[porkmarras]

Stingy things,did you ever donate unwanted possesions to a charity shop?And i don't mean worn out pants or smelly shoes(for that there's always www.tokoloshinneed.com).Thinking about it,Hayden could do with more up-to-date clothes so,rummage through those wardrobes and make a loopy american teenager happy this christmas.

[jon boy]

he does need the clothes your right.

last time was about a year ago and it was shit loads of things from my grans house. i mean boxes full and even furniture.

[Alex's Trip]

I donated a hat for our schools hat drive for cancer.

[lucyrulesok]

I moved house a couple of months ago and I gave TONS of stuff to charity. LOADS of books, clothes, shoes, toys and a bunch of other random junk.

[Hip Priest]

Quite often. The most recent occaision was last week.

[HaydenAsche]

I donate all the time. I also buy some clothing item from a thrift shop at least once a week.

Porkmarras, less with the talking, more with the looking good.

[sonicl]

I donated lots of stuff when I moved a couple of months ago - decent stuff to charity shops, less decent to a jumble sale that my local church happened to be running the weekend after my move.

I also buy lots of CDs and paperbacks from charity shops, and give them back when I'm done with them.

[Hip Priest]

Anyone finding themselves in the North West of England should visit the CHeshire locations of Chester and Northwich. Both have about a dozen charity shops, and both are great.

In my case, I usually donate to the community centre/shop I work for, so it helps to pay my wages too.

[sonicl]

The Oxfam in Woking often has great stuff. The only trouble is, I told Pookie about it, so he'll probably get there first now and there'll be nothing left for me.

[Hip Priest]

Some Oxfams have gone so f***ing expensive now, though, haven't they? £15 for a hooded sweatshirt? £25 for a pair of jeans? F*** off. I wouldn't mind if the stuff was rare, or better quality, but it's the same as they used to sell for a couple of quid. And their book-pricing strategy is just bizarre; even the top book dealers don't charge that much.

[porkmarras]

The Cancer Research in Daltson is great too.Most books are 75p there and their collection of vinyl and cds is rather impressive.I find the ones in Greenwich are good for aerobic vinyl as you seem to find a lot of those records in them.One of the best buys was this original tea box from Diana and Charles's wedding wich is sheer tackiness but of the best variety.

[sonicl]

I think a lot of charity shops have gone beserk on their pricing. But this one in Woking charges 49p for a CD single and 99p for most CD albums. Which is ridiculously cheap. I rarely buy books in Oxfam shops though, their pricing is, as you say, daft.

[Hip Priest]

My favourite purchase is a wall-hanging business card holder, hand-made in 1912. It was made by an apprentice or student, and the exact details of the thing are recorde on a label on the reverse that was filled in by the maker's tutor. It's really a nice thing, and looks good above the beareau. And it cost £4, from one of the shops in Northwich.

£4. Are you paying attention, Mr Oxfam?

[Hip Priest]

Originally Posted by sonicl

I think a lot of charity shops have gone beserk on their pricing. But this one in Woking charges 49p for a CD single and 99p for most CD albums. Which is ridiculous. I rarely buy books in Oxfam shops though, their pricing is, as you say, daft.

I dislike the blanket pricing policies. 'All cd's at £2.99' should not apply to things that were free with a magazine, and just have excerpts from stuff. That's poor practice.

Some shops sell a little too cheaply, it has to be said; there's a balance to be struck between making the most from someone's donation and being reasonable. Oxfam really take the piss, though.

[porkmarras]

A friend of mine bought 'Women In Revolt' by Paul Morrisey/Warhol on VHS for only £2.50 in a charity shop in Essex.That tape wouldn't cost any less than at least £16.00 if you bought it secondhand.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by sonicl

The Oxfam in Woking often has great stuff. The only trouble is, I told Pookie about it, so he'll probably get there first now and there'll be nothing left for me.

Thanks for the reminder; I still haven't been.

I give to my local charity shops about once a month. Having children means you accumulate a lot of stuff very quickly.

[atari 2600]

I put six bucks and some change in the Salvation Army guy's kettle outside Kroger the other day.

It's been years since I donated clothes or furniture or anything.

I used to shop at a thrift store called The Potter's House a good bit in Athens. They had some good stuff. The charity is for this rehab ranch thing.

The Salvation Army store in Athens wasn't very good. The one here is bigger and is okay.

There's a Goodwill store on the way to Lynchburg that is huge and they always have lots of things. I'm sure Ripfrey knows the one I mean.

[Savage Clone]

I have about a dozen bags of clothing ready to go right now.

[atari 2600]

I-I'm not crazy about used clothes. I mean they call it vintage, you know to take your mind off of what it really is...'nasty wear.' Oh it's clean you know people wear underwear, ya well they don't wear iron underwear and that's what it's gonna take to get me in those clothes. I mean I'll move into an apartment after a strange person moves out, why would I wanna move into somebody's pants? There is no vintage underwear of course, but it's not because the guy couldn't sell his underwear, it's because men wear their underwear until it absolutely disintegrates. Men hang on to underwear until, until each individual underwear molecule is so strained it can barely retain the properties of a solid. It actually becomes underwear vapor. W-we don't even throw it out, we just open a window and it goes out like dandelion spores. That's how men throw out underwear; we just go (blows on the mic) and it's gone.

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache579Mdm-1dUJ:www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheRaincoats.html+seinfeld+%22vintage+underwear%22 &hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

[sonicl]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I have about a dozen bags of clothing ready to go right now.

Any nice capes in there?