were you brought up in charity shops??

u_c_thesecond · 24-06-2011 10:08PM #1

The other day i was in a charity shop and got a lovely top for 4euro, delighted with myself, on my way out bumped into an old school friend who had no problem saying to me "Have you no shame shopping in there"?

Um... last time i checked we were in a recession and no one had notions anymore!!!:rolleyes:

I was raised in charity shops, a lot of my clothes were from there, and i had some pretty nice clothes. As an adult i have gotten lovely stuff there, and I will be teaching my kids that theres no shame in it. My husband on the other hand wont go near the place cos his mother raised him to be ashamed of it, says the woman whos on the dole and still looks down on everyone!

So were you a 2nd hand clothes kid??

flyaway. · 24-06-2011 10:14PM

No. We sometimes gave our clothes to the charity shop once we out grew them but our clothes never came from there. We could get cheap new clothes from Pennys.

Nothing wrong with buying from charity shops though. I buy books and stuff from there but I personally wouldn't get clothes there.

24-06-2011 10:16PM

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

The other day i was in a charity shop and got a lovely top for 4euro, delighted with myself, on my way out bumped into an old school friend who had no problem saying to me "Have you no shame shopping in there"?

So what was your old school friend doing there?

Daegerty · 24-06-2011 10:17PM

The clothes I have now will do me till the next recession. I can always get a nice beour to sew them up for me after a shag

Superbus · 24-06-2011 10:17PM

No I was brought up in a house.

u_c_thesecond · 24-06-2011 10:17PM

Jake1 wrote: »

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

The other day i was in a charity shop and got a lovely top for 4euro, delighted with myself, on my way out bumped into an old school friend who had no problem saying to me "Have you no shame shopping in there"?

So what was your old school friend doing there?

passing i guess;)

stevejr · 24-06-2011 10:19PM

I picked up a lovely pair of Y-fronts the other day. Very comfy and no stains. A bargain.

Now what'll I do about this strange rash I've developed...?

flutterflye · 24-06-2011 10:20PM

No.

Was an only child for ages, and only grandchild/niece, so was showered with clothes and other stuff.

Didn't impact on how I view charity/second hand shops though - of course there's no shame in buying clothes from there.
Why would there be?
I've bought plenty of stuff from them as an adult.

Cianos · 24-06-2011 10:21PM

Your friend is a snob.

Mary28 · 24-06-2011 10:22PM

No my parents had a few quid back in the day but everyone around me was broke in the 70s & 80s. I see nothing wrong with buying from charity shops but I don't need to and hate rumaging. I don't go to charity shops for the same reason I don't shop for clothes in TKMaxx, I don't have the time or patience for it. I love a bargain though. I think that was a bit rude of your friend, recession or no recession. Some of my friends love charity shops & they look great (sometimes - other times they look like they got their clothes in a charity shop. Ha. )

stevejr · 24-06-2011 10:22PM

flutterflye wrote: »

No.

Was an only child for ages, and only grandchild/niece, so was showered with clothes and other stuff.

Didn't impact on how I view charity/second hand shops though - of course there's no shame in buying clothes from there.
Why would there be?
I've bought plenty of stuff from them as an adult.

Bling, bling I was showered with water and soap...

strandroad · 24-06-2011 10:24PM

Not brought up there, only discovered them a year or two ago. I would definitely prefer most charity shop clothes to Penneys crap. Just recently I got a quality smart coat, the kind you wear to the theatre for 8.50 and and a brand new never worn pair of MBTs for a fiver. I work/earn but since I started browsing in charity shops/TKMaxx, eating in small ethnic places, buying books in Chapters etc I have loads more fun and I put away a grand a month. Let your friend beat that!

mud · 24-06-2011 10:24PM

No, I came to charity shops later in life . . . absolutely love them, have got some of my most loved clothes from them.

Only yesterday I picked up a lovely skirt from Monsoon with the tags still on for €3.50 . . . ba-har-ga-hen

suitseir · 24-06-2011 10:25PM

I personally, wasn't brought up IN charity shops.....brought up at home and my mother made our clothes and we got parcels of clothes from the wealthy cousins in America.

I now shop IN charity shops....recently in the UK and even during the boom I always bought the odd piece in Sue Ryder.....in fact, I picked up some Burberry in one of them some years back!

Coriolanus · 24-06-2011 10:27PM

No, we had hand me downs from older siblings and cousins.

See, back when I was a kid, families helped each other. Not every thing had to be a commodity to buy and sell. Strange, I know. :rolleyes:

Wolfe Tone · 24-06-2011 10:27PM

I worked for a charity that runs charity shops, be aware that a good bit of the clothes are dead peoples.

My name is URL · 24-06-2011 10:27PM

Never got anything from them as a kid but I bought a lovely suit jacket in a charity shop recently. Feckin' bargain it was too.. I don't see why anyone should be ashamed of it.. people buy second hand stuff online all the time, regardless of social class.

suitseir · 24-06-2011 10:28PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I worked for a charity that runs charity shops, be aware that a good bit of the clothes are dead peoples.

So?

deathrider · 24-06-2011 10:29PM

Got plenty of stuff in there over the years- clothes, video games, and CDs. I love those kinda places because you'd never know what you might find.

Mistyeyes321 · 24-06-2011 10:40PM

I was the youngest of a large family so had the Hand me down's & the odd new thing...But I love a good Rummage in a charity shop!
I would rather spend a hour in a charity shop than most highstreet shops even if I don't buy anything! I have had some old LPS in excellent condition for a small amount of money which are worth a few bob now...Also book's & I collect display spode china plates etc & managed to get one very cheap in the 1980's.:)

randylonghorn · 24-06-2011 10:40PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I worked for a charity that runs charity shops, be aware that a good bit of the clothes are dead peoples.

At least they're unlikely to ask for them back.

24-06-2011 10:42PM

suitseir wrote: »

So?

So maybe it was the clothes that killed them. Maybe the clothes are cursed and are on some sort of insane killing spree.

As for myself, I always had 2nd hand clothes but they weren't of the charity shop variety. Hand me downs from inside the family and from friends of the family.

Discovered charity shop treasures when I was 14, but haven't bought anything in one for a few years.

pragmatic1 · 24-06-2011 10:49PM

Nah I was the baby of the family and got spoilt rotten. I remember the 80s though. Lots of people I knew used to get stuff from charity shops.

Daegerty · 24-06-2011 10:50PM

I was brought up by wolves. they taught me english and all

pragmatic1 · 24-06-2011 10:50PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Never got anything from them as a kid but I bought a lovely suit jacket in a charity shop recently. Feckin' bargain it was too.. I don't see why anyone should be ashamed of it.. people buy second hand stuff online all the time, regardless of social class.

Today the middle classes would be more open to charity shops than the working classes funnily enough.

EGAR · 24-06-2011 10:51PM

No charity shops where I grew up

. I got the usual hand-me-downs from my sister. I do buy the odd gem in charity shops now though.

Wolfe Tone · 24-06-2011 10:53PM

suitseir wrote: »

So?

That just creeps me out. I used to collect clothes for a charity that runs charity secnd hand shops, a lot of it was good stuff, but the idea of wearing dead peoples clothes gives me the heebejeebies.

ballsymchugh · 24-06-2011 10:57PM

a lot of the people that shop in charity shops are well off and savvy buyers, and couldn't give a toss what anyone thinks of them. it's the group or class under them that feel embarrassed about shopping there and act like there's something wrong with shopping there.
then there's the shams that want a new set of clothes for a fiver to last the next month. savvy again!

stevejr · 24-06-2011 10:58PM

I'm currently on the lookout for a Light-Brown Columbo-style trench coat, have a feeling one will turn up soon...

stevejr · 24-06-2011 11:01PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I worked for a charity that runs charity shops, be aware that a good bit of the clothes are dead peoples.

It'd be like that new Cadbury's Ad, after the shop closes....

Superbus · 24-06-2011 11:02PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I worked for a charity that runs charity shops, be aware that a good bit of the clothes are dead peoples.

As long as they didn't actually die in the clothes, then I'm OK with that.

were you brought up in charity shops??

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