Goodwill and Salvation Army getting picky

[anteater81]

I seldom post here, but I felt that I must contribute to this thread.

My local Salvation Army store was once full of electronics dating from the 50s to the 70s. I recall finding a Magnavox combo with its remote control for $12.99 about five years ago. I now wish I had bought it, of course, but my mother would have had a duckfit if I had brought it home. Now, they have nothing but ugly clothes and shoes that no one in his or her right mind would buy.

The thrift stores are rapidly becoming retail stores. Goodwill used to be a fine place to purchase records, old console stereos and TVs, and vintage clothes. Now Goodwill is a fine place to purchase six-foot-tall wooden hippos and $140.00 espresso makers. Thrift store? I think not. They're now buying items from HSN (Home Shopping Network) to sell in their stores. I'm not joking, I saw the boxes.

I always believed thrift stores were places where one could purchase used items for a reasonable price. Apparently, I was wrong. The "thrift stores" in my area sell mostly new items, and one is very lucky to find anything in one of them made before 1999.

Sorry for the rant...