Found a bargin

[meerkat]

Good point. RJH!

I recently brought books from a charity shop, ok, it6 was Oxfam, and they wanted £4 (for a two volume encyclopedia). I offered a £5 and told him to keep the change! He said he couldn't accept it, it would throw the till out. I told him to put in £1 'misc' and he said he couldn't, they didn't have a miscellaneaous (or however you spell it) button. As he clearly didn't want my £1, I and went into another charity shop nearby, there are 7 at the last count in Pocklington, and put it in the greyhound re-homing collection box!

Oxfam can be really stupid sometimes!

 

[Tonyblack]

Charity shops have to be realistic. If they want to sell the stuff they have, they have to put prices on that people are likely to pay.

If they had put the going price on that book, they probably would never have shifted it.

Some of the shops are getting wise these days and selling things on eBay.

 

[Tonyblack]

Good point. RJH!

I recently brought books from a charity shop, ok, it6 was Oxfam, and they wanted £4 (for a two volume encyclopedia). I offered a £5 and told him to keep the change! He said he couldn't accept it, it would throw the till out. I told him to put in £1 'misc' and he said he couldn't, they didn't have a miscellaneaous (or however you spell it) button. As he clearly didn't want my £1, I and went into another charity shop nearby, there are 7 at the last count in Pocklington, and put it in the greyhound re-homing collection box!

Oxfam can be really stupid sometimes!

I rarely buy anything in Oxfam. Not because I don't agree with their charity, but because their stuff is usually overpriced.

Most charity shops have a box on the counter where you can put an extra voluntary donation - that would have made sense in your case Meer.

 

[meerkat]

No Tony, if he didn't want to accept it they weren't getting it! Clearly they had enough.
I therefore took it to someone who was happy to take my money!

 

[poohcarrot]

I must say Shan, excluding Pip and my goodself, the three most mild-mannered, laid back people on this forum are Tony, WWD and Mad.

In a single post you made Tony moany, Mad mad and WWD went WMD.
I'm impressed!

I've been trying for years.
I bow before a master. I am not worthy.

 

[pip]

Me. Mild Mannered. Feck that for a bag of Tayto.

 

[DaveC]

I'll put my hand up every time I'm called mild mannered. Then raise the middle finger.

 

[poohcarrot]

OK!

Pip got the pip and Dave raved!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

it's the way you tell em Pooh.