Fabulous selection of books in and out of print, for a good price not car boot prices, but cheaper…read morethan Amazon! I go in mainly for non-fiction books Scientific, Academic, Business and Psychology primarily and that's only a few bookshelves. The store goes right back, and is a veritable haven (the peace when you shut the door is palpable). So for an escape from the hubbub of town foot-traffic, a very civilized browse, and a pleasing bargain to take away (and the tellers always seem friendly and helpful) this is a good place to stop. Oh, and of course you're doing your 'charitable bit' as well! Almost forgot that.

Popped my head in to have a quick look...some of the clothes are aimed at a younger market - but…read moresome pretty stylish pieces in there. Super friendly service, good conversation with the guy in there (owner?) who knew his stuff and his market - picked up a nice sweatshirt for these colder autumn days and I'll be back to pick up a few bits and pieces over the winter no doubt...

A rather big pawn shop with some gems inside. Staff members like to bug you and pretend they know…read morestuff about what your buying when they dont. Dont buy instruments from there, they're really over priced and they dont let u try them out before hand.

Yet again I found myself in a sticky situation and against my better judgement I thought I'd…read morereluctantly give Cash CONverters one last try!! Yet again the crooks that run it, conned me out of my merchandise. This is the 3rd and final time I will EVER enter that crook infested hovel. Ok I've only got myself to blame for my infallible trust in seeing only the good in my fellow human beings. I could blame the traffic for being 5 minutes late to collect my item from Cash CONverters but I won`t. It's totally my fault! These things happen to the best of us... but being told by the owner that if I returned before 9:30am the next day everything would be fine and I could have my item back. Great I thought, finally some compassion is being shown by the stony faced patronizing lady owner!! I almost forgot my previous experiences after she said that. I returned at opening time the next morning full of smiles and happy expectations.....SMACK.. that didn't last long. I was told by a young, eager to impress his boss, spotty kid that unfortunately my item had been transferred to the sales department and I`d have to buy it back at full retail price now! I confidently laughed and said there must be a mistake, the owner told me only last night that if I returned today bla bla bla,.... But no.... this new info had come from the boss herself he replied. "There's nothing we can do about it Sir" he kept repeating!! A de ja vu feeling ran through me!! It reminded me of when I pawned my £400 laptop for a £50 loan at the same store and broke down on my way home from London while on my way to the store and after explain the situation I was told that's it's ok, come in the next day and everything will be fine! And I expect you've already guessed? My laptop had miraculously been sold overnight?! "There's nothing we can do about it Sir" It also reminded me when I stupidly pawned some medals and was told the extra items in the box I should keep in there and they would keep them safe. I won't go into details but the extra items disappeared and because they weren't listed they didn't exist!! Anyway, my point is this... Cash CONverters in Northgate St Ipswich is worth avoiding like the plague!! If you want to pawn something go to Cash Exchange in Tacket St. My partner forgot about an item she'd pawned, phoned up a week later and they graciously had kept it for her and allowed her to get it back!! Cash Exchange get 10 stars outta 5!! Cash CONverters don't deserve one star!!