FeedMental note – do not give anything to Oxfam
Thursday, July 13 2006
I was walking down New Bond Street today and saw that Oxfam has a shop there. How on earth can a charity shop afford having a shop at New Bond Street? The rent and rates are astronomical in that part of Westminster. It is W1 for heavens sake!!
Shoppers shopping on New Bond Street are not very likely pop in to Oxfam to shop. It does not raise the profile of the charity to have a shop there, in fact it has the direct opposite effect.
I am cynically enough about most charities, sadly, and it does not help when I see stuff like this. I do not give anything to Oxfam so I do not feel rob by this sighting.
… just had a moan to BF about this and he, of course, took the opposite view …
He said that the shirts etc was sold for £60 etc and Oxfam would not be able to sell the upmarket items anywhere else for that price.
Me: *tsk* its a charity shop and shouldn’t sell items for that price. I live in area where there are poor people and I don’t see any of the big charities having any shops in this area. There is a Buddhist centre in the area that has a charity shop and their doorway is used as a exchange for 2nd hand items.
July 14th, 2006 at 0:16
Well, I regret to say that i agree with BF. If you need money, go where the money is. Charities use various mens to help; some by faith and free second hand clothes like the buddhists you mentioned, others with money like the red cross and oxfam.
The big issue here is if you want to help people outside you own country you need funding not second hand clothes.
But I still see how you can get offended.
July 15th, 2006 at 0:34
Its a weird weird world, innit it?
July 15th, 2006 at 22:21
Yup