Charity shop whinge

[Lynne]

I can't be the only person who finds the "Reservation" policy of the furniture branch of St Christopher's charity shop infuriating?

10.30 and the stuff in the new window display is already all reserved. So now I have to pass it for a fortnight looking at something I would have liked to buy and can't. If it had just come in and gone out, well, ignorance is bliss.

And apparently they pay for a window dresser and have all the trouble of phoning people about their reservations after

Why?

You're a shop. Sell stuff. Don't put it out and then say "you can't have it"

Lynne

[Valoba unique]

Lol seems very frustrating

[bigtony2]

I agree ! This has been getting to me for a long time now. I think its a racket and the manager is reserving it all for someone before the general public get a chance to buy.

[NewWave]

Yes, I've noticed that and find it infuriating..I've never actually seen anything I can buy in the window.

What they should do is a no reservations policy and items in window get sold 10am Saturday (give the full time workers a chance) and then its on a first come first served basis.

OR get an ebay account-put items in window with a link to the listing and let them go to the highs bidder-they'd also raise more that way-and could put a low reserve on the items so they don't lose out.

OR..EVEN Better post them on the for sale section of this forum with links.

[edcam]

Give them a break, they need window dressing and don't have the resources to redress every time someone wants something. Of you want it that badly then I'm sure it's not too much of a hardship to wait is it?