What is it with charity shops?
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There are two charity shops where I live, and in the past I've given stuff to both. I stopped doing so a while back though, because in one of them, they expect you to hump all the stuff through the shop, upstairs and into a stock room (despite the presence of able-bodied men younger than me), otherwise they won't take it, and in the other, when I turned up with a box of saleable goods, the old biddy in there gave me such an ear-bending about why I was there, who told me I could come, where did I get the stuff from, etc, that it wasn't worth it.
Now, with a house move impending, we once again have a mountain of stuff to offload. It includes several mens coats, some decent (hardly worn) shoes, a pair of Salomon ski boots, an artificial Christmas tree, some board games, etc etc - all with some worth, but not worth eBaying individually for 99p a pop.
So I relented and called one of the shops again. Picky, nothing! "Well, we'lll take a couple of bags, but only this and that, and we won't take more, and you can't park outside...blah blah blah" at which point I called a halt to the conversation and said I was off to the local rubbish tip.
Thing is, this stuff is really far too good to go in the tip, but it's just duplicates/surplus to requirements, etc, and it will gall me to throw it in a skip. But I can't see any other option.
Funny thing is, if you put your head round the door of most charity shops (and ignore the smell), they're usually full of rancid cack - you'd think some half-decent stock would be worth having.
Now, with a house move impending, we once again have a mountain of stuff to offload. It includes several mens coats, some decent (hardly worn) shoes, a pair of Salomon ski boots, an artificial Christmas tree, some board games, etc etc - all with some worth, but not worth eBaying individually for 99p a pop.
So I relented and called one of the shops again. Picky, nothing! "Well, we'lll take a couple of bags, but only this and that, and we won't take more, and you can't park outside...blah blah blah" at which point I called a halt to the conversation and said I was off to the local rubbish tip.
Thing is, this stuff is really far too good to go in the tip, but it's just duplicates/surplus to requirements, etc, and it will gall me to throw it in a skip. But I can't see any other option.
Funny thing is, if you put your head round the door of most charity shops (and ignore the smell), they're usually full of rancid cack - you'd think some half-decent stock would be worth having.
I've only donated a few items in the past. On a few occassions put unwanted clothing into those metal banks for clothes and shoes (or whatever they're called). Normally i'll just dump it into bin and forget about it.
Too much hassle to eBay it these days (or so it seems), but shouldn't really bin it. Oh well...
Too much hassle to eBay it these days (or so it seems), but shouldn't really bin it. Oh well...
C8PPO said:
Thing is, this stuff is really far too good to go in the tip, but it's just duplicates/surplus to requirements, etc, and it will gall me to throw it in a skip. But I can't see any other option.
Show the stuff to someone at the tip. At my local place they have their own shop!Hedders said:
C8PPO said:
Thing is, this stuff is really far too good to go in the tip, but it's just duplicates/surplus to requirements, etc, and it will gall me to throw it in a skip. But I can't see any other option.
Show the stuff to someone at the tip. At my local place they have their own shop!I had to laugh at the O/Ps post. You Don't happen to live in Royston Vaysey do you? The two old gimmers that ran the charity shop cracked me up (having working in the charity sector too).
We seem to get a different charity bin bag through the door every week. Maybe this is your answer? Beware of bogus bags and bogus collectors!
Edited by Steamer on Saturday 17th July 15:14
C8PPO said:
Funny thing is, if you put your head round the door of most charity shops (and ignore the smell), they're usually full of rancid cack - you'd think some half-decent stock would be worth having.
I believe that a number of charities now sell all the good stuff on Ebay or have specialist shops just for designer clothes. I'm sure there's an Oxfam in Manchester where all the Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Gucci stuff ends up. Gome are the days of stumbling across a Tom Ford jacket in the Salford branch of Cancer Research for £2 - they'll sell it on Ebay for £150.Hence why they're just full of old tat for biddies to buy.
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