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The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I work in a charity shop & there's a gift nobody wants but people keep buying – please stop, we get hundreds donated
Read on for our top tips to find a bargain at the charity shop QUIT IT I work in a charity shop & there's a gift nobody wants but people keep buying – please stop, we get hundreds donated A CHARITY shop worker has released a public announcement begging people to stop buying items that always land in their stores. Meg, from the UK, took to social media to let people know what gifts you shouldn't bother buying for your friend. Advertisement 4 Meg shared the two gifts nobody wants that end up in her charity shop Credit: tiktok/@alottameg 4 Cheese boards and cheese knives were constantly being donated Credit: Card Factory In the clip, the young woman said: "Your friends don't want a f**king miniature cheese board set for Christmas. "And do you know how I know that? "Because we get donated about 500 of them. Every year." Meg said it wasn't just during the festive period either, the circulation of unused cheese boards and fancy cheese knives was constant all year. Advertisement And to make it worse, the shops can't even sell them "We can't even put them out because we can't have sharps in the shop," she explained. She also shared another item charity shops were sick of seeing - elephant trousers. "Those stupid f**king elephant trousers that everyone wears when they go travelling around Asia," she said. Advertisement "I don't want to see them anymore. Okay? I understand it's fun when you're out there, but why are you bringing them home?" Meg asked what was the point in buying something you know you won't wear when you get home, warning people to 'stop frivolously buying s**t." 4 And these printed trousers always ended up in the store Credit: I hit the jackpot with a random £2 charity shop buy worth £115 The clip soon went viral on her TikTok account @alottameg with over 1.2 million views and 133k likes. Advertisement People were quick to share their thoughts in the comments. One person wrote: "Me watching this in my gifted elephant trousers." Another commented: "I appreciate you putting this out there, I'm sick of pointless gifts that the earth doesn't want." "Lol I work in a charity shop & the influx of teacher gifts we've had in the last couple of weeks is crazy!" penned a third. Advertisement 4 She warned people to stop buying stuff just for the sake of it Credit: tiktok/@alottameg Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London. Choose your area - As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated. Don't hang around - If you see something you like, buy it, as it'll likely be gone when you come back Look out for cut-off labels - Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn't sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes. Stay at home - While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis. many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope. You won't get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you're looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too. Meanwhile a fourth said: "Ignore her… I want a mini cheese board set for Christmas." "I'll happily accept a mini cheese board set,' claimed a fifth Someone else added: "This now makes sense why I can never find cheese knives in the charity shop."
Scottish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I work in a charity shop & there's a gift nobody wants but people keep buying – please stop, we get hundreds donated
Read on for our top tips to find a bargain at the charity shop QUIT IT I work in a charity shop & there's a gift nobody wants but people keep buying – please stop, we get hundreds donated Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A CHARITY shop worker has released a public announcement begging people to stop buying items that always land in their stores. Meg, from the UK, took to social media to let people know what gifts you shouldn't bother buying for your friend. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Meg shared the two gifts nobody wants that end up in her charity shop Credit: tiktok/@alottameg 4 Cheese boards and cheese knives were constantly being donated Credit: Card Factory In the clip, the young woman said: "Your friends don't want a f**king miniature cheese board set for Christmas. "And do you know how I know that? "Because we get donated about 500 of them. Every year." Meg said it wasn't just during the festive period either, the circulation of unused cheese boards and fancy cheese knives was constant all year. And to make it worse, the shops can't even sell them "We can't even put them out because we can't have sharps in the shop," she explained. She also shared another item charity shops were sick of seeing - elephant trousers. "Those stupid f**king elephant trousers that everyone wears when they go travelling around Asia," she said. "I don't want to see them anymore. Okay? I understand it's fun when you're out there, but why are you bringing them home?" Meg asked what was the point in buying something you know you won't wear when you get home, warning people to 'stop frivolously buying s**t." 4 And these printed trousers always ended up in the store Credit: I hit the jackpot with a random £2 charity shop buy worth £115 The clip soon went viral on her TikTok account @alottameg with over 1.2 million views and 133k likes. People were quick to share their thoughts in the comments. One person wrote: "Me watching this in my gifted elephant trousers." Another commented: "I appreciate you putting this out there, I'm sick of pointless gifts that the earth doesn't want." "Lol I work in a charity shop & the influx of teacher gifts we've had in the last couple of weeks is crazy!" penned a third. 4 She warned people to stop buying stuff just for the sake of it Credit: tiktok/@alottameg Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London. Choose your area - As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated. Don't hang around - If you see something you like, buy it, as it'll likely be gone when you come back Look out for cut-off labels - Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn't sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes. Stay at home - While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis. many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope. You won't get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you're looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too. Meanwhile a fourth said: "Ignore her… I want a mini cheese board set for Christmas." "I'll happily accept a mini cheese board set,' claimed a fifth Someone else added: "This now makes sense why I can never find cheese knives in the charity shop."
The Irish Sun
13-06-2025
- Health
- The Irish Sun
I wanted to unzip my skin after getting a virus from a charity shop – I tried a silly TikTok hack… don't make my mistake
A WOMAN has warned against trying out a silly "TikTok trend" after she ended up contracting a skin infection when trying it out in a charity shop. Meg had 3 Meg ended up in hospital when a rash that had started behind her ears and on the back of her neck started spreading Credit: tiktok/megsdeangelis 3 She couldn't figure out where she'd got the skin infection from - until she remembered a video where she'd tried out a TikTok trend in the charity shop Credit: tiktok/megsdeangelis 3 She warned other shoppers to always wash the clothes they get from the charity shop to avoid finding themselves in a similar situation Credit: Alamy As she and her friend prepared to head to the tanning booth, Meg's pal pointed out that a small rash that had started on the back of her neck a week before was "spawning" onto her face. And because she had the beauty filter turned on for the video, she hadn't noticed. However the itchiness was hard to ignore, as Meg said she "literally want to unzip out of my skin". After deciding she wouldn't have the tan, Meg instead opted to head to the local hospital, as she said that the speed at which the rash spread "scared" her. Read more Charity shop stories Once she was at the urgent care centre, the doctor told her they were going to treat the rash in two ways - one with oral antibiotics, and one with a cream. When she left, Meg was scratching her head trying to figure out where she could have contracted the virus. She'd previously tried swapping her shampoo, skincare products and jewellery, as she thought they may have been responsible for the little bumps first appearing. However, once she'd been to the hospital, she once again tried to figure out how she had ended up with the infection - and decided to look through her previous videos to see if it jogged her memory. Most read in Fabulous When she did so, she came across a clip of herself in the charity shop - where she tried out a TikTok hack which involves wrapping the waistband of jeans around the neck to see if they'd fit. And when she suggested to the doctor that the hack could have potentially been responsible, he immediately agreed. We went hunting in the charity shop's 'rag house' and were stunned by our discoveries - we found a £80 bag & £600 shirt So Meg then "I just wanted to come on here and say I'm so sorry, I take full responsibility for like spreading that trend," she sighed. "Please don't try that!" She also urged people to always wash their charity shop clothes before putting them on. "That was what caused it," she concluded. And the comments section was almost immediately filled with people stunned by Meg's revelation. Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London. Choose your area - As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated. Don't hang around - If you see something you like, buy it, as it'll likely be gone when you come back Look out for cut-off labels - Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn't sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes. Stay at home - While some charities have their own site, like "Omg I've been doing that hack for YEARS," one gasped. "Stop…I do this all the time…!" another said. "Got it - I will never be doing this again," a third promised. "I've done the jean trick for years - have never had this happen but nice to know it could be unsafe," someone else wrote. "Same - I think it was the hangers at this specific store!!" Meg replied. While others shared their own similar "horror stories", with one writing: "My ex got ink poisoning from his new jeans for wearing them before washing them. "He was in the hospital because of it!" "Thrifting horror story: when I was a child I had a veryyy small on my foot cut from a stubbed toe," another added. "We bought some light up Barbie shoes from a thrift store that my mum let me wear straight out of the store. "I ended up getting very intense staph that had me hospitalised and almost lost my leg." "As someone who works in retail, the clothes stay out all day, thousands of people touch them everyday," a third commented. "We do not wash the clothes - we fold them, fix them up, that is it. "WASH THE CLOTHES BEFORE U WEAR THEM." "This is why I wash everything used or new in stores before I wear it!" someone else sighed.
Scottish Sun
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I hit the jackpot with a £2 charity shop buy that is worth £115 – it's why you should always check a certain section
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THERE are more and more resellers raiding charity shops in a bid to find bits to sell on for a profit. So it can often be a bit disheartening when you scour the shelves and end up coming away empty handed. 6 A reseller has explained there's a section in the charity shop that should never be ignored Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 And that's the board game section - where he found this special edition Monopoly Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 The game has a Littlest Pet Shop theme, and is very rare - so he was chuffed he got it for just £2 Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 He double checked that everything was inside the box before purchasing Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller But that could be because you're looking in the wrong places, one reseller has explained. The shopper took to TikTok to share one of his recent finds - a £2 buy that ended up being worth a whopping £115. The product in question? A Littlest Pet Shop version of Monopoly. And Kev added that the purchase is proof that you should always check the board games on sale in your local charity shop. "This Monopoly game is worth crazy money!" he wrote over the top of his video. Adding in the caption: "Always worth checking out those board games!" "You're obviously never quite sure what you're going to find when you walk into a charity shop, but this one definitely surprised me," Kev began the video. "Of course you're always seeing the board game Monopoly in charity shops, but if it's one that you haven't seen before, sometimes it's worth taking a closer look. "I had never seen this Littlest Pet Shop before and there was good reason why, because it is a pretty rare game." Kev removed the sellotape on the box to have a look inside, to find that the four playable pet pieces were inside and in mint condition. The secret part of the charity shop you're forgetting to check for unique buys - I found a perfect dress in mine for £4 The rest of the game also appeared to be complete. There was no price on the box, so Kev took it up to the till, where he was told that board games are sold for £2 each. "And there we go, board game secured for £2, absolute bargain!" he said. "After a few minutes of sorting everything out, I got the pieces together and it was fully complete and actually in really, really good condition. "The character playable pieces were really good, the money, the cards, even had the discarded cards in there, this has not been played with much at all." Kev then had a look on eBay to see how much the game could potentially fetch - and was stunned to see one exactly the same as his that had sold for £115. Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London. Choose your area - As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated. Don't hang around - If you see something you like, buy it, as it'll likely be gone when you come back Look out for cut-off labels - Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn't sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes. Stay at home - While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis. many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope. You won't get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you're looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too. "There is another one that sold for £73 and one of the figures on their own also sold for £52, pretty crazy!" he grinned. "Looking at what's actually currently listed at the moment, there is nothing, none of the full game whatsoever, just bits and pieces, so fingers crossed I should be getting that £115, maybe a bit more!" People were quick to comment on the video, with many sharing their own similar finds. "I once found a Ghettopoly set in mint condition for £2.99 … I resold it for £100," one wrote. "That was my one and only ever bargain!" "I found a sealed snoopy limited edition one for £1.50 few years ago in charity shop, and Ghetto Monopoly," another added. "Wow!!!! I would have completely bypassed this, thanks for the tip Kev! Cracking find," a third praised. With someone else calling it "an awesome find". 6 When he got it home, he was even more pleased to see that everything was in pristine condition - even the pretend money Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller
The Irish Sun
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I hit the jackpot with a £2 charity shop buy that is worth £115 – it's why you should always check a certain section
THERE are more and more resellers raiding charity shops in a bid to find bits to sell on for a profit. So it can often be a bit disheartening when you scour the shelves and end up coming away empty handed. Advertisement 6 A reseller has explained there's a section in the charity shop that should never be ignored Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 And that's the board game section - where he found this special edition Monopoly Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 The game has a Littlest Pet Shop theme, and is very rare - so he was chuffed he got it for just £2 Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 He double checked that everything was inside the box before purchasing Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller But that could be because you're looking in the wrong places, one reseller has explained. The shopper The product in question? A Littlest Pet Shop version of Monopoly. And Kev added that the purchase is proof that you should always check the board games on sale in your local charity shop. Advertisement Read more Charity shop stories "This Monopoly game is worth crazy money!" he wrote over the top of his video. Adding in the caption: "Always worth checking out those board games!" "You're obviously never quite sure what you're going to find when you walk into a charity shop, but this one definitely surprised me," Kev began the video. "Of course you're always seeing the board game Monopoly in charity shops, but if it's one that you haven't seen before, sometimes it's worth taking a closer look. Advertisement Most read in Fabulous "I had never seen this Littlest Pet Shop before and there was good reason why, because it is a pretty rare game." Kev removed the sellotape on the box to have a look inside, to find that the four playable pet pieces were inside and in mint condition. The secret part of the charity shop you're forgetting to check for unique buys - I found a perfect dress in mine for £4 The rest of the game also appeared to be complete. There was no price on the box, so Kev took it up to the till, where he was told that board games are sold for £2 each. Advertisement "And there we go, board game secured for £2, absolute bargain!" he said. "After a few minutes of sorting everything out, I got the pieces together and it was fully complete and actually in really, really good condition. "The character playable pieces were really good, the money, the cards, even had the discarded cards in there, this has not been played with much at all." Kev then had a look on eBay to see how much the game could potentially fetch - and was stunned to see one exactly the same as his that had sold for £115. Advertisement Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London. Choose your area - As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated. Don't hang around - If you see something you like, buy it, as it'll likely be gone when you come back Look out for cut-off labels - Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn't sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes. Stay at home - While some charities have their own site, like "There is another one that sold for £73 and one of the figures on their own also sold for £52, pretty crazy!" he grinned. "Looking at what's actually currently listed at the moment, there is nothing, none of the full game whatsoever, just bits and pieces, so fingers crossed I should be getting that £115, maybe a bit more!" People were quick to comment on the video, with many sharing their own similar finds. "I once found a Ghettopoly set in mint condition for £2.99 … I resold it for £100," one wrote. Advertisement "That was my one and only ever bargain!" "I found a sealed snoopy limited edition one for £1.50 few years ago in charity shop, and Ghetto Monopoly," another added. "Wow!!!! I would have completely bypassed this, thanks for the tip Kev! Cracking find," a third praised. With someone else calling it "an awesome find". Advertisement 6 When he got it home, he was even more pleased to see that everything was in pristine condition - even the pretend money Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller 6 And when he looked on eBay, he found this one was selling for £115 Credit: TikTok/@kevthereseller
