Charity shops

[Dirtyhanz2]

Charity shops
I have found a bit hit and miss with cycling but I have found the odd bit of gold but today I think was my best 9 cracking books all in fabulous condition for £2 the lot
What’s everyone’s best charity shop find

 

[Supersuperleeds]

The Secret Race is a brilliant book, worth £2 on its own.

The David Millar one will be useful for a bit of warmth when you can't afford to turn the heating on.*





* I've not read it, I just don't like the nobber.

 

[Oldhippy]

Love charity shops.

 

[Venod]

These are my last book purchases from a Charity shop, but I would say my best buys have been several pairs of quality jeans for little money.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

a leather jacket bought for £7 which is my main off-duty attire when it's not too hot.
zips up as well so good for winter.
tech cycling layers keep me snug under it.
A bag I usually use started to degrade it/rub off the colour after a while so it started to look shabby/ready for the knackers yard, but I restored it with some stuff I bought online. That wasn't exactly cheap but am confident that with that it will now see me out.
A sad bit of me welcomes the end of summer so I can get back to wearing it.
Sadly many charity shops aren't the bargain fests they used to be.
Charity folk have got sussed.
I do also have a very nice pretty much new burberry raincoat I picked up from a charity shop which was canny enough to put its better finds in the window with a date marked when they would be offered for sale. Close to me, so I queued. Still a bargain.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Several jigsaws to entertain us during lockdown. £1 or £2 each.

A nice office chair for £5. (Our daughter was living with us and working from home during part of lockdown, and we only had dining chairs for her to sit on at her work desk).

My most recent purchase was a really good quality microphone stand for £15. I only usually sing at local folk nights "unplugged", but I just couldn't leave it in the shop......

 

[PeteXXX]

I tend to give more stuff to charity shops than buy from them.
I fell out with the nearby Barnardo's shop as they're quite rude. (Details on request)
I donate my old tat unwanted goodies to DEBRA, a skin charity, now.

 

[annedonnelly]

Love charity shops.

Me too. I have to be carfeul not to buy more books than I can carry

Found a little stool in the YMCA this morning which will be ideal for sitting on while weeding. It was too big to go in my pannier to I had to strap it to the rack with the aid of a lock

 

[wafter]

Good score

I've really appreciated charity shops over the past year - both as a conscience-neutral means of getting rid of a lot of the crap that's accumulated in the house over the last 40yrs, as well as a source of decent, tolerably-priced clothing.

On paper probably my best score was a nice orange Finisterre merino wool base layer for £5 - a garment and colour I'd been considering for some time for use on the bike, but not at the £60 they are new..

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I got a beautiful all wool overcoat for about 30 pounds.
Some time later I was going to a wedding and was wearing it. We had turned up a little early for the wedding so went to a cafe for coffee and cake. I heard the serving girl ask as she left the kitchen "who is this for?". The answer was "the glamorous couple on the right"! That was me, my coat, (and my wife)!
Charity shops are great IMO.

 

[Cerdic]

Several jigsaws to entertain us during lockdown. £1 or £2 each.

A nice office chair for £5. (Our daughter was living with us and working from home during part of lockdown, and we only had dining chairs for her to sit on at her work desk).

My most recent purchase was a really good quality microphone stand for £15. I only usually sing at local folk nights "unplugged", but I just couldn't leave it in the shop......

Jigsaws sound a bargain. Did you have to buy new blades…?

 

[midlife]

Charity shops near us used to sell stuff for a couple of quid, now the charity shops are more professional and sell better quality or new stuff at much higher prices.

Real bargains are getting much harder to come by. Books and DVDs are still fairly cheap

 

[GeekDadZoid]

I love charity shops. I almost exclusively only buy second hand and as I would rather go for a bike ride on a Sunday morning car boots are out so Charity shops are my favourite places.

There is a Banardos in Manchester which often gets big donations of sample stock, I've had some great bargains from there. I got three Rohan coats last year including a very warm down style jacket, think they where £10 each.

I got a really heavy duty tripod earlier this year for £8 this thing is huge and to buy new it would cost north of £500. I'm not a photographer but I use it to put up temporary masts in the garden for antennas.

 

[Mike Ayling]

Some years ago I was volunteering at our local Vinnies (Oz term for St Vincent de Paul) and the manager asked me to search a site that sold secondhand books to establish the market price for some of the book donations that had been received.

 

[Distorted Vision]

What brand is that tripod. I'm into photography and don't recognise it.