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Sometimes it does not have a price on it .... if its a more expensive item, like furniture, for sure. Kitted my whole house out on charity store furniture a few years back when we were relocated after being made homeless .. without any furniture. How else could the kids get their heads down? |
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I wouldn't personally, ... items priced in charity shops are usually very reasonable anyway...
I once bought a designer handbag for £10, which I am sure was a mistake...i.e. they could have charged more for it...but their loss that they didn't and I got a bargain 
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"Sometimes it does not have a price on it .... if its a more expensive item, like furniture, for sure. Kitted my whole house out on charity store furniture a few years back when we were relocated after being made homeless .. without any furniture. How else could the kids get their heads down? "
I can understand that. x If you've only got so much you've only got so much. |
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"I wouldn't personally, ... items priced in charity shops are usually very reasonable anyway...
I once bought a designer handbag for £10, which I am sure was a mistake...i.e. they could have charged more for it...but their loss that they didn't and I got a bargain
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I got a tea set once and discovered it's a sought item on E bay. I got the whole set for the price of a cup on e bay. My happy mistake though. I still have it. |
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"I donate quite a lot, and usually put the change into their charity box when I buy.
Great.
Would you haggle ?
No, but I can understand the poor sods who may..."
What about someone with a full time profession. Well paid. Should they haggle ? |
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"I wouldn't personally, ... items priced in charity shops are usually very reasonable anyway...
I once bought a designer handbag for £10, which I am sure was a mistake...i.e. they could have charged more for it...but their loss that they didn't and I got a bargain
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I got an M and S leather bag for £4.00 two weeks ago. |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No. It bugged me something chronic when I volunteered in a charity shop. Breathe deep and try not to rant lol"
What bugged you? People asking for money off ?
Why did it bug you ? |
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"Thanks Courtney. Why does it seem wrong ?"
It seems wrong because the money is going to charity. So, I would feel like I am taking money out of a charity box (even though I understand that is not the case, directly).
However, I have seen obviously very poor people haggle in charity shops, and I think that it fine - the charity exists to help people and so people who need help should get it.
I would probably just pay for something if a really poor person wanted it but couldn't afford it in a charity shop anyway, though.
-Courtney |
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"No. It just seems wrong. I would pay more for things if the money goes to charity. If I feel it is too expensive, then I just don't buy it.
-Courtney"
 this,though on reflection it depends on the charity shop and their cause? |
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"i nearly did for a jane shilton hand bag...they wanted £4 i only had £3.60. Told they guy how much i had but he just stared blankly at me so i left it lol"
I totally get that Evie but no one goes into Sainsbury's and says....
The loaf is 1.20 but I have 80 P ???
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"I donate quite a lot, and usually put the change into their charity box when I buy.
Great.
Would you haggle ?
No, but I can understand the poor sods
who may...
What about someone with a full time profession. Well paid. Should they haggle ?"
Most definitely not. |
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"Thanks Courtney. Why does it seem wrong ?
It seems wrong because the money is going to charity. So, I would feel like I am taking money out of a charity box (even though I understand that is not the case, directly).
However, I have seen obviously very poor people haggle in charity shops, and I think that it fine - the charity exists to help people and so people who need help should get it.
I would probably just pay for something if a really poor person wanted it but couldn't afford it in a charity shop anyway, though.
-Courtney"
but they make 100% profit on everything they sell so even if you pay a £3 instead of £4 they are still £3 up! everyone's a winner |
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"I donate quite a lot, and usually put the change into their charity box when I buy.
Great.
Would you haggle ?
No, but I can understand the poor sods
who may...
What about someone with a full time profession. Well paid. Should they haggle ?
Most definitely not."
why not? |
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over a year ago
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"Thanks Courtney. Why does it seem wrong ?
It seems wrong because the money is going to charity. So, I would feel like I am taking money out of a charity box (even though I understand that is not the case, directly).
However, I have seen obviously very poor people haggle in charity shops, and I think that it fine - the charity exists to help people and so people who need help should get it.
I would probably just pay for something if a really poor person wanted it but couldn't afford it in a charity shop anyway, though.
-Courtney
but they make 100% profit on everything they sell so even if you pay a £3 instead of £4 they are still £3 up! everyone's a winner"
But if they could have gotten £4, then I effectively cheated them out of £1....plus they have overhead costs so its not 100% profit |
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"i nearly did for a jane shilton hand bag...they wanted £4 i only had £3.60. Told they guy how much i had but he just stared blankly at me so i left it lol
I totally get that Evie but no one goes into Sainsbury's and says....
The loaf is 1.20 but I have 80 P ???
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true but sainsbury's dont make the profit charity shops make on their items. all charity shop stuff is donated, sainsbury's have to but their items from manufacturers. |
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"Profit ?
It's charity. The money goes to children and the sick.
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maybe the wrong word. i meant they dont buy the stuff they are selling so the whole £3.80 goes to them to spend however they want. |
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"i nearly did for a jane shilton hand bag...they wanted £4 i only had £3.60. Told they guy how much i had but he just stared blankly at me so i left it lol
I totally get that Evie but no one goes into Sainsbury's and says....
The loaf is 1.20 but I have 80 P ???
true but sainsbury's dont make the profit charity shops make on their items. all charity shop stuff is donated, sainsbury's have to but their items from manufacturers."
I hear you. The charity shops get the stuff free so it's okay to get it for as little as possible.
But doesn't that mean that the children, families, sick and dying get LESS because someone wanted something for nothing ? |
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Charities don't always send all of their money to the people they are supposed to be helping. Do look in the 'money off' and just going out of date bins in the supermarkets and the sale rack in the charity shops. |
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"Profit ?
It's charity. The money goes to children and the sick.
maybe the wrong word. i meant they dont buy the stuff they are selling so the whole £3.80 goes to them to spend
however they want."
Yup! and they want to give it to the needy after paying for the building , rent and light etc..... |
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"Profit ?
It's charity. The money goes to children and the sick.
maybe the wrong word. i meant they dont buy the stuff they are selling so the whole £3.80 goes to them to spend
however they want.
Yup! and they want to give it to the needy after paying for the building , rent and light etc....."
thats very noble of them |
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"Charities don't always send all of their money to the people they are supposed to be helping. Do look in the 'money off' and just going out of date bins in the supermarkets and the sale rack in the charity shops. "
Don't get you .... ?
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"Profit ?
It's charity. The money goes to children and the sick.
maybe the wrong word. i meant they dont buy the stuff they are selling so the whole £3.80 goes to them to spend
however they want.
Yup! and they want to give it to the needy after paying for the building , rent and light etc.....
thats very noble of them "
Yeah .. tis |
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Charity shops and eBay are my hobby, I thrive on getting a bargain. Apart from the rare occasion of needing something special e dry item of clothing I have (apart from my leggings/jeggings) are secondhand.
I'm pretty savy and only buy good makes of clothing, I refuse to pay for secondhand primarily clothing.
I never go in needing anything just pick up what I see.
Some things are overpriced, I just leave them.
When I was going on holiday I wanted some black crop trousers, and a little black Cardigan, walked into the charity shop here( one of them) and fuck me there was a vyella black crop trousers, a per una black Cardigan and a pretty sun top to match all in my size. £12 the lot.
Last week I got a fatface jumper £3.99 we have a fatface here, none would know that's not where it came from.
The other day I wanted a thin belt to hold my denim skirt up, first charity shop walked in there was one.
In the bigger towns the furniture shops are great although I've never bought furniture.
But if I was in the unfortunate position where I didn't have funds I'd use free cycle mostly, some good bits on there, |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
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see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right? |
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I work for a charity, one that doesn't have any shops or rely on high street collectors. Our budget has just been slashed by the local government and we're all being made redundant.
Being as I know how tight charities have to balance their books and rely on outside funding to make them able to carry out their job I wouldn't haggle in a charity shop. |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?"
No, because someone else is likely to pay the price they are asking.... |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?
No, because someone else is likely to pay the price they are asking...."
but what if they dont?  |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?"
but the next person that comes along might not think it's overpriced, would you buy an item you didn't like just because its in a charity shop?
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?but the next person that comes along might not think it's overpriced, would you buy an item you didn't like just because its in a charity shop?
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no i wouldnt, but thats not what they said. they said if the item they like was overpriced...so they like the item just not the price. |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?
No, because someone else is likely to pay the price they are asking....
but what if they dont? "
O god. You're right! I guess I should buy everything in the shop then....just in case. |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?but the next person that comes along might not think it's overpriced, would you buy an item you didn't like just because its in a charity shop?
no i wouldnt, but thats not what they said. they said if the item they like was overpriced...so they like the item just not the price."
if it was a nice item someone would buy it, when I had a look at some of my dresses I'd taken in some had got £12.99 on them, this week they had all gone |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No. It bugged me something chronic when I volunteered in a charity shop. Breathe deep and try not to rant lol
What bugged you? People asking for money off ?
Why did it bug you ?"
Mainly because I have had a lot of customers try haggling, and then bring out more than enough money, the money is going to a cause more than anything, not like most shops where it goes into some rich persons pocket. Also, people don't haggle in primark, why is it OK to haggle in a charity shop? Sorry to sound angry, it's just one of those things that really riles me |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No. It bugged me something chronic when I volunteered in a charity shop. Breathe deep and try not to rant lol
What bugged you? People asking for money off ?
Why did it bug you ?
Mainly because I have had a lot of customers try haggling, and then bring out more than enough money, the money is going to a cause more than anything, not like most shops where it goes into some rich persons pocket. Also, people don't haggle in primark, why is it OK to haggle in a charity shop? Sorry to sound angry, it's just one of those things that really riles me"
You don't sound angry. I'm really valuing the opinions. |
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"I wouldn't personally, ... items priced in charity shops are usually very reasonable anyway...
I once bought a designer handbag for £10, which I am sure was a mistake...i.e. they could have charged more for it...but their loss that they didn't and I got a bargain
I got an M and S leather bag for £4.00 two weeks ago. "
mine was a Radley one, from last season..still selling on their website for over £150 |
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"I wouldn't personally, ... items priced in charity shops are usually very reasonable anyway...
I once bought a designer handbag for £10, which I am sure was a mistake...i.e. they could have charged more for it...but their loss that they didn't and I got a bargain
I got an M and S leather bag for £4.00 two weeks ago.
mine was a Radley one, from last season..still selling on their website for over £150"
You sure it didn't have a phone, watch, purse, lippy and hairbrush in it ? |
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"I wouldn't personally, ... items priced in charity shops are usually very reasonable anyway...
I once bought a designer handbag for £10, which I am sure was a mistake...i.e. they could have charged more for it...but their loss that they didn't and I got a bargain
I got an M and S leather bag for £4.00 two weeks ago.
mine was a Radley one, from last season..still selling on their website for over £150"
I got a jaegar cress for £5.99 still on their website for £180 sadly to big for me now  |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No. It bugged me something chronic when I volunteered in a charity shop. Breathe deep and try not to rant lol
What bugged you? People asking for money off ?
Why did it bug you ?
Mainly because I have had a lot of customers try haggling, and then bring out more than enough money, the money is going to a cause more than anything, not like most shops where it goes into some rich persons pocket. Also, people don't haggle in primark, why is it OK to haggle in a charity shop? Sorry to sound angry, it's just one of those things that really riles me
You don't sound angry. I'm really valuing the opinions."
Thanks. I was just concerned it would be taken the wrong way |
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By *qua vitaeWoman
over a year ago
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?"
No, I wouldn't. If I buy anything from a charity shop, I consider it me donating to that charity.
My son used to volunteer in a charity shop. Some customers he told me would change price tickets to get the item cheaper, or even shoplift the items. Never occurred to me that people would steep so low!  |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?
No I wouldn't.
If I thought something was over priced then I wouldn't buy it.
see but then they get zero money to send to the needy and the poor....if you haggled then maybe they would get some money to send to the needy and the poor, ok not as much as they hoped but some is better than none right?"
That's true I suppose but someone else will probably come along and be happy to pay the full price.
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I do enjoy visiting charity shops and have bought some really good stuff in them.
Saw one selling tables from ikea for £20 when the same table is £10 brand new from ikea.
Last one I went in I saw a fendi handbag, Shame it was a fake  they cost a fortune! |
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No and once again the change goes in the box .
I had a pal who managed one and he said loads of people used to haggle .
He had an Armani suit , he priced it at thirty quid and people still haggled !!
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No I wouldn't personally but I have seen people do it. I think that charities now are big business (that isn't necessarily wrong) and if you feel its ok to haggle in say Currys it's ok to haggle in Oxfam. I don't understand why it's not ok to haggle in Tesco though.
We donated a huge amount of stuff last week and I bought a dress at the same time, the man behind the counter gave me a discount because of the stuff we'd brought in, so they do have discretion. We were in the same shop this week and Mr N showed a top saying "this is your style" .....it was, I'd donated it the week before |
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"No I wouldn't personally but I have seen people do it. I think that charities now are big business (that isn't necessarily wrong) and if you feel its ok to haggle in say Currys it's ok to haggle in Oxfam. I don't understand why it's not ok to haggle in Tesco though.
We donated a huge amount of stuff last week and I bought a dress at the same time, the man behind the counter gave me a discount because of the stuff we'd brought in, so they do have discretion. We were in the same shop this week and Mr N showed a top saying "this is your style" .....it was, I'd donated it the week before "
I like that approach. I'd happily give discount to people making donations because it's incentive to recycle. |
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how about tipping this the other way around - if say you saw a handbag you knew was about 100 quid and they had it for sale for a fiver - would you offer more? personally id like to think i would if i had spare cash which i rarely do hence a bargain shopper always out of necessity here |
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"how about tipping this the other way around - if say you saw a handbag you knew was about 100 quid and they had it for sale for a fiver - would you offer more? personally id like to think i would if i had spare cash which i rarely do hence a bargain shopper always out of necessity here"
No I wouldn't because I don't think any handbag is worth £100 in the first place. |
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"how about tipping this the other way around - if say you saw a handbag you knew was about 100 quid and they had it for sale for a fiver - would you offer more? personally id like to think i would if i had spare cash which i rarely do hence a bargain shopper always out of necessity here
No I wouldn't because I don't think any handbag is worth £100 in the first place."
me neither was just an example - could be anything |
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"how about tipping this the other way around - if say you saw a handbag you knew was about 100 quid and they had it for sale for a fiver - would you offer more? personally id like to think i would if i had spare cash which i rarely do hence a bargain shopper always out of necessity here"
Yes. And if they can't ring through the extra, I put it in the donation box |
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?"
No. I wouldn't haggle in any shop, charity shop or otherwise ! I feel it's wrong to do that. If it's to expensive for me then I don't buy it |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Would you haggle in a charity shop ?"
good question..... probably not..
I am not really in a charity shop looking for a bargin, if I am happy with what i am buying and i know the money is going to a good cause... that is fine
in other shops i have been know to haggle though |
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No I've seen plenty do though and it irks me it's for charity after all. Pay the price or go buy it new.
Just spent the afternoon bagging up loads of nice toys for the charity |
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