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Vicky

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Hi, I have just bought my first house and need some furniture. I quite like old furniture (plus I cant afford brand new!) but the antique shops I have looked in have been way too expensive! So, does anyone know of any shops that sell cheap secondhand furniture? When I lived in Cheltenham, the charity shops seemed to be full of furniture starting at about £20, but Staffords charity shops dont seem to be like this! I could travel to Stoke/Cannock if anyone knows any good shops!
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Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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The Hospice has a warehouse up by the tip which has a high turnover of furniture and other larger items that the shops can't handle - worth a look. There can be items at the boot sale on the Common, too.

There are also furniture items in the Hospice shop in Eccleshall.
 
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Hetairoi

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It used to be quite cheap at the hospice warehouse but the prices have gone up considerably since it opened.
 
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Vicky

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Thanks for so many responses so quickly! I will be heading to the hospice by the common this afternoon then, and maybe out to Eccleshall afterwards!
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Vicky said:
Thanks for so many responses so quickly! I will be heading to the hospice by the common this afternoon then, and maybe out to Eccleshall afterwards!
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As Hetairoi says, the prices aren't quite 'junk shop' prices these days, but if you see what you want then you just have to make your mind up...
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

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Yeah, I found the hospice place a bit pricey considering it was all donated. Plus they turn a lot of stuff away, we had to throw loads in the tip that they wouldn't take.
 
stoofer34

stoofer34

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you can browse at our house!

Wardrobe,chest of drawers

40's style

dining chairs with pads (cottage type)


offers?

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Florence

Florence

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Yeah, I've got a garage full of stuff waiting to go on Freegle.
Did anyone mention that? Free stuff, but you need to offer something to get you started.
Link here.
 
Wormella

Wormella

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tek-monkey said:
Yeah, I found the hospice place a bit pricey considering it was all donated. Plus they turn a lot of stuff away, we had to throw loads in the tip that they wouldn't take.
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I think it depends, they turned away a perfectly good 17" CRT monitor, but then Im not surprised as it had had no interest on freecycle - they did take the battered office chair though, which no one had wanted on freecycle / Freegle so I suspect they know what can be sold, and what is just going to sit there - and since they don't have limitless space (there isn't a warehouse for the warehouse after all) it makes sense.

I suspect Katherine House, as well as other charity shops, know the market exceedingly well (apart from our Oxfam, which chronically under prices cook books - but then they do over price clothes) - even if it's more expensive then it used to be, it's still the cheapest way to kit out a house in that eclectic, slum landlord aesthetic...

Gumtree & Ebay are worth a look too - but it helps to be looking for more specific things there.
 
anomalyaos

anomalyaos

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Catherine house hospice is where i got the furniture for my flat and i got some lovely stuff for a real bargain the furniture exchange re quite frankly extortionate for what your getting in my opinion ...we'd never have furnished this place if we'd gone there
 
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ddub1984

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Cuttlestones auction at Penkridge Market is well worth a trip- http://www.cuttlestones.co.uk/ They normally have loads of nice old wooden furniture going at really cheap prices. You can sign up on the website & they will email you the catalogue the day before the sale :) Ive been a couple of times
 
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