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Great charity shop bargain

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Primrose53 Wed 17-Apr-24 10:25:40

Yesterday I went in a charity shop and saw a wire basket full of knitting wool. It was all individually bagged in zip lock bags with several balls or skeins in each. Each bag was only priced at 75p or £1 and I could see it was all very expensive, designer type yarn with silk, alpaca, cashmere etc.

I chose several bags which came to £10. I have been totting up how much the yarn would cost and it came to £335!! one bag alone had 5 skeins worth £20 each.

I will be that way again next week so will give them a further donation as they have well underpriced this time. Nice to get a bargain though and the yarn is all beautiful and in just the colours I like.

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Mt61 Wed 01-May-24 23:40:30

Took 3 bags of good, branded clothes into banardos, spotted a nice candle for £3 but only had £2 quid on me, asked the lady if she would knock off a £1 but she wouldn’t 😩

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mumofmadboys Thu 02-May-24 06:30:51

I bought a lovely top from M and S for £4.50 from a local charity shop. It still had its original price tag for £22.50 on it. Very pleased with my bargain.

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Curtaintwitcher Thu 02-May-24 06:43:31

Chocolatelovinggran

BlueBelle - stealing from a charity shop has to be a pretty low thing to do, doesn't it?
A friend who volunteers in one says that they used to have a collection tin on the counter for people to drop in their change. It was stolen, frequently .

The sad thing about shop-lifting in charity shops is that The Salvation Army give clothes to those in desperate need. I have given several perfectly usable items to them. They have a separate area for donated clothes and shoes, which are given to the homeless and needy.

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Bridie22 Thu 02-May-24 07:34:46

Yesterday £4.99 for 100% cashmere House of Bruar new jumper, new !!

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Georgesgran Thu 02-May-24 07:35:42

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LucyAnna Thu 02-May-24 07:36:50

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downtoearth Thu 02-May-24 07:39:55

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Clawdy Thu 02-May-24 08:12:49

Royal Doulton figurine of a girl reading, not a vintage one, but a bargain at £1.99.

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LucyAnna Thu 02-May-24 08:25:34

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Musicgirl Thu 02-May-24 09:02:06

Oh, and I forgot my Coalport figurine of a ballet dancer, which I bought for £4 in an RSPCA shop a few years ago. Something looked familiar about it, so when I got home I looked at it more carefully. It is a figurine of Dame Margot Fonteyn in her Swan Lake costume and when I looked it up on ebay, sellers were asking £99 for the same model. A real bargain and she is proudly decorating the top of my piano.

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Ali08 Wed 08-May-24 12:33:20

WOW! Primrose, what a bargain, lucky you. What have you made so far, or are making now?

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