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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 01:11:58 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:

On Mar 7, 11:20 pm, "Kathy" wrote:
I work for a charity shop. We are allowed to buy donated goods as
long as
someone else prices them.
My boss, who doesn't garden beyond the mow the lawn/weed the boarder
point,
told me we had had a donation of "some" plant labels. She thought
there
were too many for us to sell, so would I like some of them? Of
course, I
said yes.

They are brand new, wood, good quality, 6 inches long and 1/2 an inch
wide.
I have 404 [yes, four hundred and four] of them.
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For £1.50 :-}}

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Kathy


I suppose the next thing is you'll be on Antiques Road Show or Flog it
and they will turn out to be hand carved by Chipendale and worth a few
hundred pounds each.

and the original owner will turn up shouting that the charity has been
robbed.
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I dislike the idea that charity workers can get the best things from the
charity shop before the public even sees it.
It's not ethical, IMO.

We pay for them, so what's unethical?

Oh, come on. you know they are worth more You are robbing your charity.
I would be ashamed to do it.

The price put on an item by the shop owner is an invitation for the
purchaser to offer. The owner is not required to sell at that price if
he/she doesn't want to.
If the purchser makes an offer and the owner accepts, then a contract has
ben made. In this case the purchaser is at liberty to offer a sensible
amount if his/her concience allows.
In the case of a charity shop, if the purchaser knows the price of an item
is ridculously low, it would not be too unreasonable for him/her to offer a
more realistic amount.

Charity will hve been observed and concience appeased.

Bill