TV's at the thrift stores

[tvcollector]

The Goodwill has a store similar to Salvation Army mentioned above.. It's a place where items that don't sell in the stores goes to this location. It's in a warehouse type of place and all that I ever see in the place is junk. They sell by the pound and clothing is what they have mostly. I've seen a couple of TV sets, but nothing old, and a few VCRS. The last couple times I went I didn't see either.. I make that a once every couple of months stop, and all the other places a few times a month..

Some of the Salvation Armys have opened Superstores, (The more classy upscale S.A.) and those are not worth a trip ever. I feel like I'm in a used Wal-Mart, as most of the stuff they have is more modern, very little electronics section, maybe I've seen one TV that of course is not any older than the 90s.. They also have a big glassware and clothing section. I consider those stores to be more like a boutique.. The dumps is where we use to find the good stuff, the thrifts that use to put everything they got out and had so much stuff, things were literally falling off the shelves and scattered on the floor, The first time I walked into that place I walked out one happy pappy with two Beta VCRS, and some other things.. Don't see any of those types of stores around here anymore, Boy we use to find treasures in those..

[bgadow]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

Around here, the Salvation Army has an "as-is" store, where they end up bringing all the stuff that either doesn't sell at their stores, or is too dirty or broken for them to bother putting in the store. They used to get amazing treasures, I remember once I got a Zenith model 835 chrome front cathedral radio for $20, and a Pioneer SX-838 receiver for $5. More often than not now, all you see there is junk. The era of the "save everything" old couple has almost come to an end, and the stuff that is being donated most often is the stuff we'd overlook at the curb.

I did score a Craftsman router table, an army duffle bag, and a couple other trinkets for only $5 this week.

The one thing that I'm watching for intently is TV rolling carts. They're almost more rare to find than the sets themselves.

I had a bunch of these, NOS in the box, from a shop I cleaned out. I advertised them on here several times with no takers Those who did have an interest had sets too big for them. I finally left them at the back doorstep of the local used furniture store, when nobody was around! I need to go in there someday and see if they ever did anything with them.

[sampson159]

sneaking around late at night to LEAVE items?

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by sampson159

sneaking around late at night to LEAVE items?

I've had to sneak around in the middle of the day to get trash in to bussinesses dumpsters when heading home from the family cabbin on days that the waste transfer site was closed!