🇨🇦Thrift with Me🇨🇦 Donkeys for days! 🫏 Vintage galore! 😍

[@heatherbuchholz6771]

Glad you found treasures at sensible prices. Love the 🐈‍⬛ ashtray!

[@zenkatvintage]

Lol! Me too! I was a little worried at first but it actually turned out to be a great day. The kitty is my fave too! I'm a black cat mum. 😁 Thanks for tuning in!

[@TandEHome]

Great finds, I love the porcelain figurines, the brass wall hook and kitchen scale! ❤

[@zenkatvintage]

The brass wall hook is fab! I actually have the matching towel rings. 😁 And I was pleasantly surprised at the porcelain figurine! 💖

[@juliaprice-i4l]

Just found your channel! Love it and will subscribe. Glad to see items priced for the Canadian market.

[@zenkatvintage]

That's awesome to hear! Thank you so much for watching and subscribing, and I'm thrilled you're enjoying! 😊💖 I look forward to making more videos from the 🇨🇦 perspective. 🙂✌️

[@ColleenLind]

You got some great finds!Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Do you shop all over the island?What are some of your favorite stories up island?(I love the hospital thrift store and Second to None in Campbell River.)

[@zenkatvintage]

Thank you so much! It's honestly fun sharing on here and I'm thrilled others are finding what I know (as little as it may be 😜) helpful! I haven't had the opportunity to thrift that far up the island. When we're up that way, it's usually for camping and adventuring and I don't think the fam would appreciate me filling the car with my finds. 😆 I do love the SOS in Parksville though and will hopefully be making a trip there in a few weeks! Nanaimo also has some good ones I haven't been to in a while. There's a Salvation Army that used to be fabulous. I may have to make a trip up that way though, dedicated to thrifting. I've heard there are some GREAT spots.

[@ColleenLind]

Sassy Lion is a nice store.I like the store on Canada ave also.

[@zenkatvintage]

Yes! Duncan has some great shops. I do love Sassy Lion, but definitely was surprised at how much the pricing has continued to go up. Still great for personal shopping though and even some good deals for reselling. 💖

[@susanpelletier7948]

Have you found some milk glass? Here in Montreal hard to find in thrift stores.

[@zenkatvintage]

I honestly haven't found too much worth reselling lately. I do see it quite a bit, but usually just the basic designs that can be a bit oversaturated for reselling online. I did recently pick up a little Fenton gold crest vase though! ☺️ Thanks for watching! 💖

[@scrabbleking1]

Prices have gone up at all thrift stores and I don’t blame them one bit. Thrift stores now get more resellers than people who really need cheap items. Thrift stores have decided that if big profit is going to be made, then they should get in on the action too. Good for them.

[@zenkatvintage]

Thanks for your comment! I think there's room for everyone to make money at the end of the day, thrifts and resellers. Reselling and antique/vintage dealing have existed as legitimate businesses for a long time and thrifting has long been a source for those of us with the knowledge and skill set to pick out special pieces for our customers. Also keep in mind that in this day and age, reselling is an amazing income source for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Many of the resellers I know ARE "the people who really need cheap items", and are finding it a great way to supplement their income as they struggle to survive in this crazy world, doing something they have to do anyway. For example, I am far from a rich girl, and reselling has enabled me to support my family and still be present to take care of my daughter because financially, to put her in child care so I could work a regular 9-5, would never allow us to get ahead. None of us know anyone's story unless they share it with us so remember, as humans, we're all beings of nuance and things are rarely black and white. 🙂💖

[@scrabbleking1]

@@zenkatvintage, I agree with you and see that you were still able to get some great items for sale. I neither resell nor do I need stuff for small amounts of money. In fact, I am old enough so that for every thrifted treasure I find, I find something in my house to donate back. More and more I donate dishware and clothing to places who give those items to those in need for free. I live in SK but we get to the Island once or twice a year. I just discovered your channel so haven’t looked back to see if you shop at the Chemainus thrift store. It’s a good one. People actually line up Tuesday mornings for when the doors open because new items are put out Mondays when they are closed.

[@zenkatvintage]

I love that you have a process of redonating and contributing back to the organizations in that way! And I'm thrilled to hear from a fellow Canadian and someone who's familiar with the island. ☺️ I don't get to the Chemainus store very often (only once this past year) but you've certainly gotten me interested in visiting again soon. Chemainus is such a great little town and the antique malls are an interesting browse too! Thanks again for watching and discussing with me. ☺️✌️