I don't wish to start a stampede....but when i was in the UK...I was told, that anyone could take things from a charity shop, without paying the stated price, because all the items have been donated to charity!Asian_Geekette wrote:When I read this line, I remembered the note that was published in the Sunday pamphlet in the church I go to... I can't believe it when I read it. I'm typing what was printed there:batgirl_cdn wrote: No one expects someone to steal a buggy like that. It really is like stealing candy from a baby - very unfair and shows how low some people can go. I'm glad to know that this kind of thing is happening in Singapore so I can be wary of that when I arrive.
"Donation of Used Items for SSVP
Please note that if you are donating used items of clothing, etc for the Society of St. Vincent De Paul, please drop it into the collection box at the Annexe (sic) Building. Do not leave it outside the box as items have been known to be carted away by passers-by. Thank you for your co-operation."
When I read it, it blew me away! Obviously (for me), what is placed around/near the collection box would be for charity... But to have other people cart it away! Whoa!
I love hunting for collectable items and I gave 20 pound for a Barn Owl studded with crystal. The charity shop was asking 35 pounds, which I thought was pushing it a little, because there was something missing from the inside, a missing miniture on a necklace, was missing...it's a beautiful trinket box and limited to a 1,000 pieces, so I decided to bargain for it...after I had researched it on the internet! I was delighted to give the 20 pound...It retailed at 99 pounds, but was sold out in the first 3 months of production, back in early 2003.
Imagine if i had walked out without paying and said well its for charity, isn't it! You can bet your bottom $ someone will have done it....but to be honest i have no idea of the legal implications of doing such a trick...
Good prams are no doubt in demand, after most of the rubbish on the market, cannot stand the unfriendly streets of many Asian Cities...Taiwan for example is a nightmare..with a pram, having to jack it up almost to get on the kerb...and you have to walk in the main road, because a lamp post is stuck in the pedestrians path...
The pram I purchased from Takishmia in Taiwan several years ago, was returned to the shop 5 times, before I demanded a full refund...It was kind of embarrassing for my Taiwanese wife.. that I caused a scene.
The pram was a manufactured nightmare, that wasn't logically made at all for Taiwan street life! My wiife said no Asian family would have made such a noise, once an item is bought. It was repaired 3 times! And the product made in Korea, was surely aimed for the friendly environment of the west...not Taiwan!
The side frame snapped off 3 times, while mounting the kerbs, and they tried to say, I had no experience of pushing a pram....Christ if they only knew how much coal, I had to pick off the railway lines, when i was a kid, they would never have dared make the claim, that i had damaged it!
I eventually got a full refund, after i said, it would cost them much more, if I was to blast emails into the population of Taiwans mail boxes, informing them of the crap they was selling.
I fret every time i go out on my 1200$ mountain bike, and have thought of plugging the chain I use to lock it up, into an electric socket, although I may electrocute some poor dog, that needs a leak Let me see, what would Mr Bean do in these circumstances