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Lynne

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I can't be the only person who finds the "Reservation" policy of the furniture branch of St Christopher's charity shop infuriating?

10.30 and the stuff in the new window display is already all reserved. So now I have to pass it for a fortnight looking at something I would have liked to buy and can't. If it had just come in and gone out, well, ignorance is bliss.

And apparently they pay for a window dresser and have all the trouble of phoning people about their reservations after

Why?

You're a shop. Sell stuff. Don't put it out and then say "you can't have it"

Lynne

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Yes, I've noticed that and find it infuriating..I've never actually seen anything I can buy in the window.

What they should do is a no reservations policy and items in window get sold 10am Saturday (give the full time workers a chance) and then its on a first come first served basis.

OR get an ebay account-put items in window with a link to the listing and let them go to the highs bidder-they'd also raise more that way-and could put a low reserve on the items so they don't lose out.

OR..EVEN Better post them on the for sale section of this forum with links.

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