Comments on: The art of thrift store shopping

By: John

John — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:45:01 +0000

I love thrift shopping, and I enjoyed your post! One thrift store I really like is called Savers (someone else mentioned it above). Their site is at http://savers.com. The more thrift, the better! =)

Power to the thrifters!!

By: Minda

Minda — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:43:40 +0000

Never had much success looking for clothes at Goodwill. I’m kind of small and it seem all I can ever find is really big stuff. I do like shopping at places like Plato’s Closet and Black Bird Trader though. If you are small like me you might want to check out these stores.

I’ve never shopped for furniture before because the places I’ve lived so far have been furnished. I’ll keep this in mind for when I need to.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:13:57 +0000

Love this article Bob. I’m big into thrift shopping when I do shop, I just don’t shop much anymore. Betsy and I try to think of 2nd hand stores first, for everything we buy – it takes some purposeful brain conditioning but once you shift your mindset you’re golden. We are always amazed at the awesome stuff we can get while thrift shopping.

By: Squirrelers

Squirrelers — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:13 +0000

I haven’t done thrift store shopping, though I do have an interest in getting some furniture on the cheap that I could work on and make into a decent set at a low price. Frankly, I’d like to check out thrift stores, just to see what kinds of offerings they have. I’m hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

I guess you could say that the current-day version of a thrift shop might be craigslist. That’s one place where I’ve purchased some items that have been quite a deal. This is a great source of quality, gently used items for kids.

By: Staci

Staci — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:35:16 +0000

Love thrifting! It’s almost more fun than retail stores. The prices are always better of course. I love finding treasures for a fraction of the cost. My favorite is Goodwill. Mainly for clothes but other items too.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:07:49 +0000

I absolutely hate shopping and only go to the store when I have something specific to buy. The exception is the hardware store, the electronics store and the hobby store. Our local Goodwill used to have an electronics section. I picked up some small USB memory sticks when the local Target cleaned out their inventory. They were only 16MB (small by then-standard, tiny today) and sold for a couple of bucks. They were excellent for passing around individual files and for external backup of my Quicken data.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:51:40 +0000

My wife would absolutely love a date to the thrift store! Thrift shopping seems to be something underrated. There definitely seems to be an art to it. While there are some things that should be avoided at all costs, you really can find some “treasures” lurking about.

By: Julie @ The Family CEO

Julie @ The Family CEO — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:31:53 +0000

I’ve shopped at thrift stores and also at garage and estate sales. My husband has come along with me on a few of these trips and he claims to enjoy it.

I agree with you that a date doesn’t have to be dinner and a movie or something else that costs a lot of money. We enjoy browsing bookstores or even just grocery shopping together.

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