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

[330CK]

Recently learned that the Goodwills around my area order their employees to:

"Remove any artwork with a signature"

One of the last times I bought a signed watercolor (nothing crazy) the lady at the register was like "Oh im surprised this was put out.. normally we keep all the 'real' stuff in the back."

Needless to say I don't even glance at framed artwork anymore. What a joke lol

Spoiler: inside baseball

not to get too inside baseball and derail the thread, but I try to keep my ear to the ground with how my territory is run.

several years ago a new ceo took over my goodwill district and revamped *everything* and put a focus on e-commerce/shopgoodwill.com. all the managers I’d become friends/friendly with told me they had the same orders, to send all signed artwork to the central warehouse for processing.

he made a bunch of other changes I thought were idiotic but all I could do was laugh and wait for it to all pan out.

well apparently he make such a colossal **** up of the entire thing, the ceo of another district bought out and took over this district. it’s only been a month or so of the new guy but finds at goodwill have improved dramatically.

that said, only the ocean scene was picked out of a goodwill. the rest are smaller independent thrifts.

 

[Letric]

Yep I notice which stores are fair and which aren't. The fair stores get my donations and business.

Great haul of artwork!

 

[sandfourman]

Recently learned that the Goodwills around my area order their employees to:

"Remove any artwork with a signature"

One of the last times I bought a signed watercolor (nothing crazy) the lady at the register was like "Oh im surprised this was put out.. normally we keep all the 'real' stuff in the back."

Needless to say I don't even glance at framed artwork anymore. What a joke lol

My goodwill focuses more on econ and rarely puts new stuff out at any of the stores anymore. Slimming down staff to. Wouldn't shock me if at some point they close a couple stores too

 

[double00]

Spoiler: inside baseball

not to get too inside baseball and derail the thread, but I try to keep my ear to the ground with how my territory is run.

several years ago a new ceo took over my goodwill district and revamped *everything* and put a focus on e-commerce/shopgoodwill.com. all the managers I’d become friends/friendly with told me they had the same orders, to send all signed artwork to the central warehouse for processing.

he made a bunch of other changes I thought were idiotic but all I could do was laugh and wait for it to all pan out.

well apparently he make such a colossal **** up of the entire thing, the ceo of another district bought out and took over this district. it’s only been a month or so of the new guy but finds at goodwill have improved dramatically.

that said, only the ocean scene was picked out of a goodwill. the rest are smaller independent thrifts.

goodwill's gotten real cute , check out the listing history on this gem :

Search Results: Otto Heino | ShopGoodwill.com

shopgoodwill.com

 

[Nataku]

A friend of our's from church works for Goodwill's e-commerce department, so I got the inside scoop on how things are now run in my area. It explains a lot (hardly any good vinyl, no sunglasses, no jewelry/watches, artwork and the decent clothing finds have been very slim over the past few years). It's a bummer because Goodwill stores make up probably 75% of the thrift stores in my area. Needless to say, I don't thrift nearly as much as I used to.

I did find some cool stuff today out in the wild.

30’s-40’s Velvet Saks coat. Has a few minor condition issues, but I couldn’t leave it behind.

Stopped at a thrift on the way home and found one of the coolest jackets I’ve stumbled across in awhile. 30’s-40’s. Double breasted with patch pockets. Action back with a half belt. Best part? It fits!

 

[flipstah]

That’s a nice jacket @Nataku !

Sell it to me when you’re bored of it haha

 

[freakersea]

Last one should be recognizable by any Sydney based members

 

[RFHansen]

Finding Open walks true thrift is wild.

I've battered my pair, they look like a suede nut sack all wrinkly now. Maybe I need some of that Ball Toner from Frenchy on them.

True that. I think I have found less than ten LP items total in all my years of thrifting. I paid 0.5% of retail for these, so I can't complain.

 

[RFHansen]

The small shop with the discount just yielded a tie today. But the lady was kind enough to take me out back (save your lewd comments) and show me what comes on the shelves next week. Spotted two PZ suits and two pairs of Tod's loafers. See ya Tuesday! I told them.

This is the part of town where houses cost $5+ million, so people are loaded. A local real estate broker has a house listed for $36 million, which is astronomical even for that area.

 

[Purplelabel]

True that. I think I have found less than ten LP items total in all my years of thrifting. I paid 0.5% of retail for these, so I can't complain.

Let me know if you find any others in 42 sizing please. Like slipping your feet into a supple leather foot sack.

 

[starwarsocean]

True that. I think I have found less than ten LP items total in all my years of thrifting. I paid 0.5% of retail for these, so I can't complain.

I’ve been lucky enough to find a fair bit of LP especially with estate sales, but only pair of summer/open walk shoes I’ve found was in Dallas at a Buffalo exchange of all things for $150

 

[WoolyLamb]

Let me know if you find any others in 42 sizing please. Like slipping your feet into a supple leather foot sack.

Don't you mean ball sack?

 

[Purplelabel]

Don't you mean ball sack?

Whatever floats your boat, my friend. No judging here.

 

[Nataku]

Just catching up on the thread and read about @kbadgley84 I am deeply saddened by this news. He was a long-time member of SF and he had such great posts. He had a wealth of knowledge. My prayers go out to his family.

 

[Purplelabel]

Night shift. Took over an hour to finally become piss drunk with milk and pass out.

Wouldn't mind hitting a few stores tomorrow but I'll be zoinked. Happy friday.