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01-23-2024, 10:30 PM | #1 |
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Thrift Shopping
A new thing I’ve found that I really enjoy is thrift shopping. I think I definitely have the bug! Who else likes thrifting? What treasures have you found?
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01-24-2024, 05:59 AM | #2 |
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Re: Thrift Shopping
My daughter has taken it up and enjoys the hunt. Recently found out my neighbor does it as a business - sells things for profit on Ebay
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01-24-2024, 06:50 AM | #3 |
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DD and I will go to Goodwill now and again. I used to go regularly. I live in a fairly well off area so found some amazing things. My nephew got married the summer before last and I found this really cute dress AND shoes to wear to the wedding.
Lots of new with tags or new condition brand names - Nike, addidas, underarmor. We used to have 6 razor scooters bc they were so cheap there and then had enough for friends group. I dont go nearly as often as I used to. Less time. Need less stuff as the kids get older. The prices have really risen.
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01-24-2024, 10:00 AM | #4 |
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Re: Thrift Shopping
Almost my entire new wardrobe lately is all thrifted. Before I started thrifting, I went to Target and got maybe four shirts for well over $100. Then I learned I could get several really nice things (same brand I love from Target ) at the thrift store for the price of one Target shirt. I’ve only gotten to go once, but the small town near the cemetery where Hope is buried has a very, very nice thrift store. And now in our new town we moved to, I found a favorite thrift store.
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01-25-2024, 11:16 AM | #5 | |
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Re: Thrift Shopping
I do but it depends on the store. We have several here and I only go to one of them. I need things organized by size. I don’t have the patience for it when it’s sorted by color. My daughter got me hooked since she likes to shop and prefers thrifted clothes. I also by holiday decor, cards, tags ect. And I have found a few things for the house as well.
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01-25-2024, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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Yes, I love Knox Rose. That's the brand I've found at the thrift stores and will most likely snatch them up if they fit!
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01-29-2024, 09:22 AM | #7 |
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Re: Thrift Shopping
I don't enjoy shopping at all and thrifting is so much worse because you can't just go in and get what you need immediately.
However, I do like finding bargains! My oldest daughter is an excellent thrift shopper. She lives in a great neighborhood with Facebook groups for selling and giving stuff away and she's gotten the most amazing free stuff! Furniture, kids' toys, clothes, and more. She's very good at it and I want to be like her! Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
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01-29-2024, 10:02 AM | #8 |
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Re: Thrift Shopping
I’m with heartofjoy. The extra time doesn’t always make sense. I love finding a bargain but I prefer shopping when there is something I’m looking for. I don’t mind thrifting for it if I have time. I know there are deals to be found, I just don’t have the patience for it.
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01-29-2024, 12:38 PM | #9 |
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I'm a total go in and get what I need shopper in every other forum except thrifting. I hate browsing in any other store.
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01-29-2024, 03:00 PM | #10 |
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I love thrifting. From a sustainability and conscious consumerism standpoint, thrifting is amazing. We probably thrift 80 percent of our non-food items.
---------- Post added at 05:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:58 PM ---------- I am not a shopper and I agree with not necessarily being able to find things you need, but I previously lived in areas with so many wonderful second-hand stores that I almost always found most of what I was looking for. Where I live now, not so much.
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02-06-2024, 05:37 PM | #12 |
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Re: Thrift Shopping
Thrifters here! I love it. Some of the stuff is WAY overpriced but at the same time some of the stuff is a steal. It's definitely a time consuming hobby.... I've gone through spurts and stalls.... Sometimes I hit it hard and sometimes I don't at all based on current life circumstances.
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02-06-2024, 05:59 PM | #13 |
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I need to start visiting the stores in the nicer parts of town to find some maternity items for my daughter. She's at that 'kinda need it' meets 'really need it' stage and there is so little in the stores these days.
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Re: Thrift Shopping
I’m currently perusing fb marketplace for a rocking chair/glider.
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