Oh, there we are guys.
We've never had a house clearance individual now, so that's great.
Never had a house clearance firm come in to see us.
They've got, they've taken it to the charity shop, so they've gone to the charity shop, showed them pictures of it, and they've gone, oh we don't want pictures.
I saw a picture yesterday.
I saw pictures all the time, you know.
Best thing we do with pictures is when Dan puts them up, they go better if they're up on the wall, because people can see them, and they like, they go more, you can visualize them a bit better once they're up on the wall.
But they go, no, that's local charity shops.
They go, no, no, I don't want it.
Don't want it, I don't want to know, one of them said to him.
So anyway, we've said, yeah, we'll pick it up.
Don't worry about it, we'll go through it, we'll sort it.
So it's about five carloads, he thinks, of household stuff, you know.
It's all nice stuff, and see guys, it's all good stuff.
So there we are.
So what I was saying was, no, I didn't sell any of the pound clothes.
I did get rid of some of the pound clothes with the volunteers.
They had some on a lower, and some people bought.
Like, if I put that online, I'd probably get ten pound for that, because I think it's a Guinness one, isn't it?
You know, we've got so much, you know, to go online.
We've got so much online.
I'm exhausted.
My staff are exhausted.
You know, it would probably go for a pound, you know.
And what also happened was, when they tried on the coats, the coats sold.
Coats sell better if we get somebody to model them, I found.
Okay, and they go well anyway.
Coats go well anyway in the shops.
But if we put them on a volunteer, they tend to go that day, if people can visually see them.
And also, on the back of this, doing that, these are the clothes we've got for a pound today.
We had the Ibiza girls in that come in to buy their stuff from.
And they spent quite a bit between them, because they came in, they bought tops.
That's a vintage Morgan, see, but we haven't got time to list it as vintage.
You know, it's a small size as well.
You know, I got a strong bow top, I could probably get ten for that online.
But especially that one now, the haunted one, this time of year.
But it's just like, I never know when my next batch is coming in, do I?
You know, and this is, we've got rooms and rooms full.
You know, I understand why some charities take them to cash for clothes.
But to me, it's worth more as a jumper to give to somebody to keep them warm.
You know, and you're still getting more if you sell them a pound each, you know.
The way I look at it.
But like I said, the girls that come in to go to Ibiza and they bought it for their charity shop dresser.
They spent quite a bit with us.
They probably spent about 40, 50 quid between them.
Because they bought shoes, jewellery, accessories, hats, you know, they bought lots of things.
And they bought lots of unusual stuff that might have been kicking around for a while.
I put this on the other day.
I thought this was a poncho.
But looking at it now, I think it might be a tree skirt.
What could I wear a tree skirt on?
Like a fashion statement.
So they bought things like funny hats and, you know, old OAP hats and things that may have been, or like the bonnets and things that may have been hanging around a little while.
So it did work out.
So if anybody is having a...
Yes.
If anybody is having a charity shop dresser evening or a...
What do they call it?
A shite something or a shite night or something.
Or charity shop challenge for 10 pound.
Buy each other an outfit and you've got to turn up at the pub.
We get a lot of rugby boys coming in and the rugby boys are standing.
They're like looking at the dresses and they're like...
I'm like, what's the matter boys?
And they're like, oh my god, I got to buy a dress for an event.
You know, not that this is a shite night, not that these clothes are shite.
This is for the shite night, if you know what I mean.
I'm like, yes, I think you're an 18 boys.
I think you're a size 20 boys.
These are the ones you need.
They're like, oh, okay, okay.
We get a lot of people in.
So we wouldn't take offense if you were coming in and picking them up for a fancy dress.
The only time we take offense is if they come in and they've had it cheap, because we've done it cheap, because we've got an abundance of it and we want to do people an offer.
You know, and they're doing it to resell.
And not so much, because I sold reseller bags the other day, were they?
And the lady came and it was two for, I think it was £2.750, something like that.
And I did the two for a fiver because I knew it was like leggings and stuff.
Or like tops like this.
They were like, you know, so she, the lady probably wouldn't have made too much on them.
Two to three pound, you know, if you wait for them.
But it's when they come in and they're arsey about the prices.
And they're like, because they want to sell it on.
Well, if you're going to sell it on, I'll make the profit and I'll put it back into nappies.
That's what we don't like about the seller owners, you know.
So that's when the seller owners get on my nerves when they come in and they're arsey because they want to sell it on.
And they're arsey about the price.
If they come in and they're like, well, I'll have them, I'll have them because you're on offer and it's a tenner.
And they get, say they get 40, 50 quid for them online, I don't know, maybe.
Or the G-Star ones, maybe, you know, they're up for 250 if they get 15 quid for them.
And they've had to give them a clean and what have you.
Then, you know, we're not going to argue because they've paid the price we're asking.
It's when they come in and they're arsey with us about the prices to start off with.
You know, ten pounds for a vintage plate is not expensive.
Ten pounds for a vintage wedge wood plate with the box commemorative.
You know, with Winston Churchill on, isn't expensive, especially when that would be half price.
So it would be a favour.
Yeah?
These are Renne Macintosh, ten pound.
You know, they'd be a favour.
That's not expensive, is it?
Pool pottery, ten pound for the set.
Five pound today.
That's not expensive.
Don't argue with the prices.
And that's what other charity shops don't like about resellers.
This came in.
I'm thinking of keeping it.
I want to see it lit up.
But I haven't got batteries with me.
I want to see it lit up.
I think it might look nice in the window.
Keep it back.
For the window.
I've got a pick up to do tonight, guys.
I've got a pick up to do tomorrow.
Which would have been arranged and booked in.
That's lovely luck, guys.
Got the trousers with it as well.
I don't know, two pound.
I think it's a child's, isn't it?
Two pound.
It's lovely, isn't it?
I'll show you the bits for you now.
That's nice.
These are good.
I've had one of them.
Good for your scalp.
This is nice.
So, and I think we'll be doing this house clearance most possibly.
Well, it's already been done, the house clearance.
We've only got to pick it up on Sunday morning.
We'll decide on Sunday morning where we're going.
Might be that we come here.
I don't know.
We'll sort something out.
We'll sort something out Sunday, isn't it?
See what Sunday brings.
Let's hope the sun keeps shining, guys.
Let's hope the sun keeps shining.
Right, I've got a bag of food.
Just got short dates if a mother wants to pick it up today.
It's a random bag of food, but the dates are short and I don't want it going out of date unless I'm into binnit.
So I have like, it's probably about three quarters of a carrier bag.
Tins, come and pick it up please.
It's first come first served.
I'd like it gone today.
I know then that you've got time to take it home and use it.
It's free.
It's free to one of our mothers.
But obviously we want it to go to a mother that's got children so that they can feed children etc.
and themselves.
And then...
I think we're due to do a food bank shop.
So I'll need to know what nappies we've got.
I know I've got a lot of sixes over here.
I think I've got lower sizes in Risca and I think lower sizes now in Pontypool.
So like twos, threes, possibly fours.
I think maybe I'll need one, twos and threes in Risca.
But I know I've got a lot of sixes here.
Fives and sixes I think.
Yeah, I don't think we go anywhere else.
I think they're all out.
Yeah.
And then some of the notes and the ones we've put up for sale.
Because we were going to sell those.
We've still got a few left.
Only a handful of those left in Pontypool shop.
Because we get loads of notes and ones donated.
But we thought if we sell them we can put the money towards twos, threes and fours.
Which is what people need more of.
Unless mum wants them.
Give them out.
And then my lady who did this little, beautiful little display here.
It starts at 35.
She did that for us to fundraise with.
And she bought the doll off us as well.
I said we don't buy the doll.
Take some dolls out of the cupboard.
She's got two of our Reborn dolls.
Well, not Reborns.
Yeah, I think they are weighted Reborns.
To do some baskets with.
They'll obviously be dearer because we'd get about 30 pound a doll anyway.
But she's taken that and I've given her two packs of the smaller nappies for the dolls as well.
Because we get lots of those in.
But I think we will need to do a shop.
Because obviously the mothers are going to have to put the heating on and stuff now.
So we need to get things like cornflakes in.
Because I don't think we've got much breakfast cereal in.
One or two packs.
Maybe some porridge.
But of course the trouble with the porridge is we've got porridge oats.
And of course that takes energy now to cook that, doesn't it?
On the cooker.
It burns into the electric, doesn't it?
So we're in that season now where mums are like do I put the heating on?
Do I cook food?
So we could do with more ready to go sort of breakfast like the cornflakes and stuff I think.
And the UHT milk.
That's what we could do with.
Because yes we've got porridge there.
It's not too bad to cook it now.
Would take electricity wouldn't it to cook.
That's the trouble.
Some people have it because they make oat bars and stuff as well out of it which is always good.
So yes that's where we were with the clothes.
So we didn't sell them for a pound but they did go because some of the volunteers said well I like that one, I like that one.
You have them then.
And the coats always sell well when we've got a model.
So if you've got a mannequin or a model put them on there.
I think it's because people can see them better.
And yes like I said he brought other people in because they were like oh they've got quite a few pound clothes in let's nip them and have a look.
But people forget sometimes that all of this is a pound.
Some charity shops they only have one pound rail out the front or something.
All of these are a pound.
Look.
We've got tons.
We've got absolute tons guys.
You know I could put things like three, four quid on him.
But we need him gone don't we.
We need a quicker turnover.
Oh I think I've got a customer with children in a minute guys.