General Charity Shops Reviews

I am born hunter. I don't like when something is delivered on a plate. I love searching for treasure just like a pirat. I hate shopping in a mall. There's everything in every size and colour. When I came to UK and discovered the charity shops I was in seventh heaven. It's like fishing. There's a lot of different fishes in a river ...  Read the complete review

I remember when i was younger my mum used to go into the odd charity shop and i was too embarassed to be seen in one incase one of my friends from school saw me. Now i go into them all the time and am annoyed at myself for being so snobby back then. If you get the right charity shop, it can be absolutely brilliant - a shoppers paradise! ...  Read the complete review

When I was younger I used to be so embarrassed by by Mam, who spent quite a lot of time browsing the different charity shops in town. I would never go in with her and used to wait a fair distance from the shop just in case any of my friends happened to walk past! Fast forward a few years and now I drag her in them! I must admit I don't ...  Read the complete review

As a kid my mum was always trying to get me in a charity shop but being a kid I saw them as horrible places full of smelly clothes that not even your Nan would want to wear. Now as a mum with a limited budget and children that seem to grow quicker than weeds I have started to look at some ways to save some money on clothes. ...  Read the complete review

Watching Mary Portas wield the big stick over the pensioners in the Save The Children shop on Mary Queen of Shops on BBC2 as she tackled charity retail it was quite revealing to learn that only 25% of the stuff sent in was actually resalable. They basically had to throw away most of the donations and send a lot of the clothes to be used as rag to ...  Read the complete review

When I was a teenager, I laughed at my Mum shopping almost exclusively in charity shops. Now I am in my 20's, so do I. Charity shops are absolutely fantastic. Not only can you grab a great bargain, the thrill of the chase is entertaining too. I can spend hours in various shops browsing the rails and thumbing through books. Some charity shops are ...  Read the complete review

I have to say i think charity shop are great. Before i went to uni they werent somewhere i ever ventured. However with the many fancy dress parties arranged at uni, charity shops formed one of our weekly shopping rituals. These shops contain everything from clothes to bric a brac and books. Everything is really cheap and normally the ...  Read the complete review

'Your mum's so poor she buys toilet roll from Oxfam ' - I got that a lot as a kid . When I was young, my dad was in the army, but sadly had to leave after developing a back problem . The family income took a big dip for a couple of years, and my parents prioritised things like good food and fun, which meant clothing and toys had less of a ...  Read the complete review

I do think charity shops are an important part of our community, in a perfect world they wouldn't exist and our charities would get all the help and funding they need from the government. Unfortunately this doesn't happen so the charities that can afford it open shops where the public can donate their unwanted items to be resold with the profit ...  Read the complete review

I would be the first to admit that I use to think that charity shops were just filled with junk and terrible clothes that werent even granny worthy, though when I became a student I think my views on this changed alot. Our Student Union holds an Oxfam charity shop that holds some brilliant finds and alot of the stuff is new, or almost ...  Read the complete review

Whilst I would rarely buy clothes from a charity shop I am always looking in here for bargains, some of which are just ridiculously cheap! I am a very enthusiastic book reader and on a good week I can get through 2-3 books. Thus, I need a place that can satisfy my need without being too expensive. I generally find that I can pick up a ...  Read the complete review

In my time I have been a customer, a volunteer and a manager for Barnardo's, so I have been able to see different perspectives on how this business works. I would like to share some of my experience for you to gain a better insight into this most fascinating of high street sectors. Firstly I must say what a great idea charity shops are. ...  Read the complete review

Where I live, we have many charity shops, which I often visit. Charity shops are great for everything. Donating items. I have donated unwanted items and clothes to charity shops when cleaning and de-cluttering the house. They are easy to donate to just fill up a bag of box then pop into the shop to offer them the items you ...  Read the complete review

I remember once being dragged kicking and screaming into Oxfam by my mum, and having to look out the door very carefully when we left incase anyone was around to see me exit. I'm pushing 30 and yet until very recently I have still felt a childish embarrassment about going in a charity shop, so completely overlooked them. I probably could have ...  Read the complete review

I worked in a charity shop for Age Concern when I was 14 doing my Duke of Edinburgh award. They were very kind to let me work there, and offered me all sorts of training, such as till work, cashing up, stock work, pricing, and sorting stock. For a 14 year old I felt so grown up and it was great when my friends came in and saw me behind the till. I ...  Read the complete review

There are a wide range of charity shops most high streets have at least a couple. There are charity shops to support all sorts of charities from save the children, the British heart foundation, and the Red Cross to help the aged. I started looking in shops when I was pregnant with my son mostly for toys and to see what the clothing was ...  Read the complete review

Charity shopos are a great institutions and I support them regularly by buying products from them, primarily clothes and videos. I have an Oxfam shop not fram from where I live in Hackney and they ahve a large section of books and videos and alos music. I buy videos from them from time to time, at 1 pound each. I also visit my local Age ...  Read the complete review

I went through a stage of visiting my charity shops every week in my town of Haslingden they have a few "Sue Ryder, Help the Aged and Oxfam" and I have picked up some great finds over the years. What I find has been my biggest gem finds are the kids toys such as Bob the builder as my son went through a phase of loving these ...  Read the complete review

Moving from a small market town with a handful of small charity shops to a large university city with loads of them, I was in charity shop heaven! I first discovered the joys of charity shopping when I was in my first year of uni, we were going to a fancy dress party and needed costumes. A bunch of us piled into the city and started ...  Read the complete review

One of my favourite past times is spending a Saturday rummaging through charity shops. They sell most second hand things from clothes, books, shoes, bags, home ware and children's toys, some even sell electrical and furniture. I love the fact that I can get a bargain while supporting a charity. Although there are some based in the city ...  Read the complete review