The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Part II (May 2015 - Sept. 2018)

[Pierson v Post]

Lily Pulitzer, my size. Not sure I have the stones to wear it at the beach though...

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[RFHansen]

this guy must be sooo tired
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/stone-island-coat/183330040596?hash=item2aaf526b14:g:6D8AAOSw6QpbTdyu

Wow, that's some next level laziness right there. Must have been a strong bong hit he took before deciding to finally get that jacket listed.

 

[double00]

weirdly i get up when i'm high. ymmv.

 

[Fueco]

weirdly i get up when i'm high. ymmv.

TWSS (That’s what Snoop said)

 

[drlivingston]

Man...I was just happy to find this jacket.

Got home and found $500 in the pockets.
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Did you play the lottery with the other $100?

 

[RFHansen]

Nice! Thanks @Nataku

Not that I buy these to resell (my collection basically doubled with this haul), but are any of these particularly valuable?

What Nataku said. No high $ value albums here, but priceless if you enjoy them.

 

[capnwes]

weirdly i get up when i'm high. ymmv.

+1

 

[Nobleprofessor]

Eat your heart out audiophiles.

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If anyone is into this stuff and needs the tubes, let me know. When I bought my house, the sellers left their father's TV/Radio repair stuff. I have buttloads of manuals, tubes, and all sorts of stuff. Too many to sort through the find the 1% of them that are worth real money.

 

[Nobleprofessor]

Saw something about Levi's shorthorns awhile back. Are these Big E era shirts worth getting?

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paging @double00

 

[mrFurly]

Did you play the lottery with the other $100?

two bills were stuck together.

 

[double00]

ah professor i hit you up for some tubes like 2 years ago!

and yes @Letric i would've skipped for flip but if Big E grab non-plaid, rayons, basically you want legit fancy cowboy fabric. you'll know it when you see it i think. if it's a old denim like a sawtooth shirt grab it imo.

plain plaids are probably a feel thing, you like it i say grab it. if it belongs in the trash don't buy it lol.

 

[joshmick]

Not exactly thrift, but scored one of my dream amps this morning at the pawn shop for $500 out the door!

 

[double00]

^ sweet!

iirc those have the vibrato that modulates the output tubes? so nice!

 

[joshmick]

^ sweet!

iirc those have the vibrato that modulates the output tubes? so nice!

yea! Obviously, I'd love the real deal, but I think that would cost me a bit more haha. This fulfills my needs really well!

 

[Nobleprofessor]

I felt like this as I was acquiring tons of stuff while not tossing anything. Then on top of it I saw too much good stuff and couldn’t just leave it behind. I realized pretty quick that I didn’t want to sell on eBay myself, too much work ha. So I’ve found the best of all worlds is buy stuff and replace your own personal stuff and then ship out all the old stuff or things not in ur size to one of the great consignors on here. I use Snoogz and now when I find something it means if it doesn’t fit I’ll make some money at least which still allows me to acquire for myself but also excited to find new stuff. Just from my experience.

You know how in AA the Sponsors are always wise and provide warnings to those just beginning their journey. Well, think of me as a Sponsor.

STORY WARNING: I have now spent three weekends working 14 hours a day both days to go through all the crap in my house and garage because of all the stuff I bought to sell on ebay. We are having an estate sale and it is going to take the sales guy two weeks to go through everything and set it all up. Then the guy running the sale needs 10 days to price it all. This is after I donated 3 full size pickup truck loads to Goodwill AND forced 3-4 boxes of stuff on 4 of 5 kids. I donated at least 120 pairs of shoes after all that. I was going through stuff and some of it still had the price tag from the estate sale I bought it at. I have a 2 1/2 car garage that is FULL!

It was very overwhelming going through all of it. About 30% (I'm guesssing) is stuff that I would not buy now that I have learned better. About 20% of the stuff is just regular household stuff that people gather when they are married and have kids. BUT, the rest of it is stuff is decent stuff that could be sold on ebay if I had time. Quite a few boxes will be mailed for consignment -- with some valuable items. And a LOT of it will be sold at the estate sale.

In my opinion, buy something for ONLY one of the following reasons:

1. You can list it quickly and make a high return on your investment
2. It is for personal use and you don't already have 20 of them (this number should be lower, but I know the audience)
3. You are giving it away for a gift.

If you are buying because you think that one day maybe you'll have time to list it, DON'T DO IT! You will not have time and then you too will be in your garage looking at 12 Southwick Suits and wondering if you can get the $6 each you spent on them. Or sorting through the 16 Henckle knives when you already have 5, or the 80 pairs of Allen Edmonds that are weird sizes like 11.5AA, or the china that seemed like a good idea because 3 sets of them sold on ebay for $300, but it will cost $100 to ship and half will get broken, or 100 Brooks Brothers ties that can sell for $10-15 but who has time to list them, or the 100's of things you bought because you thought they were cool (and they sort of are) that are not worth anything.

Oh, and if you do this hobby and buy lots of nice suits for personal use AND then lose weight, you will end up with a bunch of really nice suits that fit like tents over a house.