Thrift Store Shoppers Unite!

I love the thrift stores (Good Will, Salvation Army, etc etc). To me it's a practical gold mine of random shit that other people toss out because they believe it to be shit but to me.. To me, it's priceless. I always seem to go into there and find something nifty or a must have item. I remember one time I came across 4 pair of KickWear fat pants. They usually go for like $40+ even for the low end ones. I got them all for $10.

So I was wondering if there are any other thrift store shoppers on GFF. Anything nifty or ultra cool that you have found that otherwise you would've paid a shitload of money for? Stories?

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Originally Posted by YOU MAD

Found a couple pure wool german coats at a vintage store in Berkeley for 35 bucks. I got one and came back a couple weeks later to find another that I got for my mother.

This is one of 'em:

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That's pretty fucking sick coat. I like your style

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Rychord

I don't know if this falls in the thrift store category, but I can't help myself when I come across a second hand bookstore. There's a little stretch of Mont-Royal avenue here in Montreal that's got a few used bookstores right next to each other, along with a few used cd/vinyl stores.

I most certainly go there at least once a month, and I've found some pretty nifty books there, my favorites so far being collections of articles / letters written by Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz. Both books were pretty much in mint condition, so I considered this a golden find. I've also found a copy of The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok which was in great condition and good for a few chuckles.

2nd Hand book stores count.. There is one in Long Beach and that's where I found most of my books. <3 Kurt Vonnegut

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

I don't go to thrift stores because the clothing is always fashion from 1991, the furniture looks like it's been used as a breeding ground for large dogs, the music is nothing but lite-rock by people such as Kenny G and Michael Bolton, and I don't read romance novels.

There's nothing there that I want.

HAHAHAHA.... Not all the clothing is bad(I found some badass clothing) but agree with the couches.. And who knows what else they did on the couch.

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Originally Posted by YOU MAD

To be fair though the guy stuff at thrift places I've gone to looks like douchebag material. I think it's because the cool clothes are owned by the types of guys who wear their clothing till it falls apart. Meanwhile most of the thrift/exchange places are stocked with whatever shit the douchebags got bored of.

I usually go there for shirts.. I found a few nerd tee's and I only paid like $1 for them so I like them. My favorite so far is "WWBD-- What would bond(James) do?" instead of WWJD.


And those kiks that I found forl ike $10 for all 4 pairs tha i mentioned in my 1st post.

http://www.bewild.com/kikwearclot.html

Each runs at $50+

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Originally Posted by YOU MAD

Because you can fit a family of 4 in them.

ACtually it's a family of 3... I tried it. hahaha.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Shorty

I think it really depends on the area you're in; the poorer the surrounding community is, the more there is of useless clothes and knick-knacks. In a town like San Luis Obispo, Calif., the general population which donates to the Goodwill would be a) college kids moving out, b) established people from middle-class families who just have accumulated too much stuff, or c) retirees. The people from groups a) and b) in this area generally are middle-to-upper class, financially, so a lot of the stuff (electronics and home appliances like blenders and such) that makes its way to our local Goodwill are actually useful.

Well you know the area that I live in.. I hit up the redondo beach ones... good stuff! High Class Shit!

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