LEFT Work To Go THRIFTING! High End Goodwill Shopping

Trying out a new Goodwill store- high prices, high quality items! Can we find any vintage treasures to resell?
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[@camaberdeen694]

The Scottish couple! That is how we all dress here in Scotland ;o) - lol. Good video and it was worth going to that posh charity shop. I really LOVE the vintage trophy btw. Phwaaa.

[@kristym7501]

Cool ashtray! Moody's motel is about a half and hour from my house. Opened in 1929. Moody's Diner is next to the motel. Yummy food. If you come to Maine be sure and stop at Moody's! You should look into the history of Moody's. I think you would enjoy it.

[@miafarrin7919]

Yay Moody’s, now more famous for it’s diner, than for its motel, but a landmark spot around here and a popular summer destination for summer people and tourists alike, but us locals enjoy it as well. I’m only about 15 minutes from there, would love to meet you for coffee and pie if you make it up to these here parts, Kristy M. can come as well! They have good pie! It’s a family run business with a great history, with published cookbooks and other info out there about this place. Love to you, always love your intro, your research on things, and of course, your great finds. Take care and Happy New Year!!

[@elisabethuyeda]

The Oswald name on the jacket tag kind of suggests Disney’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

[@joc0553]

Enjoy listening to your insight on things! love bone china, too! thank you for sharing!

[@rickeydonald4756]

Goodwill has become a marketing genius. They maybe a non-profit, but the public still does not have an understanding of that term. Simple, it is corporate capitalism. Just like all corporations the money goes to the top salaries, middle management, and Bonuses! Period, now you have the story. Also, they operate independently as regional groups. All the hype around, “we do good things” is targeted effective marketing. Works!

[@PaperandMoose]

I'm aware of how much money Goodwill and other non-profit organization pockets for themselves. I rounded up my bill by 75cents because I appreciated the time that the cashier took to talk to me and the care that he took in wrapping each of my items. Doubtful he will see that extra money down the line, but maybe someone that deserves it will.

[@rickeydonald4756]

Paper and Moose I always shame them for not valuing the ones at the bottom of the corporate food chain.

[@sand3882]

@@rickeydonald4756 , unless you are sending letters to corporate, you are trying to shame the wrong person. And I'm pretty certain corporate has a very thick skin.

[@rickeydonald4756]

San D I spoke directly to district and regional supervisors as they showed up for inspections.

[@juliegraham8133]

@@PaperandMoose 15k before you know it. I have the Scottish Male figurine.🦌

[@verettejones9510]

Hello Paper and Moose . I like that store . Can't wait to see more from there. I think you might find some really great things there. I LOVE the Dracula mug . My favorite monster . And the Coney island ceramic was pretty cool I could see using it in a kitchen back Splash along with other things like it . Or just putting it in a place like entre way with other things . Pretty cool finds. 👍👍💖💖💖👍👍💖💖💖

[@bmoritzdesign3862]

I find GW is beyond ridiculous, it is that way in California as well. But you found a few gems. Thank you for sharing😊

[@eavesdroppin1]

Good eye! Interesting to see what you select which is sometimes not what I would choose. However, I certainly appreciate your reasoning and hope 2020 brings you many more treasures!

[@fairyGrandmother]

I LOVE your glasses, they look great on you! My favorite item was the Dracula mug, very unique. TFS Big Hugs!

[@simsjef]

Enjoyed your voiceover which provides more detail on your opinions of the items you had looked at. That store definitely had some neat items for sale.

[@PaperandMoose]

This was my first video doing a voiceover, so I was winging it. With how loud the music was playing at this store, it's just easier to cover up the music this way. I do know for future voiceovers, I have to go through the items a bit slower so I don't have to talk as fast.

[@Eveningsong]

Enjoyed the video - Watch out for Susan Branch mugs/cups - They sell for $50 and more. She is an artist and author of many adorable books if you aren't familiar with her:)

[@michelealdridge7436]

I love the way you talk to yourself while shopping. Saying things like"Are they crazy ?" When the prices are too high. I do that as well.

[@hindwidad2723]

My favorite is have they lost their mind? 🤣

[@littlemspd9674]

Me tooooo.... :)

[@SherryAnnOfTheWest]

I think the Huntsman Pewter "candle holder" may be a wine coaster ... you place the bottle in it after you open it to protect the table. I love the Scot figurines. That Coney Island thing is super cool.

[@marybak6581]

Hudson Pewter is very collectible. I have a set of pewter figurines my mom purchased over 40 years ago.

[@jacquiliddell1811]

Sherry Ann yes Sherry that’s what I thought x

[@alwaysbedoodling]

Did a quick search and it looks like your Scottish figurines are by Radnor. At one point the same pair was for sale on Etsy for $125. So those should pay for a couple more Goodwill trips ; ) !

[@dawnwesterbeck346]

That is true you can only really find out the prices if you can get deep into their system, but they don't have something easy like eBay. On EBay you can look at the sold items and see what they sold for and that's the actual price you can get.

[@lonestar6435]

Worth point shows a pair that sold for $99.00 and multiple singles that sold in $ 30 - $40 range.

[@nacypollock7546]

Same pair sold for $15 on Ebay

[@wowzieee]

There aren't any Goodwill stores around our area. But with the other thrift stores, you can donate items and get discount coupons. I will stop on the side of the road when people put out their "free pick ups" and bring them to the charitiy stores to get the coupons. Is there a chance for coupons at that location? Do go often, you'll start to see items change and things coming in. They'll get to know what you are looking for. Keep an eye out for vintage sewing patters, prior to the 50's.

[@PaperandMoose]

The promo at this Goodwill is for every $1 you spend, you receive 1 point. When you reach 150 points ($150), you receive a coupon for $5. Seems like the coupon should be worth a little more, or even a coupon for 50% off your whole purchase would be better.

[@henrys3629]

I never see ashtrays at Goodwill here. With all the tons of glass? Policy to not sell them???? I use as coasters

[@larryboysen5911]

That pair of Scottish figures is nice. That store was huge, as compared to the ones here. That's my take...whenever I go to my local store...all the sales people know me...and I always say..."What's Old, Today"! That's one thing I like about these days...the cessation of smoking in public places! Mickey looks like he had one too many! I sent Dee a pair of salt shakers...felines in Scottish attire...a male and female...she loved them.

[@ontariopicker6343]

Renee, if you decide to take longer than your lunch hour to go exploring and you need a note to your employer we can send in one for you just to tell them that your were grievly ill to continue with your job and had to take the remaining day off.

[@PaperandMoose]

Do you think this doctor's note could be arrange for a whole year off? Hahah

[@ontariopicker6343]

@@PaperandMoose Only if you supply me with too many postcards so I can be busy too.

[@joycescott6066]

Year off AND a prescription for a month in Hawaii Greece or Belize . . . ahhh we can dream can't we ?🌅✌

[@rexterrier1]

Your Goodwill is pricey! Our Goodwill in Virginia is the best with good prices. The farther north you go towards DC, the pricier. Our T-shirts are only a dollar! Some dishes or glass ware that’s not priced is only .20!!

[@PaperandMoose]

$1 t-shirts at Goodwill?? You are lucky to have that price in your area. The Goodwill by me prices their t-shirts at $2.99/$3.99.

[@donnamonticello8192]

Thrifty is not so thrifty anymore.

[@shawnalarson5175]

Goodwill prices are outrages. Shop the color of the week or day is the only way to make more money. Plus I think it is the store manager at that store. Goodwill CEO is the highest paid compared to other thrift store companies.

[@joycescott6066]

Yes that's how I do it now . Trying to only do half off colors then 30% off Savers Tuesdays and 20% off Goodwill Wednesday's and Sundays at Goodwill the color of the week is $ 2 bucks for clothes shoes and purses so you tend to discriminate a little more and pick only the best stuff . . . Still love digging tho 😁

[@samanthab1923]

A girl after my own heart. Thrifting over work! Any day of the week. 😊

[@samanthab1923]

Glad you found a new place to treasure hunt. Go after work once a week on your way home.

[@samfinn487]

Very nice store. Higher prices but good stuff. The Coney Island ceramic is ART.

[@catherinethompson2525]

Love the glasses Renee Happy New Year!

[@carakrzyzanowski381]

To be honest, Goodwill, Salvation Army, and other well known thrift stores have most of their merchandise WAY overpriced. I won't shop any of those places anymore. I look for local, non-chain thrift shops, like churches and bazaars. At least I can find good items for no more than $3-$4. Goodwill & Salvation Army have me aggravated lately. They're supposed to help people who aren't fortunate enough to buy new. I literally saw a Walmart brand coat, with the original tag still on, priced $5 over the original price. I literally took the coat to every single person shopping in the store, and showed them. 4 people immediately left, leaving their carts in the aisles.

[@OriginalNethead]

I call my local Good Will the Ill Will, for cause. They put ridiculous prices on some thing, including jewelry. I walked out of mine today with a Little League baseball for a friend - 50 cents. It was the only thing worth buying. Mostly they get Target overruns.

[@PaperandMoose]

At this Goodwill, I didn't see any of the Target store items. Now at the Goodwill by where I live, it's always filled with the Target items.

[@carmenwagner634]

I call it Greedwill...someone has to fund their CEO's 750,000.a year + salary.

[@sarahanderson8371]

Yikes high prices. They seem to be getting out of sight on their prices even on Ohio. I like the garage sales for prices.

[@carakrzyzanowski381]

I live in NEO, southwest of Cleveland, and the thrift stores around here are ridiculous with their prices. It's like they have a few people in the back room researching EVERYTHING on eBay and other resale websites.

[@nettaP]

PHEW those were high prices! One of mugs had a weird reproduction of a classic blue and white China pattern (Homer Laughlin Blue Willow) that my grandmother had as her every day China. I've never seen a mug like that!

[@kathrynmcconkey1779]

NettaP...I have my Grandmas blue willow dishes. Don't have a mug. OMG!!! That was pretty. Thank you Renee for taking us along. Also love the English statues..anything made in England is beautiful to me. Have a blessed day. Va watching.🙏👍😘💕🐺

[@JoanneBea]

nettaP I collected Blue Willow pattern, too! That is so nice that you can remember your grandma when you look at the blue willow. I fell in love with blue willow as a teen digging thru the outdoor dump of a local writer for Pulitzer. He was long gone when I found the pieces of china and I saved it for someday when I would make either a table top or ? With the broken pieces. I owned a new set of willow and also used his sugar bowl! Later, I began collecting only porcelain blue willow. Haven’t a clue what happened to it. 😔 Perhaps I should start collecting again. I’ve never seen such a large blue willow mug!

[@suzicreamcheese4925]

There is a company that adds a twist to that pattern by throwing in monsters, it's called Calamity Ware and it's pricey

[@nettaP]

@@suzicreamcheese4925 OMG that is TOO FUNNY!!! going on my christmas list, immediately LOL

[@myunknownland9272]

@@JoanneBea I know, but my area is expensive. One shop I was shocked to find a basic brooch for $30. Nothing special about the brooch. I get them elsewhere $5-$7.

[@tammyroyal7547]

Looked like that store had a ton of goodies!! The Goodwill that I usually go to is small but clean & you have to dig sometimes to find a jem at a good price. The Scottish couple was very cool & the Coney Island painting. Love homemade items 💜 Hope you have a great rest of the day!!

[@njther2649]

Renee, Thanks for the videos. I find that with bigger thrift stores it does not matter what time you go. As you said they bring stuff out all day long. A good example of this is last Friday I left work and had some time to kill so popped into a thrift store about 30 minutes before closing time because I had a 50% off coupon.. I see a cart they just wheeled out so I start looking it over and found a few good items then see one great one. A huge red box with the Baccarat across the top. I check it to see if it is actually in the box which it was then I look at the price which was $49.99 so $24.99 to me out the door. It turned out to be a Baccarat 'Diva' Vase Small. These sell new for almost $2,000 and one sold on eBay auction which finished Sunday for $1,088. I one I got looks new...the previous owner never attached the felt pads to the bottom. The median income in the town I found this is 45K which is more then 25% lower then the average median income of the US. You never know what or where you will find a super flip. I love the hunt and tend to hold onto finds like this for a while since I get more joy from the thrill of the find when I look at them then from the money I would get from selling it. NJ

[@PaperandMoose]

Your story is a perfect example of you just never know what is out there! I've been told by many to never go to a thrift store after a certain time, don't go on weekends, etc. Some stores do stick to a rigid schedule, but I'll say it again "You just never know." I also am like you with certain items - I might keep something a little bit, just so that I can enjoy it. If you are able to purchase an item at a very low price and the odds of finding one again are slim, why not enjoy it!

[@sandym8594]

I looked up your Scottish dancers on Worthpoint. They don’t sell all that often and they sell for $40 - $50 each or $70 - $100+ for the pair. Looks like they were made in different plaids. I see someone else identified the plaid in another comment. Really nice finds at that Goodwill. Seems more like estate sale or auction quality stuff.

[@juliegraham8133]

Not plaid, tartan.😀

[@sandym8594]

Julie Graham 👍 Thanks :-D

[@hfsaid]

That was fun. I liked your voiceover - lots easier to understand than talking in the store. The dracula cup was my favorite, not for dracula but for the size & shape - very unusual. I love big mugs.

[@cordiscoscorner]

Great to see you again !!!! You, Taco Stacks and Crazy Lamp Lady I watch religiously. HAVE A GREAT DAY Renee.

[@barbarahogan4796]

Goodwill has gone up. 👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🦋

[@joyceferrell7260]

Love the Dracula mug!

[@susansawatzky3816]

The pewter piece is for a bottle of wine

[@charleyb8423]

I would love to see how you store all of your finds, plus your package and ship procedures. Happy New Year!

[@mikki3961]

Your presentation and content is spot on. Love your channel Renee. Thank you!

[@paulakent3752]

Not a candle holder. You put your wine bottle in there.

[@sand3882]

Be certain to advertise the couple is from the McDonald Clan. In Scotland the Campbell's and the McDonald's are the equivalent of our Hatfield's and McCoy's. I am not a McDonald...lol.

[@matnaylor8939]

I agree , i am a MacDonald and that tartan looks very familiar .

[@FindsByPirjo]

Your Scottish McDonald pair is great, you will get your money back with that. Have a nice day Renee!

[@boatmanboatman1960]

Paying 7.99 you better go back to work. Lol

[@PaperandMoose]

Selling the football statue will cover the cost of all items purchased, so I'm happy with that. Plus, any time I'm able to escape the office, if only for a little bit, is a good thing!

[@sharonnowlin2297]

I love all your videos, but my very FAVORITE are the old paper that you have found the story that is behind. Some of my favorites were "POOR LARRY"!! and the love letters and cards that the husband sent to his wife for years, those 2 were so much in love & the rich guy that jumped off the ledge of his apt. because of money trouble. The story stated that their apt. was on the 7th story. I went back and looked at the picture and the 7th was the only one that had a ledge. That was so sad!!!

[@DonVDBorgh]

Wow, what a lot of items in that place. I don't know if the store has a suggestion price list for the items to be place out, but in the past when I helped with some charity sales I found that pricing was directly related the "well to do" of the person pricing. Where one person would say "That is a $50 item new so it should be $10 - $15" Where I would have said $3 -$5. Anyways, some great finds. Happy Hunting!

[@twinsisterDJ]

......OR.....maybe they still smoke and still use ashtrays!!!!!!! And love vintage ashtrays to USE not just collect?

[@karenratzlaff9977]

I go to a Goodwill in an affluent area too, though mine is very small. Sometimes I come out empty-handed, but I've actually found some wonderful antique pieces over the years. You found a lot of interesting pieces over your lunch break. I think you'll do well with all of them.

[@PaperandMoose]

I think there are some great things to be found in this store, it is just taking one's time and really looking. I know what to expect next time I visit, so I think I will enjoy it more.

[@futurekron]

Huge Goodwill!

[@traceyb4493]

I truly love your paper history of vintage items. Your so interesting and love your channel. Thank you

[@PaperandMoose]

Thank you Tracey, glad you enjoy the channel!

[@dawnwesterbeck346]

How do you explain your process of thrifting the weird the unusual the Vintage. Is exactly the way that I shop. I would love to go thrifting with you sometime.

[@vintageaf3435]

I love love love that MM jacket! I have never seen anything like it. If you said that little metal scoop was $1.99 you should have probably “scooped” it up (bad joke)! I have been looking for something like that to use in my old glass jars that I use for sugar, flour etc.! The go for $30 and up on eBay...for future! Love your videos! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@sweethaven1929]

Did you sell the Coney Island plaque ? I didn’t see it in Etsy , the first kiss I shared with my husband was at the Wonder wheel ,still marked 52 hrs.but I I also rode the Cyclone with my grandma, sadly she was scare I felt bad...I’m a Jersey girl , moved to Fl. Hate it moving back in May , I’ll miss thrifting in Naples , high end products great prices. But I’ll be looking in. NJ for is so much fun.

[@MimisTreasureCottage]

I stopped at a Salvation Army store in a lower middle class area once with prices like that. I'm not sure they always take the area into consideration.

[@samanthab1923]

Mimi's Treasure Cottage I think your right & doesn't GW get stuff from all over? Or is that just the bins?

[@terrelstewart5410]

I was told the goodwill now look at prices of there items online and mark them down slightly. I find that crazy for donated items they should be price reasonably used cups should be no more than $1 I stop going to goodwill because I was finding prices same or more then the item new.

[@lilyrose3145]

I agree Terrel

[@rebeccanichols1165]

Nice store, saw some nice things. More expensive then mine, but i live in a smalll town.

[@nascarmommam5915]

I use to take walks on my break from work and go trash picking, lol good finds, love the English fugues, the football trophy amazed at the prices, but WTG‼️ ~ Texas

[@lisacochran6846]

I love going along with you ! What do you do with all the paper ? I have a child’s McDonalds shirt 1971 have looked everywhere can’t find it , any ideas

[@lindawhitaker4314]

Aren’t Goodwill prices crazy sometimes? Our prices here have been going up but are not what they were in the new one you found. And things I like and would happily push people out of the way to get to first are priced cheaply! Other things I wouldn’t bother with are priced very highly. But it is such fun looking for treasure. Looking forward to a trash picking video. You have a great eye.

[@PaperandMoose]

Trash picking has been awful for me lately. Either my timing is way off or people just haven't been putting out "good" trash. Hopefully that changes soon!

[@skaarup33]

If you can't sell the mickey jacket, you could make the jacket into a pillow. A jacket pillow. No need to cut it up.....🤗🇩🇰

[@Hamsterocks]

I would have picked up the fox hunting item! I personally collect fox hunting/ horse themed items and that was lovely and cheap!

[@deenabenson6641]

Oswald was Walt Disney’s prototype Mickey Mouse. There are many Disney fans who would be interested.

[@hollycollins4463]

Love your videos, getting all caught up on them:) but is that a chip and dale on your shelf?!?!? What’s is it?:) I love them lol

[@carolyndonovan2884]

The candle holder ? It was a wine caddy to protect your table... also, the silver item you picked up after that was incomplete. It should have had a strainer that sat on top to strain loose tea... the bottom was it’s cradle. Happy Thrifting !

[@sherrycole7826]

Our goodwill prices have jumped up lately. What’s up with that, why aren’t they the same across the board?

[@janet3467]

Why say you were ditching work for the day if you weren't? You later said you didn't have time to look over the entire store so you obviously knew you had to be somewhere. You could have edited out the incorrect info before posting instead of the "disclaimer".

[@lisabruce1732]

Love the Dracula mug! Hope you put it up for sale. ❤️

[@idavangrinsven1115]

Goodwill is my favorite, thanks for sharing I enjoy your videos and enthusiasm.

[@prettymuchketo2967]

Haha! Skipper! ☕️That’s was a cool find! 🦇🧛🏼‍♂️☕️I like the Coney Island one. Representing Brighton beach 🏖♥️

[@sandragraves1177]

I really enjoy your videos. You're authentic please don't become a characatuure of yourself.

[@Shurdley2]

On the Mickey Mouse clothing item did you read the label as saying "Dry in the shade"? Made before dryers?

[@deadhorse1391]

That was some goodwill store! The ones around here are not like that, prices were pretty high but I could see how you might could find some good stuff. I knew a girl that went to some Goodwill store outside DC that had better things. A while back I bought an advertising glass ashtray for a radio and TV antenna company that had their work truck featured....a pre 1968 VW type 2 van! Was beautiful with lots of detail I sort of wanted to keep it but it went down the road

[@PaperandMoose]

I have a few ashtrays that are keepers - they are all local businesses to my hometown, so it's saving a bit of nostalgia for me.

[@cdcVintage]

Regarding matchbooks, my 2 recent videos are of my matchbook collection.

[@judithsmall5924]

I wondered do you ever thrift road maps?

[@PaperandMoose]

I do come across the glovebox paper maps quite frequently. Depending on the who made the made/who is advertising on the map, they can be worth a decent amount. They are great for crafting with too and also just seeing what has changed!

[@speteydog2260]

The pewter was a wine holder. 😬

[@kimandcaffeine5999]

I go to a goodwill in a affluent area but still that is priced high for little odds and ends.

[@sonieboada6793]

Where's this Goodwill? State? Their prices are ridiculous!

[@Lizs.Tallent]

Lots of free donations then they sell with high prices and they do not donate anything to the community. I won’t step foot in one!

[@dmreddragon6]

Who needs to eat lunch when you can hit a thrift store! I love the kilted Scottish couple, and the Dracula mug, and ashtray were pretty cool also.

[@jacquiliddell1811]

You could make a cushion cover which would be easy out of MM top if you liked it

[@jedaholmberg3211]

Hope nobody from work watches u tube...

[@TheDonna1959]

Wow! That place looks huge! Pure Heaven! 😁

[@TNgrandee3]

Great finds, Renee. The Goodwill stores here where I live in Tennessee have half price days the first Saturday of each month and I see people loading buggies for resale I'm sure. I liked the glasses you were wearing at the beginning of this video. I bet they would look awesome with some of those pretty vintage dresses you got last summer. Have a great rest of the week and weekend.

[@PaperandMoose]

Hope you have a great weekend as well!

[@ThePlumbum1]

Rene! Ditching work for that Kitsch! Now if you went and trained, I could understand.

[@PaperandMoose]

I went back to work... only ditched it for my lunch break :0)

[@joselbazcom4221]

Sometimes I also go thrifting during my lunch break. Then I have to go back after work feeling I didn't get enough of it. 😬😁

[@PaperandMoose]

I agree. Sometimes I do run over my lunch break limit, but I figure I make up for it because I don't stand at the printer for 10 minutes and talk to people haha.

[@junesafford3744]

How much would you sell the items you bought for?

[@carolynsimone8647]

Big difference in Goodwill stores....

[@NurseMickiLea]

Those prices are ridiculous for a charity shop!

[@SheriMiller-lw9xu]

Loved the knockoff Mickey jacket ❤

[@sweethaven1929]

First time on your channel, and will check out your other video , ..thank you

[@PaperandMoose]

Thanks for stopping by Maria!

[@connieainlay8057]

Thank you for the shopping trip. Enjoy your content

[@eileenalholinna5310]

I don't understand high prices in thrift stores. My Salvation Army here in Michigan has ridiculous prices on some of their stuff. It's DONATED! Something that came from Dollar Tree will be marked 1.99 or even 2.99!

[@gerrymiller4523]

I like your description of how you choose items. I am similar in that I like vintage because it brings back memories of my childhood but I also pick up quirky and whimsical items that make me smile. I’m reselling in a booth and both the vintage and modern things sell pretty well. New subscriber!

[@redjuz3980]

If it’s the three part British series it is really really really good. X

[@mrspk4060]

Please tell me these are NJ prices and not Pa prices! I have been considering travelling out to Pa because NJ Goodwill prices are out of control, but if this is Pa- forget it!

[@PaperandMoose]

It is NJ. I've never seen prices like this at any other Goodwill!

[@mrspk4060]

@@PaperandMoose Lucky me :OP NJ is the gift that keeps on taking.

[@Hugginsince79]

Who comes up with those prices

[@dianajemison105]

Love the MacDonald figures. I have Scottish lineage and if they were Farquhar or Farquharson I would have to have them. I really like the Dracula mug with the Vlad the Impaler image. I'll take anything Dracula. Lol

[@deparker1]

Those prices were very high

[@arlenecurrie1350]

where do we have a "BINS"???

[@kathyfettkether3690]

I do understand your explanation for the higher prices at that particular GW, but I read a very interesting article with an additional explanation. It seems that vloggers tipped off GW executives a few years back of all the profit they are making online as resellers. So GW decided to get into the business too and have done so brilliantly with their online sales and boutique shops and higher prices. I have heard many resellers say the way to go now for profit is just yard sales and rummage sales and trash picking. Do you see this trend?

[@DannyoffireAwaken]

As someone who is a thrift store junkie and occasional reseller, I would say that's probably true in general, but you can still find good deals in thrift stores. They don't have knowledge of every single item that goes into the stores. You have to look harder, but there's still money to make. I wish people would stop doing #goodwillfinds or whatever though on social media, because that's just highlighting valuable things the stores missed, and I can guarantee upper management looks at those tags.

[@PaperandMoose]

I think it depends on the person & their area/what is available. Since I am more particular about what I pick to resell, sometimes I have little to no luck at yard sales. Rummage sales are extremely competitive in my area and as I work a full time job during the week, I miss out on many sales that are held only on Fridays. Trash picking has been awful for me as well lately. So I supplement where I can and sometimes that means going thrifting. Goodwill, thrift stores, etc. will price as they see fit, but I still think that items slip through and people can find low priced items to resell.

[@samanthab1923]

Kathy Fettkether Why would bloggers let them know?

[@kathyfettkether3690]

It was not intentional but GW was alerted by some customers of bloggers that thrifted in their stores for reselling purposes. GW started watching the videos and learned how to do it themselves.

[@samanthab1923]

Kathy Fettkether Oh I get it, just started watching a new pair of resellers from NY state that have said they've heard of people getting banned for filming.

[@randymoran67]

Dracula mug looks like typical tourist item in transylvania! I bought vampire wine with coffin boxes !

[@bethmerryfield7186]

Yes, thrift shops get wares and cloth to the floor all day long. It's also not cleaned or mended. Just slap a tag on it, hang it, put it on the cart and take them to the sales floor.