Society has changed us all into consumers; we can't get enough of shopping, and getting new stuff…read more Products aren't made to last anymore, and we are more than happy to throw things away while they are still fully functional. At Cash Box in Glenfield, formerly loved products are given an opportunity to become loved property again, and this little second hand store is home to a good range of used items. They also buy gold and other jewellery, so it is a pawn shop of old. I found a little digital camera I was looking for, and for my wife a cheap as blender. Sometimes it pays to visit second hand stores.

Royal Oak Trading Co., or "that antique store by The Zookeeper", is a decent shop to get lost in…read morefor half an hour or so. Don't be put of by the rusting garden tools and junk in the entrance. Inside you will find just about everything excluding clothes and jewellery. It does ever so slightly feel like the dumping grounds for assets of an estate. Nothing is new in the store and you c an rummage through heaps of boxes and books and assorted paraphernalia. But you will find something that tickles for fancy at an affordable price, not necessarily cheap but better than most "Antique Stores". They also have an extensive library of old vinyls and books. Just try not to look shifty as the staff will follow you around the piles of furniture to keep an eye on you.

Okay service, need to be wary of them , slightly dishonest. Pawned laptop, came back without the…read morecharger and had been partially wiped which means their techie is not as expert as they claim. The person in front of me, when I arrived to pickup laptop also was having an issue with damage caused by the shop.