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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 369141, member: 37&quot;]I don&#039;t consider it taking advantage of a charity when I find a bargain.&nbsp; They priced the merchandise and I bought it. Someone else will come along and buy it if I don&#039;t.&nbsp; I don&#039;t haggle at thrifts unless something has clearly been sitting for a long time and most thrifts here won&#039;t let you on new merchandise anyway. Most have a mark-down system that anyone can take advantage of if the merchandise sits long enough. </p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that the dealer who buys something one day, may donate to you on another.&nbsp; They also help keep merchandise moving and probably buy a lot of your everyday items as well.&nbsp; As long as there are customers coming through the door, merchandise is moving, and you are meeting charitable goals, I wouldn&#039;t worry too much. There may be ways to tweak the shop to meet goals better but that is not necessarily your place to determine.&nbsp; If you are frustrated by what you see, blame may be better placed on management than the customers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also don&#039;t fault charities for trying to maximize profits.&nbsp; If it gets to the point where the customers are gone, they have done a disservice to their base.&nbsp; One thrift store has raised their prices to the point that I can no longer find much there.&nbsp; This used to be my bread and butter source and I would spend thousands of dollars a year there.&nbsp; I can still find some things there occasionally but most of my thrift expenditures now go to other sources.&nbsp; They don&#039;t seem to have any shortage of customers but things do sit longer than in the past.&nbsp; They may have cut out a lot of their dealer base but seem to have maintained enough business to keep the merchandise moving.&nbsp; I lament the fact that this source is not as lucrative for me as it once was but support the charity and what they are trying to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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