Charity shop tips

thriftyjo

I love charity shops and think that most of the volunteers are fab! I buy from and donate to them. I have been in one of our regular shops and my daughter picked up something that was extremely over priced so I said so! The staff didn't seem to be offended and I hope they took my advice and lowered the price. Any shop needs it's customers so if you have a comment to make then do so! You could always put it in writing. If you don't then they don't get the customers opinion ...
I had once been looking at a jumper in Mackays was lovely soft cashmere wool but too expensive went into the charity shop accross the road and got the exact same jumper for under a fiver! I was so made up!

abijanzo

toozie wrote:

I live within 10 miles of an RAF base. They have a Thrift Shop, which is only open 2 days a week to the public.
I beleive they only accept items to sell from RAF Personnel, but remember the quality of clothing purchased by officers wifes........ ;D

:rotfl: This made me laugh as I am an RAF Officers wife trying to save pennies and regularly buy 2nd hand from ebay etc. Not all Officers wives buy designer clothes believe me!:rotfl:

edina

Love charity shop too, buy loads of books from them & then when read take them back. Bought a pair of Hugo Boss jeans for son the other week, bargain £2.50!!

toozie_2

abijanzo wrote:

:rotfl: This made me laugh as I am an RAF Officers wife trying to save pennies and regularly buy 2nd hand from ebay etc. Not all Officers wives buy designer clothes believe me!:rotfl:

Ok Ok, hold my hands up :rotfl: sorry!

" There is alot of designer stuff for sale in the local RAF Thrift Shop, I've got many a bargain, not sure then where it all comes from though! :rotfl: "


Have you got a Thrift Shop on camp?

Kaminari_2

Vegansaver has converted me. I use to buy books from charity shops to resell because i needed the money to pay for University. I was buying about £70 a week worth of books and making about £25 to go toward my education. But now that vegansaver has shown me that i am taking from the less fortunate i am giving it up. I will now have to find some other way to make the extra money i need or give University up. I'm sure someone else will buy those books for the same amount so the charity can make the £70 i use to spend as i can't afford to buy any more because i don't have any money and it is immoral. I still donate what i can but now that i will be even harder up for money i don't think i will even have anything extra to donate. Oh well.

nineteenseventy

Kitty, I agree with Austin. If someone pays the asking price, it's up to them what they then do with their new property and makes no difference to the charity if sold on or kept by the new owner. Without keen customers, charity shops wouldn't do as well.

zulubabe

I'm going to Dublin in June - anyone know of any decent charity shops there that I can have a trawl round in?

Thanks!

arabellacatpig_2

Try this site for finding charity shops http://ccgi.charityshops.plus.com/locator.php

claire738

I often find handbags, jewellery and other accessories at really good prices in my loacl charity shop. My best buy was a large white, quilted handbag with a gold coloured chain strap. The tag on the inside say St Michaels and then Marks & spencers underneath, they stopped using St Michaels on their tags a while ago so it must be quite old but its in pristine condition & Looks v.expensive. It only cost £1.97...don't know if i'll ever beat that for a charity shop bargain again.

Margaret54

My fav thing to do, going to charity shops:)I started going to them about 24 years ago, and it was because the money was very tight, bringing up my children alone at the time. I was amazed at what i found i could buy (clothes in good condition) and curtains and handbags and books etc. i went every single Monday morning and i used to be delighted with the bargains i got, I still go to the shops today and the children are adults now, and my husband and i buy all our books from these wee shops and take them back again when they are read(we read a lot) and we still buy clothes there but we buy new too, but i will always enjoy going to them. I think they are great. The prices do vary from town to town and the areas make a big diff in the prices too i agree. There is an R.S.P.C.A. in our town and the prices are really cheaper than a lot of the other ones, and their books are very cheap too. I try to give all of the wee shops a try, and you can pick up some terrific bargains. I get a lot of pleasure rummaging in them:) and any clothes we don't need are always given too, so we all get something.