To think that 35 quid for a coat in a charity shop that has no label is ridiculous?

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Er, the title says it all. . Wandered into charity shop (not fair to say what the place is in aid of or where it is), for a look about. Picked a nice coat. The price tag said 'vintage' and was priced at 35 quid.
Now two things:
1, Since when has stuff in a charity shop been 35 quid ?

2, How the giddens can they justify this without the item even having a label ?

I mean it didn't say 'Dior' or anything. Grr... Afraid I walked out in a bit of flounce. Bad of me I know.

Omfgkillmenow my first biscuit!

Its HER charity shop though so she cannot be sacked, its a small independent church linked one for poverty in the uk and abroad.

The clothes had come from none sold sale items from an independent designer kids shop on the same street who doesn't give a stuff what they sell for as long as someone can use them.

They weren't saved FOR ME they were on the shelves. I asked how much she gave me a price. In past I have took priced things to counter and she has charged mr less than the price.

Should I have left them for someone richer?? Last week someone richer bought tommy hilfiger boots for ten pounds to stick them on ebay ( openly saying so to her friend). The groups aims is to help those in need.

Vintage clothes are becoming more expensive as they are becoming more popular and there's only a finite amount of them.

I'd pay that for a 1970s coat.

And I'm not her friend, I'm a normal customer with dc, she does same for others who she judges to be in need.

Ah, OK, just a matter of terminology, then, as I'd call a social/community duty a 'moral' duty - just using it to distinguish it from a 'legal' duty.

"Should I have left them for someone richer?? Last week someone richer bought tommy hilfiger boots for ten pounds to stick them on ebay"

I have no problem with this whatsoever, the item is still recycled and the £10 still goes to the shop

omfg most charity shops these days do not give staff discounts at all, you can get first dibs, but you pay the normal price for that item

If I want to buy a winter coat I'd probably budget for 150-200 pounds and go looking for something of a specific shape, colour and quality. If I happened to see something that ticked those boxes for 35 quid in Oxfam I'd count that as 100 quid saved and buy .

£35 seems a tad expensive for a coat in a charity shop -regardless of brand/age etc

i am all for helping out charity and often donate clothes/books/shoes etc but some shops sell for silly prices

saw a normal white t shirt from peacocks for £4.99 - you could buy new in the peacock shop opposite for £5

Im not saying you have done anything wrong at all greenwich, but I have a big problem with charging more for some and less for others? why not make it affordable for all if that is the case? She does the same for others she judges to be in need? really? she judges peoples needs and prices items accordingly??????? again

I see what you mean, DilysPrice, but it is second-hand- remember that it's already had one person making use of it.

That's what gets forgotten; by definition these charity shop items have already had a previous life.

Sorry, guys, but I still think it's a cheek.

Lacking I've no issue with them being on ebay, more the main aim of the shop is to provide those who can't afford decent clothing with decent clothing.

Not to provide those that can afford with bargains or an income.

I have seen lots of threads on mumsnet with people who COULD afford more telling all about their designer handbags/shoes and clothes they have found.

"She does the same for others she judges to be in need? really? she judges peoples needs and prices items accordingly???????"

and some people do scavange for things to ebay or boot sale BECAUSE they are in need and can't manage the utitlity bills or rent!!
so it would be wrong to judge ebayers as less needy than someone buying to wear themselves

It's only overpriced if nobody will buy it for £35.

Having said that, I am often shocked at the prices on items in my local Oxfam, which are 3-4 times higher than in any of the other local charity shops

that's not really the point of charity shops in general greenwich, certainly not ANY i've come across, the point is to make enough of a profit to give money to whatever cause they are supporting, be it food banks or clothes banks or cats or whatever

The VdP have some charity shops, the point of the charity shops are to raise MONEY
they ALSO provide needey families with clothes, food, furniture etc, but that is a separate arm FUNDED by the charity shops

Tethers - Dd wants to sell the coat she's wearing in the picture on my profile ( the one captioned 'one of those annoying teenagers in the playground'

Oxfam are usually v expensive!

I did find a beautiful 'vintage' Aquascutum jacket once for £4.00 about 10 years ago-now I regarded that as a bargain, I'd actually have been happy to pay double.

Tip: go to the shops in the richer areas, you often find really good finds there.

What I mean killmenow is if you ask price and its too much because you genuinely don't have it she will drop price.

You would have been horrified last week, they had a sale of all the older stock in the church for 10p each, handbags, electric items, names shoes and clothes.

Money raised is used to provide meals for families on set days, food packages, furniture packages, support activities and some is sent abroad to do with education of a group of children.

Its not a named big charity.

Theres nothing wrong with haggling in a charity shop, offer what you would pay and see if they take it. They might not, but they wont be offended that you have tried.

Anyway Ive been walking round in £2 flip flops for months with no other shoes. I now have shoes and I paid the price I was asked, I didn't have more to give her.
[Shrugs]

There's a bus comes round our village called the 5p bus. Everything is 5p. No idea how they do that? Must be subsidised?

they could have raised double if they had charged 20p an item, people would still have paid!!

The alpha mothers at the Clapham church fete don't even price their stuff - you just grab the stuff you want, take it up to them and they size you up, and decide how much they reckon they can sting you for. I made the schoolgirl error of wearing my North Face coat this year and paid a shocking amount for a bundle of clothes for DD - it was good quality stuff though, at a fraction of new cost, and it's a good cause.

5p bus

I agree but from their pound of view for two or so pound everyone walked away with two or three sets of decent clothes/coats/shoes for winter which is her whole point and mission.