charity shops.

[beth]

(inspired thread by @GoldenMerc well done on being useful for once ross)

do you shop at charity shops? if not, why not?

i find that charity shops still have a massive stigma attached to them, but i absolutely love them. for example today in one of the more "boutique" oxfam stores i found a cardigan that i've been looking for for many many years. it's knitted and embroided with the cutest flowers and it was 99p BUT ANYWAY.

i think there's so much quality in these shops, especially jewellery, i'm terribly poor so i can't afford it hahaha but there's some really nice old silver around.

[Chris]

I haven't bought anything from a charity shop for a long time. I know my mum loves to go to them though, she always manages to find a bargain.

[buttons]

umm not really i once bought sudoku from one cause my aunt worked in a charity shop and i went there for the day. i just love it cause the people that come in were so nice. i generally don't like the smell of them tho but i buy books/dvds from oxfam

[Vause]

i know what you mean. my Nan goes in them all the time and I have found some very vintage style cardi's and shoes that I love. I just make sure I wash them before I wear them. I don't get people who get all freaked out by them. And I also find some amazing DVD's and CD's in there that are like 99p too. Not very often I do go in them, but when I do it's mainly for books. I've got about 400 books and atleast 30% of them are from charity shops.

[beth]

I haven't bought anything from a charity shop for a long time. I know my mum loves to go to them though, she always manages to find a bargain.

i think my mom is the person who gave me the passion for charity shops, she's a teacher so she has to dress smart and i live just outside of a very posh part of birmingham and she began finding all these designer suits and dresses in the charity shops in this posh part of brum. it's seriously a bargain treasure chest.

[Vause]

i think my mom is the person who gave me the passion for charity shops, she's a teacher so she has to dress smart and i live just outside of a very posh part of birmingham and she began finding all these designer suits and dresses in the charity shops in this posh part of brum. it's seriously a bargain treasure chest.

totally agree. my mum bought like this china set thing and one day decided to sell it and she made about £70 for it, and paid like £3.99 insane.

[Jazz]

i dont buy clothes from charity shops, unless for like fancy dress something that im never gonna wear again and can be cut up and torn etc. i buy other things from shops tho, dvds etc.

[Kasabian]

I have done in the past and picked up a few vintage fred perry polo tops.

[beth]

i think the buying clothes focuses very much on the style of clothing you wear.

because i am a totes hipsta *+*+* i shop at vintage shops in town anyway which are basically overpriced pretentious charity shops so cutting out the middle man

[samsaBEAR]

they smell like old people