Hypocrite
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It is a shame. I used to spend quite a bit in charity shops, but the prices are so high now that it often isn't worth the effort of scraping around to find stuff.
I had to laugh at one of our local shops. They are next to a pound shop and had pound shop goods at £1.50. That is quite a mark up.
I wonder what they are thinking sometimes. I saw a tatty old TV in one that was at least 20 year old and they wanted £50. I could go up the road and get a new one the same size for another £30.
It's their shops, I suppose. I used to think that they served a dual role: helping the charity and supplying clothes and stuff to poorer people in society. I think that it has become fashionable for better of people to shop there and that has fuelled the price rises. |
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Spence
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Yeah I agree. I often go to charity shops for books! And some of them are sold for like £3.50 even though they are tatty and yellowing. I would rather pay an extra £3-£4 and buy it brand new!! |
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elementoflife
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I agree with 'Hello Dave'. I used to work at Goodwill, a used clothing shop here in Canada. The boss paid himself and the executive board a fortune (really, he and his family were living in the lap of luxury) whereas all us cashiers, truck drivers and even store managers were paid minimum wage. He would come into the shop I was managing and tell me to mark up clothing I had just priced. I didn't last long there - I was a bit vocal about ripping off low income families and employees! It's just disgusting! |
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Sir Sidney Snot
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Charity shops are run by VOLUNTEERS who occasionally price too high so when they don't sell them they come down! |
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Spurs17
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i know! i was looking for a car manual and i may as well have gone to halfords. crazy eh! |
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SunnyDays
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I would imagine too, that the charity shops don;t get their premises rent and bill free, as rents, taxes and utilities go up, so do prices, they have to cover those expenses before anything gets to the charity |
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Maz
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Its the same all over the country. The charity shops are just trying to raise money for their cause. I also think that since its OAPs(no offence to any of them) that usually price the goods, they really dont have any idea of its value. |
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answerme
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They started asking such prices when they got to be popular places to shop and bc people were willing to pay. |
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sophie
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ive no idea why maybe as they saw e bay get popular and realised there is a good market out there for second hand goods. |
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Northern Spriggan
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The real answer is to pay the fat cats wages at the top of the company. The same reason the council bills keep going up and up. Their excuse is the need to attract high level performers for the positions.
I say put them on a diet
Dont kid yourselves that big charity companies are all old dears and volunteers. They operate behind the shop front in the same hyper capitalist way as all other big buck companies do |
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suerye
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They have a legal duty to get the best price they can for their goods. They are charity shops to benefit the cause they are selling goods for - not for the general public! |
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