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Antoinette · **Posted: 06-10-2006 , 11:44 PM** #3

Chris
While I agree that charity shops SHOULD be the first choice for smaller items - I feel that I have to comment...
I recently moved to Portlaoise from Dublin - I didn't have a lot of time to pack properly as my house sold very fast, so I just stuffed everything into boxes and took the whole lot with me.
I recently had time to sift through some of them and took a few boxes to our local charity shop... (i wont say which one - there's a few) I had the usual suspects... Clothes, ornaments, lamps, some toys, and a stereo (the tape drawer was stuck) The lady in the shop made me stand there while she went through e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g and she took the stereo and and some clothes and said I had to take all the other stuff back - I was so embarassed.
Most of the stuff I had was in "very good condition" and the rest was in "good condition".
I won't be going back and I still have tons of stuff that I didn't get through yet. They could have had the microwave and the vegetable steamer that I put on Jumbletown.. Aaaaand all the other stuff that I didn't get to yet.
OK Rant over. Had to get that off my chest.. GREAT SITE

Antoinette

	Posted: 06-10-2006 , 11:44 PM #3
Antoinette Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Portlaoise Posts: 12	Books Chris While I agree that charity shops SHOULD be the first choice for smaller items - I feel that I have to comment... I recently moved to Portlaoise from Dublin - I didn't have a lot of time to pack properly as my house sold very fast, so I just stuffed everything into boxes and took the whole lot with me. I recently had time to sift through some of them and took a few boxes to our local charity shop... (i wont say which one - there's a few) I had the usual suspects... Clothes, ornaments, lamps, some toys, and a stereo (the tape drawer was stuck) The lady in the shop made me stand there while she went through e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g and she took the stereo and and some clothes and said I had to take all the other stuff back - I was so embarassed. Most of the stuff I had was in "very good condition" and the rest was in "good condition". I won't be going back and I still have tons of stuff that I didn't get through yet. They could have had the microwave and the vegetable steamer that I put on Jumbletown.. Aaaaand all the other stuff that I didn't get to yet. OK Rant over. Had to get that off my chest.. GREAT SITE Antoinette