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    Quote Originally Posted by luckycat:
    Jacky I am certain I heard that charity shops either get a subsidy or some other form of rental assistance from the gummint. Maybe thats why they are so prevalent.
    Correct. Charity shops in England and Wales are exempt from corporation tax on profits and have a zero VAT rating on the sale of donated goods. They also get 80% relief on non-domestic rates AND a further 20% rate relief at the discretion of the local authority. I would imagine that most local authorities give this. I also imagine that the law in Scotland is the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacky_se:
    Basically it shows that people don't have any money.
    Or it shows that people with money don't necessarily want to waste it on a gucci bag

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    One chain of shops which has prospered in Britain recently is Poundland which is now expanding into Europe.

    Poundland to expand into eurozone under 'Dealz' brand - Telegraph


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    I love charity shops, wish there was a lot more in Hong Kong.


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    Quote Originally Posted by justjoe86:
    Man, I feel sorry for the person you clearly exploited and now call chump!
    Don't feel sorry for him, man. He's trying to sell his child to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Char Siu King:
    You're talking about Cambridge. A town of about 100,000 people and a good chunk of them are actually students from all over the world. That's why there are second hand shops. Students love that stuff.
    Cambridge has 122,000 people, a big bunch of rich tourists, and 18,000 students. Most stuff sold in British charity shops is old clothes (which I would merely use to clean the toilet), old CDs, VCDs, DVDs, books, old broken toys, etc. Basically, stuff that people in Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, etc. throw in the rubbish when they are cleaning up their cellars. Not the fancy stuff sold in Milan station.

    Quote Originally Posted by Char Siu King:
    What on earth do LV, Prada, Rolex etc have to do with anything?
    You should make it a habit to read the message you are responding to.

    It doesn't mean I dislike charity shops. I like them. But a charity shop in main street isn't really a sign of a booming economy.
    Last edited by jacky_se; 11-08-2011 at 06:39 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shilo507:
    One chain of shops which has prospered in Britain recently is Poundland which is now expanding into Europe.

    Poundland to expand into eurozone under 'Dealz' brand - Telegraph
    Instead of poundland will they literally call it 'Eurozone'?

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    Quote Originally Posted by luckycat:
    Don't feel sorry for him, man. He's trying to sell his child to me

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    Ooooh interesting! How much was he trying to sell the child for?
    Last edited by Error; 11-08-2011 at 06:42 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacky_se:
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    You should make it a habit to read the message you are responding to.
    Sorry jacky but it's you with the distorted view here. It doesn't mean you're poor if you don't buy from the likes of Gucci and Prada.

    Many Cambridge and Oxford students are quite rich, I'm sure, but they would probably be the subject of ridicule if they turned up with one of those LV bags to uni, Let me draw it again:

    ____LV____
    LV LV LV LV
    LV LV LV LV
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    What the gucci and prada shops in HK show is that people are willing to spend a proportion of their earnings on these things, not that they are richer. I've seen plenty of these bags in Tin Shui Wai (Where I work in a primary school) - are you telling me it's a rich area?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Error:
    Ooooh interesting! How much was he trying to sell the child for?
    All I know is the child's mother was keen to negotiate a sale.

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