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Message:: [QUOTE="Shangas, post: 369094, member: 360"]I used to work in a charity shop for five years. I was quite happy to pay next to nothing for antiques and flip them high. The charity's got the money you gave it. What the hell else do they need? Besides, most of these shops process HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF ITEMS EVERY DAY. They simply don't have the TIME, or the SPACE to price stuff high and WAIT AROUND FOR IT TO MAYBE SELL. It has to go as SOON as it's out on the floor because there's literally nowhere else for it to sit if it doesn't sell IMMEDIATELY. I know some charity shops who try and sell antiques for higher, and oh god they SIT for AGES. I mean AGES. MONTHS at a time, whereas the shop's SCREAMING for shelf-space and floor-space for stuff that people ACTUALLY NEED, and they CAN'T, because there's no damn space to put it anywhere. So no, I don't care and I don't feel guilty. If they want to sell a huge silver bowl for $20, I'll buy it.[/QUOTE]