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Originally Posted by Rexi:

I used to like them when the kids were little ... picked up a lot of Osh Kosh (sp), Laura Ashley, Boden etc for them.

 

I haven't been in one for years - but my two girls trawl them all the time looking for things that they can 'customise'

Oh...today I priced a lovely pair of brand new Osh Kosh jeans for a mini minor for ÂĢ1.50 & a pair of dungarees for ÂĢ2.00<<<<<<<too cheap ?

 

Hello You 

slimfern
Originally Posted by suzybean:

You can call it vintage and wash and iron all you like, I still can't take the smell.

 

I used to wear vintage 501s and 1960s Crombie coats when I was a student (with my grandpas old fedora...it was an acquired look) but I just can't stand it now.

 

I donate stuff all the time, and people probably find my stuff squiffy. 

Most of the stuff we get is brand new....reckon cos we sell good stuff it invites good donations....stuff that is slightly worn but still has good wear in it...goes straight to the container for the Gambia. Manjai Kundar (the village we support)

Garments that shouldn't be worn by any other goes for rags...which a local charity gets monies for.

slimfern

My daughter is a fiendish charity shopper. She loves certain types of wooden frames, but she is also great at picking bits of clothing which are just right. The most local is Woodside which is a place for cats and dogs on Dartmoor. The place doesn't smell fusty at all and, as the area is quite affluent, has some really good stuff.

cologne 1
Originally Posted by suzybean:

Oh right, so you work in one Slimfern. And the good stuff stays local, while the seconds go to the developing world.

But people buy the good stuff suzy, which in turn makes more money for the charity.

 

What did amaze me though ... my friend went to Zambia this summer and on a street corner was a huge pile of clothes from Oxfam. They were all the stuff that wouldn't have sold in charity shops here ... and they were being SOLD to the locals.

Rexi
Originally Posted by Rexi:
Originally Posted by suzybean:

Oh right, so you work in one Slimfern. And the good stuff stays local, while the seconds go to the developing world.

But people buy the good stuff suzy, which in turn makes more money for the charity.

 

What did amaze me though ... my friend went to Zambia this summer and on a street corner was a huge pile of clothes from Oxfam. They were all the stuff that wouldn't have sold in charity shops here ... and they were being SOLD to the locals.

I was in Zambia last year Rexi and I'm aware of all you mentioned.

 

 

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suzybean
Originally Posted by suzybean:

Oh right, so you work in one Slimfern. And the good stuff stays local, while the seconds go to the developing world.

I manage one Suzy...and every stitch that is in the shop at the time the container goes..will go into the container....the proceeds leading up to it pays the costs...and the unavoidable backhanders! 

Costs of running the shop are paid for by other means....all proceeds that are a result of donations...go to where they are meant!

slimfern
Originally Posted by erinp:

I drop things off to them but I don't shop in them.The shop I go to is very modern and fresh,its set out like a proper shop and the window is always very well dressed,none of that bric a brac sh*t.They play music in the background and have pretty nice smelling  dressing rooms.

Ours is a quaint little offshoot from an Augutus Pugin Church...
The changing room is the disabled toilet...clean..roomy & available!

Atmosphere is relaxed & very friendly....the church is now an Enterprise centre...lots of little businesses that serve the community.

 

We have the local radio on 

 

slimfern
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by erinp:

I drop things off to them but I don't shop in them.The shop I go to is very modern and fresh,its set out like a proper shop and the window is always very well dressed,none of that bric a brac sh*t.They play music in the background and have pretty nice smelling  dressing rooms.

Ours is a quaint little offshoot from an Augutus Pugin Church...
The changing room is the disabled toilet...clean..roomy & available!

Atmosphere is relaxed & very friendly....the church is now an Enterprise centre...lots of little businesses that serve the community.

 

We have the local radio on 

 

Sounds the business

Could you maybe have a make shift changing room,litttle area with a curtain.I dont think I would like to go and change in a loo.

FM
I love charity shops, me. We spend loads of time in them and regard ourselves as experts. I mainly buy and give music but am just as likely to buy crocks and clothing. Mrs Jer's all in keep-fit group makes trips to towns and cities to trawl the different establishments. It is the ultimate, or ne plus ultra if you will, example of recycling. God bless the obsessive neurotics who buy expensive schmutter and donate after one or less outings.
Garage Joe
Originally Posted by erinp:
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by erinp:

I drop things off to them but I don't shop in them.The shop I go to is very modern and fresh,its set out like a proper shop and the window is always very well dressed,none of that bric a brac sh*t.They play music in the background and have pretty nice smelling  dressing rooms.

Ours is a quaint little offshoot from an Augutus Pugin Church...
The changing room is the disabled toilet...clean..roomy & available!

Atmosphere is relaxed & very friendly....the church is now an Enterprise centre...lots of little businesses that serve the community.

 

We have the local radio on 

 

Sounds the business

Could you maybe have a make shift changing room,litttle area with a curtain.I dont think I would like to go and change in a loo.

We have two rooms...a fair few of our customers are of an ethnic origin...we simply let them change in the back room and ask others to be patient...which they are.
Patience is a virtue after all... 

slimfern
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by erinp:
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by erinp:

I drop things off to them but I don't shop in them.The shop I go to is very modern and fresh,its set out like a proper shop and the window is always very well dressed,none of that bric a brac sh*t.They play music in the background and have pretty nice smelling  dressing rooms.

Ours is a quaint little offshoot from an Augutus Pugin Church...
The changing room is the disabled toilet...clean..roomy & available!

Atmosphere is relaxed & very friendly....the church is now an Enterprise centre...lots of little businesses that serve the community.

 

We have the local radio on 

 

Sounds the business

Could you maybe have a make shift changing room,litttle area with a curtain.I dont think I would like to go and change in a loo.

We have two rooms...a fair few of our customers are of an ethnic origin...we simply let them change in the back room and ask others to be patient...which they are.
Patience is a virtue after all... 

Indeed

When I read it i thought the toilet was the only option.

FM
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
I love charity shops, me. We spend loads of time in them and regard ourselves as experts. I mainly buy and give music but am just as likely to buy crocks and clothing. Mrs Jer's all in keep-fit group makes trips to towns and cities to trawl the different establishments. It is the ultimate, or ne plus ultra if you will, example of recycling. God bless the obsessive neurotics who buy expensive schmutter and donate after one or less outings.

Good Man GJ & Mrs...
We have many customers who only shop in charity shops these days (except for food that is)...however...we are hoping to expand to include a cafe where those who need/want to...can buy a decent healthy meal for ÂĢ1.00...of course if they want to try my home made cheesecake...then they may need a mortgage 

slimfern
Originally Posted by erinp:
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by erinp:
Originally Posted by slimfern:
Originally Posted by erinp:

I drop things off to them but I don't shop in them.The shop I go to is very modern and fresh,its set out like a proper shop and the window is always very well dressed,none of that bric a brac sh*t.They play music in the background and have pretty nice smelling  dressing rooms.

Ours is a quaint little offshoot from an Augutus Pugin Church...
The changing room is the disabled toilet...clean..roomy & available!

Atmosphere is relaxed & very friendly....the church is now an Enterprise centre...lots of little businesses that serve the community.

 

We have the local radio on 

 

Sounds the business

Could you maybe have a make shift changing room,litttle area with a curtain.I dont think I would like to go and change in a loo.

We have two rooms...a fair few of our customers are of an ethnic origin...we simply let them change in the back room and ask others to be patient...which they are.
Patience is a virtue after all... 

Indeed

When I read it i thought the toilet was the only option.

It did read like that...but we are flexible 

slimfern
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
Our favourite places are Whitby, Darlo, Harrogate, Headington, and my old home town.

Sounds very Camberwick Green...nevertheless...keeping the landfill down is a good thing on it's own! 

Have lost count of the folk that come to us and say "Bliddy Nora (not their exact words)..have just bought one of them and paid 10/20 times as much!

slimfern

No high rollers: Charity shop in Wythenshawe asks customers to show benefits books before buying fashionable Farrow & Ball paint

 
Janet Tysoe - general Manager of the Tree of LifeJanet Tysoe - general Manager of the Tree of Life
 

Shoppers have been ordered to show their benefits book before being allowed to buy bargain paint – after a charity shop was flooded with wealthy customers.

The Tree of Life store in Wythenshawe is selling fashionable Farrow & Ball paint to needy families for just ÂĢ5 a tin.

It normally goes for up to ÂĢ60 a tin at the paint company’s shops in Wilmslow and on Manchester’s Deansgate.

The firm donates surplus and end-of-line stock to the second-hand shop in Benchill as part of a scheme to help hard-up families.

But the cheap supplies have been snapped up by price-savvy homeowners from neighbouring Cheshire suburbs.    

A shop in Wilmslow, which sells the paint at full-price has now complained.

Tree of Life manager Janet Price, 63, said new rules were being brought in to stop middle-class customers swooping on the bargain paint.

She said staff became suspicious when one customer bought 40 litres of the paint.    

She said: “I think word filtered back and somebody went into the Farrow & Ball shop in Wilmslow and said ‘I’m not paying that – you can get in Wythenshawe for a few pounds’. It is a shame some people have been so mean-spirited.”      
Farrow & Ball has now asked organisations involved in the Community RePaint scheme to check on customers. Buyers must prove they are on benefits or linked to a registered charity. They are also limited to buying a maximum of 15 litres of paint.

Farrow & Ball director Sarah Cole said: “We wholeheartedly believe in the objectives of Community RePaint because it is such a worthwhile cause, helping organisations, individuals and families in social need.    

“Donations are made under the agreement that the recipients will be charities, non-profit organisations and those on a low income. Farrow & Ball trust Community RePaint to distribute the paint accordingly.”

FM
Originally Posted by erinp:

No high rollers: Charity shop in Wythenshawe asks customers to show benefits books before buying fashionable Farrow & Ball paint

 
Janet Tysoe - general Manager of the Tree of LifeJanet Tysoe - general Manager of the Tree of Life
 

Shoppers have been ordered to show their benefits book before being allowed to buy bargain paint – after a charity shop was flooded with wealthy customers.

The Tree of Life store in Wythenshawe is selling fashionable Farrow & Ball paint to needy families for just ÂĢ5 a tin.

It normally goes for up to ÂĢ60 a tin at the paint company’s shops in Wilmslow and on Manchester’s Deansgate.

The firm donates surplus and end-of-line stock to the second-hand shop in Benchill as part of a scheme to help hard-up families.

But the cheap supplies have been snapped up by price-savvy homeowners from neighbouring Cheshire suburbs.    

A shop in Wilmslow, which sells the paint at full-price has now complained.

Tree of Life manager Janet Price, 63, said new rules were being brought in to stop middle-class customers swooping on the bargain paint.

She said staff became suspicious when one customer bought 40 litres of the paint.    

She said: “I think word filtered back and somebody went into the Farrow & Ball shop in Wilmslow and said ‘I’m not paying that – you can get in Wythenshawe for a few pounds’. It is a shame some people have been so mean-spirited.”      
Farrow & Ball has now asked organisations involved in the Community RePaint scheme to check on customers. Buyers must prove they are on benefits or linked to a registered charity. They are also limited to buying a maximum of 15 litres of paint.

Farrow & Ball director Sarah Cole said: “We wholeheartedly believe in the objectives of Community RePaint because it is such a worthwhile cause, helping organisations, individuals and families in social need.    

“Donations are made under the agreement that the recipients will be charities, non-profit organisations and those on a low income. Farrow & Ball trust Community RePaint to distribute the paint accordingly.”

Oh Dear....see now...I agree that a maximum purchase should be fixed...but a donation is free for all to buy imho....unless it is stipulated that the paint is exclusive!

slimfern

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