Went into town to get a second hand tee shirt for a child of about 7 years old. Lots of charity shops in Bridgend so I didn't forsee a problem, how wrong could I have been?
The charity shops no longer sell children's clothes, or have a very small rail, their excuse being, there isn't enough room. I would have thought with the rate that children grow that the clothes they recycle would be near enough new, or in the case of a new baby some are not worn at all as babies grow so quickly in the first few months. There should be rails and rails of beautiful children's clothes.
I get really annoyed with the way they have started to charge quite a good deal of money for their second hand stuff. Just the other day my neice Claire fancied two oil lamps displayed in the window of Oxfam. "I'll go up to £10 each" she had shouted as I went through the door on a mission to buy them. Unfortunately, the woman behind the desk wanted £23 each for them. When I argued that they were grossly overpriced she was adamant that they had only just been received into the shop and that of course they had to ask a good price as the proceeds were going to such a good cause. I suppose I was at that point expected to agree with her and feel ashamed of myself for trying to bargain with such a saint.
Well, I spent three days in a field freezing to death in the pouring rain working for Oxfam doing my bit for a good cause, I felt I deserved those lamps at a reasonable price. What happened to the days when you could walk in and buy a lovely garment for 50 pence or a bit of tat for 20 pence?