Chapter 412 Clothes Rental Bureau
The so-called Clothes Rental Bureau originally came from Purficott’s idea when he saw the piles of “old clothes” that had never been worn in Princess Anne’s wardrobe. .
It’s just that Purficott’s idea at that time was to organize a charity sale and auction these “old clothes” that the eldest princess did not wear, in exchange for charity funds that would be used to improve the lives of the poor in Langton.
This is actually very similar to what the original World Charity Fund did, which was to auction something off and then use the proceeds from the auction for charity.
It’s just that the so-called charity auctions in the original world are basically similar to money laundering. They can only be regarded as a kind of social networking to put money on the faces of the rich, and the so-called charity funds are also used to a large extent. Tax avoidance.
As for how much charity they have really done?
Sorry, animal protection and dog rescue have formed a specialized industry chain. Some people collect dogs from other areas and put them in special places, and then people from charity funds come to carry out so-called "rescue", thereby providing the local government with Fraudulent subsidies.
You can imagine the charity that really helps others.
Perficott remembers that someone once made a very ironic video in the original world, that is, a charity fund funded so-called poor children in Africa to go to school. It turned out that the child was a local relative and drank Coke every day. , the air conditioner is blowing, and if necessary, I will perform a scene in front of the camera, and then I will receive a high subsidy to watch the really hungry children who are so skinny that they can't even drink a sip of clean water.
Of course what Purficott wants to do is not this kind of charity. The clothing rental bureau she set up is serious about doing practical things.
Its main operating model is indeed not much different from that of charities in the original world, but it is essentially a semi-official private industry directly affiliated with the Northern Lords' Palace.
Because the so-called Clothing Rental Bureau is an industry that completely belongs to Purficott himself. It is only because of Purficott's special status that it has a certain official nature.
Although the main operating model of this clothing rental bureau is similar to that of charities in the original world, Perficott made it clear at the beginning of establishing this organization that it does not accept any donations, and all operating funds are provided by Disbursed by the Lord's House.
The purpose of this is of course to avoid unnecessary trouble, and at the same time ensure that this organization can operate according to its own will.
As for how the clothing rental bureau does charity, this is just a personal idea of Purficott.
As the name suggests, the Clothing Rental Bureau is a place for renting clothes, and the charity it is mainly engaged in is exactly this business that sounds strange and has nothing to do with charity.
Due to the special environment in the north, although the people at the bottom are equally poor, they basically still have stable jobs and can make ends meet.
There are no lower-class poor people like Langton who are completely struggling on the line of abject poverty, can't even eat enough, and are hungry for a long time.
This also leads to the fact that charity in the north does not need that kind of completely free help, but needs some more practical improvements in life.
After all, everyone has a job and is able to support the whole family on his own, but his life is just a little bit harder. It is not that he is poor and needs help from others to survive.
Most of these people have a certain level of self-esteem, and if they directly offer assistance or free assistance, it will be regarded as a humiliation to them to a large extent.
Even if neither the helper nor the person being helped has such subjective intention, for these people who are capable of working and can support their family, free assistance will indeed make them feel humiliated.
Perficott has some experience in this, so she provides cheap clothing rental services to these poor people instead of simple free help.
She asked the factory to produce a batch of winter clothes made of synthetic fibers, and then put them in the clothing rental bureau, "renting" them to the lower class people in need at very cheap prices. For these lower class people, they only need to spend one-tenth of the price of this piece of clothing to rent it for the entire winter.
Of course, these require registration and pledge, or even guarantee.
Although Purficott does charity, he does not want to meet some people who are greedy for petty gains.
At first glance, this does not seem to be a very cheap price. Renting a piece of clothing for one-tenth the price and only wearing it for one winter is a bit of a luxury.
If you buy it normally, although the price is ten times more expensive, it can't stand up to people of this era. One piece of clothing can be worn for several generations.
For example, in Purficott’s wardrobe there are some ancestral clothes that the old butler dug out from Brandlis Manor. Some of the dresses were worn by Purficott’s grandma’s grandma, and some were worn by her grandma. Traditional Victoire men's clothing was purchased by her grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's generation.
It is conceivable that even if productivity increases in the industrialization era and there are indeed more clothes, it is still a tradition to cherish clothes and wear one piece of clothing for several generations.
Even in the original world, it was not like Perfectcott had never experienced the era of wearing his father's clothes when he was a child. The main point was that a piece of clothing could be worn for more than ten years and still look like new.
So one-tenth of the price can only be rented for one winter, which is really not cheap.
The reason why Purficott sets the threshold like this is to prevent some people who want to take advantage of others, and to help some people who are in need but are unwilling to show that they need help due to self-esteem.
Because in addition to setting a nearly high rent, Purficott also designed a supplementary rule, that is, after one winter, people who rent clothes can use one-third of the total price of the clothes. I bought this dress for a price of one.
In other words, people who rent clothes wear them for one winter for one-tenth of the price of the clothes, and then buy them for one-third of the price.
If you do the calculation, you will find that this is indeed charity, because buying a cotton coat that can survive the winter at one-third of the market price is still affordable for most families, and they also There won't be that feeling of being humiliated.
This not only takes care of their self-esteem, but also really helps them.
Because of this, many people are willing to spend a little money to rent a few winter clothes from the clothing rental bureau so that their family can have a more comfortable winter.
And these people who rent clothes are silently grateful to Perfectcott, thanking her for setting up the clothes rental bureau and solving their urgent needs.
After all, for these people, they really don’t have much money to buy winter clothes, and people who need to save money really can’t spend a lot of money to buy clothes.
But now, for the price of one piece of clothing in the past, ten pieces of clothing could be rented, enough for a family to spend the winter.
(End of this chapter)