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

@MatthewChapmanYT

24 күн бұрын

Nobody wants to pay eBay prices anymore. Last year I was doing £12k a month in sales. My 90 day total is just over £3k now… It’s dead

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

​@@MatthewChapmanYTI guess ultimately, though, people have less money to spend now. Had we had Corbyn, things would have been immeasurably better, but the tories would blame him for Covid and Ukraine. Starmer is just a tory in disguise hence all the rats in the conservatives fleeing the sinking ship to keep their jobs come next election.

@jfkj1695

23 күн бұрын

@@MatthewChapmanYT I would be happy with £500 a month in Sales. I must not have enough listings. I have about 180 listings

@seanseverythingandanything6440

23 күн бұрын

@@MatthewChapmanYT yea that’s the way it’s going people starting to sell themselves instead of big corporate companies like eBay, and paying them millions to sell peoples items is coming to and end..

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.

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

Many charity shops do now list the good stuff on Ebay rather than put it on the shop floor.

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

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 KZread 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.

@gravelbags2479

24 күн бұрын

But 1 issue with this style of management from the charity shops is I've been to so many with signs up saying no more donations because they're full, they're full because they aren't selling, they aren't selling because they're too expensive, if they want ebay prices they have to go all in and sell on ebay

@ste5879

24 күн бұрын

Agreed. What they have to remember is resellers part with plenty of money in their shops, often on niche items that nobody else will touch. When we see them using Google Lens, scanning their media into Ziffit, writing their price vs the online price on their items and so on, we are less likely to go out of our way to go in and spend money with them.

@babswalden5924

16 күн бұрын

I do car boots and sell books for 50p each in my area we have lots of elderly who loves there books and on budget .I would go into there shops and buy book when 3 for a£1..And would spend othen £20 plus. .OH lovely we got loads of books outback .there room to get them out on the shelve..Now most are £1 to name your price. I no longer go in to these .I would normally find something I wanted.. I make 25pish maybe per book some books get dumped because missing pages etc..And also gets asked to lookout for certain book these I would pay 50p for and sell for 50p. So yes I might be classed as a reseller But I enjoyed what I do give pleasure. to other who cant do want I can.

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.

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..

@JustTrumpeeh

24 күн бұрын

i've been preaching this for ages. a lot of the big high street shops have targets, just like a normal retailer. don't feel bad for the charities, when the big CEOs are hoovering up all their donation sales.

@claresherman2278

24 күн бұрын

Little local charities don’t have CEOs on huge salaries.

@Crest6680

24 күн бұрын

@@claresherman2278not many of them left and most are well expensive now to

@mrbigmel3

24 күн бұрын

Some ok ones near me tbh...

@jfkj1695

23 күн бұрын

Yes they are pure businesses with massive loop holes to make profits.

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 🥴

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

@seanseverythingandanything6440

24 күн бұрын

Yea I’ve said this too and got stick for it! They shot themselves in the foot.. I’m a five monkeys person!!

@Cave_Monster

24 күн бұрын

You really think the charity shops had never heard of ebay until the youtubers came along? Really?

@seanseverythingandanything6440

24 күн бұрын

@@Cave_Monster well eBay is going 30years why are they only doing it in the last 4 years 🤔

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

​​​@@seanseverythingandanything6440ceo pressure to match eBay prices, stuff won't sell in the shop so it has to go on Ebay instead. Yet they no doubt begrudge having to pay someone to list items.

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!!!

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

@MatthewChapmanYT

24 күн бұрын

eBay is dead mate. I used to take £12k a month. Struggle to take £1k a month now.

@mikewhoelse

23 күн бұрын

@@MatthewChapmanYT I only do a little bit. Made 60 quid on vinted this week 😄

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

High charity shop prices ruins the charity shops, then they put up signs saying they're not accepting donations because they can't sell stuff, yet the CEO still gets 6 figures.

@MatthewChapmanYT

23 күн бұрын

@@mikewhoelselast 7 days for me: What not £362 Depop £273 Vinted £240 FB Marketplace £120 EBay: exactly £87.20 lol. I only have 20% my stock listed on Vinted and depop

@JoshuUgh

22 күн бұрын

@@MatthewChapmanYT12k selling what?

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 😂

@jfkj1695

23 күн бұрын

Yes I have seen this issue also. They are somehow aloud to get away with selling fakes.

@MartinClarke-bj4fo

16 күн бұрын

Legally you can buy it and sue its still against the law

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

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.

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

9 out of 10 are eBay businesses 1 out of 10 are charity shops

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.

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!

@katrinaevans7872

24 күн бұрын

They do it a lot Knowing it makes people uncomfortable to say no

@saffperry

24 күн бұрын

It was the ‘Yes or No’ for me😂

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

​@@katrinaevans7872read Influence by Robert Cialdini to understand other reasoning behind the request being effective.

@karenc1733

21 күн бұрын

@@saffperryunbelievable!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

I reckon start selling some of your old stuff you no longer want. No sourcing cost. Will give you a feel for it.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 😢

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

I seriously doubt KZread is the root of everything.

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

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

Puma are being boycotted now

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.

I loved the checkered jacket.

Charity shops should see there selfs as the wholesalers

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

Interesting video. Thank you

Do you have a pension?

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

A possible option for self employed to save into a pension is to invest in Sipps.

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...

@Dan-78

24 күн бұрын

To be honest that doesn’t sound that bad, £8 fees.

@donnajones2468

24 күн бұрын

Don't forget they charge fees on postage as well

@MatthewChapmanYT

24 күн бұрын

@@Dan-78£77+4 = £81 So £12 fees on £81.

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

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

@ste5879

24 күн бұрын

It is going to get even easier to filter the value out once there is an AI program to do it all at the click of a button. I think this is what resellers who source primarily from charity shops need to brace themselves for.

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!!

@pjmlfc05

24 күн бұрын

Sourcing from a charity shop is scraping the bottom of a barrel stuff.

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!

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

Then they put up signs saying no donations today lol. If they priced the stuff they had nicely it would fly out the door, people would come more often, they'd get more donations. Churn and burn and make more money.

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

Plus they get 25% extra money free on nearly everything through gift aid. That's a benefit most retailers don't have.

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

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

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

@JoshuUgh

24 күн бұрын

Not really though. They’re not selling them. That’s the issue. It’s just ridiculous pricing that Allsaints jumper at £29.99. It’ll never sell for that, hence why they sold it for a tenner… £20 for a used Allsaints T-shirt is disgusting too. These are higher prices that eBay and it’s only hurting themselves. My regular charity shops sit on the same stock for weeks/months at overly ambitious prices, before sending them off to the rag house. High street footfall doesn’t match eBay. Most charity shops are over stocked. They get everything for free and they’re pricing out regular shoppers. Forget the resellers. There are so many people on low income who rely on charity shops for clothing, who can no longer afford these mental prices. Beyond frustrating and in no way sustainable. You only ever hear negative things about them now.

@djme-123

24 күн бұрын

Our local charity shop has a dedicated person listing the better donations on eBay. They also go to car boot fairs and pick up records to sell in their shop. Sign of the times.

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

​@@djme-123guessing that's Mantovani rather than Pink Floyd.

@jessicaridgway2017

18 күн бұрын

I was buying some brand new with tags trousers from next for my 18 month old for 3.00. They were there at the till saying how good of a deal it was for next. But just before the charity shop I had bought directly from next some other trousers for inly 5.00 and recently purchased some for 2.50 on sale. So how exactly is it a good deal? The item may have tags but has likely been stored gathering dust for years in somebody's drawers and will need a clean anyway. You can't sell them at similar to shop prices and tell me I'm getting a bargain 😆

@djme-123

17 күн бұрын

@@an1_uk Charity Shops far more savvy than they used to be. Prices are ridiculous.

Noice Noice say it twoice 😜🤜🏼

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 .... 😎

@donnajones2468

24 күн бұрын

I think charity shops are expensive for the people with less money as well. Sometimes it's just as cheap to go and buy brand new.

@its_marc

24 күн бұрын

First come first served, luck of the draw. They just want it out the door.

@keyboardwarrior12384

24 күн бұрын

Have a day off 😴

@hotdog1214

24 күн бұрын

I don't see that it matters who buys from the charity shop, if its Shirley buying toys for her kids or resellers making a profit to a put a roof over their families heads; it shouldn't matter to the charity shop, they still get the money regardless of who pays them. I've seen the sorting areas in some places, they are chocka with stuff, they have so much they end up chucking some away. Instead of holding out for higher prices they should stack it high, sell it cheap. Checking prices on eBay and then hiking them up on high street shops makes it difficult for the ordinary Joe to afford and is not imo in the spirit of charity.

@Essydyk

24 күн бұрын

@@donnajones2468A lot of them trade on them being a charity and people think they are doing their good turn buying from them - especially the older generation.

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

@MatthewChapmanYT

24 күн бұрын

Nope. It’s the KZread resellers who’ve made prices go ridiculous. But it’s okay for them as they make £10 a week in viewership money lol

@ijt3131

24 күн бұрын

@@MatthewChapmanYT true! I could name a channel specifically but I’ll refrain 🤭I would never buy from a reseller ever. I’d rather source myself than get ripped off by some greedy con man/woman. Sourcing from charity shops is also bottom of the barrel and quite frankly the laziest. It doesn’t sit well with my spirit either, something about it just feels slightly icky. Be careful of some of these fraudulent YT channels and what they claim to be and what experience they have because I know of one particular channel who fabricates their experience within an industry they claim to come from. All it took was a LinkedIn profile to see said person is bold face lying.

@an1_uk

23 күн бұрын

If you don't like it don't buy

@ijt3131

23 күн бұрын

@@an1_uk I don’t because I’m not a fking mug

@aaronsage9031

21 күн бұрын

@@ijt3131 good luck not buying from resellers, every shop you buy from are resellers but i dont see you moaning about tesco, asda, sainsburys etc