Shopping thrift stores shouldn’t be scary — but the reality is that even the savviest of thrift shoppers could unknowingly purchase unsafe and potentially dangerous items at thrift stores.Thrift store tipscan save you a few bucks on expensive necessities but without you even knowing it at time ...
One reason you might hesitate to thrift is the worry that you’re going to look dated. I mean, if everyone is donating their worn-out (or never-worn, sitting in the back of the closet for years) stuff, aren’t thrift stores just full of clothes that are out of style? Short answer:...
The PL-88F was soon followed by a succession of thrift store turntable finds (at the tail end of when good turntables were showing up at thrift stores) that included a Micro Seiki DD-20 and a Thorens TD-160. I also started accumulating vinyl and I listened to great music like Pink Flo...
I know that all thrift stores are different, but most of them have some kind of sale each day and/or week. The stores near us post the sales at the front of the store (and even shout them out when someone walks in the door). I always want to know what is on sale before I star...
the fly in the ointment was that the modem still didn’t get recognized. I ran through a flurry of downloading alleged drivers from sites all over the web, putting them on a CD, loading in the E Dell Machine and having them snubbed like clerks in camera stores used to snub a person ...
If you live in a city with a university, you’re likely to find good deals at thrift stores near the school right before the spring semester ends. My college put out bins in every dorm and students dumped clothes, electronics, books, and other goods they didn’t want to haul home...
I am a theater girl, and a lot of theater girls dress however pleases them. I wear whatever looks good on me. I wear what I wear because I have been shopping at thrift stores since I was five. Kirsten Vangsness The whole thing of clothes is insane. You can spend a dollar on a jac...
Sometimes they will leave the order on the counter and leave the lot, and sometimes they will take their drink and set it down on the tables near the door and then leave the lotWhat do you expect to see? Sims wait for their food and drinks, stand or sit at a table and ea...
Thrift stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army take clothing for all sizes and demographics. But they sell those clothes to raise funds for other programs. For some clothing types, you can do more good by making sure your gently used garments end up in the closets of the people who need ...
One of my favourite finds was this vintage mirror, which beat the odds and survived getting flung into a dumpster intact. It helped that it was near the top of the bin, so not much was thrown on top of it. Regardless, it was pretty lucky! Apparently my friend in BC inherited an iden...