salvos stores

[amalan11]

I am amazed these places can operate at the prices they charge these days. I live near the Tempe Salvos store which is I think one of the largest.As im having issues with a new dog hassling the cat I popped in today to see if I could get a cheap baby barrier to cut off back section of the house,I could not believe the prices being asked for stuff .

34 cm tv, lost remote  $165

Grubby looking tshirts  $8

Plastic fish tank with rocks $25

Cane laundry basket,broken in several spots $ 15

30cm glass fish tank  missing lid  $ 30

Gate with missing pailings $45

Plastic baby bath $25

It was just incredible, all those things can be brought new for less. It made me wonder why people shop there.I did get a couple of good books for $4 each but with online sites like ebay and gumtree I would have thought that they would be competitive  at least.

I can understand  unusual things being priced up but who is going to pay prices so high for broken common stuff.

I did get my barrier,a cot sold as is that had the sides and ends but base missing for $20.... ideal for what 

i wanted but not much good as a cot....

[imastawka]

They might have ridiculously high prices on things,  but that doesn't mean

they're actually selling them.

But let's face it, you've encouraged them by buying a broken cot for $20

when really, it was just firewood.

Yes it suited your purpose, and you actually  got 4 barriers out of it, but

it wasn't worth $20 - maybe $5

And the Salvos here in Melbourne are not allowed to sell electrical goods.

(Well where I am, anyway)

It's a legal thing about inadvertently electrocuting people apparently.

Hope your new doggy stops annoying poor old kitty.

[lionrose.7]

We have great community and church op shops in Papamoa

Book a dollar, brand new dress on the internet for $189 I bought it for $4.

Very clean shops, most of the items have been washed and ironed.

Tops $2 to $4 dollars, the highest price I have seen was $20 on a beautiful Black leather jacket.

The Jacket ended up in Australia because a nice young friend from Aus came over and stayed a night with me, it was cold and the jacket looked better on her, so she scored that as well as a very nice Merino Jumper.

I love op shops

[serendipityricho]

Local Salvos recently purchased an old HMV gramophone (plays 78 rpm records).

It has the large metal trumpet..........$16.00--was happy with that.

Richo.

[shepherdsrule]

St Vincent de Paul and Lifeline are also guilty of this.

I have a local Cancer op shop and they are fantastic. Very well priced and because of this I always tend to tell them to add my change to the donation tin.

Something the others should consider I think, a happy customer returns, and often leaves extra change because the price was good enough to allow them to do so.

[davidc4430]

i would love one of those, i even have a dog ready to sit next to it.

what a bargain.

[bright.ton42]

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@serendipityricho wrote:

Local Salvos recently purchased an old HMV gramophone (plays 78 rpm records).

It has the large metal trumpet..........$16.00--was happy with that.

Richo.

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Wowee  I would have thought it would be worth much more as a collector's item.  I think most op shops are aware of the value of old stuff given to them but some still slips past their eagle eyes. 

A local Salvos which does stock good stuff has a new manager who is putting outrageous prices on everything, though they do have a half price colour ticket each week. 

[*tippy*toes*]

My local Salvo's and Vinnies are atrocious for prices. Salvo's are no longer not for profit so try to make as much profit as they can. Also the people who work in the shop aren't volunteers any more like the old days, they have to be paid. A few might still be volunteers, but most aren't. I won't step in there any more because the prices are ridiculous. As mentioned, you can get brand new for cheaper usually.

The local (I think) Uniting op shop is great. Their stuff is fairly priced. The put their prices fair as they want to encourage the needy to come in and buy from there. They know the (true) needy can no longer afford to shop at Salvo's or Vinnies. Like someone else mentioned, on the occasion I do buy something from in there, I always give extra because they do a fantastic job.

The volunteers do a fabulous job keeping the shop spotlessly clean and everything is ordered, not like the other place where everything is just dumped in boxes or crates for people to rat through. All the clothes are in the correct sizes, they'll have summer and winter separate, they'll often have the same colours altogether too, so if you were searching for say a pink dress, you could go straight to the pink section and not spend hours scouring over everything.

[shiver_me_shrimp]

I saw Buzz and Woody dolls at the Salvos near my work just dumped on the floor in the toy section with a price tag of $50. I'd expect that on eBay or at Cash Converters, but not at an OP shop. It also bothers me that at the Salvos, everything has to end in $0.25. DVD $3.25. Knick Knack $1.25. Can't just be $3. $1.

Vinnies are pretty reasonable around where I am, got a large Yoda glass for $0.50. $2 DVDS.

The much smaller OP shops like Save the Children have very good prices.

[lionrose.7]

The op shops on the gold Coast vinnies and Salvos had the highest prices I have ever seen in Op shops and I am going back 5 years

I have seen Target things on there designer rake priced more then you could buy them on sale, when I told on shop I had bought the same skirt new for $5 cheaper they got very rude to me.

I stay away from the Salvos over here in NZ, their shop is dirty and a lot of the cloths smell and have holes in them.