The old curiousity shop guess where!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 12:20 am

A lot of these little shops are sadly disappearing these days, the small bric a brac shops, book shops e.t.c. We seemed to have little army & navy surplus shops scattered about the City. It seems the Charity shops are the last great refuge for hoarding collectors, bargain hunters and eccentrics

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 12:30 am

Hoarding collectors you say Phill? Great idea, but where am I to keep them if I take it up? EDIT:- My missus wants to know if I intend to hoard collectors or collect hoardings, but in either case - NO! - you can't.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 12:53 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: A lot of these little shops are sadly disappearing these days, the small bric a brac shops, book shops e.t.c. We seemed to have little army & navy surplus shops scattered about the City. It seems the Charity shops are the last great refuge for hoarding collectors, bargain hunters and eccentrics Hi phill the charity shops dont have the bargains they had years ago i think they have people who value a lot of the goods now.

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 2:13 pm

It’s now sometimes cheaper to buy new than from a charity shop, I don’t know who prices them but some items are ridiculously over-priced dvds, cds etc.British Heart Foundation and Oxfam seem to be the worst offenders.It's not as though they have to buy stock in, its all donated.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 2:36 pm

buffaloskinner wrote: It’s now sometimes cheaper to buy new than from a charity shop, I don’t know who prices them but some items are ridiculously over-priced dvds, cds etc.British Heart Foundation and Oxfam seem to be the worst offenders.It's not as though they have to buy stock in, its all donated. I used to know someone who worked at the Headingley Oxfam shop and she told me that they look through record collector magazines and search on Amazon/Ebay to check prices for books, records etc etc. and then price them accordingley. Everything used to to be £1-2 per album 25-50p for singles and 25p to £1 for books. I know they are a charity but it is taking the wassername.We have loads of charity shops in my little town and they don't do this so I can get some pretty good bargains.

book · Post by **book** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 5:56 pm

They have paid staffing structures with Chief Executives and corporate HQs in London. That lot has to be paid for somehow!!! Charity aint what it used to be

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 6:42 pm

Anyone remember Stringers in Kirkgate Market? They sold books and would buy them back or exchange them once you had read them.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 8:00 pm

Johnny39 wrote: Anyone remember Stringers in Kirkgate Market? They sold books and would buy them back or exchange them once you had read them. Yes, I remember Stringers. The books had a small black sticker on them to show the amount you got back if you returned them (or did the sticker show the price, and you got 50% of that back?).

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 8:43 pm

Ah yes I remember Stringers. They had loads of paperback books that could sometimes be a bit tatty but worth getting for a read of something that you would not buy to keep. I don't recall Stringers doing hardback books for return but perhaps Stringers did have them.

Post by **cnosni** » Sun 29 Apr, 2012 9:55 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: A lot of these little shops are sadly disappearing these days, the small bric a brac shops, book shops e.t.c. We seemed to have little army & navy surplus shops scattered about the City. It seems the Charity shops are the last great refuge for hoarding collectors, bargain hunters and eccentrics That comes about from hardly having any army or navy left to actually have a surplus of anything.