For not paying nearly £20 for a second hand coat?

Yes you are being cheap. It’s 18, did you want it for a pound? It will serve the purpose for a while so surely it makes sense to get the coat you want to do its job.

If it was anything half decent, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. I have coats that age myself. But this guy is oblivious, and his stuff is crap. That’s what I object to.

I am not making the point that I can't afford the coat its the point that in a charity shop I wouldn't pay £20 for a second hand coat.

You seemed to like it though but obviously not enough to pay £20. Doesn’t make it wrong for it to be priced at that point. Yes of course charity shops make the occasional errors of pricing eg fast fashion tat for too much but they are run by mainly a gang of volunteers who likely have their own pricing methods and I guess not all shops have a vigilant manager to always notice this. But in the main they do price appropriately as there will be LT staff that knows what sells at what price point.

As far as the coat goes, I’d spend up to whatever my budget was for a good coat. If I saw one in a charity shop and it was perfect for me I’d spend no different to anywhere else as in if I think the cut, fit, quality, label etc. justified the price then I’d pay otherwise I’d just leave it 🙃.

Please share pics/ make / style , am intrigued by the fabric?

it depends on the brand, the fabric and the condition

I've just bought a brand new coat in the sale at Sainsbury's. It was £12.

I am glad you finally got a coat @Sbrown32. This thread has reminded me of well over 45 years ago I bought a full length dark brown 1940’s fur coat from Oxfam. It was £5. A fair amount at the time. I was a student with let’s just say an ‘individual’ style. I wore that coat for years all winter every winter. I absolutely loved it. I donated it back to Oxfam. They sold it again for £35 I saw it in the window. I was so sad I nearly bought it back again 😂.

Where can you buy a coat for £20 in a shop these days? Even a return at sports direct cost £5 these days. YABU.

I volunteer in a charity shop - prices are set by head office and are based on brand and type of item working on a percentage of the average cost new. If a brand isn’t listed we research on eBay and vinted to find a fair/reasonable price.

The costs of rent, electric and paid staff have gone through the roof lately so prices have naturally increased. I hope that you (and everyone else) keep shopping in your local charity shops - it’s touch and go at the moment for the one I work in 🙁

What about next autumn and winter?

Depends on brand and condition. There were some beautiful designer/brand name coats in charity shops near my DD’s uni, donated I assume by international students who had headed home. They wanted £20 which seemed fair as the coats looked brand new.

Given that the person giving this coat, if they've only used it for one pregnancy, has probably only used it for bits of some days for maybe 4-5 months or less, I think £18.50 is reasonable. I would normally have the same coat for YEARS!

I've had money & I've been broke. I hate the thought of Vinted - who's been in those clothes before?
The top end clothes from charity shops are recognisable if they are a few seasons old. Some do over estimate the prices they charge.
OP, take no notice of other posters, buy what you want to buy at a price you want to pay!
My favourite coat? One from Debenhams (when they were Debenhams) 30 years ago. I still get so many compliments on it, & take care of it by hanging it correctly between wearings!

Sometimes you may have to pay a little more....Fgs, if it bothered you that much don't buy it...

I agree with you. If no branding then it is way too expensive!

You can have a new one for that price on SHEIN or temu…

I paid £12 for a good quality winter coat in the 1990s so doesn't seem too bad if you will wear it for years to come. Vinted is my fave now, an online second shop and so cheap! Xxx

Hi find it really odd that people moan about the prices in charity shops. It’s a fundraiser. If you don’t want to pay their price go elsewhere. You don’t say how much you would pay for a new coat, or what the “new” price of this coat would have been. The latter would presumably have been considerably more than £18.
This issue is not new, it’s been on chat rooms in this area for at least 15 years. Pay the price or go elsewhere.

£150 is a bit much… but a proper wool winter coat that’s 30 years old is probably way better quality than anything in the shops now! Prices have gone up but the quality has gone down. This mindset of “it’s 30 years old, it’s worthless” is so bad for the environment.

Rude!!

Wait, you ranted about the price of something in a charity store?
Youre not being unreasonable, no, youre being a horror

Yes! I got a lovely Aquascutum wool coat second hand for I think £40 - total bargain.

It depends on the brand for me - I’d happily pay £20 for a decent condition second hand Seasalt or Passenger coat for example, but I would mMy pay that much for a marks and Spencer or Next one.

I do agree with you though that some charity shops have gone mad with their pricing - £3 for a supermarket child’s t-shirt is bonkers!

I paid £25 last week in a charity shop for a long Barbour raincoat, I thought it was a bit £££ but it looks nice, is waterproof and £150 ish new

When the shop decided on the price, I don’t think they took your pregnancy into account! Everyone only wears a winter coat for a short time. I mean, I dont wear mind in august.

Pointless post. £20 for 2nd hand Shein/primark = no.

£20 for 2nd hand John Lewis/Hobbs/Monsoon/Mint Velvet =bargain.

I just paid £50 in a charity shop for a long length, deep red, wool/cashmere mix coat from Pure. RRP about £400 new.

Plus, it's not just about paying as little as possible. It's raising money for charity..