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I have quit shopping in thrift stores (and estate sales, garage sales, etc) as I have just gotten tired of spending more time and effort hauling equipment and storing it rather than repairing it and using it! not to mention spending money.
I have only been taking things which were given to me for the past three months and actually have collected a pretty good amount that way.
I don't understand some thrift stores though like the ones you mention. The stuff they sell is GIVEN to them and probably much of the labor is donated too in operating the store so if they can sell an item at any price they make some profit. And most of the people who patronize thrift stores don't have much money anyway.
I never have been in the buying/selling business but I really don't see how so many who are stay in business with the way they price things. I have seen things at thrift stores and antique stores sit around for years and never get sold. If the stuff was priced more reasonably I'm sure it would, if only by people who don't really need the item but just like finding a bargain.
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