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View submission: Brilliant, thanks.
As always with these posts they just look online and see what people are selling them for.
Sometimes they're worth more than you'd image.
Sometimes it's chancers and the charity shop should have looked at sold prices rather than listed ones.
In this case this looks like an absolute bargain. You could buy and resell for a hefty % profit:
Comment by BuildingArmor at 01/02/2025 at 20:44 UTC
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Exactly this, simple supply and demand.
If you could go buy one new, you'd pay a quid. But you can't, so if you want one you have to pay market price.
A pack of Pokémon cards in 1999 probably cost a few quid. If you wanted to buy that exact same pack today, it'll cost you hundreds.
Comment by worotan at 01/02/2025 at 20:39 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yeah, and if they don’t, then plenty of people will wander in, look through the shelves while on their phones checking prices, and only buy anything they can sell for a profit.
Charity shop pricing can be badly done, but people ignore that side of the story. What’s the point in just being a sorting room for people to come and only buy what’s valuable on the resale market?