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Thread started 06/21/12 9:02pm

nursev

Shit at Goodwill

Okay so my 19yr old son says that he and his friends go to Goodwill sometimes just looking for bargains which I though was kinda cool and smart of them to do wink So today he asked me to go with him and I did cool I was surprised at some of the stuff they had even though I don't wear folks old clothes or shoes (just can't fuck with em lol ) anyway I have alot of old vhs tapes including PR and I needed a VCR lol to watch them lol Yes I have a blu ray player, but I just can't throw my tapes away lol so Goodwill had a nice, clean, functional VCR for $4.00 lol I got it and it works like a charm lol Im watching Purple Rain now lol They had some good stuff-alotta designer handbags and shit lol Anybody else ever find some good shit at Goodwill?

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Reply #1 posted 06/21/12 9:19pm

nursev

eek Prince just humped a speaker falloff I love goodwill shit lol

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Reply #2 posted 06/21/12 9:24pm

Nothinbutjoy

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In Utah, Goodwills are not prevalent. What we have are "DI"'s, Deseret Industries and they are run by the LDS Church.

I'm like you in that I'm not down with other peoples' stuff, but my kids are. They love going to the DI and have actually found really cute clothes there.

I have bought books & DVDs.
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Reply #3 posted 06/21/12 9:27pm

nursev

Nothinbutjoy said:

In Utah, Goodwills are not prevalent. What we have are "DI"'s, Deseret Industries and they are run by the LDS Church. I'm like you in that I'm not down with other peoples' stuff, but my kids are. They love going to the DI and have actually found really cute clothes there. I have bought books & DVDs.

Yeah they had some nice books and DVD's. Never heard of DI's eek I think the teens really don't care about wearing other folks clothes lol But I just can't do it lol Im a germaphobe falloff

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Reply #4 posted 06/21/12 9:28pm

Nothinbutjoy

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nursev said:

eek Prince just humped a speaker falloff I love goodwill shit lol




Ah Prince humping a speaker...precious, precious memories.
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Reply #5 posted 06/21/12 9:31pm

nursev

Nothinbutjoy said:

nursev said:

eek Prince just humped a speaker falloff I love goodwill shit lol

Ah Prince humping a speaker...precious, precious memories.

nod lol nothing like it falloff

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Reply #6 posted 06/21/12 10:47pm

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we call them "op shops", short for opportunity shop.

Last week I got a Vegas Elvis style jacket with matching cape. White with gold trim, gold stars and oso forth. it is cool.

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Reply #7 posted 06/21/12 10:50pm

nursev

dizzidecazz said:

we call them "op shops", short for opportunity shop.

Last week I got a Vegas Elvis style jacket with matching cape. White with gold trim, gold stars and oso forth. it is cool.

Definitely a one of a kind find lol cool

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Reply #8 posted 06/21/12 11:50pm

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I've never been able to get into used clothing. I donate, as does everyone in my family and all my friends. But even back in my real hardcore hippie days when all my friends were wearing second hand clothes and the Bay Area seemed to be overflowing with used clothing stores I just couldn't get into it. At Dead shows I was one of the few people who wore a lot of black. lol

Also, I can't do used kitchen stuff. That kind gives me the heebie jeebies a little.

But used books? Yes! BIG yes! I've purchased hundreds of them from second hand stores. Quite a few of them that I knew were worth a fair amount of money ($5-$50) that I paid almost nothing for. Used records, that'a another good one. The occasional knick-knack and the random piece of wooden furniture here and there, too.

Best thing I ever got was a bad ass pump organ from a Salvation Army about 15 years ago. But I gave it to a friend a few years ago because I got tired of moving it around.

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I still have a VCR, too. I've got some random bootlegs, some that go back to the 80s, that I've never seen on any kind of disc or found ANYWHERE available for download. I'm going to have to break down and get them converted myself eventually. I'll get rid of the VCR at that point.

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Reply #9 posted 06/22/12 1:04am

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I occasionally buy pants and shirts at Goodwill. I would never buy underwear there and shoes only if they were new.

I have no problem with buying books, DVDs, Cd's and furniture though.

As for dishes and cups. I use to buy them until i started thinking about the people who let their dogs eat off of plates and the backwash that's in drinking glasses. I still buy pots and pans though.

Anybody ever shop at Buffalo Exchange ?





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Reply #10 posted 06/22/12 1:43am

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I get loads of stuff there, last video clip I did was I dressed the set mostly with second hand stuff from the salvos.

My kids wore salvos clothes for first 6 years of their lives (after that age kids wear holes in everything mad )

I have some nice stuff from there, I don't have any issue with other people's clothes - most things are impulse buys donated to get rid of the bad karma lol

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Reply #11 posted 06/22/12 3:31am

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thrift stores rock! not just the prices, i love that a person never knows what they'll find there.

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Reply #12 posted 06/22/12 4:13am

tinaz

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I dont go very often, which im sitting here wondering why because when I do I ALWAYS find something good!! Last time I got 5 very nice blazers.. cute as hell with jeans! Ive gotten furniture, wood pieces, I wouldnt do a sofa or any soft surfaces though....

I used to sell on Ebay, I got TONS of stuff from there!!

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Reply #13 posted 06/22/12 7:46am

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I'm totally down with all thrift stores. I recently found a Royal (vintage) typewriter for 20 bucks , I looked it up on Ebay and they're selling for 300!

And I DO wear the clothes- Love the old Pucci shoes (found those at another thrift store but LOVE them) and love the Salvatorre Ferragamo shoes- I'm always on the look out for those- Always I love to find vintage J.Crew- like from the early 90's- I always scoop that stuff up. You can find all kinds of stuff. And like Tinaz, I have an Ebay store and I'm about to start selling my thrift finds!

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Reply #14 posted 06/22/12 8:30am

Graycap23

They have any old Ferrari's over there?

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Reply #15 posted 06/22/12 9:02am

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I'm in our local Goodwill at least once a day, sometimes more...not only do I buy for myself or my family, I also buy things to resell on ebay...and I make good money doing it...it never ceases to amaze me the things that folks give away/donate...I don't see what the big deal is about buying used clothes, unless they're just ragged or nasty looking (underwear excluded, I aint wearing used draws)...you can tell if a piece of clothing is clean and has been taken care of...the way i look at it, clothes are like cars, everybody is driving a used car & everybody is wearing used clothes...I'd say at least half of my wardrobe has come from a Goodwill or a thift/conignment store...my son has even gotten in on it...all the stuff that the kids here wear -Aeropostale, American Eagle, Hollister, etc- he's realized that he can get insane amounts of the stuff on the cheap at Goodwill...and I'm not talking about worn out shit...some new with tags, some barely worn, some that some other kid simply outgrew...same for adult sizes too...not to mention all the other things you can find there...golf clubs, insane amounts of high end sunglasses, antiques, furniture...like I said, it's amazing what people will give away

if nothing else, Goodwill has provided me with an outstanding second income...

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Reply #16 posted 06/22/12 9:06am

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orger said:

I'm in our local Goodwill at least once a day, sometimes more...not only do I buy for myself or my family, I also buy things to resell on ebay...and I make good money doing it...it never ceases to amaze me the things that folks give away/donate...I don't see what the big deal is about buying used clothes, unless they're just ragged or nasty looking (underwear excluded, I aint wearing used draws)...you can tell if a piece of clothing is clean and has been taken care of...the way i look at it, clothes are like cars, everybody is driving a used car & everybody is wearing used clothes...I'd say at least half of my wardrobe has come from a Goodwill or a thift/conignment store...my son has even gotten in on it...all the stuff that the kids here wear -Aeropostale, American Eagle, Hollister, etc- he's realized that he can get insane amounts of the stuff on the cheap at Goodwill...and I'm not talking about worn out shit...some new with tags, some barely worn, some that some other kid simply outgrew...same for adult sizes too...not to mention all the other things you can find there...golf clubs, insane amounts of high end sunglasses, antiques, furniture...like I said, it's amazing what people will give away

if nothing else, Goodwill has provided me with an outstanding second income...

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Reply #17 posted 06/22/12 12:34pm

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I think I have a mild phobia about thrift stores even though I have gone in my adult years. I'll always have the memories of when my aunt would take me and we would spend our Saturdays for hours going through those stores, it was hot, muggy, dust and smelled funny. That woman would get a chair, or whatever and would re-polyester repaint it a zillion times. There are times I've found some pretty good household items, but I'm not a serious thrift store shopper.

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Reply #18 posted 06/22/12 1:37pm

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Cerebus said:

But used books? Yes! BIG yes! I've purchased hundreds of them from second hand stores.

Have you ever thought of how many bathroom visits they've had?

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Reply #19 posted 06/22/12 1:39pm

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I was just in a secondhand furniture store and I'll be damned if the stuff was not more expensive than new stuff.

And we are not talking about amazing antiques. Just fairly well kept old chairs for $400

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Reply #20 posted 06/22/12 1:40pm

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Probably books and cd's are the things I have purchased used more than anything else.

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Reply #21 posted 06/22/12 2:17pm

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NDRU said:

Cerebus said:

But used books? Yes! BIG yes! I've purchased hundreds of them from second hand stores.

Have you ever thought of how many bathroom visits they've had?

Oh yeah, for sure. Doesn't bother me with old books. One pretty sizeable section of my book collection is old books that I picked up just because they were old. lol You can actually buy old books for a lot less than you'd think. A lot of them are things I would never read, but I love picking up a book from the 17th, 18th or 19th century and flipping throught the pages. Knowing it has been through the hands of any number of people before I bought it adds a whole different context and interest to the experience. Who made them, and why? (Sometimes I can figure that one out.) Who would have owned them? (Only know that for a couple I picked up at estate sales.) How did they get to this part of the US? (Don't know that for very many at all.) Stuff like that.

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Reply #22 posted 06/22/12 2:19pm

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NDRU said:

I was just in a secondhand furniture store and I'll be damned if the stuff was not more expensive than new stuff.

And we are not talking about amazing antiques. Just fairly well kept old chairs for $400

I started noticing this a good while ago - five years or so. Same thing with musical instruments for the most part. You can find them for less on the internet these days. Whereas you used to be able to go into thrift stores and find them for a steal.

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Reply #23 posted 06/22/12 2:20pm

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NDRU said:

Probably books and cd's are the things I have purchased used more than anything else.

Have you ever thought of how many bathroom visits they've had?

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Reply #24 posted 06/22/12 4:07pm

Nothinbutjoy

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Cerebus said:



NDRU said:


I was just in a secondhand furniture store and I'll be damned if the stuff was not more expensive than new stuff.



And we are not talking about amazing antiques. Just fairly well kept old chairs for $400





I started noticing this a good while ago - five years or so. Same thing with musical instruments for the most part. You can find them for less on the internet these days. Whereas you used to be able to go into thrift stores and find them for a steal.




You can thank shows like Antique Roadshow, American Pickers & Storage Wars for that. It's like every damn thing is a treasure now.
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Reply #25 posted 06/22/12 7:16pm

Billmenever

Napoleon Dynamite found a cool suit there. cool
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Reply #26 posted 06/22/12 8:07pm

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They have any old Ferrari's over there?

There used to be a rusted out Lamborghini Countach at a salvage yard in Amarillo. I drove by there on the way to New Mexico two weeks ago and didn't see it, but they did have an AMC Pacer. It looked like it was not a total wreck, either. I might stop by there on the way home.

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Reply #27 posted 06/22/12 8:09pm

RodeoSchro

NDRU said:

Cerebus said:

But used books? Yes! BIG yes! I've purchased hundreds of them from second hand stores.

Have you ever thought of how many bathroom visits they've had?

OMG, thanks for making me look at my collection of 70 Louis L'Amour books, all purchased at Half Price Books, in a skewed way!

I'd always imagined those books read over campfires, not toilets!

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Reply #28 posted 06/22/12 8:10pm

nursev

^ we use to have a white pacer lol my granny drove it lol

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Reply #29 posted 06/22/12 8:12pm

RodeoSchro

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^ we use to have a white pacer lol my granny drove it lol

I would LOVE to have one, and also a VW bus painted up like a hippie bus.

If I had those two cars, I'd be a happy man!

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