Yesterday I went around several Charity shops in my local town of Christchurch UK. In "Mind" I bought the Hertz tape posted about as well along with three LPs for £1.25 each. I once saw a Sharp VZ1500 music centre there for £30 but I had walked there and despite being both sides play that Sharp looks like many other music centres. "Scope" usually has a few cassettes and I wasn't disappointed picking up these for £1 each. I have "Like a Virgin" bought when it came out but for £1 why not have another with "In to the Groove" included. Despite usually pealing them off when I bought them new I like it when an LP or cassette has its original price label on it, which was one reason for buying Tell Me on A Sunday Trax was a Record shop, just a couple of minutes walk from where I bought this that closed down about ten years ago. So thirty years ago someone was happy to pay £6.99 for one pre-recorded cassette. That is £17.50 in 2019 money. Back then I was just getting into CDs paying even more for them. Paying the Manageress in Scope I commented that I should have known better than to look through their cassettes basket. "These are coming back into fashion; Everything always comes around again" was her reply. I'm glad she thinks that, as some Charity shops aren't interested in cassettes. Showing that there is still stuff out in the wild I walked across the precinct to Dorset Blind Association to see a man looking at a very 1970s Technics cassette deck with a woodgrain top, similar to the one VWestlife recently reviewed. I think the fact that someone else was showing an interest caused him to make up his mind to get it, as before I even had a chance to determine the price he look it to the till. Do you go "Thrifting" as LGR on Youtube calls it and what have you found ?
I quite often pop into the British Heart Foundation shop in Crawley, found a few gems in there in the past.
