after reading the thread when it first started I'm afraid I have thought less of Sue Ryder shops, despite supporting the charity, knowing that they do not let their volunteers purchase goods at the full price that anyone else could buy them for. Charity shops are there to make money for the charity to which they are donated, not to give the general public a bargain, and a volunteer's pound is worth as much to them as a random member of the public's pound. And as some have said, some items get moved to a shop in a more affluent area where they can get a readier sale at a higher price, or sold on eBay or similar, thus raising the most money for the charity. And I'd certainly be happier about a volunteer making a payment for something that would otherwise be thrown out because it needed a few minutes work doing on it, than the item went to landfill
Our Welfare State. Is it broken?