The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[Fueco]

My patience for wading through ties is diminishing greatly. Is it purely a by touch venture for you experienced guys?

Touch and looking for nice patterns.

I don’t wear ties except on the rarest occasion, but they’re great for selling as they’re quick to photograph and list, and take up very little space.

 

[wcl]

a lil tie thriftening is a nice note to end the year on-
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All the Hermes I have found I have never seen one with a cassette tape watermark. That is pretty cool.

 

[Centaurus3200]

My patience for wading through ties is diminishing greatly. Is it purely a by touch venture for you experienced guys?

I use "the force" mostly. After a while, you can just sense the ones to further investigate.

I have enough Hermès, Zegna, brioni, Ricci, Charvet, Kiton, Canali, RT 7 fold, etc to choke a horse and I barely ever wear ties... But they're like works of art. So I still look through the tie racks.

I had over 14 Hermès ties, but sold 12 to a fellow member who actually wears them for work in NYC. Seemed like a better use than me gleefully admiring them. Lol

 

[Centaurus3200]

A few things. nothing exciting. How old is this star wars a new hope shirt? Thinking late 90s? Maybe for the whole "phantom menace" craze? No date, but also no website address. Hard to find Comps for it.

It became my cousin's Christmas present. It matches his original star wars bed sheets which he still uses... much to the dismay of his wife. Lol!

And a topo designs button down for personal.

 

[Purplelabel]

guys how do feel about people filling up a cart with anything that “could” be something and then sitting at the back of the store looking up solds and comps.

For the third time, I saw this guy today just rip through the racks and dismantle the store only to put 80% of it back.

Ive never seen this style of working it before. Is it normal in the US?

 

[Purplelabel]

only pickup today. Linen.

 

[Fueco]

guys how do feel about people filling up a cart with anything that “could” be something and then sitting at the back of the store looking up solds and comps.

For the third time, I saw this guy today just rip through the racks and dismantle the store only to put 80% of it back.

Ive never seen this style of working it before. Is it normal in the US?

If he put it back, he’s ahead of the curve.

 

[impuntura]

guys how do feel about people filling up a cart with anything that “could” be something and then sitting at the back of the store looking up solds and comps.

For the third time, I saw this guy today just rip through the racks and dismantle the store only to put 80% of it back.

Ive never seen this style of working it before. Is it normal in the US?

Dorothy ,you're not in Kansas anymore.
You're gonna see some wild and whacky things.

 

[starwarsocean]

guys how do feel about people filling up a cart with anything that “could” be something and then sitting at the back of the store looking up solds and comps.

For the third time, I saw this guy today just rip through the racks and dismantle the store only to put 80% of it back.

Ive never seen this style of working it before. Is it normal in the US?

I do a lot of taking stuff that are borderline and then depending on PPU put them back if they aren't worth it with everything else I have.

 

[Woofa]

I will take anything I think I might buy but often look through after for damage or similar. I no longer take a cart when I go to stores as the amount of times I buy more than two or three items is pretty small. But if I find for example three sportcoats I will then get a wagon for the rest of my shopping. While I rarely look up comps at this point every once in a while it happens. I will also grab orphaned suit coats while I look through the pants rack.
Having said all that, the truth is I really only buy very high level stuff now or something lesser for personal or family use. And I usually move through a store pretty quickly as I would rather hit more stores in the time I have then make sure I check every shirt. I am sure I miss a few high level items this way but as is only a hobby for me I am limited in how much time I can spend.

 

[Woofa]

My other Christmas present. Also bought from the realreal. Not as cheap as the Kitons but pretty close.

Unstructured and very light weight. Hopefully I will get some use out of this here in Dallas.

 

[WoolyLamb]

My other Christmas present. Also bought from the realreal. Not as cheap as the Kitons but pretty close.
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Unstructured and very light weight. Hopefully I will get some use out of this here in Dallas.
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What is real real?

 

[double00]

What is real real?

therealreal.com

 

[Sartoriamo]

My patience for wading through ties is diminishing greatly. Is it purely a by touch venture for you experienced guys?

The longer we do this, the easier it gets. It's just another skill set.

@Centaurus3200 says he uses "the force", and that's one way of saying it. With the exception of Pancaldi ties (which are loudly obvious), most of the better ties have subtle patterns that become easily recognizable, and their hand is a quick confirmation. I think we all try to guess the maker before we turn the label over.

Unfortunately for new folks there is literally no substitute for putting the time in thrifting to get the feel for it. When I started, I went to Neiman Marcus etc., just to examine the ties. I even went to Charvet in Paris when I was there. (INSANE experience, BTW. Talk about sensory overload!). Compare those to the crap at Kohl's. The only way you'll develop a laser eye for the good stuff is to get your eyes and hands on it.

So by now, I don't spend any more than a 30 seconds to a minute on the tie section, because that's all it takes to pick up a clue or two. If I see/find something worthwhile, it always triggers a closer investigation. We all know that flippable tie singletons are rare, as we have found that high-end ties come in groups, probably because they're donated by one person. If nothing jumps out at me, I quickly move on, because I don't care if I miss a singleton.

Much as @Woofa says, the pickings (of GOOD stuff) in thrifts has become progressively more slim, and so time is the greatest commodity. My thrift evaluations (that I still do "dutifully") have gotten faster and faster as I have found I get much more mileage from estates and auctions.

As @Fueco noted, ties are fun because they're quick, profitable and, amazingly, still sell well if they're good. I guess it's an easy way for a guy to change up his suited appearance at relatively low cost.

So always check, but quickly. If you limit your kops only to ties you would actually wear (i.e. that don't suck), you'll get most of the way there. Just my 2¢ . . .

 

[WoolyLamb]

Thoughts on this? Couldnt find a maker on it. Couple minor moth spots. Big boy 2X. Gut says yes. Decided to leave it due to more moth holes I found. Any ideas on maker by tags??

Sadly pop catch and release due to moths also.



Picked up these though…

Reversible vest


Hoping the chester moves ok