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'I'm a charity shop manager and there's reason second-hand stores are declining'

Following complaints the high street and local charity shops have become 'full of tat' with 'obnoxious' volunteers, a charity shop manager has opened up on the reasons for the second-hand market's decline in popularity

'I'm a charity shop manager and there's reason second-hand stores are declining'

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Following complaints the high street and local charity shops have become 'full of tat' with 'obnoxious' volunteers, a charity shop manager has opened up on the reasons for the second-hand market's decline...

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Following complaints the high street and local charity shops have become 'full of tat' with 'obnoxious' volunteers, a charity shop manager has opened up on the reasons for the second-hand market's decline in popularity

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