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feather_ghyllTills can be terrifying things. Apparently people steal from charity shops.... The mind, it boggles. Apparently most of them are drunk or on drugs. However, those who steal video or CD cases are stuffed, because the videos and CDs are stored elsewhere. I knew that, but I didn't know the scale of theft that goes on. From charity shops.
Speaking of videos, which have been left most graciously to be removed of in charity shops now that everyone has DVD players, my impression was that more of them were sold than books, perhaps because there was a BOGOF offer on them. Of the books that I sold, none were girls own, kid lit or teen lit, and I didn't see any being donated. What sold? A couple of thrillers, one romance, one state of the world now and a non-fictional humourous book. Oh, I lie, I did sell a teach your kids to read with sound effects book. I will go into shock if I ever sell a copy of 'What Katy Did', 'Black Beauty' or 'Swiss family Robinson', because every charity shop I have ever visited has copies of them. (I exaggerate only slightly.)
Speaking of videos, which have been left most graciously to be removed of in charity shops now that everyone has DVD players, my impression was that more of them were sold than books, perhaps because there was a BOGOF offer on them. Of the books that I sold, none were girls own, kid lit or teen lit, and I didn't see any being donated. What sold? A couple of thrillers, one romance, one state of the world now and a non-fictional humourous book. Oh, I lie, I did sell a teach your kids to read with sound effects book. I will go into shock if I ever sell a copy of 'What Katy Did', 'Black Beauty' or 'Swiss family Robinson', because every charity shop I have ever visited has copies of them. (I exaggerate only slightly.)
