Thrifting Time! Ep. 9: Small Haul Big Savings | Retail Archaeology

[@RetailArchaeology]

Take a shot every time I say honestly 🤣

[@pinball541]

Honestly?

[@seanhartnett79]

That is a terrible idea. If someone dies of alcohol poisoning, you will get sued.

[@talyla1815]

Let us begin then 😂

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

Anytime either you or LGR do thrifting videos, it's a must watch

[@charlieretro]

Same when I seen them upload a video I stop what I'm doing and watch there video.

[@Ram-2112]

Always got my notifications on for both. Quality content that i love

[@MAGA_Patriot2024]

You don't know how lucky you are to have a store like that near you! At my local Salvation army and goodwill stores, if you find 1 video game, it's a miracle lol!

[@retrodealer6495]

Can you keep these thrift store videos coming. Because they're my favourite videos. And it's hard finding them nowadays. People people who used to make these videos are starting to livestream and that's all there doing now so I unsubscribe to them.

[@retrodealer6495]

@BadDriversOf Georgia yeah! well everybody has their own opinion. Some of them do overpriced big time. I've seen some other channels they buy something for $2 and sell it for 30$ pisses me off😠later.

[@BlueKoinu]

I second that; I love the Thrift Store videos too.

[@retrodealer6495]

@@BlueKoinu I make thrift store videos. I collect video games, toys, and electronics, just to let you know😊.

[@BlueKoinu]

The VHS Rewinder probably came from a video rental store. I worked at one back in the day and we always had 10 of them behind counter to rewind any VHS's that got returned and weren't rewound. They also were valuable in keeping the wear in tear of your home VHS player down as the heavy use of rewinding actually wore down the mechanisms much faster. So if you were a family that heavily used the VHS machine a rewinder would be very valuable in keeping your machines in working order longer.

[@KMFDM781]

I could watch you shop thrift stores every day.

[@oopsibrokethecow]

The JC Penny stereo made me recoil with instant traumatic memories of being zapped by those metal dials every single time I'd touch them after walking across the shaggy carpet of my childhood home.

[@pinball541]

A Mall Tycoon 2 Disc pickup Erik? I have really been missing the Siesta Mall live streams. I was always excited for the stream no matter where I was. I even watched the stream sometimes in the stairwell, while at the Arizona Coyotes NHL Hockey Games. I hope the Mall Tycoon live-streams start again soon. I also enjoy the thrifting videos, maybe more to come when the temps cool down here in Arizona. Great to see Retail Archaeology, & RA2 are still on the air. Hello from Maricopa Arizona!

[@autumnhatch9661]

I have no interest in vintage electronics yet I still watched the whole video. Your voice is very chill and relaxing 😎

[@theslowrp6722]

We had a VHS rewinder when I was a kid. If I recall, it was because rewinding using your VCR would shorten the lifespan of your VCR's innards (and possibly was harder on the tape as well), so you used the rewinder instead. Great video though as usual!

[@PhilDrangus]

This is the most relaxing series. Every time a new episode comes out, I make dedicated time for my weekly cheat meal, hit a drive thru somewhere, and sit at my desk very calming stuffing my face and enjoying the video. Excellent work!

[@SearsCool]

Unlike my thrift stores that are really dirty and messy

[@ddwkc]

Mine too. It's pure garbage and overpriced as well.

[@SearsCool]

@@ddwkc I always notice that the floor is mainly brown in a lot of thrift stores and that the clothes are messy

[@ddwkc]

@ yeah, i actually wanna get some of the "garbage", but my local stores charge more sometimes

[@WAVP371]

You must be in Phoenix, AZ... Everything is dirty, picked over and/or, shitty!!!

[@SearsCool]

William Van Parys nope, Texas

[@2345678902345671]

I didn't realize the DI was outside of Utah! One of my favorite places to thrift here since that's where Mormons donate so they get tons of stuff and price it cheap.

[@Sula_Mareska]

Test Drive Le Mans is legitimately one of my favorite DreamCast games. I remember being about 7, and my dad took me to GameStop and we got this for ourselves for 99 cents. We keep playing it together still to this day. Congrats on grabbing it, and eliciting legit excitement out of me when you showed it.

[@darktetsuya]

thrifting vids always fun to watch! so much weird and random stuff in those stores...

[@lightdark00]

I think those vhs tape reminders I think we're bought for two reasons. To decease the gap time watching movies back to back or to preserve the life of the VCR. That second reason is probably a marketing ploy. It took a long time to rewind a 2 hour SP tape.

[@paulknight532]

Always really enjoy these thrifting videos, especially like seeing the vintage electronics like the JC Penney hi-fi and Panasonic answering machine, retro classics! Looking forward to more uploads like this. :)

[@williamwilson480]

The reason we have tape rewinder because using the rewinder on the VCR usually I would destroy a lot of vcrs by using the rewinder in the vcr that's what we have VHS rewinder

[@zammap]

I could also imagine a rental shop using these

[@karldammann]

And no one EVER rewound the tapes! So if you wanted to watch something and found an unwound tape already in the VCR, you just put it in the rewinder while watching your movie/show lol.

[@utharkruna1116]

Lol, we had one for our beta max.

[@DancingSk3L3tons]

Something you do that I truly admire is the fact you'll see something... Something you like... But you'll say something to the extent of "I already have this... I'll leave it for someone else..." you're the real mvp my friend ✊

[@taylorbrogdon1834]

I love hearing you talk about all of this stuff because you know so much! I always learn a lot

[@Ozrichead]

I had that exact lights out game AND that Tomy clock! What a weird back to back nostalgia hit.

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

HELLO from England! We don't really have thrift shops like these, it is either an expensive tiny Oxfam shop or charity shops filled with tat but also small.

[@porkybitz]

Nostalgia Nerd does some thrifting episodes. He's in Norwich and shares office space with Ashens. He also does some 'boot sales' with the kids. That's probably the closest you'll see to a local LGR Thrifts (Retail Archaeology) episode.

[@retrodealer6495]

Damn! looks like Walmart or some high-class retail store. I like video games and retro toys and cool old 80s ghetto blasters.

[@seanhartnett79]

I went to a thrift shop when I was 12 in the middle of Indiana, my grandparents live in rural Indiana. And it was 1 hour and 30 minutes away. I found like 2 good disasters movies, which I was and am still interested in. A 4 pack of disaster movies, with fire, and several others. $2. I eventually grew tired of it and donated it. Honestly I should buy it ago for the memories.

[@michaelpsihogios9830]

Your videos are so relaxing

[@sisterluke]

Actually a vhs tape rewinder now is handy for archivists that work on vhs cassette tapes

[@JasonAyersDeepfreq]

Congrats on the Best of Phoenix award! Love the channel

[@RetailArchaeology]

Holy crap I didn't even know I won until I saw this comment! Thanks 😁

[@Shannon_Vlogs]

I love how you know the ebay prices for everything!

[@brisvegas859]

the VHS turbo winder were very useful at blockbusters and video stores for staff to quickly rewind tapes that customers were either too lazy to do or had forgotten to do, so the idea was keep the turbo winder behind the counter and make sure each tape is at the start before placing them back on the shelves for the next customer to hire.

[@farmcentralohio]

6:13 the VHS tape rewinder came about because the rewind on a VCR was slower and they said it saved the wear and tare of rewinding on the VCR as well. It also was used when your family rented an arm load of tapes and on movie night and there was no waiting when switching to the next movie. and yes, very silly and pointless in reality.

[@JD-dq8zn]

Exactly

[@seanhartnett79]

7:54, old out dated tech is cool. I was at my college and saw a pay phone, I should take a picture of it. As it is cool. It has a phone book attached as well. Which is cool.

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

Nice find/haul! Thrift store shopping is fun. You never know what you will find.

[@natalie8212]

This was excellent. I watch a lot of thrifting videos and absolutely appreciate your succinct and to the point style. Btw, vhs rewinders are faster and will extend the life of your VCR. That constant rewinding in the machine wears out the heads. (Just a little obsolete tech advice lol)

[@natalie8212]

@BadDriversOf Georgia Get a rewinder!

[@KateKaboo]

I would love to see a room tour of your gaming collection. You probably have a lot of unique stuff from thrift shopping. I absolutely love these videos. There's nothing like that here except for a few charity shops full of clothes and not much else

[@josephneilan]

Erik, I recently got into thrifting because of your old videos, so this is very exciting to hear! I haven’t watched this one yet (I save your stuff for Saturday mornings) but I’m sure it’s awesome as usual. I’m in central Massachusetts and our stores are so much different. Things are more expensive and the stores are dirtier like others have said. Anyway keep up the good work and thank you! -Joe PS I also like it when you do anything involving food.

[@MandalorianFanboy]

VHS rewinders were primarily used at the video rental places back in the day..(I worked at a mom and pop video store in college)....when people didn’t follow the “Be Kind Rewind” instructions on the case.

[@AdriaOliSal]

I have the same Fisher price cassette player. It still (except for the mic) works and I love it! It is really well made, mine felt on the floor plenty of times and look at it, working as new!

[@Carman1744]

If I ever visit thrift stores I would be looking for vintage Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I usually look for Battle Beasts or He-Man figures or rock/metal/wrestling t-shirts.

[@philreeder2180]

I got a Minolta talking camera for xmas 1985. It issued helpful cues like "Load film", "Check distance", and "Use flash"

[@BreakTime10101]

Wow my sister had one of those JcPenny stereo systems. Those VHS rewinders were designed to save wear and tear on your VCR. Great video as always!

[@jenniferh.2541]

"But nobody wants those star wars prequel toys-" Bite your tongue! Gimme that Yoda

[@seanhartnett79]

Another thing we have for hunting is a used book store like 30 minutes and 25 miles away. It is worth hunting. Books are like $10 or $15 each. But you can donate your used books to them for like 70% of the value for them to sell. You get like $35 of store credit for like 1 full bag of books, like 40 books. And they accept them written on and even there own books back. So it Sucks, write a note to the next person buying it and they take it back for store credit. The prices aren’t great, might as well go to Barnes and Noble. But it is the principal of keeping used book stores in business. A great hunting story. Beach town books in San Clemente.

[@retrodealer6495]

Cool I remember those Sony little Walkman Square disc thingies😂 wish I still had one.

[@Moonbeam143]

I have a Lights-Out game! I had it since the 90's since I was a kid! It's slightly broken though. One of the buttons stopped working. You basically just press them until all the lights are off! And I used to have a Quiz Wiz! But I don't have it anymore. Just one of the booklets with dinosaur questions.

[@Ram-2112]

More of these videos please! ❤

[@MarquisDeSang]

I prefer your channel because contrary to Dan Bell, you are positive, not arrogant, not mocking and you are a gamer.

[@fuzer909]

Love Deseret Industries, lived in Utah for 12 years. They still have the best clothing selection.

[@greenmetalbox1719]

Everytime you say "just like every thrift store" I shed a tear and take a shot.... none of my thrift stores have ANY of that stuff!

[@colkbassad]

Wow, that Alpha Centauri box was a huge find. I would have grabbed that in an instant. I still play that game periodically.

[@KeepingItKeith]

The VHS rewinder is used to save your VCR. Rewinding using the VCR puts alot of strain on the motor and takes much longer.

[@sugaredwitch]

If you’re still looking for a palm pilot- I have a couple! With the chargers too. I also live in Arizona. Happy to meet up or ship to you!

[@chal1821]

Love your videos man. You missed a Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey for PS1 around 15:49 -_-

[@Kholdster]

You gotta grab those calculators Man. Clean 40-50 bucks right there.

[@RetailArchaeology]

I'd rather leave them there for kids that need them for school and can't afford the obscene cost of a new one.

douchebag thing to do, is to resell stuff

[@aaronz9687]

That minidisc player is super cool,if it still works. I have a sony MD walkman ,no longer working. I also have a box of discs that I recorded with music and Howard stern , from the year 2001.

[@jss302]

I would've grabbed up that calculator immediately!!

[@dariawells7438]

Holy crap, I wish we had thrift stores this cool here in Canada.

[@dariawells7438]

@Chadwicked B LOL. You mean overpriced crap? I'm a seasoned thrifter and only go to NoValue Village on 50% off days. We have some cool thrift stores here - Talize, for example - but nothing that big or laid out.

[@SecondTake123]

I remember those TI-83 calculators from High School, I actually had a TI-84! So expensive 😂

[@HardPourCorn]

Someone would be able to breed shinys so easily with that imported copy of Diamond. ❤

[@nineninenine3752]

At one thrift store I've been to, it had a partnership with a local antique store and had a small section of discount antiques and one time my girlfriend at the time bought me an old KODAK Brownie art deco camera from it. As a big fan of art deco, it was an amazing gift. At another thrift store, on a shelf was about 12 broken PlayStation 2's all lined up.

[@seanhartnett79]

In suburban Southern California, we have a good will. I found a great used book for $1. I should go in there more frequently. Found some good things. Only time we go there is to donate things.

[@ericraymond3615]

That Yoda was bad ass

[@kittikoko]

Storybook Weaver was THE BEST.

[@Anastasia2048]

Damn I remember that Fisher Price recorder, it is built like a brick. Threw it against the wall when I was having a tantrum as a kid and it still worked.

[@KoubuPilot]

I had one of those wind up Tomy Bring Along a Song toys when I was little. Exactly like that. DI was the only thrift store O ever went to as a kid on Broadway near Alma School. It's still there and in business.

[@opaqueentity]

US thrift stores are amazing!

[@Ram-2112]

Can relate to this so much shopping a lot of goodwills in the Phoenix area. More so in the east valley (stuff to find is better and so are prices). I once found someones whole comic book collection. I got a few and was curious why they donated them all. Found they had died of cancer on their Facebook a year earlier. They had lived alone in an apartment full of colletibles. That person worked and lived collecting stuff they loved and it was just given away. I think of that type of situation more as i go through this stuff now. Some person prized lots of these possessions and didn't choose for goodwill to have it. Sad reality of it all.

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

I remember have an addiction in collecting Scene It Games, I don't anymore

[@apotheases]

"I'm like a super computer and you're a TI-83!"

[@mcgibs]

2:11 I've wanted one of these so badly as a kid. Would have been perfect for long car rides.

[@seanhartnett79]

Basically if you are a book lover and go to Disney land in anaheim. Either Barnes and Noble at the Irvine spectrum mall, a really good book store or beach town books, used book store. If you are here, I would go to both.

[@Xosidhe]

I love Deseret! Super cheap books. They always have a wide selection of Mitt Romney biographies 😂

[@davidurdahl6656]

I gotta hit up the east side one of these days. Maybe when the I-10 construction is done.... Lol

[@taylorbrogdon1834]

Hey that’s the one by my house. I love it there

[@erickbarkman2585]

I go to thrift stores fairly regularly, and I too have "scene" the many second-hand Scene-It games for sale.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Goodwill is basically the Walmart of thrift stores.

[@accastillo6046]

Mall Tycoon 2! Maybe another mall may be opening up soon!

[@4looming]

I was literally just watching an older thrifting video 😂

[@jeffconn]

Videotape rewinders were a handy invention. You could wear down the motor in your VCR with constant rewinding. And who could afford to buy a new VCR?

[@josedcarrillo24]

Dillards at Fiesta Mall is closing! ;(

[@notemaker3000]

Ths is anti hoarding and I love it

[@rosmertinef1579]

D.I.!! Shout out.

[@johnny-becker]

6:12 I was told that if a VCR was designed for 1,000 plays of the average movie, if you rewind each of those movies, that number decreases by half (2:1 ratio I believe) Why are all the good stuff on the west coast... the thrift stores around here really suck, not only with there merch but with their prices too. Yes, too, I found a few electronics but they always seem to be missing the power cords. How do they expect to sell something if it doesn't even power on. I could understand if they keep the power cord in the back to prevent theft (to a degree) but the employees will not even go in the back room and look.

[@Ram-2112]

Also the biggest stack of wii fit boards ive seen was at the goodwill on power rd by the 202. Was the whole bottom shelf of the row nearly 70 in total. No idea how that happens except for a store going out of business lol

[@MattManProductions]

Where were those sounds cards when I was building a PC 3 when I was younger. I couldn't find those ANYWHERE back than

[@davidurdahl6656]

Dude.. I looked for a ti for a few months before starting school. Nodda. But then I found a valuable Polaroid, and bought a new calculator. Winning.

[@antoniusbritannia8217]

6:14 Rewinding in your VCR puts extra wear and tear on the motor.

[@gregkarris6869]

plus rewind was the first thing to break - cheaper to buy a rewinder than getting it repaired...

[@wow42022]

I still would’ve bought Mario power tennis, Kirby’s epic yarn, and both ti-83 calculators to resell on ebay lol.

[@jss302]

I would've got them and added them to my collection❤️❤️

[@RichardGrounds]

I am guessing you were at a DI on the east side of town. We just donated our old "Lights Out" to a DI in Glendale. ;)

[@seanhartnett79]

13:35, who even wants a figet spinner. In middle school, during the height of popularity 5 people had one. But you went to the gas station and they had 20 for sale for $5 each. You go back 5 days later and there was only 18 still here. So if they were popular during the craze why we there always an over supply everywhere you go.

[@christopherstehn]

2:08 rainbow dash and pinkie pie

[@MarquisDeSang]

I have a request : please do antique shop.... please

[@volatilesky]

Haha oh my god why am I watching this, I do this plus garage sales on a weekly bases.

[@kimberlymackey1308]

Which DI is this? Love DI, usually reasonably priced and so clean. I would also recommend Salvation Army, most of mine have been clean and reasonably priced. Love your mall videos & thrifting stuff. Thanks for cataloging all the AZ stores it’s been great to watch as a local.

[@KoubuPilot]

That DI is brand new. It's in Gilbert at Val Vista and Williams Field

[@kimberlymackey1308]

Enrique Cortez thank you!

[@willywampa84]

I thought about making a shelving system for my game consoles out of wii fit boards, but my wife didn't like that idea, lol!

[@ericwincentsen587]

I played the hell out of "Alpha Centauri" when it came out. I really wish they would do a modern version because the old game won't play on modern PCs.

[@dannyjablonski8129]

At 8:50 I thought you were getting invaded by whatculture gaming

[@kaskus7147]

I have a stupid amount of art I bought at thrift stores. I just bought some last week.

[@BDBD16]

OOh those poor old school ISA cards in plastic bags. Makes me shed a tear for them. poor things.....edit 13:27, a Goodwill with Ice cream???

[@nobeac]

Wow that 1st thrift had a bunch of video games. I don't know what the problem with my GW is they suck when it comes to carrying the games there. Maybe they have their hand in them and just sell them somewhere else??????

[@1958darkstar]

How about listing where the thrift stores were that you went to? Which Goodwills, etc...