I'm here, guys.
Make sure you got your wet floor signs out today, guys.
Crap day.
Crap weather.
I think it's in for the week.
I'll take you round slowly.
Now don't forget, we can do payment plans now if you spend £50.
You can pay towards it weekly.
If you don't pay for it within a month, I think we'll agree to it.
I think a month, what do you think?
I mean, it depends how much you have really.
If it's £50 then, you know, it could be paid for within a month, couldn't it?
Because that's how clearpay and Klarna work.
All of these clothes, all £1.
All the ones in this basket, all £1.
Everything in here, £1.
I can't get my sign out because the stewards crashed into it.
That's a 16 now, guys, with the label.
I haven't got a tripod.
I forgot my tripod.
Not good.
So if anybody has a tripod that they'd like to donate to me, I would appreciate it.
I've got the one in the car.
I might be able to stick the car one up and put it on the holder.
So that one is a 16.
That'll be a pound.
I'm long gone in.
I'm long gone in.
They haven't moved the fly tip in the council.
I haven't done it, but they haven't shifted it either.
So that's good.
But she thinks it's hysterical the person who fly tipped it.
Have you seen her?
I've got to get down and put that rail back up.
She thinks that's hysterical.
So I'm just showing you around now.
I've had loads of jewellery.
My mum's done loads of jewellery again.
Jewellery starts £3.50 but obviously isn't a half price sale.
Most things are half price.
It will say excluded on it right on the front anyway, if it's excluded.
I've got a couple of haunted dolls and my parents have got about 10 more that they're doing to add to it.
We had some in that weren't very good condition so we were like, oh we'll use them as the haunted dolls.
You know like their hair is a bit scraggly and what have you.
These are the ones they did last year.
They've gone really well actually.
They've gone really well.
A lot of interest on vintage with the jacket.
If you buy the jacket I can throw in the bag.
If you like the bag that's with it.
Me and my cousin used to do that when we were down the ambulance all working.
We used to put it like and put a belt round it.
Because we didn't have any mannequins.
We were like we had to have imaginary mannequins.
That's the only eternal bow I got here.
Got some bits and bobs.
Think they've got some of these belts and maternity tights down Risca as well.
Lovely coats here.
Somebody was asking about coats the other day.
We've got a few.
Got a few but I don't know about sizes.
I can't remember.
Somebody asked me.
But they'll be half price.
But obviously with the £50.
These are a pound each.
Just a little fundraising.
Funny little thing.
Where do they come from then?
I tell you why they're by there.
Look they're like a foreign book.
That's why they're there.
So different language.
That's why I've separated them.
So if somebody comes in they can see them.
Got a lovely outfit there.
I've got that up this week to see if people will see it.
I can't believe that girl.
How brazen she is with that.
Because I've got the messages where she said that her builder has dumped it there.
Well they need to pick it up.
If it's her house.
If she's renting it.
And they've done that.
Or her landlord's done it.
I have the decency to tell him that you know it's been reported to the council.
It needs to be removed.
But it's going to be done for flight at me.
Because I know she's done it.
This shelf is a bit eager to be piggled.
It needs dealing with this shelf too.
I think.
I don't need that light on today.
It's a bit cold.
What am I doing now?
It's like a disco isn't it?
It's like a disco.
We've had a few people in looking at the books so that's good.
We've got the library books starting there.
But I need somewhere to put them out here now.
Because that's where they have to be.
So that mums can access them easily.
We'll sort something up.
I've got children's books to do today.
And I'm hoping to do the live at 6.30.
See what clothes we can do.
And once I get myself sorted by here.
I forgot my stickers.
But I got them.
Once I get myself sorted by here.
I might do a video of clothes.
I wonder if I bring my holder in from the car.
Because it's like a sticky one.
I could like prop it up and put it on the holder couldn't I?
And then we can show you the pound clothes.
And you can buy them.
I mean you can pick them up tomorrow.
I'm going to pick them up by 8.
But if you pay for them.
You've got 5 days to pick them up.
Because we'll put them in a bag.
Put your name on them.
But if you're not paying for them.
It's got to be done by 8 o'clock today.
I think that's fair enough isn't it?
Fair enough.
So who's sending me a message now?
Some nice stuff in there.
You know it's a mix and match.
Of winter and non-winter.
That looks like a Christmas one doesn't it?
But it looks like it's in Welsh.
That green one.
I got another car full of these pound clothes guys.
So you know.
Got to get going.
If you want tipping down.
I'd have done it from the car first.
Out of the bags.
But it's just tipping down out there.
And it's just miserable.
Soak just coming in here.
Miserable miserable day.
Right.
I'm going to try and get these children's books done today.
And then they're priced.
I'm sorry guys.
A lot of the children's books that we have are only vintage ones now.
Because we went through them all.
We got rid of all the free books didn't we?
This time last year we got rid of all the free children's books that were just you know bog standard.
The rest will be a vintage or collectible in some way.
I don't have.
I've probably got a handful in each one of cheap children's books.
But these are vintage collectible books.
But they're still half priced.
So whatever's on them they'll still be half priced.
Just for you to be aware.
So they'll be like... well some...
it depends really.
Like you know the first edition Disney's we've got them up from £10 and up some.
We've got up for like £50-60 quid and they fly out.
They fly out you know the Disney books.
But then like these piles of books will be like £1 something.
They're not majorly expensive because they're vintage.
But they're a little bit more than what a normal book would be.
But we clean them all.
We go through them all.
If there's any damage they go out for free.
You know that.
Ten bags of donations of baby stuff there to do.
Somebody asked me for a pram umbrella.
It might be too late now.
Winter's setting.
But somebody asked me for a pram umbrella.
Yes I've had one in.
It's come in in these donations.
So if you can remember.
Well I don't know who it is.
Hopefully you can remember who you are.
You can let me know.
Yes.
So if you want to come in and pick a pile of stuff and say well I want to pay for it fine.
And we can do it that way.
If it's more than £50 we can go over.
But we need to find somewhere to put this stuff now guys.
I think.
And then obviously we've applied for clear play.
Clear pay.
Klarna.
Back something.
What's back something?
Somebody had that on the stall yesterday.
I'm new to that.
We're going to try and apply for that today.
We've linked up.
Dan linked up the Facebook account.
Because obviously we're monetized.
Straight to our payment accounts now.
To go in for the rents and things like that.
So that's good.
Because the more that we make in the shops the more it goes to fundraising then doesn't it.
So anything that we sell goes to fundraising.
Is there anybody, any mothers out there that would like to come and get like two black bags of the pound clothes.
And try and sell them themselves to their friends on a whatsapp group.
Do a pop up shop in their living room.
To raise funds for nappies.
So it can go towards nappies you know.
For the community.
That's what we usually do.
When a mum does it.
We usually say well we won't use that money for the bills or anything like that.
We'll put it straight into nappies.
So if anybody would like to do that.
Or do a virtual shop from their house.
Or if anybody wants to come in and do the live.
Or do live sales of the pound clothes you're more than welcome to.
What we usually say is they need to be returned within a reasonable time.
Reasonable time is about a month.
I haven't got anything outstanding at the moment.
Only Sammy's vintage which is fine.
That's fine.
She's not going to run off with that.
Everybody else has returned anything that they had out that they couldn't get rid of or pass on or whatever.
What a day.
Rubbish out there.
Are the kids back today now?
I've just seen one with an umbrella over the kids.
Are they going back today?
Crap isn't it guys.
I mean you'll be glad anyway when you get them back.
what a day.
Miserable.
People don't want to stop seeing this weather today.
Well pop in and see us anyway guys.
We like to see you.
We like to have a chat with you anyway.
We had quite a few people yesterday.
People from New Tredegar popped in to say hello.
They hadn't been to our shops before.
Saying that Bargood Charity Shop is dreadful.
There's nothing in them.
What type of stuff will they find you?
There's all sorts here.
Anything is bound to be something here for somebody isn't it?
It is a proper curiosity shop like isn't it?
So that was good.
I have looked at Bargood guys but I need cheap rent in Bargood if I'm going up there.
I need really cheap.
Because it is dead as a door post.
We went to take on a shop up there and they took so long to do the lease and everything.
I went and got another shop in the meantime and said no I'm done now.
I said if you want me... and then I said to them because they took nearly a month and a half to finalise it all.
So I said well I've got a shop now.
I'm done now.
I don't need another one.
Unless you take that one down to £350 from £500.
Because I'm not paying you £500 now I said a month because number one I've seen the damage to the building on the back of the building.
So if health and safety come in and say I've got to get out.
I've got to get out quickly.
And number two you've had five or six shops shut down over Christmas in Bargood.
So it's not worth £500 a month rent.
And they were like oh we're doing about that.
We're doing about that.
I said well that's your option.
Either I go in there for £350 or you look for somebody else and it's still empty.
It's still locked up and it's still empty guys.
You know.
They could have had a use with a rent at £350 off us couldn't they.
But there we are.
There we are.
You can't educate stupid people can you.
See I've got a video on some of the rents.
I've done a video last night.
And Blackwood shops.
They know it's in a busy marketplace.
They've got tumbleweed blowing past in Blackwood marketplace.
That's why we left.
So you know you need to be away if you're taking on a shop in Blackwood.
It's dead as a door post up there.
We don't know what's happened.
Wherever they've saturated the high street with like all the barber shops.
All the money laundering type of shops you know.
And then there is nothing there for anybody to buy anymore.
Then I don't know.
I don't know.
People are saying it's because it's like the Bronx.
I'm like well you haven't been to Pontypool then in a while have you.
You think Blackwood's like the Bronx.
I don't know.
I don't know.
A lot of people saying.
A lot of people saying a lot of problems on the buses as well.
A lot of weirdos on the buses.
Well that will put like the older generation off going on the bus wouldn't it.
Even if they've got a free bus pass see.
You know and people don't want their kids on the bus do they.
You know they're teenagers on the bus.
Have they got idiots on there.
Should breathalyze them or whatever.
Drug test them before they come on the bloody bus shouldn't they.
I feel sorry for the bus drivers.
I haven't put up with them.
Comes to something you know when they've got to be locked in a cubicle.
When we used to go on the bus.
All of that used to be open years ago.
When all the money used to have the little coin things.
Remember I was right on the front of the tail.
Tired.
Did sleep.
Sleeping more than usual.
I had my B12 about a week ago and I feel a lot better.
So I'm going to see.
I think I have it every three months.
I do pay privately to have a B12 in between a couple of times a year as well.
But I'm going to see if they'll do it closer than three months.
But I don't know if they will.
Maybe if they do it every two months I might make it through a bit.
But as soon as I had the B12 I perked up straight away.
I felt a lot better.
Just goes to show doesn't it.
I'll have to Google what foods are rich in B12 and start eating some as well.
What a day.
Probably be here until eight ish today.
Don't block me in on the lane.
Or you'll know about it.
Don't touch that flytip and put it anywhere near our property.
Or you'll know about it.
I don't know why I gave off shrinking violet and these people think I don't eat men for breakfast.
Some of them.
So I'll try and do the live but I really need a tripod.
I keep forgetting it.
I've got loads of pound clothes guys.
Like I said we don't mess about you.
Other charity shops these would be five pound each.
It's like we've got so many.
You've got to have a bargain at the end of the day.
There's a very old saying in business.
And that's the customers pay your wages.
Now I don't take any wages but obviously you help run the baby bank.
If your customers are not happy with the price.
Before I started this I went round loads of charity shops and just listened.
To what the customers were saying.
Like the pound shop I used to listen to them in the queue.
And they used to say oh this is five pound, this is ten pound, this is eight pound.
You know and I used to think well that's fine but just have it all on one wall.
And everything else is a pound.
But that's what people don't like.
Is when it says it's a pound and it's not a pound.
And when they're in a charity shop and they've had it for free.
And yes they have got to make money.
And yes we do ring fence the deer and stuff.
Like denim jackets have gone up in price very sort after.
You know the jackets.
We get a lot of money for the coats and the jackets.
You know we do well on those.
But then other things like Tesco trousers, Premark trousers.
Nothing worse than going in a charity shop and seeing something that's Premark.
That's been worn and it's up for like five, six pound.
It probably only cost three pound fifty in the shop.
Pound in their sale.
But you've got to have a bargain.
The name of the game.
We did this to take it off.
Project Robin Hood was to take it off those charities that were exploiting it.
The local charities that were exploiting it.
Taking all the food.
Taking all of this.
Taking all of that.
Taking all of the grants.
Doing all of that.
We haven't even started with the grants yet.
You wait till they start taking the grants off them.
They'll be kicking off them when we start taking the grants off them.
Taking the clothes off them.
Because they're only cash for clothing.
How many times have those four charities that are behind the website had to make apologies because they've been cash for clothing?
It's worth more as a jumper or a pair of trousers to somebody.
The more you get for cash for clothes.
What's the point?
You'd be better off gifting it out.
Or like we do.
Fill a bag for a fiver in Pontypool.
But you've got to let your customers have a bargain as well.
We've got the expensive stuff.
We've got the expensive rails in the shop.
And they're dearer.
But they're still half price.
Because we're still okay.
So we can still do half price.
But you've got to let your customers have a deal as well.
And we make it on other things.
Like those trainers.
A lot of the men was putting laughing emojis on the trainers.
They've gone.
Snooze you lose boys.
They've gone.
They came with a receipt and a box.
They've gone.
I don't even know which ones they were.
Vapor?
Something or other?
I don't know.
Anyway.
A reseller told me that they were...
They didn't fit him.
He wanted them for himself.
He'd come to have a look at them for himself.
But he said to me, no you need to put this price on these.
Thank you for that.
They're all resellers.
A spoil of the devil are they?
But your customers got to have a bargain as well.
That's why we did this.
To take it off the rich ones.
And give it to the poor.
The ones who really need it.
My mums can't afford to go into charity shop shopping for clothes anymore.
They can't do it.
They just can't do it.
But if it's down for a pound.
They can pick up a new top.
Or a new pair of trousers.
Or whatever.
Or a jumper.
Can't they?
They haven't got to worry about coming in and spending £2 or £3 and getting a couple of items for it.
Yes we get loads of money for the Disney Teddy's.
Anything Disney we put the price up.
Because we know we're going to get the money from collectors.
Like the Jelly Cats.
Oh yeah.
We've sold Jelly Cats for like £60.
We've sold Jelly Cats for dearer the more they are in the shop.
In the Jelly Cat shops.
Because they're collectable.
And they're not even vintage yet.
Because they haven't been going that long.
Because 10 years is vintage.
20 years is antique they say.
That's what trading standards say.
But we've actually sold Jelly Cats for more.
The more they've actually been bought for.
The more that's on the tag.
That's the way it goes isn't it?
If you're a collector you're happy to pay it.
And I love the collectors.
When they come in and they say that's for me and I've had a bargain and I love it.
That's what I like.
When they're buying it to resell.
And they're standing around going I've got to buy the charge of it and the charge is £15.
Then buy the charge of it.
Go and buy a brand new one.
You know.
Or when they're trying to knock the price down.
We don't do price knocking down.
If you're trying to knock us down we put your price up.
We call it dickhead tax.
We add dickhead tax on.
But that's why we do the clothes at this price so you get them for a pound.
Fill a bag for £5 in Pontypool.
We've got so many.
We have got a room full of pound clothes that you haven't even seen yet.
A room floor to ceiling full of pound clothes.
You haven't even seen.
It's not even out on public view.
Plus I've got bags and bags in the donation center.
That I haven't even gone through yet.
So come and get them guys.
That's why they're you.
For a pound.
I've got Pepsi Max for breakfast.
And I've got spaghetti oops.
I've been eating spaghetti oops lately.
And last night I had spaghetti and sausages in the tin and they were alright.
One bad.
One bad for supper.
One bad.
Right.
I've got to go now because yesterday the council reversed into my signs and took my signs like 200 metres down the road.
And I had no idea that they were reversing with my signs on the back of their van.
Even though it was going beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep in the car.
I know that because the barbers on the end stopped them and said hang on.
Hang on.
You've taken Jayne's signs.
They're like we haven't taken them.
She said that the other week.
And they said yes you have.
You've reversed into them and killed them.
And they're on the back of your car.
But it was beeping.
The barbershop said you could hear it beeping.
So the sensor in the car was going beep beep beep beep beep.
And they were like what's making the noise?
Well that could have been a bloody kid or a dog or something.
Or an old person.
Reverse down there they did.
That's a one way street.
And killed my two signs in the process.
Thank you to the barbershop who brought them back.
Dan's going to try and fix them but they can pay for some new signs because they stole them the other week and got on my nerves.
So I've got to give them a message now.
So yes if you see stuff you like on the live now you can pay for it.
Or you can come in by 8 and pay for it.
Probably the following morning and pay for it.
But if it's not done by 10 it'll go back out on the shop floor because we can't wait.
But if you pay for it you've got five days to pick it up.
Not a problem.
Because we can package it up then and put it somewhere else.
So I'll see you in a bit guys.
I won't finish now.
I'll have to stay on.
I won't finish.
I can't get rid of you guys.
You can't get rid of me one or the other.