Charity shops

[Bren In Pots]

Don't you just love Charity shops I spotted 'The Greenhouse Expert' in my local one for a pound so I couldn't not buy it for that price.

[Suky]

Ooh yes. I visited Fi at work yesterday and their coffee shop sell 2nd hand books for charity. I picked up the Readers Digest Complete Book of the Garden for �3 ( I could have bought it for �1 but it's for a local charity, and it contains 3 books)
It was written in the 70's but has a lot of good stuff in.

[Two_Sheds]

I had to go and buy a new pair of trousers in charity shop today (got soaked to the bone on my bike). Brand new cords, �4. Bargain

[Bren In Pots]

I always have a rummage for net curtains bought enough net to cover the roof and side of my greenhouse for a pound they even had the wire thingie so I could stretch it across the ridge. made perfect shading.

[pigletwillie]

I bagged a quality asparagus steamer yesterday for �1. it was a top drawer bargain.

[Seahorse]

Big fan of charity shops here! I'm not especially well off but if you looked at my wardrobe or bookshelves you'd never know Can't beat getting a bargain *and* helping other people in the process

[Florence Fennel]

Shame really here, a lot of people are put off because the charity shops are charging a lot more these days!

[northepaul]

ALWAYS buy my reading books in charity shops (nearly always buy my cook/garden books there) 50p ea or 3 for �1 - and just after christmas you can get brand new books people have got for presents but not wanted. Got Jamie at Home, River cottage cookbook, allotment cookbook etc etc all for �1 each!!
Clothes-wise - most in my size are for a more mature lady, usually.
China Plant pots are usually 25p tp �1.
Etc etc

Charity shops and car boots are the best places!

[RichmondHens]

Another Charity fan here. I'm training my children to enjoy them too. They love going in and finding videos/dvds for 20p - and so do I!

[Florence Fennel]

That's what I mean Thea, �1.00 per book would sell loads, but in some of the shops here they are �2.95. I wonder if it's because there are about 5 shops all quite close together? Hmmmm.

[northepaul]

Florence it depends which one you go in - some of them (oxfam particularly) charge a lot more than a pound, (sometimes more than when the book was new ) the one I was talking about is Cry, its the best one round here

[bubblewrap]

To visit all the charity shops in Loughborough is a morning's exercise..............there are 13 of them.
Bought David Dimbleby's " How we built Britain" for �2.75 on Tuesday.

I try to make one morning a week "charity shop day"

[geoff]

While I was long - term unemployed owing to ill health I worked as a volunteer in a charity shop for over three years. I was constantly amazed at the good quality of some of the donations; clothes, furniture, books, and various other odds & ends. I bought an excellent cookery book that I had always fancied but couldn't afford till then; The Readers Digest Book of the Cookery Year
I got a lot of hiking clothing and a tent in excellent condition and value for money, just needed a bit of reproofing - Ultimate Hobo for 5 - 99, from a different shop, the Oxfam shop
The shop I worked in had a policy like most charity shops to stop the staff buying the best items before they went on display to the general public
But to get the best bargains you have to go to a charity shop frequently as they don't have regular stock, of course

[MrsC]

I love charity shops, buy material etc to make into other things. Barnados have a lot of Gifts from retailers. Got a lovely lined curtain which I will take apart for less than �3, brand new. They also have a range of cushions for 98p brand new! A lot of people wouldn't even go into a charity shop to buy only donate. They don't know what they're missing!

[Jeanied]

I used to just donate - still do when I can. But now I stop and buy too!! Winter coats are my fave at the moment.