Bought for £4.99 from Charity shop, sold for £500. Would you donate further?

Doogles said:
Depends on the shop. I might consider dropping £20 in if it was a charity I liked, if it was Oxfam no way. You could always give the money to another charity after all it would still be for a decent cause.
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This. If it was a large charity chain it's not going to make an awful lot of difference (this isn't Children in Need), but if it's a small independent shop and the cause is close to their hearts then I don't see why not.

It's on their conscience though. If it bothers them they can donate a small amount, if doesn't then don't. Simple.
 
Rids said:
No, keep it.

I'll add a little anecdote from my mum who volunteers for a charity shop a couple of days a week to get her out of house. She regularly maintains the shops book section, so when people donate books she has to sort them, put them out, etc.

One day somebody dropped off a stash of old books, for some reason the shop took their details, I'm not completely sure of the reasoning why, but they did. In this stash of old books was a collection of first editions which my mum swiftly identified. As a collection they were valued at £42k, they eventually sold at auction for close to the valuation.

Did the shop make any attempt to contact the person who donated the books to let them know they may have mistakenly donated items of significant value? Did they ****. Charity kept it all for itself.

Edit: I should clarify that things were swiftly taken out of my mums hands, so it was not her who was completely cutthroat!
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That's disgusting IMO. That is an abuse of people's good nature.
 
robfosters said:
That's disgusting IMO. That is an abuse of people's good nature.
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Sure it's an extreme example and a good anecdote, but where do you draw the line? £40k, £4k?, £400?, £40? How much time do you spend chasing up people who might have donated something without knowing it's value?

What about all those people who sell things at a car boot sale for 50p? Would you also expect the buyer to try and make contact when it turns out to be worth a few grand?
 
wedrum said:
no blow it on hookers.
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Hahaha. Why stop there?

Honestly if it was a local charity shop I'd throw them £25 or something. Which is a significant increase on what they were selling it for.

You don't charge antique collectors who do this all the time and make thousands off car boots etc. I don't see why a charity deserves overly special treatment.
 
punch your dad in the baby makers to let him know he's a miserable miserly sod, then take a dump through the letterbox to let him know you mean business
 
If it was spotted and they knew it was worth considerably more then yes it would be the right thing to do.

If they were totally unaware of it's true value on purchase then maybe not.

Basically did they take advantage of the charity shop?
 
Nevakonaza said:
Id keep the £500,With charity's these days i just dont have confidence that they actually get the money,After legal/Admin costs and middle men etc.
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Give it directly to a local Hospice then or something like Air Ambulance...they may be looking after you or a close relative someday.
 
MookJong said:
If it was spotted and they knew it was worth considerably more then yes it would be the right thing to do.

If they were totally unaware of it's true value on purchase then maybe not.

Basically did they take advantage of the charity shop?
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Lol it makes no difference if they knew the value, finders keepers you know, like I say charity begins at home.
 
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