Cr*p you find in charity shops.

You should have bought it and handed it in to your nearest police station... To save someone, somewhere from making a horrible mistake.
 
It leaves one's danglies in danger of sunburn...
 
i have to say over the least year clearing out all the clutter and crap from our house scaling down for retirement the s*** we have taken to the local charity shops is mind boggling , its just cheaper and easier than the tip.
 
I wonder what and how much of the donated goods, when sorted, goes straight out the back door to landfill because too many folk 'donate' their rubbish that even to them is unsaleable!

When we have donated stuff we try to consider 'would anyone likely wish to own it' and is it in good enough condition (e.g. clothing not worn out, toys unbroken,& in working order et al). If we conclude it is really only fit for recycling or landfill we dispose of it appropriately.
 
Mr Bump said:
i have to say over the least year clearing out all the clutter and crap from our house scaling down for retirement the s*** we have taken to the local charity shops is mind boggling , its just cheaper and easier than the tip.
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So you land the cost of disposal on the charities? Nice.
 
Nod said:
So you land the cost of disposal on the charities? Nice.
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its no rubbish i would say on par with most of the crap they sell on for pence in the pound , i recently took about 4.5 million plates to oxfam someone will have them
 
We buy a lot of books (mainly non fiction) from charity shops, and also donate clothing and other 'stuff' if it's in reasonable condition and unwanted. I collect military history with an emphasis on the Ango-Zulu War and the Anglo-Boer Wars, my wife prefers books about Edinburgh's history and particularly what you can still see.
 
I trawl through the bookshelves in charity shops, especially on the run up to holidays and I buy pretty much any old cr@p that catches my eye, whether it's a title, author or something else. They get taken on holiday and there are a few bookshelves in the hotel where they get left. Every couple of years, the shelves get weeded down a bit and I take the unwanted books to a charity shop in the local city (if the landlady's daughter hasn't already doe the trip!)
 
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