Arrrrgh... Taking stuff to charity shop!

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Or trying to. OH regularly complains we (or rather, I) have too many books, so there's no room for the ones he wants (seems fair enough to me, as he never reads them, but thinks that just owning them makes him an expert in every subject).

So this morning I have bagged up a load of my books, mostly unused gifts and duplicates, to take to the charity shop. Now he's fishing out books about gardening, in case he "gets into gardening in the next couple of years and wants to use them". He has NEVER shown the faintest inclination to do anything in the garden. I do EVERYTHING that gets done out there (I'm no expert, but the garden looks nice), and I have never needed these fucking books to do it.

Am I not entitled to at least get rid if my own stuff?

The poster who can't get rid of books because the charity shops are on red routes. How about www.bookcrossing.com/

My goodness I thought I had written this thread and forgotten it is so close to my own experience!

We have over 3000 books, most on shelves in the living/dining room, but overspill into piles now. I sorted out 16 boxes of ones neither of us had looked at/read in the last year and packed them into the loft. DH did not really notice. Then we had to bring some of the boxes down when the loft was rewired...DH has been sorting through them, 'keeping this, can't throw this away' every time I try and put some in a bag to take them to a charity shop. Half of them he doesn't even remember he had, and my ones have been fished out as well because he 'might' read them......arrrgh!

I have resorted to only sorting them out when he is not in the house, its the only way........

Would a charity shop take a sofa good nick, fire safety tag on but cat scratch marks on either end? Or is gumtree better? Got rid of the old one via council but if I can get rid of it for free it would be better

I have a Big Ape. It's about 5ft 6. DS2 won it in a raffle and has no emotional connection to it, but no charity shop will want it. It would take up 10% of their floor space! What to do with THAT.

Daisydee, ots of areas have community furniture recycling now, maybe a quick Google might turn up somewhere locally? British Heart Foundation accepts furniture donations but think they have to be in pretty good nick.

daisydee The British Heart Foundation will collect that for free for one of their furniture and electric stores (because it's in good condition and has the fire tag). Google them for your local one. They'll arrange a pickup day with you on the phone, and will carry the sofa out to their van so no lifting on your part . Well that's what they did for me. If you can, please also gift aid the donation (the pick up guys will ask if you can sign for that) which costs you nothing, but saves the charity the tax.