Charity shop

[Bizzy Lizzy]

Just to give a balance I thought I would tell you about our CP charity shop for which I am responsible. When items come in they are checked and should there be anything that a volunteer is interesting in purchasing it is put to one side for the Duty Manager to price. The price is the same as we would expect to sell the item for so that the charity does not lose out in any way. Most of our volunteers love cat and would never want to do anything to decrease funds as they see it as depriving rescue cats of something they need. High value items are often taken out of the shop by the one volunteer who does all the valuations. All items are seen before they are taken so there is no risk of anything going missing and the volunteer dealing with this is one of longstanding and is very honest indeed and again would not do the charity down. We often get things that people have cherished all their lives and they tell us this is the case and even suggest a price that we might get when we sell the item. When they come in the next time we tell them how much we made on their donation and thank them again for their support. If this were not the case then people would stop giving as I am sure Querty will be doing at that particular shop now. So they miss out on any further donations and quite rightly so.
Incidentally some items are not sold in the shop and go onto eBay - this is good for specialist items or unusual items. Also some items go to auction as they will bring in a higher price again. All jewellery is valued by the local friendly jeweller and even unsaleable metal items like saucepan which are past their best are recycled and we get money for those.

[Qwerty]

Well I slept on it and woke up even more annoyed once I had read Glammas account on things and BL Your shop seems a fair shop too but this to me was just so unfair to take part of the item away and stick the most awful pot on it , the jardiniere will not sell as well as it would with the correct top on, and so whoever if anybody buys it with a white pillar and a cream and coloured flower pot it certainly won't sell for much and so the charity will lose out. I take my hat off to volunteers and also agree that it should be a perk of the job to pay and have the item first to be honest, but this was a well loved item that cost lots of pennies and I anguished as whether to give it away and after making the decision to take it to a charity I was really taken aback at what happened.
So today I took Glammas advice in a small way and asked to to speak to the manager, when I spoke to a volunteer she had no idea about the other pot, the manager at first said it had a crack in it and it was thrown away, believe you me I have nothing in my house with a crack not even a cup grrrr . Turns out someone else brought some pots in one had a crack but it wasn't mine as she brought it out of the bin !
She described various staff to me and one stood out and she said I bet it was Maureen so I have the shops number and will be ringing back this afternoon when she comes in to work, funnily enough it was after lunch she came in yesterday she didn't even take her coat off before she snatched it away, now a few of you might think it's sour grapes but I hate injustice unfairness especially a Charity involved, fed up lol

[Bizzy Lizzy]

You definitely did the right thing Qwerty. She should not get away with it. Giving time free is no excuse to cream off the best items and if they don't want to volunteer they don't have to. Charity shop work should NOT come with perks!!!!

[Glammanana]

Qwerty well done you,I hope this stops that woman in her tracks and the Manager wises up to her antic's,it sounds as though she has a wee bit of a reputation doesn't she ? will await the outcome when they come back to you. xx

[Gemini]

You did the right thing Qwerty. Glamma and BLs experience and inside information proves that.

[Daisy]

Qwerty - well done you for reporting this greedy woman to the Manager. I suppose we think that people who volunteer to work in charity shops do it at least partly to support a charity they think is worthy. I hpe in the end the shop gets a fair price for your jardinière.

[Plantaholic]

Well done from me too Qwerty

[Qwerty]

Well done from me too Qwerty

Thanks ladies I didn't ring the shop again, I went down for some milk and had to pass the charity shop lo and behold it's in the window with the original pot😊 Thought I would let sleeping dogs lie .

[Glammanana]

Well done you,that says to me that said volunteer never purchased it in the first place and has had her wrists slapped somewhat,at least the Manager & volunteers are aware they are not dealing with fools.

[Gemini]

Good result then Qwerty

[Plantaholic]

That is good news Qwerty

[Daisy]

Qwerty - I'm glad it's been sorted out and I hope it sells soon for a good price.