Thrift stores are not dumping grounds: Shoddy Goods 082
1Growing up I both donated things to the thrift stores and got school clothes from them. Oddly, not the same ones though - I wasn’t in control enough to know why, but presumably my mom had some distinct criteria for where the good stuff was. And then of course in my late teens and early 20s probably 75% of my ‘new to me’ clothes were found scouring the racks at the local Good Will.
How about you? Any memories of either donating or getting stuff from thrift stores growing up?
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My shirt.woot collection wouldn’t have been as big as it is if it weren’t for thrift stores. During their 5-year shirt.woot anniversary celebration, over half my collection was from secondary sources, hence the “unverified” labeling.
Nowadays, I don’t bother so much for shirts. Goodwill was up to $5.99 for used t-shirts the last time I checked. I still shop other thrift stores for the randomness, however.
Also we’ve had multiple thrift store threads here on the forums.
I was the youngest of 4, 3 of them boys. I wore handme downs all the time! It was no problem, just the way things were. Why waste the money? We also got new clothes, shoes and underwear of course lol.
As an adult, I’m a fan of thrift stores for clothing and wall art sometimes. Depends on what it is.
We didn’t have any “good” thrift stores nearby. Just some dusty consignment shops.
So we made do with cheap clothes and hand-me-downs from my million older sisters.