Do you think that low prices on Vinted will make charity shops consider their pricing strategy more?

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In terms of lowering their prices overall rather than increasing them.

@tammienorrie wish I had your shop locally ours are just getting silly with their prices, can obviously get away with higher pricing, but I guess we are a fairly affluent commuter town so some people are paying that, although stock turnover does seem low, so who knows.

In my experience - if you want cheap stuff, visit a not very affluent area, if you want posh stuff and don't mind paying more, go somewhere where posh people live!

No because their main clientele are the ppl who wouldn't go on Shein and Temu imho .

I would add to that - go somewhere with many different charity shops in close proximity. There is a town not far from me where there are 6 all in a short stretch of the high street and they are all competing with each other. The town is Glasgow commuter belt territory, fairly affluent, lots of great things to be bought.

Yes, definitely. There's a (non-affluent) city suburb about half an hour's drive from us that has nine on its one high street; mixed quality but apart from BHF they are all very cheap. You can park free there for three hours so we often go on a Saturday afternoon for a wander round.

I really struggle with Vinted- unless you can find someone with a decent bundle of stuff, it's not that cheap at all when you add on fees and postage. A babygro might only be a quid but once you add on costs it's suddenly a fiver. So to me not worth it at all for single/smaller items. Good for stuff that's usually expensive but it's a lot of hassle trawling through.

I used to love charity shops but the prices have become ridiculous now. I hardly bother going in anymore, and use Vinted instead.

I love Vinted and charity shops equally! But I think Vinted has the edge for me! Found a Lovley seconds basket bag on Vinted a couple of weeks ago for an obsolete bargain! https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/266371310-henriettaspencerVinted

I don't know about prices but I think it's definitely affecting the quality of donations. There are one or two charity shops I no longer bother with because even I, who's always enjoyed a good rummage, can't be arsed sorting through all the Shein, Boohoo etc.

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My local bhf does a roaring trade on seconds hand sofas as they will collect / deliver.

But they have to pay the van drivers, so it's not all profit. We have a large cancer care charity who have a furniture warehouse. We have them come to collect a couple of g-plan sofas - the van and man guys who came said that their firm charge the charity £25 per item collected, and I know the charity shop also charge customers for delivery of anything that the customer needs to be delivered like big furniture. It soon starts to eat into their margins, especially when they have to pay someone to clean/shampoo/freshen the sofas etc before they go on sale.

Second hand furniture like sofas usually sells to landlords to kit out their furnished rental properties, that's why they sell so quickly! Especially in areas like ours which has a university, so lots of student lettings.

I doubt the charity shops will reduce their prices, no. If anything they have gone up a lot in the last year .

I do think that if ppl are not able to sell their items for a reasonable amount ebay and vinted then they will give the stuff to charity instead. So charity shops should benefit.
I'm trying to sell a nearly new item on ebay and no interest. The bottom has fallen out of the market.

I'm not going to sell it for a fiver or less so if it doesn't sell I will charity shop it.

This. I love charity shops and have managed to find a few (local and surrounding areas) that are priced really well- all children’s clothes are a pound each etc. Then there are others where it doesn’t work out any cheaper than just going to the original shop and buying the item new. How come some manage to stay open (and appear to thrive more) with lower prices?