Buying Stuff from Charity Shops and Selling Them on for More

This would be a great money earner if you can buy something thats an expensive brand and sell it on for a profit.

I don't think it's that easy now, alot of charity shops sell the designer items or items of high value online themselves on ebay ect. Personally, I think that charities shouldn't be paying CEOs excessive wages ect so if someone can make a quid or two for themselves then why not, considering vast amounts £££ don't actually make it to help people anyway.

It’s surprising if you look into it how little of the money actually makes it to the good cause. Of course there are two arguments to this - they have to pay for the shops, accountants fees, directors etc.

on the other hand - directors and accountants should maybe give their time for free and councils should give charity shops a break on rates etc for the properties?

Win win win win. Someone gets rid of what they not longer want without it going to land fill, Charity gets the money they asked for, somebody makes a living and somebody gets something they want.

My mother runs charity shops and knows all the traders but saying that she also knows whats good and sometimes sells designer stuff for hundreds

Up and down the country people will go to a antique shop ior car boot and buy some old tat which will then because the buyer knows what they are buying is worth far more than they are paying for it . On a Sunday you see Antiques roadshow and you will hear at least once a person paying 50p at a car boot or in a charity shop . This is just an extension of thrift resellers .I do it and I am sure so many other people do it . I have heard from charity shops that they are incredibly thankful for the items as in todays day and age some people don't do charity shops and just post it on there local free to collector pages.

i think this is a good business idea as you’re not stealing from charity because you still pay for what they valued items at but then you can use ur skills as a reseller to get more for it elsewhere

also if i wanted to give to charity i’d rather sell on for money and then donate directly so i know all the money is actually going to charity

I like going to charity shops and bootsales for bargains and if i see something i know is worth more than its selling for i buy it for friends/family or sell it on (i havent done it enough to make a living). I do car boot sales over a few weeks in the summer to empty my attic of all the stuff weve shoved up throughout the year and you see the same resellers everyweek bright and early buying all the good stuff. I dont care if they buy off me to resell aslong as i get what im asking but i do bump up the price a bit when they ask

We've been doing this for years.We've had some very good bargains that we've sold on for profit.The way we look at it is we've paid the price of the item which goes to the charity and if we can make a few extra ££££ then fair enough.

No harm done. You buy from charity so supporting them and then support yourself and friends,family etc. Makes perfect sense as do you have to run the chance that it might not sell..

I wish I was good at it - I’m great at sourcing a good deal. But to sell it on? I often buy things I love, and when it’s at a bargain price, I treat it as if it were worth more.

I used to do this along with boot fairs but I find now charity shops can be so expensive and the costs fees of sites such as eBay make it harder to actually make profit

I wish I knew how to do it lol my friend does it and makes a fortune she makes enough money to pay her site fees each month for a caravan your not stealing from charitys as you need to purchase from them so both are profiting

When I worked in a charity shop loads of people would come in looking for things to sell on I don't think it's bad the shop makes money

Why not if you can do it