Buying from churches denied

Press, 10 June 1980, Page 6

Buying from churches denied

Private dealers in secondland clothes in Christchurch ire, upset at the suggestion hey are buying from church tores. In an article in “The Press” in Saturday, some local hurch stores were reported is saying that dealers and irofiteers made' use of their ervice. Mr A. W, Gilling, ownei >f “The Clothesbasket” in Colombo Street, said he was oncerned about such statenents. He did not buy from ither stores. To do so would ie to run a business at a loss. Before any clothes were ffered for sale, Mr Gilling aid, they were washed and roned or dry-cleaned. His rices were already ccheaper han those in the church hops. If he bought from hem, his business would luickly become uneconomic. Profiteers might be people unning garage sales. “Someimes you see suits, new, vorth $l2O selling at garage

I-,sales for $BO. It’s pointless ii | competing with that.” a 1 Mr Gilling said that his i; dearest shirt was selling for | I $3.50. A man’s suit might go ”ifor $l5. .1 i A spokeswoman for the; j 1 Fair Deal shop in ManchesterJ,Street also denied her shop; r! made use of church organisa-. tions. "Sometimes we give! I to them,” she said. i! The church stores continue s ’to maintain that some dealers j -; buy from their shops. Mrs; II Betty Fogarty, of the St Vin-! 11 cent de Paul Society, said; /there were a “couple of; a’regulars” in all the time. A! ’good quality suit in her| ji store, she said, would cost I s'not more than $lO. ; ri Mrs L. Mclver, of the: 11 Westminster Street Salvationv Army thrift shop, said that' I, the dealers who bought from] .iiher were mainly interested in ’ furniture and antiques. There ■ did seem to be, however, a; . professional interest in old-; 3 fashioned frocks.