Would a charity shop take old annuals?

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Decluttering the DCs bedrooms. DS has a large pile of old, mainly football annuals, Match of the Day etc, from about 5-10 years ago. Would these be likely to sell in a charity shop? I don't want to dump them on them if not, but don't want to just chuck them out either, alternative is FB freecycle sites.

They might be collectible?

I’d have a look on eBay and see if they are up as collectibles. Most charities would put them online if worth anything. If not I’d recycle.

Thanks might be worth a look, I didn't think they'd really be old enough to be collectible. I've never sold on Ebay, tend to use FB.

Put them on eBay or vinted. Someone will want to collect them

Try your local Oxfam books. They get money for pulping paper materials if there is an excess or too damaged. But sometimes are short on storage space so ours restricts drop offs to 4 bags max. I always Gift Aid, so that helps the charity and reduces my tax bill by a bit.

Ask them.

DS worked at a charity shop for DofE. They do know how to dispose of unusual things that they may not be able to sell in the shop. They often keep things aside, and list them on eBay as others have said.

Also, our local charity (the one he worked at) will not take in certain things that another, a bit further away, will. It depends on their local custom.

OK, I used to be a book dealer.

The general rule with children's books is they become collectable round about the time the "child" reaches the age of 40 and then stops when they reach 60.

Especially true if the subject matter is "boys" .

If you have room, stash them in a cupboard for the next 30 years, and he'll thank you.

That’s quite funny but makes perfect sense.

Don't think there worth anything. Id Olio or freecycle them.

We don't have room though, we are in a small house with too much stuff. My parents kept some of our toys which I do need to ebay but TBH aren't worth that much and have been cluttering the place up for donkey's years. It's a tricky one.

when I lived in Edinburgh there was a woman whose job it was to post stuff on eBay for people who couldn’t be arsed. You’d drop it off. She’d photograph, write the blurb, answer questions, package it up and post it off.

Charged a percentage fee on a sliding scale. It was really good when I moved abroad and had a massive clear out. Google and see if there’s something similar near you. It’s so freeing having less clutter.

I’d recycle these; don’t think anyone would want a five year old annual tbh. Our council has a special recycling place for books I use for that kind of thing.

In general they definitely take annuals, I’ve bought annuals from charity shops before. But I’m not sure specifically about football ones since I imagine they date a bit more than Beano, Dr Who, Barbie etc ones if they’re about the ‘current’ team?

A couple of years ago when DC2 wouldn't read anything other than Match of the Day comments, if I had seen these advertised on FB for free, I would have taken them off your hands with delight as it would have been something DC2 would have read.
Similarly, I put our Guinness World Record books from the past few years on FB recently and someone took them for her grandson who was fascinated by them.

Try Vinted. Ive sold lots of kids books on there. Put your bundle's discount on and people will tend to buy more than one thing to save on postage

I've never used Vinted either, I thought it was just for clothes and shoes, will have a look.

I send all my books through droppoint now, saves the hassle of being turned away at charity shops not accepting donations. They have charities wanting books

the only annuals worth anything are obscure ones that are hard to come by.