Goodwill Bins and thrift Flips For Profit

[@vickyzak-px2lp]

I'm a little jealous of all the cool quilts you have been finding!

[@julsjewels3185]

Oh that quilt!!!!!

[@annamorreale9458]

I don’t know about the rest of you but I LOVE watching their thrifting visits soooo much. Great job you two 😊

[@dorothylehman4164]

I love the lamb. The glass lamb's head you got with the wreath around it that is so cool in your kitchen. I never thought about that that's really cool. I wish I could find the cows head like that. I would do the same thing with it. Because I have country chickens and cows and my kitchen

[@redandpink219]

What a gorgeous quilt! I appreciate how much effort and time it takes to put these videos together, Zeb and Jami.

[@barbararaisbeck8821]

I. Would guess that is an imported quilt from China.

[@jodie3278]

I cannot wait to see what you do with that purse!

[@CAS8900]

Missing longer flips and painting. Quilt is lovely.

[@JamiRayVintage]

Not many people watch the longer flips 😔 I miss them too.

[@carolynlunel9382]

I love the longer flips too.. the doing lg pieces of furniture. ❤But I love these thrifting & flipping videos,too! They're fun & it's satisfying seeing the flips. But yeah..I do love those old longer videos,too

[@jaymeharl3270]

In my experience with the bins...I have encountered feces, vomit, rough metal edges and broken glass. I now keep a pair of cheap cotton garden gloves (mine have a grippy surface) in the trunk of my car to protect my hands when rummaging through the bins! Please get some gloves!

[@lesliejohnson7247]

Agreed. I only had the heart to go once and wore gloves. In the corners of the bins were lies of unidentifiable “dirt.” - no relation to soil!

[@FUKN_YeR_WIFI]

Stop going after hours and stealing the donations

[@judygundlock4035]

I had to laugh about the mini cutting board for one strawberry. Lol.

[@wildnanafarm]

Oh my goodness I want the cast iron dutch oven. Love cooking over a fire ❤❤❤

[@brendahudson2816]

Nice haul folks. I like the quilt, floral coffee mug, the round cutting board. Oh and I like how Zeb "married" the plates to the metal candle holders. It gives it the antique vintage vibe. Look forward to Saturday haul.

[@alicejump2290]

Obsessed with the bins, it is amazing the value of some things! Blessed days!

[@larnold7614]

I love this new format !

[@shericreates]

I used to make 36” Raggedy Ann and Andy and sold them for nice bucks at a children’s boutique in Boston. That’s how I brought money in when I stayed home with my kids. I have the play barn too with all the little people and farm animals as well. I am hoping to go Goodwill shopping on Saturday. You always get cool finds!

[@lindasoderberg9477]

Tarnished silver cake plate would make a great riser. Bunny would look great with the fake concrete look.

[@Rosa-bd8xk]

I am loving the music you’re using 💕

[@caroltruitt1403]

I love the way y’all get excited about the things you thrift and paint them to come out beautiful! ❤️😇❤️

[@TerryMobley-sq3yh]

I went to Welfare Square when I first moved to Salt Lake City back in 1990. I also got a job at The Inn At Temple Square. It used to be across the street from Temple Square before they demolished it. I also lived on 1st Avenue close to The Cathedral of the Madelyn (I think that's what was called. And I attended the Eagle Gate 7th Ward. Sadly I've been inactive from the Church for over 20 plus years. (It's a long and complicated story).

[@lindaopperthauser2284]

There is actually a Great Harvest Bread Company a couple towns over from where I live Michigan.. You two do great up-cycles!! Love them!!

[@annayres9959]

My Granddaughter & I went to The Bins for the first time while in Houston. It was CRAZY especially when they changed out the carts! That’s kinda entertaining! Lol! I spent $47 & I think she spent $37. I did find a hand quilted quilt.

[@twinnish]

I used to go to the bins in Austin,tx. I have heard of bin nightmare stories, and I did not experience any of that. They did have a situation in Houston though where they used to have bins, but they got so rough that they had to shut down the whole thing because it was dangerous. Well that was the explanation given about why we didn’t have bins in Houston. Houston has amazing thrifting. If anybody hasn’t done it there they should. I have found the best stuff at family thrift. I have not been in years, but I miss those days.

[@annayres9959]

I guess they opened up The Bins again cause my granddaughter & I went last Sunday. Our first time at a Bins. They don’t have them in Amarillo. The cashier did tell us stories of a man getting knocked down & a woman getting hit in the face when a new cart was brought out. We didn’t see any of that. We also heard there are thrift stores in the tunnels in downtown Houston but we must have gone in the wrong place cause we didn’t find anything like that.

[@marenjeworowski9859]

Another great video from you. I've subscribed. Really enjoy watching the two of you. Super interesting! Have a great day! Greetings from London, UK ❤

[@sherrypitt9889]

❤Great job you two! See you soon!

[@karenhanley3912]

Great projects 👍Love that granny chic picture frame !

[@TheRustyTrike]

My six year old found a Barbie plane from 2011 at goodwill the other day. It’s worth $100. She’s loving it.

[@carolynlunel9382]

That quilt is beautiful..someone is going to give it a new life in a new home! Love the darling pink flowered mug Jami.. so cute in the Spring🌸That bunny statue is so sweet! I love that you take cast away things and keep them out of landfills! So good!!!❤

[@elizabethcrooms2006]

I just love yall! Can't hardly wait between videos.

[@susanwhite6158]

Thanks, fun watching and getting ideas. Love you share your experiences together 👏👏🥳🥳💖

[@lisacroxall7409]

Bunny! So many nice flip items, excellent!

[@janicemckenzie2523]

The transfer stick works well in the hem of a curtain as a weight

[@kathytappero7179]

Always enjoy your collaborating and working well as a team.

[@twinnish]

That paint wash job at the end really made a difference on those pieces of pottery or whatever they were. They were very good example of how the paint wash brings out the texture.

[@theresaperkins9500]

The giraffes look like dragons😄

[@AngieHopkins-l8j]

I love watching your thrift adventures

[@cindyblumenthal8315]

NO to the giraffes!

[@taniar8402]

Gloves for sure!!!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I would say no on the giraffes. You got some other good stuff, though! I liked the look of the Weathered Wood candlesticks with the white wash. I think the flourish thing you said might go on a lamp is for the end of a curtain rod.

[@lauriegani8136]

Love!! Going to the Thrift Store with you

[@sharonwhitehead-s3l]

Everything looks so good. Thanks for sharing.

[@Zibutegerard]

fun stuff

[@elainereynolds7701]

LOVE this Style Video...

[@gailpark5143]

Gingerchickrehab uses a cool wood holder for holding round objects in place while decoupaging or painting.

[@karenhills8535]

Really great finds. Love how the projects turned out

[@JillianNorwood]

Love how everything turned out!

[@MM-te8fu]

Love the cake stand and the marble rolling pin, and stone baking dish and the round cutting board..also myself I love the giraffes..where do you get that type of transfer?

[@sunshine18102]

I found some stuff at the bins for myself and my family.I also brought some clothes that I sent to a online sending service.Have to see how that works out for me to continue it.

[@dinabond3547]

Pedestals turned out super cute ❤

[@gerdavdlinde3132]

I’m loving these video’s ❤❤❤❤

[@J.Kenobi]

Everything turned out great

[@lisakirby6645]

😂I am so wanting to purchase that wmbeautiful quilt and round cuttingboard I can't find the site to. See if available and cost

[@JamiRayVintage]

They will be listed Saturday about 8:25PM MT just before our Saturday thrift haul. Here is the link they will be at jamirayvintage.com/collections/saturday-thrift-haul

[@lisakirby6645]

Thamkyou

[@plaidpaisley5918]

I used to go to the welfare square DI all the time when I lived in SL.

[@jcastro91235]

Nice video and wow you are so creative and so lots of more work but I quess iits worth it if you get a big flip for it 👍

[@annhayes9919]

I’d love to see how you clean that pamper chef stuff. Can you get all that brown, burned on stuff off?

[@JamiRayVintage]

The brown stuff is good it’s just how the pan gets seasoned. We just want to get off any residual grease and make it sanitary. We use warm water and baking soda and scrub it. And occasionally lemon juice or vinegar.

[@pompommania]

Salvation army by my house, everything is so expensive. And it's stuff they get for free to begin with. Occasionally they don't know what they have, but I go there less and less.

[@NotTooShabbyPatti]

I'm loving these videos! I don't always have time to watch the paintapaloozas or the waste not Wednesday lives. I have a question about the white wash technique, do you wipe it off afterwards or just let it drip and soak in? Candlesticks are my favorite things to flip.

[@JamiRayVintage]

We usually just let it drip and dry. If it’s a little thick then we put more water on it until we like the look.

[@paranormalnora]

Nice finds

[@lisakirby6645]

Love the cuttingboard whats price in that too

[@heatherreddish9286]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I’m excited

[@jarchas1229]

Love the IOD transfer on the galvanized bucket. Do you have to seal it afterwards?

[@JamiRayVintage]

I did. But if I was just using it for myself I wouldn’t because it won’t come off unless you scrub it hard

[@kerihenning638]

I wish I had someone to do crafts with me!!

[@baugust4775]

I have been painting every stool i aviary lately and they are flying out of my booth within a day. I cannot find enough little stools to keep up.

[@JamiRayVintage]

Aviary is one of my favorites. I feel like it works for all the seasons!

[@belonisoares8031]

Um abração....❤🙌🇧🇷

[@lillianpaulosky6920]

where do you get your play list frome

[@baugust4775]

Dont think the quilt is homemade. My aunt has the exact one with matching shams but it is Beautiful and a great find

[@JamiRayVintage]

Oh good to know. I hadn’t looked it up yet

[@Rosa-bd8xk]

I was wondering if you can use milk paint to do a wash with?

[@JamiRayVintage]

Absolutely

[@joannenepia9193]

No to the giraffes!

[@joannenepia9193]

Thanks for even asking for an opinion..you two are the experts who I'm so keen to learn from. Love from new Zealand.

[@kgeistfeld]

Will you be selling the quilt? Im interested for my granddaughter

[@JamiRayVintage]

Yes Saturday on our live video 8:30pn MT

[@wildnanafarm]

I'm a quilter and it breaks my heart when I see quilts discarded and ending up going to the landfill.

[@JamiRayVintage]

I save as many as I can find

[@debikirkwood9784]

The Bins at my Goodwill are deep dumpsters, can’t even reach the stuff half way down.

[@shelbyhambright9543]

My biggest queztion is what do you do with items that never sell? How long do you keep them? Do you just keep discounting hoping to get something out of it? Do you end up.donating them? Do you count the time, labor, supplies and cost as a loss on income tax? Do you add that loss into your books to see the real actual net income you earn after losses? Do you keepup with mileage and gasoline , repair and maintenance, and insurance costs as part of you expenses to travel to get things. Do you count a value for loading, creating videos and content, marketing costs unloading, storing, organizing, bookeeping and repairing , painting upcycling labor? Do you include the cost of equipment, tools,space you use to repair and store items and the electrical and water, gas, trash pick up, phone bills, as part of your cost of doing business. Do deduct the storage building or room you keep items in? Do you ever run out of room? All this if deducted from the actual money you get from the sell lowers your profit margin. Jus wondering how you handle and calculate profits and losses.

[@JamiRayVintage]

We have an accountant. Because there are lots of expenses to track and we have a retail store. It all sells eventually. Occasionally we have a sale but not often. We have never had anything over 2 years. We sell as much as we thrift each week. Some of its new stuff, some of its old stuff but we have to keep buying the volume we sell all week to keep our store stocked both online and in our physical resale location.

[@debraackerman2890]

They look better just the mat black.

[@faithm9284]

Cutting boards need to be oiled with coconut oil. It's natural and doesn't go rancid.

[@lisakirby6645]

I think i missed the price for that beautiful full quilt

[@nicholefrasier5846]

Where do you resell your stuff at?

[@JamiRayVintage]

We have an antique and home decor store in Lehi Utah and we sell online - jamirayvintage.com/collections/saturday-thrift-haul

[@cyndireed9164]

I super crafty and handy and really like what you do the some of the thrift flips. My question is, Is there a market on like Ebay and Etsy (however I’ve heard they have heavy fees). I know y’all sell through the store and the website, do you feel the videos help with the sales or could someone like me do these kinds of flips? I’m just looking for supplemental income.

[@JamiRayVintage]

It’s taken us a few year to build up our business. Growing on social media has been the best for us. We only sell furniture and paint on Etsy so I can’t say for smaller items.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

There are a few things about what Jami and Zeb Do that would be hard for very many to replicate. 1. They live in a unique place where the thrifting is very inexpensive, so they make their money on the front end by getting things really cheap. 2. They live in an area where there is a lot of stuff to pick. 3. They are a part of a religion that makes up the majority of the population where they live, so that’s an automatic potential customer base. 4. They have a very good eye of what to pick, from experience. 5. They have a huge following on social media. 6. They have a special relationship and also good personalities for their videos, plus the skills to make them, along with the energy to do it all(and they’re very consistent with it). Because of all these reasons I think it would be difficult to replicate what they do. However, Jami just started painting furniture and people liked it and asked her to paint some for them. Maybe you could start out small and see if there’s a market in your area? These are just my two cents from having watched them for years.

[@cyndireed9164]

@@cynthiafisher9907 Thank You SO MUCH for that honest and informative reply. I really do appreciate it.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@cyndireed9164 You’re welcome! It’s just my opinion, though.

[@cyndireed9164]

@@cynthiafisher9907 I get that but it makes total sense I really do appreciate it

[@lilyivers3489]

❤

[@debbiestarrett3523]

Creepy giraffes. I’d pass lol.

[@JamiRayVintage]

We’ll see what Zeb can do with them

[@lisakirby6645]

Was that a quilt? What size was it

[@JamiRayVintage]

I think full

[@lisakirby6645]

@@JamiRayVintage what are u asking for it?

[@lisakirby6645]

What is the price for the full quilt you arefindingsone great things!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@lisakirby6645It will be in the thrift haul Saturday about 8:25 on the website.

[@Lauren-xx7cm]

I thought you would have been all over that white enamel pitcher behind the nativity scene at 5:27

[@Lauren-xx7cm]

Never mind Zeb found it!!!!

[@Royal-Junk]

The giraffes are very creepy.

[@annayres9959]

I think they looked like dragons

[@tamraanderson4225]

10000x 👍🕊🐑

[@londawhitt6841]

😊👍👋

[@pattiray47]

Those are Dragon giraffes!

[@JamiRayVintage]

Yeah they are!

[@janeyjanedee2493]

Lookin thin, girl🎉

[@faithcarter7037]

It's too far for me to drive to where they have bins. And the Goodwill here has basically stuff that should be in the trash

[@tommytanner7703]

Videos Are all fast forward can’t hear it everything Running so fast you can’t see it or understanding it

[@JamiRayVintage]

I checked it it is normal speed. Maybe somehow your playback speed is on fast. There is a gear button on the top right corner you should be able to click playback speed and make sure it’s at 1

[@miriammelendez9322]

You should wear plastic gloves when you’re shopping

[@cherylwilson8571]

I usually Love your videos...this one not so much. It was kind of vague as to the final product on some of the pieces and just not like the Jamie and Zeb videos I'm used to??? Just didn't seem right some how....sorry

[@JamiRayVintage]

Sometimes life happens. Thursday was a hard day for Zeb and I not work related but family related. Most people probably just wouldn’t have put up a video. But we filmed as much as we could and did our best to pull a video together.

[@judyvigiltorres2077]

stop getting bunnies