I suspect in 10 years thrift shops will be a thing of the past. Every year I see more and more of the closing down. Why buy a $5 used plastic coffee maker from China when one can buy a new plastic coffee maker China for $9 at Target.
Thrift Shop Rant
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I'm surprized Ron didn't hop on this right away: the pricing at the thrifts! Some are good and put reasonable prices on things. Others, however, mark antique show prices on things, only to gather them up and toss them at the end of the month when they don't sell. If they had priced them reasonably to begin with, perhaps they would have sold them. Better take less for something rather than throw it out! After all, it was FREE!!!
Chuck
I'm surprized Ron didn't hop on this right away: the pricing at the thrifts! Some are good and put reasonable prices on things. Others, however, mark antique show prices on things, only to gather them up and toss them at the end of the month when they don't sell. If they had priced them reasonably to begin with, perhaps they would have sold them. Better take less for something rather than throw it out! After all, it was FREE!!!
Chuck
I agree, thrift store pricing has become ridiculous at many locations. To continue with what Robert has posted above, why pay a "new" price for something that's used? It has gotten to the point where the only thrifts that are worth cruising are the independents run by crews of little old lady volunteers. The big chains appear to be more interested in selling junk than anything as nice as Dan tried to donate. So whatever happened to Goodwill's slogan, "Help us help the handicapped"??? They don't accept anything that might need some fixing, so just exactly what are they doing to help the handicapped these days?
Goodwill stores here have tended to go upscale as well perhaps in light of how well Value Village does but there are still some old time type thrifts around like St.Vinnies and our local BFM (Bibles for Missions). The Habitat for Humanity Restore is also pretty good and they have a bunch of knowledgable fix it guys working in the back cleaning up and refurbishing the appliances. I daren't say how many center dial Maytags and KA superbas I've seen them sell LOL Currenly they have my same GE filter flo in there, just sold for $40, all tested and working.
