Comments on: Tightwad Tuesday: The Joy of Thrift Store Shopping

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:50:06 +0000

My china pattern was discontinued 5 years ago and buying replacement pieces is incredibly expensive. I walked into Goodwill the other day and bought 80 pieces of my pattern for $75 bucks – less than the cost of 5 pieces of replacement stemware. Can you say happy dance?

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:55:02 +0000

I love my finds! I am buying much less, as I have purchased much better clothing for myself at the thrift stores than I could buy on pension at a retail store. Not only that the one we go to nearest us uses it’s profits to fund the local food bank. As times have gotten tougher and more local residents have had hours cut or lost jobs in the forestry it seems to me there are more good deals to be found in the thrift stores and also more ( many, many more locals shopping there). I talk to people in the thrift store too, and we have so much to share, I have had people tell me where to shop in a city 50 miles away, and the best thrift stores there, when the best times to shop there are. We live near the Canadain/American boarder, and our closest large town?city is in the States. Many of the people I talk to are from there and they are so friendly. we now visit 3 thriftshops in that town ( that I wouldn’t even known were there!) because of talking to ladies who were also shopping in the Thrift stores. It mean not only do we have a day trip, we shop and feel like we are world travelers! We have lunch out, shop, and come home. If I paid retail for everything, I wouldn’t have a day out, the resturant, would make 1 less sale that day, the thrift stores would have one less shopper, there would be a little less money donated to peple less fortunate, and my frind and I would have 1 less day of fun!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:39:14 +0000

I love thrift store shopping! My favorite thing about them (besides the price) is having zero packaging, bags, etc to dispose of when I get home.

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By: Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship

Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:21:42 +0000

I'm happy to have found your site and carnival! What a great one! I am just discovering clothing for myself at thrift stores. It takes a little humility to get over our culture, but hey - name brands that fit for a few bucks? I'll take it! :) Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship’s last blog post..Early Results: Natural Dishwasher Detergent Experiments

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By: Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas

Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:41:25 +0000

Love the treasure-hunt aspect of thrift stores! So much fun.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:29:12 +0000

I haven’t bought brand-new clothes in years. Pretty much all of my clothes comes from thrift stores. My Wife’s mother works at a thrift store too so I usually get 2 bags of free clothes a year from her.

Honestly, most of the furniture, appliances, and lamps in our house ( we rent) came from the street, thus it was free. But our bicycles, lawn mower, and a few other items all also came from thrift stores. We live in a fairly wealthy area and people donate super-nice things. The only problem with that is that the prices at the thrift stores here ( bay area California) are a lot higher than back home in the South. I feel like thrift stores get more heavily used here and you can tell because stuff moves quick versus back home where the attitude seemed to be going to Wal-Mart and buying cheap Chinese garbage and later selling it at flea markets and yard sales.

By: Marci

Marci — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:35:14 +0000

We have 3 thrift stores in our little bitty town, pop. 4000. None are “big names”. One is TARC, one Women’s Crisis Center, and the 3rd a local students’ organization, which tends to be the most expensive. I shop regularly – about once a month – at each one. Always have and probably always will :) Why? My money goes a lot further there – just like garage sales.

By: Diann @ The Thrifty Groove

Diann @ The Thrifty Groove — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:10:13 +0000

I completely agree! I am a major thrift store shopper. This past weekend I went thrift store shopping and scored some awesome deals. i needed to get our Little princess a summer wardrobe and that is what I did. I will link up my post as soon as I finish it! Diann @ The Thrifty Groove’s last blog post..Food Storage Recipe