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.
..
..
..
..
..

For £1.50 :-}}

--
Kathy

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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.

"Dave Hill" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.


Now there's a thought :-}
I think they are a little too new for that, but they are shortly to be
introduced to the lottie, where I'm sure they will have a very fulfilling
life.

--
Kathy

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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?

--
Kathy

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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.

I know they are worth more. I *told* her they are worth more. That is the
price she put on them, and that is the price they would have gone into the
shop at. If you had come into the shop, seen a carrier bag full of plant
labels at that price, would you have refused to buy them? I think not. I
do most of my shopping in charity shops, my own and the others in town.
This is mainly due to the fact that, as an employee of a charity, I am on a
low wage, so get of your high horse Christine, it cuts no ice with me.

--
Kathy

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"Kathy" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
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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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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.



I put on a Murder Mystery Play at Shanklin Theatre. I wanted a heavy
ornament. (It was the murder weapon) and one of the cast worked in a charity
shop. Just the right object came in, she telephoned me and subsequently she
bought it and it was used. That is now in my home, having given her the
money she paid for it.

What's wrong with that?

Mike

--

....................................

I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

....................................

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Kathy" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
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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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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

On 09/03/2012 09:03, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:22:50 -0000, wrote:

"Christina wrote in message
...

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

On Mar 7, 11:20 pm, 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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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?

You don't pay the real price.


No one pays the real price in a charity shop. The goods are second hand
and therefore at a lower value. That's part of the double-ended
attraction: the charity gets stock for free, the customers get a
bargain. That's the way it works, and it works well. If good people
like Kathy are prepared to work for a low wage to help the charity, then
I'm glad they're able to occasionally enjoy the odd incentive. Kathy
did not set the price she paid .. she even quibbled for a higher price
... so in no sense did she rob the charity, or would ever do so. The
suggestion is outrageous and insulting. I very much hope she enjoys
using every one of her labels.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

No one pays the real price in a charity shop. The goods are second hand
and therefore at a lower value. That's part of the double-ended
attraction: the charity gets stock for free, the customers get a
bargain. That's the way it works, and it works well. If good people like
Kathy are prepared to work for a low wage to help the charity, then I'm
glad they're able to occasionally enjoy the odd incentive. Kathy did not
set the price she paid .. she even quibbled for a higher price .. so in
no sense did she rob the charity, or would ever do so. The suggestion is
outrageous and insulting. I very much hope she enjoys using every one of
her labels.


+1

Useful as lolly sticks too maybe

"Spider" wrote in message
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On 09/03/2012 09:03, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:22:50 -0000, wrote:

"Christina wrote in
message
...

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

On Mar 7, 11:20 pm, 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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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?

You don't pay the real price.


No one pays the real price in a charity shop. The goods are second hand
and therefore at a lower value. That's part of the double-ended
attraction: the charity gets stock for free, the customers get a bargain.
That's the way it works, and it works well. If good people like Kathy are
prepared to work for a low wage to help the charity, then I'm glad they're
able to occasionally enjoy the odd incentive. Kathy did not set the price
she paid .. she even quibbled for a higher price .. so in no sense did she
rob the charity, or would ever do so. The suggestion is outrageous and
insulting. I very much hope she enjoys using every one of her labels.

Thank you Spider, I'm glad someone understood that someone else priced them.
I certainly shall enjoy using them, as they are much wider than the plastic
ones I have at the moment.

--
Kathy

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:22:50 -0000, "Kathy" wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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?

You don't pay the real price.

I pay the price put on it by someone else. I cannot see what your point is
here. Are you going to moan about supermarket workers who get a discount so
don't pay the "real" price? Thought not. This is beginning to sound like a
bad case of sour grapes.

--
Kathy

"Kathy" wrote in message
...
"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:22:50 -0000, "Kathy" wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
.
.
.
.
.

For £1.50 :-}}

--
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.
--

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?

You don't pay the real price.

I pay the price put on it by someone else. I cannot see what your point
is here. Are you going to moan about supermarket workers who get a
discount so don't pay the "real" price? Thought not. This is beginning
to sound like a bad case of sour grapes.

--
Kathy

I think there is a basic confusion of "price" and "value"

Bill

"Kathy" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:22:50 -0000, "Kathy" wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

"Martin" wrote in message
...
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.
You don't pay the real price.

I pay the price put on it by someone else. I cannot see what your point
is here. Are you going to moan about supermarket workers who get a
discount so don't pay the "real" price? Thought not. This is beginning
to sound like a bad case of sour grapes.


no, it's the idea that the volunteers get the best things for next to
nothing before anyone sees them. It really ticks me off.
There should be a law about charity shop workers creaming the best off for
themselves.


--
Kathy