To dislike charity shops who arrange clothes by colour

[JaceLancs]

Just that really!
I shop in charity shops frequently and really dislike those who put all the same colour things together
I don't mind sorted by size or by type of garment
When I go in a shop I usually have an idea of what I'm looking for - so at the moment knitwear and shoes
I don't go in a shop and think I'm looking for something green or any other colour for that matter
Today I went to two different areas charity shops and walked out of about 1/2 of them without looking round properly due to this

I can't stand it!! I like those charity shops that organise them by item and size...so trousers, skirts, tops, jumpers, dresses. None of this faffing about without colours...what if you don't know what colour you want, you just know you want a nice, cheap new dress!!

I bloody hate it; our local Oxfam - not one of the 'boutique' ones- started doing this as well as vastly inflating their prices....£8.99 for a bobbled, felted and shrunk Boden cardi. My husband gave the manager feedback on this saying how much we disliked it , couldn't find our size easily, prices too high blah blah but she just looked glassily at him

A year later though and it's back to the old way of sizing and prices have come down and people are starting to go in there again

Should be first by type (trousers, skirts, etc) then by size imo. I agree, I don't go shopping for a particular colour

I love this! My locals mostly group by colour, but sub-sort by garment type and size.

I buy for necessity and know what colours I need in my wardrobe to go with other items, so makes it a whole load easier.

It also makes the shop look neat and organised. I almost never shop at the 1 place near me which doesn't do this as I find it disorganised and stressful.

How interesting - seems to be quite a few people agree with me - and others like the colour theming
I remember the Mary Portas programmes - I used to like her clothes range too
In my locality BHF don't do the colour theming and hence I shop there more
I like tkmaxx for the same reason - things are sorted by size within a garment type system
My other pet hate is damaged things that have been missed during sorting - I nearly bought a jacket from a local hospice shop today which wasn't that cheap at £8.99 then I found a stain on the sleeve - which put me off in case it didn't come out (it was also dry clean only)
In the next shop I tried on a jumper and had decided to buy even though there were a couple of tiny stains I would risk it as it was cheap enough - as I got my purse out I saw a hole (not on a seam or anywhere I could've tried to mend)

I also agree with some posters who have commented on prices
The other thing I was looking for today were some black pointed toe shoes - the only pair I found I liked in my size were £14.99 and looked fairly well worn at that!

I much prefer it - makes looking for things so much simpler.

Hell yes! I dislike it too, and It annoys me HUGELY! I wish they were sorted by item and then into size. Not by colour. I have stopped gong to one particular shop who do this. If they really need to, then order them by size, but not by colour.

I hate chazzers that DON'T do this. It shows the clothes off to their best advantage otherwise the rails look a mess. The best charity shops sort things by colour, type and size and look like boutiques, not jumble sales.

There's a charity shop near me where they sort all their CD's by colour

I like things sorted by colour.
Half the time they are on the wrong hanger anyway so I look to see if I like the item first and then hold it up to see what size it looks like.
Am currently wearing a White Company sweater which was on a medium hanger. I bought it anyway, feeling rather pleased with myself, and got it home to discover it is actually an XL. If it had been hanging in the medium section rather than the black section I would probably never have bought it.

I love it! Means I can instantly discount the racks of colours I would never be seen dead in and focus on what I like.

Yanbu.

I hate it - wastes too much time having to rummage through for my size.

Yep I love it too. I hate certain colours, so it's easy to instantly discount them. Also I am often a range of label sizes as one PP said, so organising by size wouldn't help not having to search through.

I'm a hardened charity shopper so nothing really puts me off, but it does look a lot tidier!

I don't even go into charity shops who do this. I haven't got the energy to wade right around the shop looking for my size.

My local BHF organises everything really well by item and size. V easy to have a quick check. I agree some of the pricing is way too much, 90% of the stuff is shabby looking but prices are starting at £7 and up often.

I hate it too. It looks wrong.

I also hate it when you're in a tiny charity shop...so many ARE tiny...and you're trying to look at the clothes and one of the volunteers is hell bent on arranging or sorting things out and they don't move to allow you to look.

They've got more time in there than me!

I love it I always check the pink/purple/red first I can easily pick out things I might like and it makes the shop look great. I learn visually though so visual clues win with me everytime. Maybe you dislike the colour theming you learn by doing/reading and the colour theming actually distracts you

I understand from an Oxfam shop manager that it's evidence -based and they do actually sell more that way.
Still annoying though because it takes longer to find the label and ascertain if an item is your size than to see if it's the right colour.

If mine sold decent stuff I wouldn't care how they arranged it.

Hate it. Also hate it when they shove so much stock on the rails that you cant move any of it to see properly.

I love it. Of the three shops on our street I spend far more in the colour co-ordinated one. They do do some sorting by type though - so full length dresses and jeans and coats each have their own section, whilst tops, skirts and short dresses are split by colour. It saves me time going through the colours I would never buy, it looks far more appealing and because I'm an 8/10/12/14 depending on garment or shop I'd have to look at almost everything if it was sorted by size anyway.

I tend to walk straight out of charity shops that do this.

I fucking hate it.

I love it, I am much more likely to buy there and it looks so much better.

Sizes don't make any sense nowadays, most people should ignore them and wear items that fits, and disregard the labels. Depending on cut and brands, I am wearing clothes from 8 to 16! It's ridiculous. If I was sticking blindly to labels size 12, I would look stupid.

I am much more attracted by colours, and find it quicker to shop that way. I don't even bother looking when the shops are a mess. It's quicker in Primark.

YADNBU!

I dislike it.

I also think some would benefit from not overstocking their rails/shelves and stock rotation. Oh, and not charging £900 for a faded primark t shirt.