What Are Your Latest Finds?

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  1. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    Just like the title says, what are your latest finds?

    I go to random thrift stores almost every chance I get and constantly find cool stuff. What are your most recently acquired material possesions that were purchased at a relatively decent discount rate?

    (Please include pics when possible.) :)
     
  2. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    eBay? :D I just received my two Bluetooth ear buds. They wrap around your neck. I like them, and the music control is fine just I tend to only wear my left so I can still hear and talk to people especially while riding, but this feels like it's going to fall down and pull that ear piece out all the time. I might need to see if I can stitch a shoulder thread into my riding clothes so I can look through and it won't fall down, or steal some bullclips from the newsagency. :D they're fine when both ear piece are in.

    Two for 11€.
     
  3. SpacemanSpiff

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    a brand new unused lawnmower bag and 4 nice steel files with 2 wood handles for $1
     
  4. Blu3sLady

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    Love.. Love... Love tag busting!

    I'm always on the lookout for antique clothing with lace, silk, satin, etc. I'd post pics but I always cut them up and repurpose the fabric to make hippie purses and scarves and skirts.

    Buying new fabric is costly as hell for what I do. It's amazing the amount of fabric you can buy for a pittance when you shop this way at thrift stores. An old wedding dress might have a gazillion yards of lace and such for 5 to 10 bucks. And it's only been worn once! lol
     
  5. Meliai

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    I found a pair of Lucky jeans for $4 the other day. They run around $100 new. I bought those, another pair of jeans, a sweater and a really cute crop top, a pair of shoes, 4 shirts and 3 pairs of jeans for my son, and two shirts and a pair of khakis for my boyfriend. Also 2 framed paintings for the house. The entire haul was $50. I'm pretty addicted to thrifting. I get a sense that I'm on a super serious mission as soon as I walk in the store
     
  6. Aerianne

    Aerianne Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    I haven't been in a while. I do too much impulse buying and end up taking it back to the store as a donation in a few years.

    I need to be looking for something specific if I go.
     
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  7. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    Woohoo! This thread's heating up :)

    I never go to the thrift store with anything specific in mind. I just go in there browsing around 3 or 4, next thing I know, I've been in there for 2 1/2 hours! I missed a good deal a while back. They had an old Dell Windows XP laptop for $20 with all the cords and misc accessories. Would've been fun to tinker w that thing. They were selling for $100 or so on eBay. People really can make quite a bit just from shopping at thrift stores or on Craigslist and reselling at a higher price. Depends where you're displaying the item and who you know would want to buy it tho.

    There's a Goodwill close to my new Dr's office, so I'll probably be filling this thread w posts pretty soon :D

    Recently, I found 2 original Xbox controllers for $3 each, SimCity 4 Deluxe for $3, just found The Sims 3 Starter pack for $7, a brass belt buckle that says "I'd Rather Be Camping" (from the 80's w some nice artistic engraving), and 5 blue LED light-up bracelets with little lightning bolts on em that light up. They were only 50 cents a piece, so I figured I'd pass em out to my favorite Deadhead friends lol. Might be a nice conversation piece at festivals.

    Oh and I bought a floppy disk for 50 cents too. I took back the floppy disk and one of the controllers tho because it didn't work very well and I've got a small pile of floppy disks already.

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  8. Moonglow181

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    autumn rummage sales starting up here, so i will post any treasure or treasures i find, if i find anything this autumn.... :D
     
  9. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Love the belt buckle.
    I have a Rocky Mointain High buckle from the late 1970s that was a few dollars on eBay. I think I paid more to ship, maybe $5.

    Recently, my boots self destructed during a long walk (boo) and I made the painful decision to go with a repairable replacement. Meaning leather.
    I scored a care kit for $2 from a neighbor's yard sale. Then I got new, not just new to me, but new, I get to make the foot impressions new Timberland knee high boots. Original price, $200. Price with a small donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, including shipping, $112.
    I stacked three discounts.

    I've scored five wool t shirts, all new, for $100 total. They are usually about that each. ibex, icebreaker.
    I'm moving to durable, so as my fast fashion gives out, and I do wear them to death through several repairs, I'm replacing with stuff that will last.

    My other decent but not fabulous score was a late 1980s denim skirt, heavy denim, not what I'm finding new these days, no rips, tears or obvious wear, good length (I might hem it) $10.
    Last fall, I snagged an LLBean flannel and a forest green sweater at Goodwill for $5 total.

    My non clothing score was a 1999 Forester with <125k miles for $2000, in May. Under blue book, which estimates about 160k miles on the odometer. And, I bought it from the original owner and have all records on it. I think I would have paid about $2500 with anyone else.
     
  10. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    I called that renting the items.
    I do go with intent now.
    It's rare that I'll just wander to wander.
    I wait until I've a list, or if I just can't find something elsewhere.
    And I bring a donation with me. One in, one out.
     
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  11. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    I am a big wanderer lol. Whatever catches my eye and looks useful or unique I usually nab. I'm taking a break from the local Goodwill. I've rummaged through things there like 3 days a week lately. Went to the one close to where the Ferguson riots were the other day. Everything was just thrown randomly on shelves, barely anything had a price tag on it, and I got screwed out of 40 cents.

    A few days before that though, I spotted a Dell USB keyboard for $3, 2 original Xbox controllers $3 each (one I took back, wasn't in too good of shape), and a Jerry Garcia pin for $1.

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  12. Mattekat

    Mattekat Ice Queen of The North

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    My favourite thing in thrift stores is the jewellery! You can find lots of unique stuff and antique pieces really cheap. I haven't been thrifting lately, but I've been wearing this braided silver necklace a lot lately that I found at a value village for about 10$ once.
     
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  13. Moonglow181

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    Been to only one rummage sale so far.....found some neat stuff....a beautiful coat, some odds and ends and these books....Shakespeare complete works is in leather and over 2, 000 pages...heavy book....and cool children's books i pick up for the children i know or keep myself sometimes...beautiful illustrations in the children's books.....$1.00 each for books.....and i was told at check out I got a steal with the Shakespeare book...I know....lol


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  14. Meliai

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    I love thrifting for books, most of it is usually romance novels and thrillers but there are usually at least a few hidden treasures. I found the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe not too long ago
     
  15. Mattekat

    Mattekat Ice Queen of The North

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    I found the complete works of Edgar Allan poe a while ago too! I found it in a used bookstore. It was a bit more expensive than most other books there, since it looked very new and was bound in faux leather, with gilded edges on the pages. I don't remember what I paid for it though.
     
  16. SpacemanSpiff

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    stop in at the garbage recycle place today and picked up a bissell cleaner with good hose and spray nozzle

    been looking for one for a long time because my nozzle was broken up at the trigger and it drips ..the nozzles are no longer available from the company

    it was a sweet deal for $3

    it was missing the small car head but had the big one that i dont have so it worked out fine (the part i needed is in the handle not the head)


    its one of these things...i use it mostly for cleaning car seats and carpet


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  17. Mattekat

    Mattekat Ice Queen of The North

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    Yay black friday shopping! I ordered a few things online that I had been waiting to go on sale. I bought new harem pants, a new bra and some socks.
     
  18. Dude111

    Dude111 An Awesome Dude HipForums Supporter

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    I last bought a T-Shirt :)
     
  19. Mattekat

    Mattekat Ice Queen of The North

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    I just bought 2 more pairs of pants. I seemed to be in dire need of pants that I can wear in colder weather. I'm sure I had some last year but who knows what happened to them. I bought a black pair I can wear to work and a tie dyed pair just for fun.
     

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