To think I've done nothing wrong by making money on a charity

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I bought a dress for £60 in a charity shop. I didn't think many people would recognise the brand as it's locally made but it would have cost about £300 I think and would probably be a ooak. I'm asuming the charity shop knew this though because of the high price.

I bought the dress for me but it doesn't fit. I didn't want to get a refund from a charity shop but at that price I can't redonate it either. So I put it on my local FB page askimg for offers. I said it was from the charity shop but I didn't put how much I paid. If anyone asked I would have told them.

Someone offered me £100 and I accepted. They collected it and messaged me afterwards to say how happy they were.

Before I could remove the post someone commented that they worked in the shop and it cost £50. Now I'm getting lots of abuse about being greedy and ripping off the charity. The lady who bought it has put angry faces on it. I also have a couple of things on there for free and people have made nasty comments on those. I've removed all my posts now.

I don't feel bad about making money on the dress as that was never my intention. £60 was much, much more than I would normally spend in a charity shop and tbh I don't want to donate the £40. It was a proper charity shop, not one run by little old ladies who price everything at 50p because they don't know any better.

The lady who bought it, offered £100 and never asked how much I paid and was happy until she found out I paid less. I do feel bad that she won't enjoy the dress though as it's a beautiful dress.

AIBU for keeping the £40?

Why did you put that it was from the charity shop in the first place?

And why did you lie about not knowing how much it cost you if you didn't think yourself you were doing something a bit off?

If the buyer only offered you £40 or better yet you saw it in TK Maxx brand new for £40 - would the same haters believe you are entitled to £20 difference back from the charity shop? It's your dress fair and square to do as you please. Let the haters hate!

Yanbu, god people can be so weird 🤣🤣

I did this loads, bought bargains from charity shops, ebayed them on. Made enough to go on a few holidays over the years.

Only reason I stopped doing it is it just got too much hard work. Best bargain I got was a nearly new Stone Island coat for £30, sold it for £150 🙌

My guess is that the person claiming to work for the charity - doesn't. They know that things get sold on!

I’d have donated the extra money to a charity TBH. That’s the guilty conscience in me though!

Facebook is a dog's arse of a site

Of course things are cheaper in charity shops than elsewhere, that's the point

I wouldn't give it another thought

The shop chose to price it at £60 and were happy to sell it to you at that price.

The lady on facebook was happy to offer you £100 without you asking.

That should be the end of it. People online enjoy complaining about anything. You've done nothing wrong!

Charity shops work by moving stock fast. They don't have the resources to sell online etc fir higher prices. If they had, they would. Their business model is fast moving stock at prices that will sell in the brick and mortar store, not online auctions that take days and require selling fees and P&P and all that. If they held out for £100 in the store they'd never get it and they'd lose money on all the stock they can't display while that sits there.

You've done nothing wrong. They wanted £60 for it, they got it, now it's yours and you can do what you like with it. The shop worker shouldn't be there if they don't understand how this works.

Ignore, once you've bought it it's yours. I buy things from charity shops & sell them on eBay for much more all the time. You paid the charity shop what they was asking for.

In fact, resellers are a key part of charity shop custom. Necessary.

My mother volunteers at a charity shop and they're delighted to move stock on. Their garage behind is rammed and they have to throw out donations as they have nowhere to store them.

They'd rather lose a bit of profit than have something sat there for two months until the person willing to pay £100 happened to come into the shop and it was the perfect size.

I'm sure plenty of eBay type sellers source their products from charity shops.

@RewildingAmbridge I honestly didn't think I'd get £60. As I say, it's a local brand and I didn't think many people would know it. I didn't want to put people off.

@BloodAndFire are you normally so cynical? 🤣 I didn't try it on because I thought it would fit because it was a relaxed style and I was hot and couldn't be bothered. It's not unusual for people to not try things on. Asking for £60 back from a charity shop seems wrong. A lot of shops don't offer refunds if you change your mind so it seems unreasonable to ask a charity shop to refund. I don't normally spend much so just redonate if I don't try it on and it doesn't fit. From what people have said on here, a lot of charity shops wouldn't refund anyway. It was British Heart Foundation so they do.

I said it was from a charity shop as I didn't want to mislead anyone. It was a very distinctive dress and probably ooak so I didn't want someone to comment that they saw it in the charity shop. I was just trying to be honest.

You bought it so it's up to you what you choose to do with it
They need to mind their own business

You’ve done nothing wrong. Someone donated it, the charity have made s as profit and kept stock moving and you have made a small profit (taking into consideration your time and effort to buy and then sell). Someone thought it was worth what they offered you - surely everyone is happy. I can’t be arsed to sell stuff (it does take a lot of effort), so often give stuff to charity and friends. If I have a lot of stuff, I’ll do a car boot, but I know I won’t get what stuff is worth - but I’d rather lose a bit of money than have to post every single item online - so good for you.

I've worked in several charity shops and re-selling is expected. Lots of the most loyal customers are re-sellers. It's a win for the charity and a win for the person selling on. Bullying you on social media is completely unacceptable and I'd be writing to head office to complain as they will take that very seriously. The people piling on you are batshit.

I know people do this OP but it's not something I would do or I would give the money I made to the charity.

Put it this way, it sets a lot about you as a person, and nit in a good way.

No you did nothing wrong, the Charity could have sold it for £100 if the wanted to

Why should she? If someone buys a China plate for £12 from a charity shop and goes on antique roadshow and it’s worth £50k should they split the profit?

op has done nothing wrong even if she did intend to sell it privately at a marked up price. Anything we buy we can reserve the right to sell again and if someone happily purchases the item at a price they are happy with them that’s absolutely nobody else’s business. Charity shop could have marked it at any price.

frankly I find charity shops are frequently overpricing items these days. I would never barter but often walk out disappointed that something I liked was priced over the odds for what it clearly was.

Shouldnt of been so honest. Next time use Vinted 😆

No it doesn't ffs 🙄

You've done nothing wrong I would also complain regarding the post from someone stating they worked at the charity shop.

Lots of people benefit from working for a charity. Some people get paid very well for either directly working or contracting out a service to charities. Some people even set up charities and trusts as a means to avoid tax. Some set them up as a means to earn living and pay themselves a considerable pay packet, it's a racket. Some charities are receive huge sums of public money and donations to peddle all sort of dangerous misinformation and recruit and pay some very unsavoury individuals.

YANBU but I'm also not surpried they dunked on you.

You’ve not done anything wrong! What’s all this virtue signalling by those people who are criticising you. What utter nonsense. Please ignore these people and enjoy your additional £60. Honestly, charities are completely run like businesses. Once you buy from them, at the price they set, you can do what ever you like with the bought item, including selling it on at a profit.

@vivainsomnia I genuinely did buy it for myself. It was made by a small local company and I didn't think many people knew it so it really would not have been a good buy if I intended to make money on it. It's more Jane The Local Stemstess than Gucci.

Agreed!