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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · 1d ago
We have someone who regularly donates 6 boxes of books every time he comes in. I think he has been doing this since September / October last year, and apparently he does house clearances, which explains where all the books are coming from, and what sorts of books we get. There are often a lot of children's books included, which seems to indicate grandparents with shelves of books for when their grandchildren visit. Generally his donations are sorted into roughly 1/3 to us for processing, 1/3 to the warehouse as potential donations, and 1/3 to the warehouse for ragging. He's obviously just had his Gift Aid sales email from St Richard's Hospice, as he told one of my fellow volunteers that he has raised over £1,700 in Gift Aid sales. That's absolutely amazing, and very good to know from the point of view of sorting the books. He is a gold mine! #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 20, 2026
Huge amounts of book donations today - we had 24 boxes and bags of books in, which I just managed to sort through in the afternoon, resulting in 295 books to the warehouse as donations, 158 books to the warehouse for ragging and 202 books for processing - 655 books in total. Very happy, but that was about our limit for today, and we can't really take many (or any) books tomorrow until both the delivery van has come and collected everything to go to the warehouse, and some of the remaining books have been processed. #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 25, 2026
Monday's book donations were fairly typical in volume, but heavily skewed towards books needing to be ragged and books to go to the warehouse as donations. We kept 96 books for processing, and sent 154 books to the warehouse as donations, and 181 books for ragging. It took most of the afternoon to sort through all of them, and it was irritating that people had donated over 180 books that were in poor enough condition that the best outcome is that we can get a few pence per kilo for them as ragged books, rather than going into the bin and costing money to dispose of - which is what might happen to some of them. #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 25, 2026
The boxes of books to go to the warehouse were collected last Thursday, so by Monday we were back to normal with book donations, and donations in general. We had just over 50 boxes and bags donated on Monday, which is par for the course. Over the course of a week, we probably get at least 300-350 donations in, which is why we can get clogged up at time, and can't take any more in. When we're that full, we can't "just store it somewhere," because we have already used up all our storage space. We do try to limit the amount of time that we aren't taking in donations, but it is something that happens. #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 20, 2026
The stockroom has been tidied to within an inch of its life, and we are busy appreciating it while it lasts. The bags and boxes to go to the clearance shop have gone, and although the boxes of books to go to the warehouse won't be moved until Tuesday, at least they're tidy. The charity's CEO arrived for a short, unannounced visit on Wednesday, and he was very complimentary about how good it looked, which was also very nice. #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 17, 2026
As we've got a pause on donations this week, we decided to tidy up and sort out the stockroom shelves, as stuff tends to pile up and they get cluttered. It went really well - we unearthed and packed up a load of random bric-a-brac that can hopefully get sent off to the clearance shop tomorrow, found a lot of kids' toys that can go out straightaway, and discovered that we have even more crockery, puzzles and games than we thought. Now that it's all visible and tidy, it will be a lot easier to find things to put out. #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 16, 2026
This week is going to be difficult, as the warehouse is overwhelmed, and we can't accept donations - the only thing they will be collecting from any of our group of shops is culled clothes. Luckily, there haven't been many complaints so far, although one customer was affronted as she is signed up to gift aid, had travelled 10 miles to get into town, and had never needed to phone up before, to check if donations were being accepted. She then wondered if we couldn't "just store them somewhere." If we had anywhere to store them, we wouldn't be rejecting donations! #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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@HollieK72@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 29, 2026
Yesterday someone bought 7 books from our window display on Military History, for a grand total of £22.40. Apparently he lives abroad and needs some books to read - happy to oblige! 📚 #CharityShopLife #HK72Posts
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