Make Charity Shops Your First Port of Call

The terrible state of the economy has had major impacts on many people and the enormous debt that the UK as a country has now got itself into will only mean further reductions in government spending for many years to come on services we have become accustomed to. Of course the same is to be said for most of the so called developed world but that doesn't make things seem any better. Market economies are built on the buying and selling of goods and services but if the money in people's pockets is drastically reduced to the extent that they struggle to pay for food and shelter (Abraham Maslow was right all along) then the ability to 'consume' our way to economic growth is much reduced.

So should any of us be surprised or shocked when we see Charity Shops on the high street full of people trying to make ends meet? Should any of us be ashamed of buying essentials in Charity Shops? There doesn't need to be any stigma attached whatsoever to buying from Charity Shops, indeed, why not buy perfectly good but already used, goods at a fraction of the price that you would buy new - the quality can often be far higher than new products. 

Go on - check out your local Charity Shops next time you need something for the home, you may just be surprised by what you find, and how much you save.

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