Thrift Store Shopping: 14 Reader Tips For Buying Secondhand At Goodwill, Salvation Army Stores
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When we mention thrift stores, people tend to have strong reactions (positive or negative). So, when we posted our thrift shopping secrets, we weren't sure what the response would be. Luckily, our readers didn't let us down -- you love thrift stores, too! So much in fact, that we decided to revisit the topic.
Click through the slideshow below for 14 more awesome thrift tips straight from you, our readers. From going with grandma to visiting Goodwill online, there's more than enough to make your next visit to the thrift store even more of a success.
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Yeah sure.
We bought an upholstered rocker that was tagged in this manner. Asked the Goodwill employee what the tag meant. She said they have been sprayed for bedbugs. Our boys bought it home Sunday night, we were sitting in the LR Monday night, watching the bedbugs crawling out. It has been about 3 mos. , we spray and spray, still have the pests. They reproduce every 3 weeks. and every 3 weeks we get another outbreak.
Contrary to what the article says. DON'T BUY UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE AT GOODWILL. You have heard the truth, for you own good, please heed it.
Otherwise, you can get good deals on clothing, if you shop carefully.
And if you can't do that, give someone who DOES a $100 budget to buy ANYTHING they think you might like or want. The winners will so outpace the losers you won't mind when they bring home a groaner. And never whine when they do or you may miss out on a REAL winner.
Over the course of a year, I saw virtually every item I had ever owned or paid full price for at a thrift store for 10% or so, including a pair of correct-size Sidi bicycling shoes in mint condition. Retail: $299. Thrift: $7.