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  1. Cherelle

    Get ready for higher prices! Price freezes in two major supermarkets are ending

    There has not been a price freeze in Woolworths, I shop there every week and Cracker Barrel cheese slices were just under $7 4 weeks ago and yet when I bought them on 7th January,23 they were $9.70. Everything haas gone up in price, no price freeze and what Woolworths did do was put the prices...
  2. Cherelle

    What has happened to op shops? Have charity shops become greedy?

    I'd go op shopping at the St. Vinnies you volunteer at in a hurry. When I lived in Sydney I volunteered at Lifeline, Prices were so cheap, but I left in 2002 as I was moving out of Sydney
  3. Cherelle

    What has happened to op shops? Have charity shops become greedy?

    I'm like you now, Everything I donated to either Vinnies or Salvos. Now I'd rather just give it all to a homeless person or a family just moving into a flat or house. I have some large clothing 18-20. some electricals and plenty of sheets. I'll try Marketplace when I've sorted through it all...
  4. Cherelle

    What has happened to op shops? Have charity shops become greedy?

    Type in BN group in Facebook for your area, someone should be able to help you.
  5. Cherelle

    What has happened to op shops? Have charity shops become greedy?

    I have noticed the same, Vinnies on Central Coast had a second hand de longhi coffee maker for $150 and a second hand dress for $50,Staff told me that management need to balance their books, staff aren't happy and neither am I.Being elderly and on a paret pension with my sick husband It's not...
  6. Cherelle

    Hi everyone

    Thanks Jarred S, Much appreciated. I know it's early but Merry Christmas to everyone.
  7. Cherelle

    Hi everyone

    Hi everyone As far as the supermarkets using more self serve checkouts, I believe it's crap, I refuse to use them as I'm almost blind and I prefer to talk to the cashiers. They say this is to save money, that's so wrong, they'd spend more on electricity for these machines than paying for staff...
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