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?

people buy from charity shops and sell on Every day
you should have shut down your post on facebook

I don't think it's an issue, the charity got what they asked for and it sounds like the lady got herself a bargain too. Just so happens that you also made me some money yourself.

the lady who bought is sounds stupid and rude to put angry faces

I'm sure that if my old local charity shops were anything to go by, they've made more than £40 from charging £6-8 for Primark items that cost £2.50 new over the last month.

You didn’t rip off the charity, you paid them for the item you bought.

Oh and she's technically breached a load of terms of her voluntary employment by berating you online.

The person claimed to be a volunteer from the shop OP got the dress from.

You did nothing wrong. I would be complaining to the head office re what the charity shop worker posted that’s absolutely unacceptable

Talk about live up to my user name..... 🤣 its been a long day plus I should have RTFT

Just delete the post and move on. You did nothing wrong. Don't charity employ people who have knowledge of what might be valuable?
I bought a River Island bag for 4 quid from a charity shop and sold it on Vinted for 10 quid
You snooze you lose I'm afraid!!

The lady who bought didn't have to get off her bum and go looking, it was put on FB for her convenience, she paid £40 for the service.

It was your dress and that means you can do what you like with it. I suspect them people don't believe you that it didn't fit and think you knew you could sell it on

Wouldn't make any difference if she did buy it to sell on.

Wow, no need to imply the OP is a liar; totally unnecessary

Aye - I've seen this sort of thing. Expect you to pay more second hand than it cost new because they have a standard "All tops are £5" policy.

In my small town, two of the charity shops have got rid of their changing rooms. OP may not have had the option of trying on the dress.

I bought a dress in one of those two shops after the woman behind the counter encouraged me, saying if it didn't fit I could always bring it back, no problem. You should've seen the sour look on her face when I took it back next day for a refund.

This 100%. Charities can’t have it every which way.

I was going to ask what do charity shops say or do when you inform them that they aren't charging enough? Or do you just quietly offer them more....like "ok so that's £12.65, heres £50, keep the change" type thing?

The value of over-hyped brand names is totally relative to what people are prepared to pay anyway. It’s a nonsense. I wouldn’t worry OP.

Our local charity shops haven't reopened changing rooms after covid, plus I'm always in ours with at least two babies so I'm not sure why you are getting a hard time for not trying on on the spot.

You took a risk. That's fine! It's really unkind or unprofessional of the charity shop working to come after you.

No different to people who buy something at a car boot then go on antiques roadshow and it’s worth £££££ everyone congratulated them on how great they’ve done.
the charity shop got the amount they valued it at.

it’s nothing to do with anyone else. Enjoy the profit!

You did nothing wrong.
The person from the Charity shop jumping in and saying you bought it for less than you actually did was out of order.
Just my opinion.

Me too!

Absolutely nothing wrong with what you have done.
The charity got £60, you made £40 and the woman who bought the dress offered £100 quite freely and will probably get the same or close to it back when she comes to getting rid of it.

Take no notice.

If the charity thought it was worth £100 then they should have tagged it at £100

The whole point of charity shops is looking for that bargain that you know that even after dry cleaning the item and wearing it that you can eventually sell it on and get your money back.