squinkle99
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posted on May 29, 2001 07:22:28 AM new
Clean Classico Pasta Sauce Jars complete with tops and labels: Priced at $.25 each.
Why? I have no idea. So, maybe the designs in the glass are kind of interesting to some people, but why not just go the grocery store and buy them when they are on sale and you have a coupon? They would cost about $1.00 per jar then and you would get a lot of sauce to go along with your jar then.
My thrift store must have people picking all the "good stuff" before it reaches the shelves. There was a Dooney and Burke purse a couple of weeks ago. It was nasty looking. It had writing pen marks and rips in the seams all over. It was listed at $10.00, while all the other decent condition no name purses were listed at $2.00 or $3.00. Even though it was a good brand name, the condition of that purse was so bad that it was not worth anything near $10.00. Believe me!
And what gets to me even more is this. I am not rich but I have a certain amount of disposable income that I can afford to spend. But what about the really poor people? If they have priced out even the 'middle income' people, then the people who are really poor are going to have an even harder time affording things there.
I suppose we will all just stick mostly to yard sales until the thrift store comes back to reality. Just my humble $0.02 worth.
[ edited by squinkle99 on May 29, 2001 07:25 AM ]
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antiquealley
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posted on May 29, 2001 07:33:13 AM new
how about our local goodwill store - used cannister set (Rubbermaid) with ill-fitting lids, grimy outer surfaces/stains, and still sporting bits of flour, sugar and coffee in the bottom of the containers. Yechh. They wanted $9.99. Uh, I don't think so!
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marble
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posted on May 29, 2001 08:06:38 AM new
I went to an antique mall yesterday and came upon a cute little wooden box with some enamel inlay and a slide-off top. I slid the top off and guess what I found? A green leafy powdery substance with a strange kind of sweet smell. Yes, I did inform the person at the register that they were selling what appeared to be an illegal substance. I'm not sure what they did about it.
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cherrytreegirls
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posted on May 29, 2001 08:18:51 AM new
My Local Salvation Army Store must be watching eBay! Here are just a few of the prices they are asking.
GE Chrome Coffee Pot dinted ... $20.00
Cracked lusterware canisters ...$15.00
Fire-King milkglass casarol w/ chipped lid ... $10.00 !
When I asked why the prices were so high, the saleslady looked at me as if I had lost my mind. "Because they're VINTAGE"
BTW I live in Southern Indiana. Everything & everyone around here is "Vintage"
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deco100
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posted on May 29, 2001 08:59:24 AM new
Well, our last library sale had Readers Digest Condensed books for $2 each (which I have never been able to even give away !) and boxes of paperbacks, many brand new, for 10 cents each. Go figure!
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homeatmospheres
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posted on May 29, 2001 09:11:55 AM new
This whole situation is upsetting for others who are not going out to find things to resell...which is most of the public. I went to a yard sale in the really really dumpy part of town and they had some nice antiques...furniture and all sorts of stuff and they were priced higher then ebay prices. I asked him why so high and he got rude with me..saying that if people pay high prices on ebay that by buying from him there was no shipping. I went back on Saturday afternoon and he hadn't sold hardly a thing. He was real nice and asked me if I wanted to buy and I told him that he can just sell it on ebay.
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escandyo
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posted on May 29, 2001 10:12:50 AM new
Got to agree. The stock seems to be the leftover depository. I am getting the impression all the stores in our area must have arrangements made...buyers who buy all books in advance, then give back those they don't want as a donation. Same with particular glassware, etc. Sweet deal. One little old lady donates her time during the day, as cashier (while playing online,) then sells what she has purchased before the store opens, at the auction Tuesday nights!
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mikeylou
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posted on May 29, 2001 11:58:16 AM new
I'd tell you how my local SA was pricing things, but someone torched it two weeks ago. It was a pretty grimy place anyway, so maybe they'll clean up a little?
Most of the good stuff is pilfered before it even makes in inside the door anyway. They didn't have a drop off bin outside, so people would leave their stuff outside in front of the drop-off door on Sundays. I think the guy either set that stuff on fire or broke in through the drop-off door and set stuff on fire. Oh well.
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Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space.
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xifene
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posted on May 29, 2001 05:26:16 PM new
How about Timex Sinclair minus hook ups (power cord and tv cable) complete with mold -- $50 which is written in permanent ink on the surface of the machine. Yikes.
--xifene--
http://www.auctionusers.org
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Zazzie
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posted on May 29, 2001 05:31:32 PM new
Used scratched Fire-King measuring cup $8.00
(exact model available at Walmart for $3.00)
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redskinfan
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posted on May 29, 2001 08:32:31 PM new
Our local goodwill store buys stuff from the Dollar Tree and Everything's a dollar stores and marks them up for sell in their stores after they've got the price sticker off. Today I was browsing one item and they hadn't got the sticker all the way off. You could visiably see the "dollartree" written on half a price sticker.
I miss the Salvation Army store back home. They'd always be having clothing bags sells, fill a bag for a couple bucks. This was before I even knew how to use a computer and I'd resale the items in a yardsale for a profit. This salvation army store is run by little old ladies and you can still get stuff really cheap.
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twinsoft
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posted on May 29, 2001 11:06:32 PM new
A whole stack of of Maxell CD-RW discs @ $3 each. A dollar at any drug store.
Here's an interesting find from Goodwill, Palo Alto CA. It's an X.Com polo shirt.
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www.gratefuldad.com
Online Auction Sellers Cooperative
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Pandoras_Trinkets
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posted on May 31, 2001 06:45:22 AM new
too funny! You know that X.com shirts a collectable 
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gravid
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posted on May 31, 2001 12:19:41 PM new
The Goodwill stores here in the Detroit area were like that. Nothing good came out front for sale and guess what happened? They shut them all down a couple months ago. If they had run them right and even been moderate in what they bled off they would still have a sweet deal but they were so greedy they killed it.
[ edited by gravid on May 31, 2001 12:20 PM ]
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skip555
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posted on May 31, 2001 12:47:57 PM new
I stopped by my local goodwill today at lunchtime and there was a Woman asking to see the manager.
It's a small store and the discussion got heated but basicly the women was demanding to buy two curio cabinets Goddwill is using for display.
The manger told her the district manger had said they could use them for display
The women was not satisfied wanted district mangers name.wnated to know how long they had been using them for display,when would they stop ect.
Then the women went to her car got a notebook came back in and proceeded to invintory the items displayed in the curio cabinets.
As I was checking out the clerk said this woman has been hounding them for a month to sell her the cabinets.
When I walked out the door the women was coming back in with her video camera.
Wild !!!!
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nnt
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posted on May 31, 2001 01:31:19 PM new
I am with you on the thrift stores. I, too, worry about the poor people who actually need these stores for clothing. I have not found anything good in a Goodwill store in a long time.
Also, I know of Goodwill being asked to donate to families in dire need for clothing and necessities and they refuse.
Salvation Army does donate clothing and necessities to people. They are given vouchers for clothing and household goods.
There was a SA store in a town we lived for a while and I was terrified of the lady that ran the store. She had signs all over the store about people buying for resale and she sometimes was pretty rough on people, so I was very quiet when I went to buy books. Then one day, I watched a couple with 3 small children buying back to school clothing. They had outfitted those three kids with everything from underwear to rain gear and lunch boxes. They were just having a good time and the kids were so well behaved. I was impressed and, of course, they added up their money and had a discussion periodically about how much they had bought. They got to the check out stand and the manager went through all their clothing one by one, adding them up and I waited with baited breath, afraid they couldn't pay for it, then the manager said, "That will be $20. and so cents. The parents looked at each other and the manager said she was having a managers sale and I almost burst into tears. She was helping them without making them feel bad. That is what those stores should be about. \
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doxdogy
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posted on May 31, 2001 04:58:50 PM new
nnt, What a beautiful story. Makes one feel good that there is someone at there that understands that some people just aren't as well off as others and realizes that they still have pride. I have gone to our local Goodwill store a couple of times here in Jacksonville and the prices are high too and mostly junk.
Theresa
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mcjane
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posted on May 31, 2001 05:19:52 PM new
nnt Wonderful story. Thanks for posting it.
Jane
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kerryann
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posted on May 31, 2001 07:19:41 PM new
That story made my day today. How lovely that was!
I have a relative who relies on the local SA for clothes for her kids. The prices have gotten way out of hand though. There are some plain t-shirts marked $5.99! She waits for dollar day Friday and hopes there's decent stuff left.
I love the post above about the Timex Sinclair! I had one of those way back when. What memories. There's one on ebay now for three bucks. LOL.
Not Kerryann on eBay
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yumacoot
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posted on June 7, 2001 01:52:14 PM new
Didnt know if anyone cares......I have a friend who was the accountant at our local SA. I asked her specifically about the employees "pilfering". She says ABSOLUTELY NOT! It is reason for dismissal! So, if you know of employees keeping the goodies before they ever hit the sales floor, turn em in!
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cassiescloset
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posted on June 7, 2001 03:34:15 PM new
I have two teenage boys who have each grown several inches this year. I used to go a local church run thrift store once a month for their "Bag Sale" at $5.00. I was able to get their clothing for the month. The store benefited when I donated my boys outgrown clothing back to them.
They don't have the bag sale anymore because cheaters were putting jewelry and household stuff into the clothing only bags.
They have 1/2 price sales, but their prices are sky high--$49 for a dress I could buy new at Ross for $29.
I don't shop there anymore and I don't donate to that shop anymore. Because someone was so worried about a couple of people slipping cheap jewelry into the bag, they have lost a very large customer base.
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cartoonglassfreak
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posted on June 9, 2001 09:37:07 PM new
I totally agree with this new run-up-the-price thrift store trend. It seems anything that comes in that just might be collectible is marked up high. Anything that is glass and colorful is marked at least $9.99. RIDICULOUS! There is a thrift store around here that has a special "collectible glass case". I call it the "joke case". I have seen a set of beautiful hand painted Fire King bowls marked at $40! You can get them for $20-$25 on Ebay. I just don't understand what these thrift stores are up to. Are they upset that some of use go and buy stuff and resell for a profit? Isn't that what a thrift store is all about...helping out the needy? Yes, some of us aren't poverty stricken and need food stamps, but we still can use a few extra bucks. Thrift stores used to be so fun to go to, but lately I walk out of them upset. I say thrift stores are becoming a huge joke!
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cassiescloset
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posted on June 9, 2001 11:03:35 PM new
A woman brought 2 smashed boxes of Snuggle Fabric Softner sheets up to the counter at the GW. The price was $3 each. The woman stated she would pay $5 for both, but the clerk insisted on $3 each.
I could not help it. I told the woman that the 99 cents store across the street has perfect boxes of Snuggle fabric softner sheets for just $.99 a box.
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dave61bug
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posted on June 9, 2001 11:22:08 PM new
Here is another twist...
I am fairly new to selling on Ebay, I went to a "huge multi family garage sale" recently. Well this wasn't just huge, it was gigantic. Block after block of open garages just full of great items. I was in heaven. But I kept hearing over, and over from people buying and the people selling..that this was going on Ebay and this sold for this much on Ebay and you could get that for this much on Ebay. It was wild. I thought, boy, I'm in the wrong business. Everyone seemed to be buyers for Ebay! And the sellers had done their homework. I found a few goodies though......
Yep, the Salvation Army here is very well organized, and EXPENSIVE. I go in once or twice a month anyway. Sometimes I find a goody or two. But for the most part its a wasted trip.
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