deserves only to find the seriously good & right stuff. Doesn't alter the long hard slog through the fearsome range of colours but to carry a sample card - awed!

When we went shipping for carpet, we went to an end of roll place with lovely bin end prices (we had rather a lot of floor to cover) and happily went rogue in the under £50 a room lengths. We ended up with a lot of seriously old school high end carpeting (almost all pure wool) but it can never be matched or replaced.

Son has reported groin stain lugging his desk up to his room & his father, cheerfully unsympathetic, told him he should have used the mother available. As apparently I have more heft let alone sense than two teenage lads. (A tad unkind but above all inaccurate - neither of the lads is still a teenager!)

dolly84

Have come home with more stuff today.


Mens Dare2Be running top in black and blue, zip neck and small zipped pocket for a key, it has a dipped hem so could actually be for cycling, DH will wear it for both, 99p.


White Stuff navy blue cotton cardigan, round neck, shell buttons and sleeves roll back and fasten with a tab if so desired, has a polkadot cotton frilled trim running along the inside from the bottom of one button edge, around the neck and down the button hole side, just visible when wearing and very cute -3.49.


F&F cream broderie anglais sleevless top with, high neckline with a tiny stand up frill and the same frill around the arm holes, £2.99


Lastly a BNWT pair of New Look linen mix wide leg cropped trousers in white with grey stripes, self tie belt and paper bag waist, tag price was £24.99, I paid £6 which seeing as these things are hard to come by I was happy with - especially in light of the M&S £8.99 pair last week which were not new.

DigForVictory

dolly84 wrote: »

paper bag waist

Forgive my sartorial ignorance (it's the bafflement over cigarette trous all over again) but do you mean this? As I'm struggling a bit, but I think the long torso point made in the blog post's comments isn't unreasonable!