General Chat

today i went to purchase a rocking horse duck,
well it was a duck but in the the style of a sit on and ride,
you get what i mean

well they told me it werent for sale, i said Your kidding

no they replied, we dont know if the paint on it may have lead in it, so we not allowed to sell it,

well i understand the rules, and why , but isnt there a way to test paint for lead

I'm pretty sure charity shops can't sell toys unless they have the EU certification mark on.

If it wasn't for sale why was it in the shop?

Aren't the "duck type" made from plastic? My daughter (now almost 15) had one and my son has just bought one for his 1 year old daughter from Argos. Surely they were made after the rules of lead free paint came into being.

As some one said it should nt have been in the shop if it wasn't fior sale.

Talking about H & S gone mad. It was reported in our local weekly paper today that hanging baskets outside shops/businesses have been banned in a local town about 6 miles from here. The reason being that a member of staff watering the said hanging baskets could injure themselves. ??? !!!

I used to knit a lot of dolls/toys for hospital /school fetes, asked at the charity shops, but they cannot take them as they do not have a safety tag re the stuffing -although the pillows I buy to use as stuffing has the kite mark
Liz

it was in the shop window (ducky) as a window display, !!!!!!!!

i ask you, window display, for easter, hats fluffy chicks, and wooden rocking ducky,

its sad you cant make knitted toys for them, tho
cos of kite mark label,

There was a report on TV about 5 years ago about cuddly yellow soft toy ducks imported from china that had very high levels of lead in the plastic macs they were wearing. needless to say any of those I get donated go straight in the bin even if they have a CE label.

Any charity shop has to have the customers safety paramount. I personally could not forgive myself if some child was harmed because of something I sold.

i know ron
she said that the elderly lady

i understand that, its electrical, you know, anything could happen

i do understand aboutt he wooden duck and the paint

but there must be a way of tesxting paint these days,
i just didnt get why they had it displayed then say nah its not forsale

cracks you up dont it, lmao

i wouldnt put grandaughter at risk,
i dont even go in charity shops normally, but htis caught my eye, lol

As for electrical items these can be sold if they are brand new in original packaging or have been tested by a qualified ellectrician and labelled as such. However, to do the testing there has to be a separate room for this purpose wether on or off the premises.

Yes there is a way of testing for lead. it invoves sending a sample to a laboratory for analysis. I'm just guessing this would probably cost more than you could sell the item for and of course about 50% of the items that are put out for sale don't sell and are sent to other shops or for recycling.

If you ever wonder how charity shops operate just volunteer for a session.

About 60% of the stuff donated doesn't get as far as the shop floor, its just too dirty, worn out or just plain gross. (Sorry but I'm thinking of the dirty underwear, p****s enlarger, c**k rings that I've had donated in the past)

One shop I know had a toilet brush (recently used) donated in the middle of a bag of designer clothes. December 27th 2007 I had some porcelain plates donated by a very "posh" lady who told me how good they were. They were fabulous, they'd have been even better if she had washed the christmas dinner remains off them first. To be fair, the top one was clean but the rest made me want to throw up.

PMSL

Janet I had to read your post at least twice....


I thought you said you had donated the p***s enlargers and c**k rings. Rather than recieved them from a donater........


Still laughing now!!

love Theresa

Had to giggle about Janet's story too,
It's surprising now about the Health and Safety rules,
some are understandable, but others no.

The charity shop my daughter helps out at,are not allowed to sell children's toys,one day when she went to work, there were sack upon sack
full of cuddly toys,loads of them were brand new.
Teddy bears,dollies,plastic fairy castles,you know the sort.
The Manager was getting all the sacks ready to give to the bin men.

Shock horror,what a waste.
My daughter asked her Manager if she could have them all,he said yes.
So what she did was take them to a car boot sale, and sold the lot of them.
She made over £80 pounds,she then gave the money to the Charity shop.
The Manager had been told,from Head Office, not to sell anymore toys.