More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

DigForVictory

I may be in a classroom in Birmingham but there's a denby tasmin teaset with my name on back in Lancashire. Himself saw it & sneered at the colourroll anaemic design whereas I locked onto the shape and the teapot, jug, lidded sugar, cups & saucers & evenssalt & pepper. So he'll be going back to buy it, as I called the four most likely shops then him, then him, then the right shop & it has our name on it... This August I will be cataloguing the great wall of china.

dolly84

I read recently that it is expected that second hand shopping will overtake 'normal shopping' in the next decade. That is music to my ears but I do wonder what will happen to the prices. TBH though if the worst came to the worst I have a SABLE clothes situation providing I don't lose or gain dramatic amounts of weight.

Bogof_Babe

dolly84 wrote: »

I read recently that it is expected that second hand shopping will overtake 'normal shopping' in the next decade. That is music to my ears but I do wonder what will happen to the prices. TBH though if the worst came to the worst I have a SABLE clothes situation providing I don't lose or gain dramatic amounts of weight.

SABLE? I've missed something there .

Yes there has been a lot on TV recently about the throw away society and how some people only wear things a couple of times then chuck it. Explains why so many c/shop clothes look like new. It wouldn't worry me if I never bought new again, so long as there's still new undies and socks obviously. Most High Streets have more chazzers than boutiques now anyway, and even M&S and Debenhams are closing branches, so there won't be much left soon. I find it eye watering that "proper" shops are still charging £30+ for a pair of jeans, when most of mine were the south side of a fiver.

Pollycat

DigForVictory wrote: »

This August I will be cataloguing the great wall of china.

I'd love to see the catalogue when you've finished.

Done the charity shops in the centre of Leeds (another concert) and bought...nothing.

Artytarty

Another one here who doesn't know what SABLE situation means, but suspect I too may have it!

Bogof_Babe

Pollycat wrote: »

I'd love to see the catalogue when you've finished.

Done the charity shops in the centre of Leeds (another concert) and bought...nothing.

I have only been to Leeds for an hour or so, killing time between trains, but I have never found any charity shops in the streets anywhere reasonably close to the station. Is there another area somewhere, that I can head to next time?

Miró

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

I have only been to Leeds for an hour or so, killing time between trains, but I have never found any charity shops in the streets anywhere reasonably close to the station. Is there another area somewhere, that I can head to next time?

Very few in the city centre...just 2 in the Merrion Centre (BHF & St Gemma's I think) and one on Lands Lane....another near the market. Best bet, if you have time, would be to get the bus (No 1) from near the train station out to Headingley...about a 10 min run.

I dunno what SABLE means either!!

Wednesday2000

dolly84 wrote: »

I read recently that it is expected that second hand shopping will overtake 'normal shopping' in the next decade.

Wow, that is interesting!:)

Pollycat

Mir! wrote: »

Very few in the city centre...just 2 in the Merrion Centre (BHF & St Gemma's I think) and one on Lands Lane....another near the market. Best bet, if you have time, would be to get the bus (No 1) from near the train station out to Headingley...about a 10 min run.

I dunno what SABLE means either!!

I checked yell.com before I went.
There are enough to keep me occupied but the RSPCA on New Market St is closed.
I missed St Gemma's in Merrion though.
I found all the shops quite small and cluttered.

I've really not got back into it since my enforced absence.

klew356

i like reading about all your finds, not really found anything myself but this page spurs me on to go back and have a look!