Let’s check out the thrift store and see what we find!
Going to the thrift store can be a great way to save money. It always seems like a good idea at first… but sometimes you get there and there’s just nothing good in the store.
I went thrift shopping over this past weekend to search for some furniture — specifically, a kitchen table and chairs. The place I visited even specialized in selling used furniture, so I was hyped to see what the store had. As my friend and I wandered around, I’d spot a great item, check the price tag, and… it was $750. Or, I’d notice the coolest yellow chair set, very chic, very cool, and… it had a “Sold” sticker on it. Maybe I should’ve gone to this thrift store early in the morning, because by mid-afternoon, everything cool was either sold or way out of my price range. All that was left were badly-painted drawers with missing handles and dust-caked bookshelves that smelled like mothballs. No kitchen table and chairs for me!
Of course, sometimes you find amazing things at thrift stores — my all time favorite sweater, (which I wore in a video on the Hot Takes by Cheezburger TikTok page) was a thrifted item. I could’ve never found it in a store, and it smelled like it had been in someone’s attic for a few decades before I bought it and gave it a good wash. They’re not selling that in stores these days!
There’s something lovely about giving a second-hand item a new life. But, as the people below will show you, some thrift stores are just an unorganized hot mess.
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