Charity shops

lady_noluck

Bletchley charity shops in Milton Keynes are rubbish!!!

nightsong

barginunter wrote:

You can't beat that Charity Shop aroma mmmm... They smell the same whichever area you shop in.

LOL!! Know what you mean, some are worse than others but they all have a certain something

m_i

Why are they so expensive?

I live in London and all charity shop paperbacks cost more than £1 each and those are for the poor quality ones.

They charge up to £5 and more for books - it is cheaper for me to go to the library.

I no longer give my books to the charity shop - i pass them on to people at work.

mhoc

m_i wrote:

Why are they so expensive?

I live in London and all charity shop paperbacks cost more than £1 each and those are for the poor quality ones.

They charge up to £5 and more for books - it is cheaper for me to go to the library.

I no longer give my books to the charity shop - i pass them on to people at work.

Yes Oxfam have seperate book shops in both Nantwich and Cheshire and both are very expensive. I managed to get this months read for my book club from Oxfam, a paperback but it cost £2.50. Still it was better than £7 new and at least its a form of recycling.

Mary

zodiac

m_i wrote:

Why are they so expensive?

I live in London and all charity shop paperbacks cost more than £1 each and those are for the poor quality ones.

They charge up to £5 and more for books - it is cheaper for me to go to the library.

I no longer give my books to the charity shop - i pass them on to people at work.

I think it depends on what part of London you live in, my local was doing a carrier bag full of books for a £1. (At your own choice off the shelves)

The charity shops in Knightbridge and the surrounding areas always have quite good stuff in, designer dresses, worn once for a tenner etc.
I dont worry about shoping in a charity shop, after all you can always wash stuff and its no worse than friends giving you clothes.
I wait a few weeks after the new books come out (such as Jordens bio ) and I pick them up for £2-£3.
It sounds strange but I get a kick out of charity shop shopping because i'm giving money to charity but getting something for my self.

starlite_2

ilike it too..kensington and noting hill are the best places. iknow my cousins wife gives piles of decent hings to her local one. she is a total shopaholic, and gives away things like louis vuitton bags, chanel, baby boden etc...I always wish I'd made it round to ave a snoop through when shes doing a clear out..he he
i have to agree though, some charity shops are really overpriced, which has put me off buying stuff from them..i.e one near me had a primark dress on at £9.99..probably cost less brand new...

janebrain

I get about 50% of my clothing from jumble sales (about 20p an item!) they are usually for good causes and you can get some real bargains. Retro stuff, fancy dress - don't knock it til you've tried it. Main disadvantage is the jumble sales are full nowadays of people buying to resell for profit and some of them are ruthless!

keithscott1

In the city where I live, there's a few local charity shops, which I believe take less of a 'cut' for wages, shopfittings, etc, so that's where my gear goes.

I remember hearing a couple of years ago that quite a few major charity shop chains were given a bollocking by some Government organisation for selling too much new ancillary stuff, such as candles, soft toys and the like. I think they went over their limit for the quota that they can have on the shop floor that's new - otherwise, if they continued trading with no regard to their limit, they would be liable for certain taxes waived for them as a charity occupying a retail shop.

Prudent

I am on holiday at the momment in Herefordshire. I am absolutely stunned by how expensive the cahrity shops are compared to at home in Scotland.
My local town has 6 charity shops. I don't buy designer for myself, but will do for my teenage daughter. We usually pay around £2/3 for trousers, £1.50/£2.75 blouses, £2/3 for jackets and around 50p /£1 for shorts and t-shirts. If I buy a good dress or a suit it usually costs around £4. mostly I buy Next, M&S, River Island etc, but daughter gets designer clothes at these prices.

On holiday I have found the prices to be at least double and the selction poorer and more suited to older tastes.
I think we will wait to get home!

chickadee

I always use charity shops when DS needs a costume for a school play or something. Usually even if you can't find the exact item you need there will be something you can alter a bit to make it fit, etc. My best ever was when my son wanted to be Legolas in a Lord of the Rings themed play they were doing at school. I made him a cloak and a tunic from fabric from my local market. Then I went to the charity shop and found some ladies suedette trousers (49p) that I made fit by sewing up the outside of the legs (he is only 9) and they were having a sale so I also bought some size 4 ladies black boots (49p) and a chunky leather belt (49p) to go round the tunic. It was ace, even if I do say so myself!

Know what you mean about the smell though..... :rotfl: :rotfl: