geordie9 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Got Stephen King's Full Dark No Stars for £1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie9 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 I've just got .... World War Z Shaun Hutson - Last Rites Justin Cronin - Passage Stephen King - The Bachman Books Stephen King - 11/22/63 All in excellent condition and got them all for £2, bargain!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Bargain indeed, Geordie! I have all but the Hutson book on my TBR pile. I look forward to your thoughts on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanW Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 You're very lucky in the UK being able to buy books from charity shops so easily. I know because we come to England every year now from Australia and one of the first things we do is find an Oxfam bookshop. Tasmania is a tiny island of half a million, widely dispersed, and our charity shops only carry a small number of books and usually fairly old ones. There are 2nd hand book shops but they tend to charge up to half the new price. So i buy most of my books 2nd hand from amzon.uk as even with the postage, it's cheaper than here. Also, the sort of books I read are often not available here at all so you have to order things in anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon39 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Charity shops are brilliant for books I find.I travel around about a 30mile radius from where I live and the bargains I get are tremendous. I once got a jasper fforde book i had been after for 40p.I had even tried ordering it from my favourite independent book shop but it's out of print.in fact they had several of Mr ffordes but I already had them. I need banning from my local oxfam bookshop,I spend far too much there.I'm on 1st name terms with most the staff/volunteers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 We have an Age UK bookshop a few miles from here - they sell most books for a pound; biogs are often 2 for a pound. They sell a few antiquarian books cheaply (I picked up a 1930s Winnie The Pooh without a DJ but in great condition for £2.50) . On the other hand, an Oxfam bookshop in Bloomsbury, London often have daft prices - I think they look at Abebooks and select the most expensive price. That said, they do occasionally have a few inexplicably cheap bargains so its always worth popping in (for the stuff I like anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I got a brand new copy of Janet Ellis's book, The Butcher's Hook, for £4 in Oxfam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 We used to have 4 or 5 charity shops in my local shopping centre, but now I think there is only one - the British Heart Foundation. I popped in for the first time a few weeks back and was a little surprised to find paperbacks selling at £2 each. It's not that I begrudge paying £2 per book as at the end of the day it's still a lot cheaper than buying brand new but I did find myself saying 'thanks, but no thanks' mainly because I picked up a book that I had been looking for for ages only to find a long hair sticking out from between the pages and for some reason it put me right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 We used to have 4 or 5 charity shops in my local shopping centre, but now I think there is only one - the British Heart Foundation. I popped in for the first time a few weeks back and was a little surprised to find paperbacks selling at £2 each. It's not that I begrudge paying £2 per book as at the end of the day it's still a lot cheaper than buying brand new but I did find myself saying 'thanks, but no thanks' mainly because I picked up a book that I had been looking for for ages only to find a long hair sticking out from between the pages and for some reason it put me right off. Used book shops not for you then, I guess?! Have to say, its quite rare I buy a book new. I've come across a discarded note and bookmark in a book but not hairs yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Used book shops not for you then, I guess?! The funny thing is I'm a regular visitor to my local library and have no problem borrowing books from them... although if there is two copies of the book I will pick the one in the best condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The funny thing is I'm a regular visitor to my local library and have no problem borrowing books from them... although if there is two copies of the book I will pick the one in the best condition. Maybe if you came across a hair in one at the library, that would put you off libraries too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 It would put me off that's for sure! I occasionally buy from used or charity bookshops, and donate books to a friend's charity, but would only buy if it was in pretty good condition, I don't mind faded pages (inevitable with a paperback) or a bit of creasing on the spine, but nothing in really bad condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I think I'm going to start putting individual hairs somewhere in a book next time I visit my shops... Little time bombs, perhaps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I wouldn't like finding hairs either. I'd probably just take them out and buy the book anyway, it's only hair, but it would still make me pause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 On 25-8-2016 at 8:49 PM, Flip Martian said: I think I'm going to start putting individual hairs somewhere in a book next time I visit my shops... Little time bombs, perhaps... You're not going to let that go are you?! On 26-8-2016 at 10:38 AM, Nollaig said: I wouldn't like finding hairs either. I'd probably just take them out and buy the book anyway, it's only hair, but it would still make me pause. I know. You're right. It was a bit daft. I am determined to go back to said shop and purchase at least one book! Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Sorry Autumn, sometimes the 5 year old boy in me lives on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Who gets a book and thinks "I'l just leave some hair in here"? Seriously, the mind boggles, but maybe that's just me - I don't have enough hair to spare leaving it between the pages of a book! I do like a charity shop for books. We have an Age Concern up our high st that has a separate book room. Problem is, I've now given so many books to it, that when In go in I recognise a lot of the books in there as mine. I need to get into the habit of giving the books to one shop, and buying from a different one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 On 27-8-2016 at 10:35 PM, ian said: Who gets a book and thinks "I'l just leave some hair in here"? Ah some of us shed a lot! I find my hairs EVERYWHERE, there was one stuck to the back door handle today, but they turn up absolutely everywhere. Probably wound up there by accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. A. Haag Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Whenever I go to a used bookstore (usually a charity shop that also sells used clothes and the like) I pick up any books that I recognize from having heard them from elsewhere. A paperback is usually a dollar and a hardcover is two dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander the Great Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 The only charity bookstore I've ever been to is the Oxfam store in Gent. I'm sure there's one closer in Kortrijk, but I never go to that city if I can help it. It's been a while, though, so I don't know the prices, but they do sound similar. I know my sister brings the books she's read and doesn't want to keep to the Oxfam bookstore. I'm that guy who reads a book, didn't like it that much but still can't give it away either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirley Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I don't mind passing my old books onto charity shops but I have to say I don't buy any from them. I go into the Works as you can get good bargains and they are new. I don't like going through books other people have read in case I find food dropped on the pages, grease stains etc. ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Ugh gross, I've bought an occasional book from an Oxfam shop near work, and they're always in perfect condition, including a brand new hardback for £4.00! None of the books I bought look like they've even been read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 One of the pleasures of charity shop book shopping (or second-hand bookshops) is the not knowing if you are going to find something fantastic or not. Sometimes it feels to easy to buy a book new from a store - I like the idea that I "found" it. Silly, I know, but I can't help myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Martian Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 24/04/2017 at 1:05 PM, ian said: One of the pleasures of charity shop book shopping (or second-hand bookshops) is the not knowing if you are going to find something fantastic or not. Sometimes it feels to easy to buy a book new from a store - I like the idea that I "found" it. Silly, I know, but I can't help myself. I agree with that - I know people who only buy stuff they're actually looking for but I just go in and see if anything takes my eye. I took 2 bags into our local Age UK shop today and came home with 7 more (all £1 each). None of which I knew about before I went in. 99% of my books come in second hand. I've still never found food, hairs or anything else in them, apart from the odd bookmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David James Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I've never bought a book from a charity shop. What types of books are normally sold in charity shops? Has anyone ever seen any philosophy books in any charity shops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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