Does anybody do this ?
I was looking for some pictures on-line of Vancouver past for a scrapbook. They are few and far between. So I went to the local thrift store here, and came away with 9 hard-cover coffee table books of Van for under 6 bucks. (time of publication was perfect for what I was looking for)
There's always a little 'creepy factor' shopping at thrift stores, but there is some neat stuff there, if you've got it in you to have a good look around.
Anybody every shop at a thrift store ? And if so, did you come across a good find ?
city of vancouver has a great before and after photo's but they're not really pictures.
no i can't say i've shopped at a thrift store, except a few times when i was younger.
I browse the thrift stores once in a while, PC. I don't buy the clothes, shoes, and bags there. Don't trust where it has been. Actually, the only things that I would trust buying are knick knacks, glass stuff, vases, and the occasional book if it looks to be in decent shape. I do however much prefer garage/yard/moving sales and have found many great deals through them instead.
The smell in these thrift stores get to me.
I love thrift stores!
I usually buy funky retro t-shirts, strange or retro coffee mugs/beer steins/shot glasses and books.
A lot of Mr LM's work clothes (jeans, swestshirts) have come from the Sally Ann- why pay full price when something is going to get covered in grease and dirt anyways?
Oh, and I also like consignment stores.
I've also bought several games there. They are SO expensive regular price. I picked up a game we really wanted, but it was $45 in the stores. The box was in mint condition, had the rule book, but it looked like there were pieces missing. I saw a second one, with a tattered and torn box, no rules but had more pieces. I bought them both for a total of 2 bucks...combined them and threw out the left overs. (kept a few pieces in case we lost anything) [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/g015.gif" border=0]
Thrift stores? - Love 'em!
What's your best 'find' there Gophie ?
More or less everything I'm wearing at this very moment - if you keep visiting them you eventually strike a day when one of the big stores taken down a heap of stock it's decided to clear out to make way for something new.
We have 'liquidator' stores here that get the closeout stock from other stores. All items are new though, whereas our thrift stores are probably 98% used items.
I wait until the thrift stores get new (i.e. in their original packaging), it doesn't happen very often, but when it does I find that it's been worth the wait.
I'm coming to YOUR thrift stores.
I find lately, the thrift stores equate anything old, with being valuable. Sometimes old is just old, but I actually enjoy the hunt. I once found a Grade One, Dick and Jane book for 10 cents. I bought for nostalgic purposes, but curiosity drove me to look it up on line, where I discovered it's worth anywhere from $200 to $400.
P.C. wrote:
I'm coming to YOUR thrift stores.
I find lately, the thrift stores equate anything old, with being valuable. Sometimes old is just old, but I actually enjoy the hunt. I once found a Grade One, Dick and Jane book for 10 cents. I bought for nostalgic purposes, but curiosity drove me to look it up on line, where I discovered it's worth anywhere from $300 to $400.
Where on line do you find out these type of prices? I have some old books and would have no idea how to find out the value!
I should clarify that. These are asking prices, not worth. I just looked it up again, and all I can find now says it's worth $160. Still a pretty good profit.
NSgirl, I usually start by googling the title and author, or I check places like Ruby Lane or Rare Books.
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