When my wife takes us to antique stores. I know that one person's trash is another person's treasure. But I don't get the fascination she, and so many other people, seem to have with antique stores. She hardly ever buys anything, and when she does it is some overpriced piece of junk I don't want in my house.
Since my main job is seasonal and it finishes from Nov - Mar - I have to find other work in that time. I ended up getting paid to sort out a charity shop that was going to open for
the boss of my previous job. I left my job on pretty good terms so they helped me out. But yeah she is in her 70s and is a typical charity (thrift) shop type person.
Won't throw anything away in case that magic someone walks in one day and wants to pay £2 for it
There were boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes of books piled up to the ceiling - and it was my job to sort the good from the crap. But even the crap she was like
" that might be worth something one day to one person who might end up in here by magic and pay a fortune !! "
Yes. MAYBE. But PROBABLY NOT as it's falling to bits has no spine and has mould on it.
I don't get ornaments and trinkets. It's just a thing that sits on your mantlepiece doing fuck all.
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OTOH I get all my jeans, Hoodies , jackets and tee shirts from charity shops and i've got SO MANY nice clothes for less than £5 an item