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Trends in vintage shopping and social media thrifting have grown exponentially, increasing the popularity of op shops. But has this made op shopping too expensive?

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00:09I definitely think it depends which stores you go to. Certainly some of them have jacked it up to, you
00:15know, market price or just above it.
00:18It's definitely gone up in the pricing, but like, you know, it's kind of understandable inflation. Everything has to have
00:24to keep up.
00:24I think we're here at Savers, I think maybe the price is a bit more expensive, yeah.
00:29I think it has. And I think obviously a part of that is just inflation and the way things get
00:34more expensive.
00:43Upshops lately have gotten really popular. People are always up shopping these days, so it's hard to find a lot
00:50of the clothing.
00:59It just draws a lot of the, I guess, the good clothing out of somewhere like Savers.
01:05It used to be just for people trying to get rid of clothes for big prices, but now it's like
01:08people will buy something and then they'll sell it for way more than it's worth to make profit.
01:13By increasing the price and the popularity of shops, that does lead to a bit of a kind of a
01:19barring out of those that might have socioeconomic circumstances to consider.
01:30I think sometimes when you see secondhand clothing for like the same price that it probably was originally.
01:46So for every cool vintage bespoke one, there's nine others doing everyday essentials and our benchmarking shows the average price
01:54item price is five bucks.
02:03The money that we raise through the shops goes to support those who are disadvantaged and less vulnerable, and they're
02:10not often in the areas where we have the shop.
02:11We'll see you wherever the shop is, and then, for the buyer.
02:18I'll make sure.
02:20I'll make sure.

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