Re: All "Scope" shops to close?

Alex wrote: 
Troy Steadman wrote:

Scope used to be "The Spastics Society". My wife works as a volunteer
in one of their shops and says that *all* their national shops are to
close - that it was in the newspapers over the weekend.

Can't find anything on the Internet. If I can buy jeans in Tesco for
£3, shoes for £12, and everything else I want on Ebay, I can't see us
rushing out to buy overpriced tat in a Charity Shop.

Is it true and if so is it a trend?


It was mentioned in Private Eye magazine that they're to focus much more on lobbying the Government, as it's more effective than selling stuff in charity shops.
Also isn't eBay having an effect? That is, whereas in the past people would donate items to a charity shop, now quite a number are sold on eBay, so less items getting donated.
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