"Thrift stores"

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Originally Posted by Percy Trimmer

I would be interested know exactly what a thrift shop is.

In the UK we have 'charity shops' which collect donations from the public and sell them on, with all the proceeds going to a single designated charity (Oxfam run so many of these that the term 'Oxfam Shop' is often used generically). The shops are usually rented cheaply at the end of, or between, leases. The people working in them are for the most part volunteers.

Is that the same as a thrift shop?

Here schools often have stores selling used uniforms and books to the next generation (or size) of student with the income (maybe less a small commission) being returned to the seller. Is that a thrift shop?

Yes what we call a charity shop here in the UK in USA they call it a thrift store.