Brits blast 'expensive' charity shops after a 2011 Disney calendar is sold for £6 and empty jam jars flogged for £2.50 (only 10p less than a full pot in Asda!)
Daily MailBritons are blasting 'expensive' charity shops and claiming the prices are getting steeper, after an empty jam jar was flogged for £2.50 and a 2011 Disney calendar was marked up as £6. Laura McInerney found an empty Bonne Maman jar priced at £2.50 in the British Heart Foundation shop in Newham Laura McInerney posted to X to express her shock at the seemingly inflated prices Bonne Maman jams can be picked up for £2.60 in Asda - or Marmalade, which comes in the same jar, will set you back £2.20 from Ocado, less than the price of the empty jar. Bonne Maman jams can be picked up for £2.60 in Asda - or Marmalade, which comes in the same jar, will set you back £2.20 from Ocado, less than the price of the empty jar But some Brits defended the steep costs, with one user writing: 'The clues in the same - it's for charity' Someone else reasoned: 'I don't think this is that bad. And it's not just this tweet that's caused concern, as other Britons have flocked to social media in recent months to question the rising prices Another quipped: 'Cost of living has gone up because even charity shops are now expensive'.
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