Charity Shop Bargains

[Skim]

This afternoon’s bargains: stonewashed denim joggers, a leopardskin dress and a fluffy make-up bag. Grand total £10:50

 

[Epona]

I did a chazza shop odyssey before lockdown that took me from Battersea (Northcote Rd) to Clapham High St, then over to Brixton Traid, then Herne Hill Oxfam and on to East Dulwich. Came home with loads of great stuff

Battersea and Clapham used to be great for charity shops, not been over there for a while.

 

[moonsi til]

Does anyone else visit certain towns because they know the charity shops will yield interesting items?

Yes but will also factor charity shop time into visits to new places. I scored some fab finds in Aberystwyth in 2021 but found Llandudno to be too pricey that I saw a nice dress & bought much cheaper on Vinted. I’m very against charity shops pricing folk out of shopping in them so try not to pay over the odds so as not to encourage it.

 

[Epona]

Yes but will also factor charity shop time into visits to new places. I scored some fab finds in Aberystwyth in 2021 but found Llandudno to be too pricey that I saw a nice dress & bought much cheaper on Vinted. I’m very against charity shops pricing folk out of shopping in them so try not to pay over the odds so as not to encourage it.

Aye, there should be a balance of raising money for the charity and helping the local community/bargain hunters by providing low-cost used goods. Has to be both IMO.

 

[zora]

Not sure it was a massive bargain at £4, given that it's just some mass-produced tat, but it did warm my heart so much that I had to buy it.

 

[Elpenor]

Quite pleased with my DVD haul from Torquay. £12 for all of these



Amusingly there’s a place called One Eyed Jacks in Twin Peaks. Doesn’t include the recent series but that suits me as I was too thick to understand it

 

[Elpenor]

Bridport today for a work meeting which provided an interesting haul of DVDs. Of course there was the usual selection of action movies and Disney, but I’ve never seen so many interesting classic and foreign language films.

I only had time to go into three shops on my lunch break. But then my back pack was totally full so I was happy as they included some films I’ve wanted to see but are hard to find on streaming sites and rarely on tv. These came to about £20 in total

 

[Epona]

Excellent haul!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Bridport today for a work meeting which provided an interesting haul of DVDs. Of course there was the usual selection of action movies and Disney, but I’ve never seen so many interesting classic and foreign language films.

I only had time to go into three shops on my lunch break. But then my back pack was totally full so I was happy as they included some films I’ve wanted to see but are hard to find on streaming sites and rarely on tv. These came to about £20 in total

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I bieve that is what is known as a ring flash pull

 

[friedaweed]

Gobsmacked to find this for £3 in Wrexham today. Mint condition

danny la rouge Sasaferrato

 

[DaveCinzano]

Gobsmacked to find this for £3 in Wrexham today. Mint condition

danny la rouge Sasaferrato

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You say you found, but it's pretty obvious from the photie that it was a Borrower doing all the hard graft

 

[Elpenor]

I bieve that is what is known as a ring flash pull

Let’s see if any of them come up on framed

 

[DaveCinzano]

Let’s see if any of them come up on framed

Ignorance is the NME of progress

 

[Elpenor]

Dire straits boxset for £4



I’m a bit of a fan, despite them not being very urbanz. Think it’s from my Dad having Brothers In Arms on in the car loads on family road trips

 

[ebay sex moomin]

I just bought a fucked-up antique tuba for £25 in cancer research. I'm not so sure this was a good idea. But I fell in love with it, and lacking a plan, I thought, "what would Tom Waits do?"
I brought it into the house, and my wife laughed hysterically for about 20 seconds. It goes without saying that I can't play the tuba, which is probably for the best.

 

[RubyToogood]

I just bought a fucked-up antique tuba for £25 in cancer research. I'm not so sure this was a good idea. But I fell in love with it, and lacking a plan, I thought, "what would Tom Waits do?"
I brought it into the house, and my wife laughed hysterically for about 20 seconds. It goes without saying that I can't play the tuba, which is probably for the best.

Would make an attractive garden planter?

 

[ebay sex moomin]

It really would. To be honest, I'd love to just hang it on the wall, but my wife wouldn't be into it. It's not her aesthetic. So I'm undecided...

Here it is in the shop. It was once plated silver but it has tarnished, so you get these wonderful mottled hues.

 

[Elpenor]

Could be a heated towel rail if you find a way to plumb it in?

 

[quiet guy]

It really would. To be honest, I'd love to just hang it on the wall, but my wife wouldn't be into it. It's not her aesthetic. So I'm undecided...

Here it is in the shop. It was once plated silver but it has tarnished, so you get these wonderful mottled hues.


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Hipster urinal

 

[ska invita]

Let’s see if any of them come up on framed

they have! what did you get yesterday for zero dark thirty?

 

[Elpenor]

they have! what did you get yesterday for zero dark thirty?

3! Which is embarrassing as I’ve seen that film at least 4 times

 

[Griff]

Box set of 14 Hitchcock DVDs from the BHF shop for £8.

 

[DaveCinzano]

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Box set of 14 Hitchcock DVDs from the BHF shop for £8.

I've got that box set, it's good value, and the sleeve artwork is pleasingly consistent but different

 

[Looby]

A fairly recent trip.
Me and some friends were doing bottomless brunch but went to a few charity shops. We arrived with a lot of bags between us.

That book is massive and heavy, 99p!
I think the Babs album was less of a bargain but still not bad.

 

[Epona]

I got a Silent Pool copa gin glass for £1.99 and a microwave steamer for £2.49

 

[Epona]

It's this gin glass btw, I've been wanting one for ages (I love Silent Pool both the gin and the place, I used to play there before the distillery existed as it is just round the corner from where I grew up, happy memories) but no fucking way was I going to pay £12 for one.
So finding one in my local (and nowhere near the distillery) Age UK in perfect nick for £1.99 was a real I'll have that thank you very much moment

 

[cesare]

It's this gin glass btw, I've been wanting one for ages (I love Silent Pool both the gin and the place, I used to play there before the distillery existed as it is just round the corner from where I grew up, happy memories) but no fucking way was I going to pay £12 for one.
So finding one in my local (and nowhere near the distillery) Age UK in perfect nick for £1.99 was a real I'll have that thank you very much moment

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I love the colours! It's a very pretty glass imo.

 

[RoyReed]

It really would. To be honest, I'd love to just hang it on the wall, but my wife wouldn't be into it. It's not her aesthetic. So I'm undecided...

Here it is in the shop. It was once plated silver but it has tarnished, so you get these wonderful mottled hues.


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You could always use it as a urinal.

 

[Elpenor]

You could always use it as a urinal.

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I saw these interesting washbasins in a bar in Vancouver

 

[friedaweed]

These made me very happy this morning for 50p.

Would anyone like to have a guess at what they're for? I didn't know at the time of buying them but I did recognise the makers mark and knew I was onto something.