+++ Thrift Shops

[-Rage-]

So, who else likes to raid the second hand stores?
Which do you shop?

[<KEY3>]

I used to love the thrift shops,
but now all the sceenster peoples
are raiding them for gear.
Granted we arent looking for the same stuff,
but I tend to like my things fresh and clean.

[Hank Parker]

+++ Thrift Shops, Spend less and get lice...

[GrimeyLife1]

hahahahaha^^^^^

[MrChupacabra]

I'll swing past the local Value Village every once in awhile. I've found some nice stuff there for really cheap. I'm currently wearing a pair of DKNY jeans that i got for $6 and i've picked up some nice button up shirts for like $3. I'm not the type of person who will only shop at thrift stores and thinks its ironic to wear really lame ass pitted out tshirts, but you cant go wrong with cheap and nice gear.

[SteveAustin]

I've shopped at thrift stores for halloween costume stuff...other than that...no not really.

[Nekro]

Up until about a year ago I almost exclusively rocked thrift store goods. People at my school thought I was wicked poor (my family is actually quite affluent).

Thrift stores in my area are ridiculous lately, ever since the "thrift store look" has come into fashion. I went to salvation army the other day and there were 4 pairs of jeans in the entire mens section, all of them almost brand new. The mens department at my local Savers has halved in size in the last year because all the clothes that are even remotely good get bought.

What's left is a large array of ugly clothing that wasn't even close to cool in 1988 when it was new. It's like as the T shirt section shrunk by 2/3 while the plaid flannel shirt section gets ever larger. I'm not feeling it.

[imported_b0b]

I'd happily shop in thrift stores, but am way too tall for the clothes so just stick to buying books.

[slum]

If you want to be a millionare it would be prudent to buy out a midwestern thrift store and relocate to the East village, NYC. There is nothing thrifty about the shops here. When I was in school i was shocked to find the the prices in thrift stores were often MORE than that of new clothing.

[boogie hands]

i got my first thift store garment the other day...a lady friend found this sport jacket from what im guessing is the mid to late eighties at the salvation army and i have to say, i look very fucking good in it.

regardless...i dont have the patience to browse through other peoples clothes to find that one gem that may or may not be there. plus those places smell like poor people, and judging from most kmarts if had the misfortune of stepping inot, thats a smell that doesnt come out.

[imported_dowmagik]

my girlfriend works at a thrift store and recently scored a pair of brand new dooney and bourke shoes for 10$. ive personally never found any outstanding deals, perhaps due to my lack of patience when it comes to looking through clothes.

[p@ntyr@ider]

thrift stores are cool, its always nice finding treasures out there. wheather its tshirts,pants, records a good find is a good find. its fucked up tho when all the good shit is gone cause of all the fancy south beach thrift stores taking everything and selling it at their stores for twice as much as it originally was when it was new...

[Abracadabra]

i don't know about anywhere else, but thrift store shopping over here has always been trendy. melbourne is hipster/crustpunk/hippy/trustafarian hell. i'm not a fan of wearing other people's clothes myself. i prefer brand spankin' new

[GrimeyLife1]

tru^^^^

[oh so modern]

check out the overstock joints too
such as tjmaxx and marshalls depending
on your locale for good finds for kicks
as well as jeans, jackets, and shirts.
i have found hundred dollar nikes for
forty dollars and button ups for fifteen.
shit is new but just wouldnt sell in the
stores but keep an eye open for blems
or imperfect clothes as those pop in too.
one love.

[kaesthebluntedwonder]

Anyone visiting Nyc and looking for bargains should check out the bargain district in the lower east side...just below east houston on orchard st, rivington st, ludlow, essex, and surrounding areas. there are some great deals on decent clothes, luggage, shirts, jackets, suits, belts, etc etc etc...

[dniice]

fordam is maad cheap too

[Fabo 2]

thrift shop? dear god no.
If it aint kosher, I'm not wearing

[El Producto]

i buy jeans from tescos..£4..you cant beat that..good quality too, not some cheap material

good stuff

[oh so modern]

i scored a pair of diesel jeans
this weekend at marshalls, $50.
one love.

[Dr. Dazzle]

I don't go for the "thrift store look", but I have been known to make appearances at such establishments from time to time....

[japillahan]

I'm with b0b...

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[Coffie Crave]

i shop at the thrift store cuzs u come across some good finds...mind u i stile am willing to spend 150 on kicks, but 2 years ago u would get ur ass raided to shop there...sorta pisses me off that its the ''cool thing'' cuzs i mean some ppl have to shop there...all these hardcore flakes are stealing all the poor ppls gear and driveing off in there brawn new VW jetta their dad bought them lisssining to xxa bloody dead dovexx

[casekonly]

i used to go to thrift sotres alot. i've scored so many pairs of calvin klein cords and khaki's, i also go for the old army cargos. they are super tough pants, i have a hard time wearing them out.

[wiseguy]

i shop at thrift stores, i buy a lot of stuff from them. plenty of my pants and shirts are from them, i dont go for the "thrift store look" i really dont think that i have a "look"...

[rick flair]

i rock vintage shit w/ my new freshness...but it's hard finding shit my size sometimes....it seems like every one back in the day use to be like 5ft 6inches MAX!!!

and everyone had short ass arms...
shit when i find shit in my size even if i got no $$ cop that shit!!!!

[seeking]

ha. for real! motherfuckers were all migets up until 1976.

[rick flair]

not just midgets but they mad skinny..... you look at foot ball plays from back then and the line backers were like 180... 200 lb's! i way more than that and i'm far from being a fat fuck or even a linebacker...

all them drugs our parents did and the gov. fed them on the low... made the U.S. some mutant mofo!!!

[fatalist]

i frequent Value Village's around my area....but lately i haven't been to any thrift shops. hmmm...i wonder why? i quess i been to busy...but thrifts stores are also sweet for findig good canvases you could alter... plus, fuck goodwills them hoes are too high...how are they going to charge high prices for their shit, when all that was given for charity

[decu goldyn1]

i like thrift stores but the one's in the hamptons are often quite pricey but there are some goods to be found for cheap every now and then -- to me thrift stores are good for jackets and records

[seeking]

they have thrift stores in the hamptons?!
do they carry chanel?

[decu goldyn1]

haha yes they do -- i know who would of thought
but i guess when their maids can't fit there clothes they just
bring them to the thrift stores around town
and yep designer names are to be found

[n.jones]

Anyone else live in a city where high end thrift stores are opening up? Bull shit, total bull shit.

[inkblots]

get a size or 2bigger caws that shit smells so wash it once maybe twice but sweater im sure will shrink so you kno its better to be on the safe side then the tightside unless you wear tight shit then do you

[rick flair]

i like how in thrift shops that they hang all the button down shirtsas a rainbow of colors....they'll start w/ white then to off white then biege then yellows the orange to reds to purples the blues to greens the back to yellows....

the shirt could be wack as fuck.... but the way they hang in the store makes me wanna buy every fuckin color in there....

[taper]

there is a shop in pittsburgh here called avalon. its alot of scensters and shit but its cool. its like a thrift store but they are selective what they buy from people and sell so its not all garbage. i got some deisel denim jacket there the other day for like 9 bucks. all depends on when you go what you find. i like them. :chicken:

[Vertere Solum]

Originally posted by n.jones@Dec 9 2004, 09:54 PM
Anyone else live in a city where high end thrift stores are opening up? Bull shit, total bull shit.
Quoted post


You mean "vintage shops" or "second hand boutiques."
Over priced yuppie thrift havens.
I'd Goodwill or Value Village it up any day.

[Nekro]

Second hand stores are not to be confused with thrift stores.

Thrift stores are usually picked over such that the only clothes left are garments that will make you look like a homeless, drunk former chemical-plant worker that got laid off 10 years ago and spent his early retirement eating cheetos and not shaving.

Second hand stores are generally run by hipsters, for hipsters [and college students and "vintage" clothing types in general]. They can run from ridiculously expensive (usually in touristy areas in big cities like NY, LA, Boston, Chicago, etc.) to completely reasonable (college neighbourhoods in smaller cities like Providence, Hartford, etc).

[roadpig]

i got a large soup pot from a small
thrift store around the way. it was
only $5. made of good metal.
you can find vinyl there too.

[TeezerPHM]

got a 55dsl shirt for 4 dollars and you can rack form those stores its crazy ill

[TeezerPHM]

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