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

[Thealarmhasgoneoffagain]

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?

Everything fine. You've done nothing wrong. But I suspect the fact you're on here looking for validation suggests that you are having a little guilt twinge. I'd be donating the profit back personally and would think less of anyone I knew who didn't.

My son does this all the time
he buys cheap,piles it high and sells it on for a profit
none of the stuff is stolen-he’s bought it,and then he sells it on for whatever reason
its only what every shop does and the charity hasn’t paid for it in the first place
id be reporting the woman to the charity

I would d the same, Infat a night going in charity shops to do this for some extra cash :) only jealous people will hate x

Sorry phone screen knackered lol

Is anyone else wanting to see what this dress looks like?

My local charity store was selling what were at the time £2 Primark T-shirts (The ones that come in a variety of colours and are folded in piles of colours and sizes in Primark ) for £10. Except these were really washed and worn out but they had put them on a hangar.
i don’t even think they are £10 in store now

Yep😂

Yes!😃

To be fair the woman shouldn’t be putting how much you paid for it online.
you’ve done nothing wrong , people need to get a life away from Facebook x

You’ve technically done nothing wrong but I find it strange that you were uncomfortable asking for a refund from the charity shop but perfectly happy making a profit from flipping the dress.

You could have asked for a refund with a clear conscience if you had told them that you thought it was underpriced, and that if they put it in the window and posted a photo on their Facebook page they would very likely get £100 for it.

Anyone wondering if she put only £50 in the till and forgot she actually took the tenner herself.

The charity got £60 for nothing. If she takes it back they lose out. Most people don't go into a charity shop willing, or even able, to spend £60.

Did you mention it to one of the staff? I don’t think I’ve seen any Primark tee shirts on sale in our shop. Our manager is pretty clued up on clothing prices, perhaps the expertise was lacking in that shop.

This!!!

No problem at all.

look at it like this. If you had bought a second hand car. Tried it for a bit decided you didn’t like it or get on with it then sold it for the more would the person who sold you the car mention they sold it to you for less online or the person buying it kick up a fuss you paid less?

no.

somehow because it’s a ‘charity’ we’re not allowed to make a profit?

capitalism is fine until you’re seen to be taking from someone with less when the whole current premise of capitalism is taking from those with less but no one complains about that.

Agree remove it it'll be yesterdays chip paper soon.
However, I would make a complaint about the charity shop worker.
It's absolutely none of her beeswax what happens to it after the shop sold it, she's started a public witch hunt against you and is out of order.

We live in a capitalist system, you paid the asking price for the charity, then when it was not suitable, you put it up for offer, the person that wanted to buy it, happily made x, offer.

with all due respectively, everyone was happy, it's not your perspectives to say how much you paid or where you got it from, you never see Tescos ect, saying they got biscuits at x price, etc

@Thealarmhasgoneoffagain

Well said , charity shops are overpricing the stock.

Who can blame you for trying to make a few quid in the current times when every penny counts? You've done absolutely nothing wrong. Don't give it another second's thought.

Why are people suggesting a refund would be better. A refund would mean the charity got £0, until they sold it again. Even if they managed to sell it quickly for the same price is would still mean they’d only get £60. The charity hasn’t lost anything by the OP doing this.

@Thealarmhasgoneoffagain thought you had listed it on eBay for £££😄 of course you are well within your rights to sell it on.

as with parking threads surely you need to post a pic or give a hint for the brand

You did nothing wrong. The charity shop hasn't lost out- they made £60, the lady who bought it got a lovely dress for the price she wanted to pay and you've got a bit extra cash (you win some you lose some!). If anything, the person who donated lost out but it was their choice to donate and not go to the effort of selling. Don't worry!

It seems people like the idea of being rich, but then when they become rich, the majority of people think we should tax the rich more, rather than a competitive tax rate.

The only people ripping these charitie shops off is the big boss at the top do you think they don't make anything for themselves? If you think that your very wrong!! You bought a dress you sold it on thats how some business works you have not ripped anyone off you payed asking price.