Charity Shop Bargains.

[Georgiesmum]

Do you buy much from charity shops?What are your latest or best bargains you have bought from them?

[janbee]

I've never ever bought from a charity shop although I donate plenty of items, e.g. books , to them

[Buenchico]

The lovely leather jacket that hardly ever seems to my back cost me £8 in a charity shop.

[maggiebee]

Bought a Next edge to edge jacket which still had the labels on for £6. Great for the summer.

[retrocop]

My wife cannot walk past a charity shop.
She bought about 3 months ago a designer handbag cos it has loads of compartments etc.Looks like it is made of denim and should have a little monkey hanging off it.The monkey was missing but she wasn't aware the monkey was part of the brand. Her sister in law verified the bag to be genuine and not a knock off.About a month later she walked into another shop and found a lonely little monkey that came off one of these bags.
Total cost £5 and 50p. The bag retails new at about £60. The monkey went to our grand daughter. :-)

[Captain2]

When I used to stand on the markets I'd visit Charity Shops to see what they had underpriced or missed, snap them up and they'd be on my stall the following day at a 'proper' price.
It got harder because they became a 'business' and use valuers to assess prices.

[Buenchico]

Hmmm

I seem to be typing even more rubbish than usual. That sentence above should have read: The lovely leather jacket (that hardly ever seems to be off my back) cost me £8 in a charity shop.

I've also picked up some great book bargains. e.g. a big, glossy railway book from the (very expensive) David & Charles publishing house (that even most charity shops would want at least a tenner for) for just a quid in a charity shop in Grays and the Oxford Names Companion (that some secondhand book dealers won't give you much change for a hundred quid from) for just £2.50 from a Stowmarket charity shop.

[maggiebee]

Have also had some great book bargains at car boot sales, why do so few people value books. I couldn't exist without them.

[retrocop]

I got an out of print book called Band of Brigands for pence.It can go for as much as £60 on E-bay

[gness]

Hi, Gm.....I love charity shops...a few weeks ago I found an unused Fiskars Scrapboss for £3.......usually about £30.

When I got home I found two packets of craft paper inside....new and £4.99 each.....obviously unnoticed by the shop staff......guilt will make me give a donation when I'm next in.....☺

[retrocop]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
wow. I got a better bargain than I thought. £105 on amazon. Gave you an incorrect title earlier.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bearded-Brigands-Diaries-Photographs-Trooper/dp/0850529557

[Rtaxron]

I used to donate all my unwanted stuff to charity shops, until a neighbour started to work in the RSCPA in our Town.

She used to come home most days in a taxi with a full large bin liner, and one day with a micro-wave.
She used to boast about how much stuff she gets free, because its a perk of the job.

[B00]

Don't understand your logic there ^, you already stated the stuff you donated was "unwanted", so why do you care if someone else gets it for nowt?

[retrocop]

The donor gave the unwanted goods to the RSPCA in the hope that it would raise money for the charity to help animals. NOT to be pilfered by a volunteer worker for their own ends.If the volunteer gave a donation then I suppose that would be ok but we don't know the full story.

[madamzajj]

At one Salvation Army charity shop I bought a radley handbag, it was a very light blue and grey one, I decided after a couple of days it would be useless for my purpose so I took it to another town with the price tag still attached!!but it was still the salvation army. A few days later I was horrified that the shop had but the price up by another £9.

[retrocop]

Having re read I see she boasted that she got the stuff free. That is not right in my opinion.

[melv16]

I find them a goldmine fo Cds and books.

[shoota]

I got a Hardy fly reel in a case with a fly box full of vintage flies for £15.

[melv16]

That is a bargain, shoota

[mallyh]

this morning i got a new pair of silver high heels with shop stickers and labels on and in a little plastic bag with two replacement heel tips all for £7 ,last week a brand new pair of sketchers for £3 .....just love charity shops etc .

[shoota]

It's a bit 'used' but still perfectly good and is now on my stream rod.