Anyone feel that Charity shops are becoming too expensive?

I wouldn't say they are well run, well not the one that I worked at. It had about 5 different managers over the space of 8 months and was a dump upstairs, where they stored everything.
 
Not really but I only go to Oxfam Book shops in the main, I find them far better stocked on things like history than your typical highstreet shop. Not only that but they do get quite rare books, priced accordingly but still accommodating, that you wouldn't get apart from auctions.
 
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Edrof said:
Why this aversion to setting foot in one? Or is it just that they don't sell anything you'd consider buying?
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My grandparents used to take me round them a few years back whenever I met whilst shopping in town. The places always seemed to have an awful smell and 99% of the stuff was old rubbish I'd never have a need for. Yes, they're probably very different these days, but that's not enough to make me want to go and have a look.

Also, I'd be willing to bet that most things they sell can be had at a cheaper price elsewhere, like Tesco. The OP seems to support this.
 
Robbo said:
Exactly, but this is about shops, not donations. It seems they are a good source for books, which I seldom need.

I doubt anyone buys much else there do they?
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There is a music charity shop that's pretty popular nearby too! That's not oxfam, it's a Shelter one. Walked in on the passing a few time and if records and cd's are still your thing it looked like a good place was pretty busy with some old gadgy on the decks.
 
my mate goes in them to find hardback edition books. I went in there and found Dark Tower hardback for a quid, so some things are a bargain in them. Also some clothing can be decent, like old style stuff that they try to emulate these days (army jackets, tihngs like that). I hardly go in them generally speaking though, I rarely need the things they stock.
 
Robbo said:
Exactly, but this is about shops, not donations. It seems they are a good source for books, which I seldom need.

I doubt anyone buys much else there do they?
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Local hospice one sells all sorts.

http://www.wlh.org.uk/Hospice+shops

BHF foundation opened a massive one in town selling Furniture & Electrical and it has a cafe in it as well.

I don't know where you shop or live but you are clueless to what you think a modern day charity shop is.
 
cheets64 said:
Local hospice one sells all sorts.

http://www.wlh.org.uk/Hospice+shops

BHF foundation opened a massive one in town selling Furniture & Electrical and it has a cafe in it as well.

I don't know where you shop or live but you are clueless to what you think a modern day charity shop is.
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The ones local to where I lived in England were generally filled with tat I wouldn't buy or have any interest in.

It seems that they aren't all like that, but I've never said that they are. ;)

Give me an example other than books of something you would personally buy in there instead of getting it from Tesco/Asda or elsewhere for a fraction more of the price?
 
A lot of the charity shops have decided to become "businesses" and totally forgotten what their original aim was. Now they want unsuspecting members of the public to give them high quality goods that they can resell at top price to keep their extremely overpaid head honchos in luxury.

A lot of them also sell new goods at high prices as well.
 
klidge said:
A lot of the charity shops have decided to become "businesses" and totally forgotten what their original aim was. Now they want unsuspecting members of the public to give them high quality goods that they can resell at top price to keep their extremely overpaid head honchos in luxury.

A lot of them also sell new goods at high prices as well.
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Kill them all.
 
Edrof said:
EVERYONE should buy charity shop books. Apart from a good home for your money they are silly money cheap and you can happily throw them about!
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I think they used to be a lot better for cheap books than they are now or at least the charity shops round here seem to have bumped up their prices quite a bit. I still buy from them occasionally but there's a local library which sells off its withdrawn stock which is less than half the price for books.
 
I've been into a few charity shops recently, looking for books. However they aren't that cheap at all anymore. One was looking for £4 per book, and had multiple signs telling us that we should donate the books again.
Can get them much cheaper from Amazon.
 
Ahleckz said:
I've been into a few charity shops recently, looking for books. However they aren't that cheap at all anymore. One was looking for £4 per book, and had multiple signs telling us that we should donate the books again.
Can get them much cheaper from Amazon.
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Roughly £2 a book here, if it's more than that it's probably a book value of £25+
 
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