'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

Tete_en_l'Air

It depends on the book but anything over £1.49 I'd think twice to be honest, last time I bought books in a charity shop I got four for £6 so about £1.50 each ... haven't read any of them yet obviously!

jintyb

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

It depends on the book but anything over £1.49 I'd think twice to be honest, last time I bought books in a charity shop I got four for £6 so about £1.50 each ... haven't read any of them yet obviously!

Naturally! Mine new ones will go up on the shelf to meet all the others I've not read yet:rotfl:
Thanks for your reply re prices tho, that's really interesting. Mind you, I find the cheapest has been my Mums church sale - 30p per book. It's only once a year tho, and this year I didnt buy any as I was trying to stay on the wagon!:rotfl:

Surbybird

Hello

I was directed here by niccatw and as I am trying very hard to not buy 9 books at a time from Waterstones, I thought I'd seek moral support in here.

Charity shops in this neck of the woods charge about £1.50 for books, but once I picked one up that was marked 99p and they charged me £1.50. I did point out that it said 99p and they got a bit stroppy and said that I should be happy to pay the higher price because it was for charity!

And I've just finished reading '206 Bones' by Kathy Reichs.



Kate

Tete_en_l'Air

That's not the point though is it Surbybird, they get it for nothing, what if you'd only had £1 on you?

Oh I know Jinty - jumble sales and car boots are definintely the cheapest places for books!

Surbybird

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

That's not the point though is it Surbybird, they get it for nothing, what if you'd only had £1 on you?

Oh I know Jinty - jumble sales and car boots are definintely the cheapest places for books!

I paid the higher price anyway because I wanted the book but it was a bad attitude.

I never think of jumble sales or car boots but I did grab a box of books from Freecycle a while back. I re-Freecycled about half of them and read the rest.

K

niccatw

Around my way, it depends on which charity shop you're in - and where it is.

The Oxfam book shop is by far the most expensive! The second-hand dealer book shops are less expensive!

I did get a hard-back copy of Marley and Me for 50p in one though - which had been duly chewed at the corner by a dog :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. I can't believe they didn't keep it .

elfen

I am being virtuous and have only bought one book. I'm also planning a mag subscription removal in May as I don't have the time right now to read magazines....and the money will go towards debt

I am pondering (as it's my birthday in exactly one month) whether to allow myself a birthday book....recommendations all received.

feedumall

all the charity shops in my area charge about 2 pounds for a book:eek: it is cheaper to buy from amazon,if you take into account the parking and petrol,to far to walk ,did buy two hardbacks from the pound shop that look really good:o but sold two so a stalemate really:o.

Ames

Charity shops round here vary wildly. I don't go in Oxfam anymore cos they're stupidly high. As a general rule BHF is £2 a book, RSPCA £1, Local hospice £1 often with 3 for 2 or bogof offers, Help the Aged I think is about £1.50, PDSA between 50p and £1. Up in Wetherby there's a hospice shop that does them 50p each bogof.

I've had books from Freecycle too but I've had to stop as part of this thread! I love car boots though, prices there are usually 25p or 50p 3 for £1.

Surbybird

Ames wrote: »

Charity shops round here vary wildly. I don't go in Oxfam anymore cos they're stupidly high. As a general rule BHF is £2 a book, RSPCA £1, Local hospice £1 often with 3 for 2 or bogof offers, Help the Aged I think is about £1.50, PDSA between 50p and £1. Up in Wetherby there's a hospice shop that does them 50p each bogof.

I've had books from Freecycle too but I've had to stop as part of this thread! I love car boots though, prices there are usually 25p or 50p 3 for £1.

I clearly need to move further north, as there are no charity shops down here selling books that cheap. Not fair!

K