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Originally Posted by annesingleton
One example of second hand tat - I arranged for the council to take away an old television set which was broken. It stood outside for two days in the rain until Hyndburn Used Furniture Stores collected it. A few days later I was walking along Abbey Streey and there was my knackered old telly in pride of place for sale in one of the Maundy Grange shop windows.
I also furnished my first home with second hand goods, and I love a rummage round second hand shops and charity shops, although I would never on principle go into any of the Maundy Grange shops.
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Are you sure it was the same TV? It's not worth fixing 2nd hand TV's these days unless it wasn't bust or something very simple like a fuse needed replacing? Surely they wouldn't put a broken TV in the window!
