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totoshkin

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Maybe it’s the crap weather at the moment but I have been spending some time in my local charity shops. And what absolute bargains I have picked up. 3 CDs for a quid and two books a quid. I know this sounds like an ad from Viz but with time to kill it can be worthwhile.
 
I bought a DVD player from Curry's just before Christmas.

Charidee shops selling top filums for £1 to £1.50 is super value. When I've watched them a few times, back to the charidee shop to drop them off and pick up a couple more.
I'm a bit of a book snob, and people rarely throw out my kind of reading. But I did pick up a 1st edition of Jaws (Hardback and dustcover), by Peter Benchley, for 50p, but that was 25 years ago. charidee shops are much more on-the-ball with stuff of value. Sometimes a bit over-priced, compared to the internet.

They are much like a pair of old grannies knickers. Probably not your usual place, but worth a rummage while you're there.
 
totoshkin said:
Maybe it’s the crap weather at the moment but I have been spending some time in my local charity shops. And what absolute bargains I have picked up. 3 CDs for a quid and two books a quid. I know this sounds like an ad from Viz but with time to kill it can be worthwhile.
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A benefit of the consumer society.
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
I bought a DVD player from Curry's just before Christmas.

Charidee shops selling top filums for £1 to £1.50 is super value. When I've watched them a few times, back to the charidee shop to drop them off and pick up a couple more.
I'm a bit of a book snob, and people rarely throw out my kind of reading. But I did pick up a 1st edition of Jaws (Hardback and dustcover), by Peter Benchley, for 50p, but that was 25 years ago. charidee shops are much more on-the-ball with stuff of value. Sometimes a bit over-priced, compared to the internet.

They are much like a pair of old grannies knickers. Probably not your usual place, but worth a rummage while you're there.
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Lock up your grannies!

That would shock em far more than Covid.
 
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totoshkin said:
Maybe it’s the crap weather at the moment but I have been spending some time in my local charity shops. And what absolute bargains I have picked up. 3 CDs for a quid and two books a quid. I know this sounds like an ad from Viz but with time to kill it can be worthwhile.
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That sounds like Harrods for Wisbech.
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
I bought a DVD player from Curry's just before Christmas.

Charidee shops selling top filums for £1 to £1.50 is super value. When I've watched them a few times, back to the charidee shop to drop them off and pick up a couple more.
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I was thinking the same – charity shops are the new Blockbuster Video. Browse a large selection of DVDs, watch for a cheap price and return when you're done.
 
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I heard a rumour that CDs are going the way of vinyl. Are CDs still in the charity shops or already getting bought?
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Records are starting to replace CDs in some charity shops which is a bit annoying to those of us who replaced them with CDs. The selection, as yet, is a bit sparse. It's quite amusing to see hip youngsters sifting through piles of Bobby Crush and Paper Lace albums looking for a bargain.
 
I've seen some really lovely vinyl in a local charity shop. A really large selection (100's) covering all genres, but a few lovely niche ones there. Pity i don't have a record player. 🙁
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
I bought a DVD player from Curry's just before Christmas.

Charidee shops selling top filums for £1 to £1.50 is super value. When I've watched them a few times, back to the charidee shop to drop them off and pick up a couple more.
I'm a bit of a book snob, and people rarely throw out my kind of reading. But I did pick up a 1st edition of Jaws (Hardback and dustcover), by Peter Benchley, for 50p, but that was 25 years ago. charidee shops are much more on-the-ball with stuff of value. Sometimes a bit over-priced, compared to the internet.

They are much like a pair of old grannies knickers. Probably not your usual place, but worth a rummage while you're there.
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I have just read Quint , the prequel to Jaws. Great read and you can get it under £6 on Kindle.
 
totoshkin said:
Maybe it’s the crap weather at the moment but I have been spending some time in my local charity shops. And what absolute bargains I have picked up. 3 CDs for a quid and two books a quid. I know this sounds like an ad from Viz but with time to kill it can be worthwhile.
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All good stuff mate and when you're finished with them you can take them back and let the charity have a bit of double bubble
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
but worth a rummage while you're there.
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there is something very recreational in rummaging in the 1 quid basket while hoping to find a hidden treasure.

The best charity shops are the very cheap & high-fast turnover types. Some of the arsey corporate brands go expensive. The cheap independent shops are the best.

some of the staff are lovely , some are total loons.........its all a bit of fun.
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
I've seen some really lovely vinyl in a local charity shop. A really large selection (100's) covering all genres, but a few lovely niche ones there. Pity i don't have a record player. 🙁
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My friend is a record dealer and scours charity shops for a good deal. What he finds is, that through lack of knowledge, they grossly overcharge for certain LPs they think are worth a lot just because it is by a big act but undercharge on those albums that are less obviously valuable but are actually are worth a lot .
 
around 1990 , my grandmother was volunteering in a High Street Charidee shop on Fridays. It opened my eyes to the "Granny Mafia". All the donated items were sifted through , before being put on the shelves.
Any cash found in pockets or bags was fair game. And any items of real quality were taken home by volunteers on a "first dibs" basis. 😀 It's a pretty cut-throat world, behind the Charity Shop front.
 
Friend of mine who is not hard up by a long stretch regularly goes in charity shops, people get rid of brand new stuff, especially cloths that have even still got the labels on, she says she saves a fortune. Kids books, Xmas decs, anything really
 
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