The END of Charity Shops? 

The charity shops I go in are stuck with the same, "ebay priced" stock that just sits there for weeks on end, not shifting. They're very often empty too. People don't want to spend huge amounts in a charity shop. Their priority should be shifting stuff in volume.

The difference for a charity shop to realise for pricing is that you have a world wide audience they have the people who come into the shop if they want to sell it at such a higher price they should put it online pack it / send it and deal with the problems that come with it

If I wanted to pay ebay prices I'd go to ebay & get it delivered

If they think they're getting the same traffic that eBay gets they're deluded. Someone in Germany might pay £40 for a pair of jeans that wouldn't shift for a tenner in a charity shop. That customer is NEVER going in the charity shop, and the shop isn't going to ship it. That said, I can deal with a few high prices here and there. It's the ATTITUDE some of these shops are giving me locally when I'm going in on a regular basis and buying their STOCK THEY GOT FOR FREE. This adds up to hundreds of pounds over the year, not to mention the amount of good, saleable stuff I've donated that I can't sell myself AND the damaged/mislabelled stuff/misfires I bought from them in error and DIDN'T RETURN to save them the hassle. Someone at the top needs to get a grip.

Some charity shops come up with more dynamic ways of selling, the one i help out at, 1st sat of every month they clear the floor, dump it on tables, have a bric and brac sale, and have tea and cakes, 4 items for 1 pound its brilliant! and fun, I dont go into big named ones anymore some are ok but you know how it is, plus their prices go up and down like a yo yo lol

Yes I think they're dead. There's an Accorn by me, and old guy over 80 was in there, wanted a coat but didn't have enough money, he was about £5 short. The charity shop wouldn't give it him! If that's not charity I don't know what is! Anyway they would.of made him go without, the guy that was infront of me we were both saying to the staff you should let him have it, but they were havin none of it. The guy infront payed for it in full for the guy. I dont even look in this shop anymore.

We can’t blame charity shops for wising up about their pricing when video after video of resellers profiting on their naïveté are all over RU-vid handing out a free education. I do agree though that some pricing is crazy. With the amount of information out there it is no wonder households are more savvy now, their best stuff goes on eBay/Vinted and what they consider the junk goes to charity. For resellers this is only going to get more difficult. I was in a charity shop recently and an elderly volunteer asked me to help her figure out how to use Google lens to price pottery as the manager asked her to start doing it.

Yes they are finished:( they are not charity shop no more they use the name for their big corporate operations, for the CEOs which are on big salaries of 350k a year..

My locals i hardly bother anymore. Same stock stupid prices. Every blue moon when a new staff member is in they price things to sell. But the usual staff either send the good stuff off for ebay or price them more than they are selling. And i heard a few weeks ago a staff member telling guy trying to offer a bag of kids stuff that they can't accept anymore as they are overwhelmed. Well price it to sell and it will move 🥴

What an approach! “ do you want to donate YES OR NO” It’s a no just for her attitude!! You’d just spent an extra tenner and she’s still after more!!!

Lets face it, we are looking for mistakes in charity shops. Go in expecting to come out empty handed

I went into a charity shop and they're selling and this is there words not mine " very good copy Louis vuitton hand bag £150.00" 😅😂 it's apparently OK for a charity shop to sell fake goods as long as you rebrand it as quality copy 😂

You tube, ebay and reselling was always going to ruin charity chops eventually

That “Cheers” tee is a nice find George. I’ve got two myself, one grey, and one white. As the tv series finished in 1993, assuming the shirt came out to tie-in with the show, nice vintage find.

I can understand them upping prices since we all just give everyone our business secrets on youtube now. But i went into a charity shop the other day and it was full. You wouldn't be able to add anymore items and its because everything they we're selling was actually more expensive then getting it online. Some of the people working in charity shops think they know it all. I could see the manager and how up his own backside he was. But i wont have these youtubers trying to act like it isn't their fault because it absolutely is.

i worked for my local hospice for 3 years. The charity side of it only raises about 10% of all funds raised. 6 shops about 40 full time staff. They also have a full time online ebay depop etc department. Lets put it this way, on my own, i do as much business online as they do with a team of 5, and they don't pay for goods either. After covid to help reduce costs they cut staff numbers to save around 100k a year. What did they do with the savings? employed a director of income generation, salary ...... £100k what did she bring to the table that was worth this much? Sweet F A!!!! (She left 7 months later to work for a different charity on even more money!) The higher you get up the chain, the better it gets for you, jobs for the boys. These people are the reason for more expensive items in shops,, remember there is normally only one full time paid member in the shop, the rest will be volunteers who kinda guess the prices of things. You can definitely still find the bargains in the shops.

Zip on that regatta pocket didn't look right hope I'm wrong 👍

I used to buy loads from charity shops. Now I buy one or two items a month but you have to dig deep to find something they have under charged on. They have ruined it for themselves and everyone else. They could of kept the resellers happy and kept prices low and got loads of sales from their free stock. Now their sales are lower than ever..dito

That Puma King top unlocked some memories! Proper find 👌🏻

Absolutely agree. Charity Shops are now far to expensive, the stock is poor. They are giving all good stuff to Ziffit etc. Just no good for resellers and unfortunately no good for ordinary shoppers that required cheaper things for their homes due to cost of living crisis. Real shame that charity shops have hot greedy

They are dead but there's chances everywhere... i found a painting in a charity shop for £20 and it's worth £850 last week

Its all to do with where.. I live in a small market town and charity shops price are ridiculous fruit of the loom t-shirts can be priced 4.99p .. if I travel 12 miles or so the same named charity shops are so much cheaper.

The cheek of asking if you want to "donate" 25p when the whole sale is a donation in the first place. For items they are given for free!

I find the big name charity shops to be expensive. The odd time I will find something. The small independant ones i prefer. I have a mate who has a charity shop so i get to go into the back and have a rummage. win win for both of us

Bloggers like u grassed yourself up and made people aware now they sell on eBay

I worked for a charity for over 10 years, the prices they used to put on the stuff really started to annoy me , we used to do all the house clearances and collection , stuff used to come in all the time never stopped. But soon as a high price hasjt sold for 2 weeks or so we used to throw it . We tipped van loads away every week it just didn't make sense . One reason i left

I’ve had the Noel’s house party about 3 years ago, I sold mine for £50 upwards if I remember correctly.

Our local charity shop has a dedicated volunteer watching eBay and lists all the valuable donations to avoid selling things too cheaply. They also visit our car boot every Sunday to pick up vinyl records. I saw the lady from our charity shop there with her trolley and IKEA bags! They’ve all been watching You Tube 😢

Been following your channel for a while , watching ur past videos really great content. I’m a newbie and was just wondering if you had any tips on getting into clothing

My recent visit to Hexham. I seen in the glass cabinet a 12th Dcotor Who Sonoc Screw Driver. £30. Asked to see it working. It turned out to be a pen worth 50p

I agree that the bangers are still out there to be had, and it’s all about the thrill of the hunt for me 😅

Do you get more of your stock from car boot? I had a good run there recently as charity shops were a joke with prices Do you think it’s worth it to keep going? I don’t like the fact I have no receipts from car boot if I have to fill out a tax return next year or do you take the chance and hope you don’t get audited? Advice plz

Oxfam, Katherine house, mind, heart foundation, cancer research, Marie curie, st Giles. Each one rips off the customer just to pay for the CEOs wages. Only a fraction actually gets to where it's needed. I did feel guilty buying and selling from charity but it was very symbiotic, I'd spend tons, make a little, come back and spend again. Don't spend a penny anymore.

Except for the few "honeypots" where it's "clear it out cheap", I don't really get much from the charity shops these days. If I do its either bread and butter or for Amazon FBA. Although, I have noticed a couple of shops rounds here have put a lot more stuff on "promotion" tags (i.e. £2/£3) just to clear some room.

I loved the checkered jacket.

Interesting video. Thank you

Go on love to see a moan about a charity shop. Silly prices.

Is anyone else also finding Ebay fees have gone through the roof? I recently sold something for £77 plus £4p+p. My pay out from Ebay the next day was £69...

The end of charity shops was around 10 years ago or so.

Charity shops aren’t made for re sellers. They only seem expensive because the profit margins are lower if you’re re selling. They don’t put things out for people to then make more profit on.

Most charity shops act more like vintage shops now there not cheap very little is missed, all there good stuff goes on ebay or to there big outlets, i did some charity days with a large charity shop everything is filtered out and 90% of stuff thats worth decent money goes on ebay the rest to outlets all the cheap stuff goes on the shop floor

I agree with you George, I don't think they are dead but I don't think a reseller can rely on just them anymore, they are very hit and miss and it does take me longer to find the bargains I used to. I feel you have to have many avenues now for getting stock as you have shown on your video's. The charity shops will kill themselves at this rate with their pricing strategy!!

There's still good charity shops out there. A lot are way overpriced now though. I find way more decent stock outside of major cities, in the 'fancier' outskirts

What annoys me about chairty shops now is that they sell so high now I know it's to try and stop reselling but at the end of the day they have been given it for FREE! so anything they make is pure profit to be honest there so greedy!

Never the end Went in ine today clothes half price.. bargains galore

Do you have a pension?

Puma are being boycotted now

It's all to do with area - without a doubt

Charity shops should see there selfs as the wholesalers

Noice Noice say it twoice 😜🤜🏼

charities just cutting out the middle man and selling stuff for the same price as you. Bad for you but good for them

when charity shops start going out of business it can be a sign the economy is about to collapse. we're living in scary times.

Charity shops are for everyone, they are not just there for greedy Resellers, who think they have a devine right to get everything on the Cheap and then sell on for as much profit as possible .... 😎

Scrounging con resellers who resell for ridiculous prices are too blame.