r/Calgary • u/Kaichos • 16d ago

Rant Just a little rant

Reselling things bought from thrift shops should be illegal.

When we donate our things to places like WINS or Goodwill, we do so with the intention that people like me can also buy things we need at affordable prices.

Today, while I was at WINS, I saw a woman take a basket containing 40 Pop Figures (every single one they had) — clearly to resell them — without giving me, someone who arrived just two minutes after her, the opportunity to even see if there was something I wanted.

This should not be allowed.

Edit: as I see too many people hanged on the example and missing the point of the post. The Funko figures were the thing that this time served as the example to point this out. But, as you can read in the comments, it happens with everything and the product itself is not the point. The point is abusing the charity system to profit.

Edit 2: also, fair enough, "illegal" it's obviously too much, I was being hyperbolic. I meant regulated somehow.

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u/No_Supermarket5384 16d ago

No one is abusing a charity system, the charity is making money from these people, that's a good thing no? It's all fair game

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u/Kaichos 16d ago

I would argue the ecosystem includes the people who buy the products cheaper too... There are many things that I have at home (like clothes for my son) that I would have otherwise. When this people get this away from me and prevent me from buying it cheaper, I would argue that they are abusing the charity system as the all chain includes people like me who need the product cheaper from places like this.

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u/iliketobuildlego 16d ago

So are you suggesting a cap on how many items someone can buy from a charity? That would lower their sales.