The old curiousity shop guess where!

[cnosni]

Chrism wrote: 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.     I see your point,but better they do that than some vulture swooping in and buying something for 10p in the charity shop and then flogging it themselves at a huge personal profit,rather than the profit going to charity.

[Johnny39]

Leodian wrote: 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. I don't remember if they sold hardbacks or exchanged them but they did sell new paperbacks. I seem to remember that they also had a shop in town but it could just be my brain playing tricks. As you say Leodian a great shop for the avid reader on a limited budget.

[Johnny39]

Leodian wrote: 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. I don't remember if they sold hardbacks or exchanged them but they did sell new paperbacks. I seem to remember that they also had a shop in town but it could just be my brain playing tricks. As you say Leodian a great shop for the avid reader on a limited budget.

[buffaloskinner]

There was a Stringers in Leeds Market as I recall