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Why do charity shops seem to have so few books?

Pandilex · 2015-05-29 18:06:44

I went looking for bargains today and went in 6 different charity shops. All of them had a single small wall for books. Most of them only showed modern hardback books. 10 years ago they used to be full of interesting books especially old books. I'm a big fan of old science fiction. They all seem to accept donations of any…

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lincroft1710 Posts: 19,196 Forumite

3 June 2015 at 4:53PM

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

You can't ever accuse charity shops of selling books at REASONABLE prices coz they don't.

But they did several years ago, especially in the shops run by smaller charities.

I understand that Oxfam check (or at one time checked) eBay prices
and then price(d) their stock accordingly. You are unlikely to get a bargain there, but I have found some interesting rare books, except when they have their post Xmas 50p sale. Their out of date (rather than historic) OS maps are definitely overpriced.

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