Thrift Shop Pickins

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:27 pm

What kind of "treasure" do you people normally get or try to find in those neverending garage sales known as thrift stores? I'm hoping to get some good sized shirts I would want to be caught dead wearing, maybe some old games, and probably a few other things.

I happened to get Monopoly for SNES in early 2006, and I happened to get some articles of clothing, but they're too large or not me to the point of not wanting to be caught dead with them. I think I even saw a couple of Sega games.

So, what kinds of things do you guys reap from the junkyard thrift store?

STupendous7 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:02 pm

I don't shop unless I'm required by my mother to go grocery shopping with her. Usually I just wait in the car if she's going to a thrift store.

JTHomeslice · **Joined:** Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:39 pm **Posts:** 1088

A copy of Bionic Commando. Now to get a working NES.

Droideka · **Posted:** Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:57 am

Generally clothes, I got my mafia/hitman Halloween costume at one.(Minus the fedora) Not so much other clothing though. Some legos... A computer that worked for like 20 bucks. (Pretty crappy, and now I've shot it and smashed it with a sledgehammer, but that was out of boredom more than anything)

RammsteinRunner · **Posted:** Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:01 am

Stuffed animals/plushies.

Not dolls though.

Just stuffed animals. *plushie collector*

Shippinator Mandy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:29 am

I got my black trenchcoat at a thrift store. I adore it.

Duecex2 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:51 am

Shippinator Mandy wrote:

I got my black trenchcoat at a thrift store. I adore it.

Wow mandy, don't go shooting up your school there

Setsumi-san · **Posted:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:38 pm

I actually like some thrift stores. My tie-dye high school shirt was from one,and I loved that more than anything. <3

Schmelen · **Posted:** Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:54 am

I keep wanting to go op shopping, but not getting around to it because my friends are busy or I'm grounded.
But I have these two friends who go all the time and have found the most amazing clothes.

Prototaph · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:52 am

My vinyl collection, most of my VHS collection, obscure and old cds, cheap electronics, a great many good cards for Magic: the Gathering, pants...I'm a Good Will affectionado!!

bwave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:52 am

I get many foreign (Russian, italian, german) books at a local used book store.

I got old comics and stuff like that at thrift stores.

And I know this sounds stupid, but try dumpster diving behind thrift stores. The selection is amazing, and the residents are quite nice.

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:57 am

bwave wrote:

And I know this sounds stupid, but try dumpster diving behind thrift stores. The selection is amazing, and the residents are quite nice.

I love dumpster diving, but only if they don't put spoiled food in the dumpster.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:38 am

bwave wrote:

I get many foreign (Russian, italian, german) books at a local used book store.

I got old comics and stuff like that at thrift stores.

And I know this sounds stupid, but try dumpster diving behind thrift stores. The selection is amazing, and the residents are quite nice.

What residents? The volunteers? The rats?

I doubt any thrift store in my area would enjoy that. And the local one is full of crap. Now the one on Harlem. I remember that to have quite a few awesome stuff there.

MikeMcG · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:03 pm

I've never been to a thrift store. =\ But there's a closet in my house full of crazy stuff. I recently found the pea coat my mom wore in the Navy (it's in a mens size) and my dad's tweed jacket. I need to find a calabash pipe to go with the tweed jacket.

Word Up · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:28 am

How about flea markets? I usually get musical instruments and amplifiers from them.
And obscure things I don't want until I realize I can actually buy them.
Like popcorn poppers or old VCRs.

Prototaph · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:34 am

Oh, aye. Flea markets can be way better than thrift stores sometimes. Easier to find old comics and other geek paraphenilia there. Since a majority of thrift type stores have religious affiliations, they tend to frown a bit on items involving Dungeons and Dragons or other 'demonic' and 'witchcraft' related items. Not flea markets though.

silent wulf · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:50 am

The last time I went to a flea market I saw some really sweet swords and stuff like that

Marshmallow Roast · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:20 pm

Best things I ever got were a pair of Weird Al CDs for like, 40 cents each, and a ridiculously well-made book of fairy tales with beautiful illustrations and gold page lining.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:22 pm

silent wulf wrote:

The last time I went to a flea market I saw some really sweet swords and stuff like that

I happened to remember some awesome knives and weapons of that type behind a display case when I was at the Salvation Army the other day.

But I did get two shirts there. Kind of wish I purchased that tabletop pinball machine.

bwave · **Posted:** Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:49 am

Prototaph wrote:

Since a majority of thrift type stores have religious affiliations, they tend to frown a bit on items involving Dungeons and Dragons or other 'demonic' and 'witchcraft' related items. Not flea markets though.

$5 says you live in utah.

Most thrift stores in my area dont have any religious affiliation, and the only one in my area that does has just about everytihng a nerd needs.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:02 pm

bwave wrote:

Prototaph wrote:

Since a majority of thrift type stores have religious affiliations, they tend to frown a bit on items involving Dungeons and Dragons or other 'demonic' and 'witchcraft' related items. Not flea markets though.

$5 says you live in utah.

Most thrift stores in my area dont have any religious affiliation, and the only one in my area that does has just about everytihng a nerd needs.

I live in Illinois. Particulary near the Chicago area.

Yeah.

Prototaph · **Posted:** Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:08 pm

bwave wrote:

Prototaph wrote:

Since a majority of thrift type stores have religious affiliations, they tend to frown a bit on items involving Dungeons and Dragons or other 'demonic' and 'witchcraft' related items. Not flea markets though.

$5 says you live in utah.

Most thrift stores in my area dont have any religious affiliation, and the only one in my area that does has just about everytihng a nerd needs.

You owe me five bucks. I live in New York, previously in Maryland. And the statement wasn't concerning my own beliefs (I'm an agnostic), rather what I have run into with thrift stores. Non-chain thrift stores are generally run out of church basements, and both Goodwill and the Salvation Army (atleast in the places I've lived) have religious ties. So when do I get the five bucks?

Homeschool Winner · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:33 am

One time at a thrift shop in Missouri, I bought a copy of Pac-Man for the Atari 5200 for $5.

I, of course, don't have an Atari 5200, but it's still cool.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:21 am

Basically every Douglas Adams book I've ever had (except for Life, the Universe and Everything and The Salmon of Doubt) as well as a whole load of TMBG, a bunch of Doonesbury collections, and Rob knows what else.

'Course, I got all that as a used bookstore, not a thrift store. But same diff really.

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:00 am

Prototaph wrote:

You owe me five bucks. I live in New York, previously in Maryland. And the statement wasn't concerning my own beliefs (I'm an agnostic), rather what I have run into with thrift stores. Non-chain thrift stores are generally run out of church basements, and both Goodwill and the Salvation Army (atleast in the places I've lived) have religious ties. So when do I get the five bucks?

New York, eh? What part? the thrift shops near me aren't particularly religious.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:09 pm

Homeschool Winner wrote:

One time at a thrift shop in Missouri, I bought a copy of Pac-Man for the Atari 5200 for $5.

I, of course, don't have an Atari 5200, but it's still cool.

Reminds me of that time I saw an NES at the better thrift store.

Prototaph · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:49 pm

ramrod wrote:

Prototaph wrote:

You owe me five bucks. I live in New York, previously in Maryland. And the statement wasn't concerning my own beliefs (I'm an agnostic), rather what I have run into with thrift stores. Non-chain thrift stores are generally run out of church basements, and both Goodwill and the Salvation Army (atleast in the places I've lived) have religious ties. So when do I get the five bucks?

New York, eh? What part? the thrift shops near me aren't particularly religious.

I live in New York now, but back in MD there was atleast a Goodwill or two I frequented that didn't make it a big deal about it, but it was there with the decorations and pictures on the walls and such. However, where I live now, the Salvation Army has mission statements with religious stylings, such as 'Created for the service of man and of God.' Now, maybe that's par for the course, but that says to me 'we're religious and proud of it.' And I'm in the Elmira/Ithaca/Binghamton/Syracuse area.

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:24 pm

Prototaph wrote:

ramrod wrote:

Prototaph wrote:

You owe me five bucks. I live in New York, previously in Maryland. And the statement wasn't concerning my own beliefs (I'm an agnostic), rather what I have run into with thrift stores. Non-chain thrift stores are generally run out of church basements, and both Goodwill and the Salvation Army (atleast in the places I've lived) have religious ties. So when do I get the five bucks?

New York, eh? What part? the thrift shops near me aren't particularly religious.

I live in New York now, but back in MD there was atleast a Goodwill or two I frequented that didn't make it a big deal about it, but it was there with the decorations and pictures on the walls and such. However, where I live now, the Salvation Army has mission statements with religious stylings, such as 'Created for the service of man and of God.' Now, maybe that's par for the course, but that says to me 'we're religious and proud of it.' And I'm in the Elmira/Ithaca/Binghamton/Syracuse area.

Ahh, I see now. The Goodwill that I know isn't religious at all from what I've seen. The Salvation Army though, definitely religious. The flea markets here though are pretty good, with a wide variety of stuff.

Oh, and I'm from the Syracuse area as well. You're about 45 minutes south of me.

Prototaph · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:11 am

I need to find me some flea market love. Back where I used to live, nearly every weekend, ESPECIALLY during the summer, there was one open and you could find nearly anything. That's why spring to early fall is so great for a guy like me. Yard sales are life.

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