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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhiwfield, post: 127143, member: 924&quot;]Had an hour to kill today and walked around our local charity shops. Anything with a bit of age was priced reflecting age, but not reflecting (lack of) quality or retail value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now there must be a trade off between price and turnover. Many shops here seem to be putting inflated retail prices on items (&#039;cause that is what they are asking on Ebay) and the same stock can be seen cluttering up the shelves week in, week out. This is the stock that has been donated, sorted by volunteers and sold by volunteer staff in a shop with reduced business rates.</p><p><br /></p><p>High end stock, designer fashions, handbags sometimes goes into charity shops that have had upscale makeovers or is sold at auction or online.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an uneasy relationship between high street businesses and charity shops, the latter often perceived to have unfair advantage and to be partially taking over some segments of high street trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>We still donate some of our items to charity shops, but long ago ceased looking in charity shops for saleable stock.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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