Bidders With No Common Sense

helsbells

grannybiker wrote: »

Sorry, meant to add that perhaps those who buy over-priced clothes in Primark are the same well-meaning folk who do the pricing in some charity shops. Not a clue!

I totally agree with this, I used to love charity shops but the times you see a washed out, mis-shapen matalan/primark top for £4 :eek: . I have nothing against buying M or P but would prefer it brand new for 2 quid:rotfl: . Is it just me?

grannybiker

Helsbels, that's exactly what I meant (even tho' I typed "over-priced clothes in Primark" when I patently meant "from!")
I know that the pricers have lists of expensive designer labels and that's fair enough, but some of these ladies need to take a wander around the likes of Peacocks, Matalan & Primark just to get an idea of the prices paid by real people who can't afford to do their everyday shopping at M&S. (Tho' their choccy bars are 3 4 2 right now and the black forest or blackberry & apple are really yummy!) We used to buy the majority of our clothing at the charity shops, now find them too expensive for the basic stuff Primark's so good for.
Sad that the charity are losing out when they're designed to help a good cause. Personally I preferred it when they helped folk on a low income clothe their families too.

Clarence63

grannybiker wrote: »

Sorry, meant to add that perhaps those who buy over-priced clothes in Primark are the same well-meaning folk who do the pricing in some charity shops. Not a clue!

I must defend the people who put the prices on the clothes in charity shops. The managers I know, know how unrealistic the prices are, but they are given guidelines from their Head Office on minimum prices. The people on the front line know that people are not going to pay £3 for something they can buy brand new in Asda/Tesco/Primark. They also know that they can turn over a lot of cheaper stock if they were allowed to put it out. Instead, a lot of perfectly good items are sold for rags. At the shop I currently volunteer in, they get about £60 per week for rags and could easily triple that if they were allowed to sell things at more realistic prices.

All the sales figures are analysed too, so if a lot of items go through cheaply, the area manager is there asking why the average prices are so low. The managers can't win. They have to increase turnover, the muppets at the top think the easiest way to do this is to put the prices up. Which then drives people away.

A lot of charity shop managers are more aware of prices on the street than those making the rules. They are, after all, ordinary folk like yourselves, shopping in the same shops, buying the same cheap stuff.

If you have a problem with the prices in a charity shops, write to their head office and tell them what you think.