to think charging £40 for a dress in charity shop is not on!!

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Stopped off in little village charity shop today on way home. I normally find some nice little bargins in my local. There was a lovely dress, BNWT but they wanted £40 I know what the price said on tag was £120 new but tbh its properly gone in sale since.
They also wanted £4 for a furby toy, £2 for a kids book and £4.50 for a demin bag!
Anyone else been out priced b charity shop.

How much?

bloody hell

I would pay £40 for a Chanel dress in a charity shop

I think something BNWT that was £120 and on sale for £40 is reasonable. you'd probably pay that on ebay.

the rest of the stuff sounds ridcolously dear though

I guess they charge what they think they can get.

Yes it might have been £120 when new but looks like its been in someones wardrobe a while (tag crumpled ect) so in all likelyhood would be in sale in normal shop for that much now surely!! Didnt even reconize the designer either

we have a YMCA furniture shop in our town centre.

It has one of those bedroom furniture sets, you know the type you get in argos. The wardrobe, small chest of drawers and a bedside cabinet. in argos new it is £99

the YMCA want £120.

You have to wonder what planet they think their customers are on.

To be honest their target market is those on a very low income. I think it is almost cruel to attempt to rip them off in this way.

It's a charity shop, so they charge as much as they can to raise funds. It's not as if everyone tithes to them, or donates random cash on a regular basis
If you don't want to pay £40, go to Primark. That's the place for bargains.

it's worth whatever somoen will pay for it. i think £120 to £40 is a good reduction regardless of what shop it's in

I've seen stuff priced in charity shops over the original shop's price.

It's like the Primark stuff you see in the charity shops around here, £3.50 for an already used Primark t-shirt, I don't think so.

£40 for a dress in a charity shop is but like Lynette says, I suppose if they think they can get it......

I buy a lot in charity shops and would pay £40, they exist to raise money.

Yabu-the purpose of a charity shop is to raise as much money as possible!

yes i agree. a charity shop i popped into the other day was asking for £2.99 for a washed out bobbled primark babygrow!

YABU - charity means them raising as much money as possible, not you getting an expensive dress at the cheapest price possible.

I bought an almost brand-new Aquascutum coat for DH at our local Oxfam, cost £45. That to me was a bargain!

I am getting sick of charity shop prices. Recently they seem to have rocketed.

Last Thursday there was a Dorothy Perkins Tunic that was originally £19.99 (I know cos I ponderd over it) up for £12 in the charity shop. It had been worn and I know it was in the sale for £12 just a few months back.

I just dont get the George and Atmosphere (Primark) washed out colour faded T shirts at £3.50 each in charity shops either when they are £2 to £3 new in the shops unworn and and unfaded.

Its getting stupid. I know and understand they are charity shops with the aim of raising as much as possible but the prices just seem plucked out of thin ait alot of them time. There are certain charity shops I just avoid now because of the overpricing - I used to shop in them reguarly.

3 weeks ago I went charity shopping in 3 different towns trying to source some items for chopping up and altering for 3 different school play costumes that my DC needed. I have always done this and its always worked out a cheap and good way to "make" the costumes! No chance these days. This year it was cheaper for me to go to a local linen/fabric store and buy some fabric off the rolls and make it from scratch. This never used to be the cheapest option.

I think its a shame. The original idea of the charity shop was to enable those on lower incomes to buy stuff and raise money for charity at the same time. Its now cheaper to go to Primrk and Asda for your clothes than a charity shop.

I think charity shops have very different clientele now. People on lower incomes generally shop in Primark or Tesco. I am on a relatively good income and would never buy from Primark or similar but do buy in charity shops and happily pay a good price.

I think sometimes the old dears that run the shops dont know how much things are actually worth, and also how much things cost in places like Primark/Asda etc.

They have quite a few fake leather/denium handbags in ours - tbh a lot of them are pretty awful but they are priced at £4-£5 usually, more than you would pay for new/similar.

Also things like Primark t-shirts for £3 or £4, when they arent eben in great condition, and sets of beads £2 when similar can be bought for pennies.

I know that they are making money for charity, but they are also selling stuff to people that perhaps cannot afford to shop in other places.

I sometimes wonder if things were priced more appropriately then they would sell more/make more money/help more people, and perhaps even get more donations as see so much stuff stacking up and then ending up sitting in the shop for weeks puts people off donating.

They watched Mary Portas when she tried to update the charity shop and told the volunteers off for asking too little!

I work in a charity shop in the school holidays and we are mainly in our 30s and 40s and are very clued up about what things are worth. We don't sell that much Primark and Asda to be honest.

Our local charity shops have managers that are paid supervisors. If the stuff didn't sell at the prices they charge, they are able to lower them as much as they like.
Go back in a week and see if the dress is there, that will give you some idea of whether charging £40 is on or not.
I've worked in a few, it's amazing how much crap gets donated, stained and tatty and fit for the ragbank. Half of what people dump is unsellable.

I guess Im spoilt, my local ones sell mini boden for £2-£3 and get some great stuff in there.

If you want it for less, go in and say I like the dress but can only afford £20-30 and leave your number.

YABU - the purpose of the charity shop is to raise money for a charity; not to provide YOU with Charity

Primark and Asda will kill charity shops. People would rather buy shite made by children for pennies. The charity shops then can't sell this shite when people pass it on because people would rather go back to Primark or Asda for different shite.

Maybe I view the world through fair trade rose tinted recycled glasses but I don't think most people would rather buy shite made by children for pennies. If I give my dd £10 she would much rather go to a charity shop. we are the same with furniture, I would rather buy quality second hand to new tat

Oxfam is awful for this. They were selling tesco value glasses (99p for 4) for £1 each. I can't afford books from there any more, not at £3.99 each, AND they have the bloody cheek nerve to ask you to donate them back!!!

£40 for a £120 dress is bargaintastic.point is to make money for the charity