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50 Times People Hit Jackpot While Thrifting And Just Had To Brag About It Online (New Pics)
It’s said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. And it only takes a visit to a secondhand store to see just how true this really is. I remember once going to a book tent at a carnival and picking up loads of great reads. It was only when I got home and started paging through them that I realized one of the books (a collection of Madiba quotes) had been autographed by none other than the man himself, South Africa's late president Nelson Mandela. It cost me the equivalent of 11 cents. Yes, Really.
Thrifting is literally a cheap thrill. It can even get a bit addictive rummaging through someone else’s “junk” to hit the jackpot. But it isn’t just good for your pocket, it helps save the planet, too, by reducing waste and cutting back on your carbon footprint.
There's a hugely popular online community called Thrift Store Hauls. It has an incredible 4 million members. They love garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, thrift stores, and more. They've been sharing their best secondhand finds, and we must admit, we’re just a little jealous. Bored Panda has put together an inspiring list of the top times people won gold in the thrifting Olympics. From a $6 red velvet kitty couch to a $10 SMEG toaster, some of these treasures might make you want to drop what you're doing and run to the nearest secondhand store.
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#1
Best $6 I Ever Spent
JK 9 months ago
Oh I know, what a beauty. Wait, you're talking about the chaise lounge?
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Quarkbeast 9 months ago
I love how the cat knew exactly who that was for, even before their hooman had unpacked the rest of their shopping.
ShimmerandShine 9 months ago
seeing these on window sills somewhere random as I'm passing by a house just makes my day
Bi.Felicia 9 months ago
Nice find. Also, side note I believe the OP is a Marine or lives with one, based on the bag and clothing in the background.
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#2
Story Time - Few Years I Lost My Grandma, I Couldn’t Take Her Furniture Because I Didn’t Have Room. I Now Have A House, And For The 1st Time Looked Up If This Table Would Be Listed Anywhere (Knowing It Wouldn’t Be). Marketplace For $20. I Got Her Table 3 Years Later 🥹
Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
If I had a house I would be seriously looking for the marble-top table that was in the house where I grew up.
#3
Goodwill Strikes Again
Couldn’t believe my eyes! They’re in great condition, looks like never used. Thrilled every time we use them.
Teresa Spanics 9 months ago
Good for you! You are going to have many long years of use out of them!
Thrifting has become wildly popular in recent years, especially among the younger generations. People are buying more consciously, and secondhand stores are the place to be when it comes to sustainable fashion.
There might have been a stigma attached to buying second-hand clothes a few decades ago. It was seen as "less-than." But nowadays, thrifters are considered cool, socially conscious, and fashion-forward. For some, it’s more than just shopping… It’s a lifestyle.
#4
My Turtle Lamp
La fille à Rod 9 months ago
we use to have two for my kids when they were babies... I don't remember getting rid of them but I'm not able to find them!!!!
Arlene Ripley 9 months ago
OMG, I just took one of these to Goodwill. We are severely downsizing and I just don't have much room any longer. I've loved it for many years.
The Queen Of France 9 months ago
I was given one of these for my birthday a few years ago. I love it!
#5
I Found The Striped One Three Years Ago. Today I Found Him A Friend :’)
Sarah McManus 9 months ago
I have a few of these, some duplicates. I collected most of them from holidays in Greece.
Enlee Jones 9 months ago
Everyone else finds these awesome things, I just find c**p from Lularoe and copies of "Twilight".
BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
Couldn't even find copies of "Twilight" at our thrift store, just copies of "Ernest Saves Christmas".
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Jumping Jellyfishes 9 months ago (edited)
HA! I have two cats similar to these. I keep on one on near the kitchen sink and the other in my bathroom. I use the tails to hold my rings.
#6
Bought A Used Couch On Saturday. Just Found This Stashed Inside. I Think I'm In Shock Right Now
Earonn - 9 months ago
That's a bit too much money to just casually keep it. If the withdrawal slip was attached (as a reply said) one can find the true owner. All wannabe thieves can spare me their excuses. You can find the owner -> you return it to the owner.
dayngerkat 9 months ago
I've never seen a withdrawal slip with identifying information (US)
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Mrs.C 9 months ago
Bought our 13 year old daughter a purse for Christmas at a Big Box Store. She unwrapped it and later that day was filling it up when she said, "Mom, there's money in here." I heard change jingle and figured someone dumped some pocket change in. There was over $600 in that bag- and odd mix of bills and change. No explanation. It had tags on it and was still stuffed with the paper they put in them for shape.
BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
I was always told you were supposed to put some money in a purse before gifting it; maybe whoever made the purse was taught the same? 🤷♀️ Lucky girl though!
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And I thought I was lucky when I found $40 in the pocket of a jean jacket that I bought at Value Village!
Paintergurl 9 months ago
It is hard to wrinkle or fold Canadian money - it is made of some type of plastic
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Kabuki Kitsune 9 months ago
This is actually quite sad. I know people are talking about keeping it, but typically when something like this happens, it's because an elderly person has been put in a nursing home, or passed away, and their family is selling their furniture. It's not uncommon for older people, especially those with dementia or alzheimers, to hide money away in furniture from a distrust of banks. If you EVER find something like this, try contacting the thrift store (or yard sale) and ask if they can put you in contact with whoever sold the furniture originally. It's the right thing to do to return it.
Thrifting goes hand-in-hand with sustainable living, say the environmentalists at the University of Colorado Boulder. And there are several reasons why buying secondhand goods is good for the planet.
“Most clothes are made from synthetic materials, which take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills,” reads the university’s site. “When you thrift, you help extend the life of clothes, which can reduce the volume of clothing sent to landfills each year.”
According to the activist group Greenpeace, 1.92 million tonnes of textile waste is produced every year. And a staggering 92 million tonnes of discarded garments find their way into dumps around the world—out of the 100 billion produced annually.
#7
Just Brought Home The Prettiest Lamp I’ve Ever Seen!
Der Kommissar 9 months ago (edited)
An attempt at a Tiffany-style lamp. A real one would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.( I had a friend who made Tiffany dragonfly lamp reproductions.)
April Pickett 9 months ago
It's a beautiful lamp. As you can see people can be enthusiastic about stained glass lamps. Take good care of it, and enjoy it. That's why you bought it.
#8
I… I Think I Just Won
Gen X Feral 9 months ago (edited)
I just can't 😭 I'd sell my soul to the devil to go back in time when the world wasn't so ugly and scary.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Be prepared to answer a *lot* of questions from youngsters about what Blockbuster was
#9
Found This Adorable Lil Cow Ottoman For $12 At Goodwill Today. He'll Be In Good Company With The Other Cute/Weird Animal Things In My Living Room 🥰
JK 9 months ago
We have estate sales here and it is amazing what you can get from them. Found a chair with a cow hide seat and hand carved hooves. Nice chair, but uncomfortable. Still had its tag under the chair. Turns out it was made by a high end designer in Los Angeles in the 1960s. I'm using it as a tv stand. Also got some cute little rock sculptures made by kindergartners for $1.50. Figured they were made for grandpa and they should be carried on.
JK 9 months ago
To make this story so more silly, I took photos of the tiny rock sculptures before I took them to work to put on my desk. They fell apart in transport :( But, I was able to meticulously reconstruct them because I took photos to send to a friend. Somewhere a grandpa is smiling.
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Jorie 9 months ago
I have relatives that are very much into the beiges, greys and blacks. They just put a light over the dining table that looks like it belongs in an operating room. It replaced a perfectly good ceiling fan with pretty lights because the fan was "dated". I will take this lady's cow and all of her other pieces that are full of fun and personality any day!
Richard Pennington 9 months ago
There are a whole series of similar "animal" ottomans on sale at the British Heart Foundation charity / furniture shops across the UK.
The clothing industry—especially fast fashion—and its consumers also contribute to wasted resources. Making clothes takes a whole lot of water. Like, a lot of water. According to the University of Colorado, one pair of jeans is estimated to consume about 1,800 gallons of water during the manufacturing process and the cotton growth stage. Greenpeace adds that 2 billion pairs of jeans are produced every year.
Meanwhile, that t-shirt you're wearing probably took around 700 gallons of water to produce. To put it into perspective, that's the amount of water an average person drinks over the course of 900 days.
#10
My Husband Brought Home A Bag Full Of Brass Animals From An Estate Sale
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
That's a myth - and if it was male, it would be a myth-ter
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My Daughter Paid $13 For This Sweatshirt Two Months Ago. Tonight My Wife Discovered It’s Worth Hundreds
BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago (edited)
Similar thing happened to me once. I bought this nylon string guitar at a flea market for $15. Turns out it was worth at least $30. Good travel guitar, but the bridge buzzed. Kidding aside, I love this sweatshirt
ShimmerandShine 9 months ago
the details are so fine and it feels like it tells a story. 100% worth the real value
#12
Thrifted This Less Than Three Hours Ago!
Polly Opiola 9 months ago
That’s like something you’d see on a runway. It’s really amazing!
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HTakeover 9 months ago
Or Miss Peregrine, or Little Women, or the stepmother in Cinderella, or...
Load More Replies... BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
Would love to know the age! Is it authentic or a reproduction! Either way, it's gorgeous!
Tabitha 9 months ago (edited)
I would think by now the lacy trim would be deteriorating or at least yellowed and almost brown, plus the black material would be fading to brown in spots where the dye job was weak, and have small tears in the weaker threaded areas of the cloth. So my guess is a very well-researched reproduction, maybe a costume made for a relatively recent stage production. I could be wrong. Also, take what the salesperson at the thrift store says about a piece of vintage clothing’s age, unless they’re a verified expert in vintage clothing (and since most are merely volunteers, their info can be sketchy). I had one try to tell me a particular dropped waist dress was from the 1920s. It was not only in suspiciously perfect shape for a nearly 70 year old party dress (this was in the 1990s), it was also made of polyester, so not the 1920s, and dropped waist dresses were popular in both the 1960s and 1980s. The 1960s were the decade when polyester cloth was getting to be almost comfortable (it was itchy, didn’t keep you warm in winter, and was a damned blanket on hot summer days), and it didn’t wrinkle, so polyester clothing started being mass produced. I know this because I wore both dropped waist dresses and polyester clothing in both decades (as a child in the sixties and a young adult in the eighties). Had I not known that, I might’ve believed this mid-sixties dropped waist dress had been worn by a flapper back in the Roaring Twenties. Good idea to do some homework before shopping for vintage clothing.
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John Haley 9 months ago
I 100% guarantee that is haunted. You'll wake up on day and it'll be draped over your sofa. You'll put it away but then it'll suddenly be back in it's favourite spot. Then one day you'll dream that the dress was hovering over you on the bed. Blood will drip from the neck line and arms and it will slowly descend until it covers you in it's icy caress. Then you'll wake up and realise you are wearing the dress and your family were butchered during the night. Hopefully not because this is an epic dress!
Studies have shown that many people don't keep the same clothes in the cupboard for more than a year. And one study found that a lot of garments are chucked out after no more than 10 wearings.
“Thrifting keeps clothing in use for longer, which can help limit wasted resources through decreased demand for new products,” say the university's experts. The Geneva Environment Network adds that the fashion industry is the second-biggest consumer of water and is responsible for 2-8% of global carbon emissions.
#13
Got This Sectional For $100 At The Thrift Store, Had It Professionally Steam Cleaned
#14
Found The Perfect Item To Complete My Gallery Wall
setsuriseikou 9 months ago
It absolutely has to. The bum is what God made them for
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Anna Svensson 9 months ago
Somehow he looks like he's always been there! And no animals were harmed in the process.
April Pickett 9 months ago
A bit of whimsey for your gallery wall. Everyone you invite over will love it.
#15
70s Vintage Suede Coat Found At A Garage Sale
Huddo's sister 9 months ago
I have a pigskin jacket I'm holding onto even though my shoulders are really too broad for it now, because it looks so good and the quality is great. I bought it second hand for about $20. I probably should just give in and admit it deserves to be with someone who can wear it. Might see if my mum wants it because she is smaller than me.
Bob Connely 9 months ago
Before you get it Dry-cleaned the fist time, be sure to get a Second Mortgage on your house!!!
'Waste not, want not' is a good rule to live by. "In today’s society of consumerism, people often buy things without realizing they don’t really need them, and with items that are cheap and accessible people tend to throw them away," notes Goodwill International.
"To help lessen the impact that this has on the environment, you can choose to donate things instead of tossing them and consider looking for an item secondhand next time you need something."
#16
Found My Old Favorite Sweater In My Current Size!
painttheyellowsubgreen 9 months ago
Right! Not my thing, but ridiculously tickled for them!
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painttheyellowsubgreen 9 months ago
Get a fabric shaver for any pills (the little round nubby things, not sure it's the correct spelling for that meaning but..) you might get from washing and as Cool crow said, lay flat to dry. After it's completely dry you can tumble it on low heat with clean laundry only tennis balls for 10-15 min and that will take that stiff crunchy feeling away. If you find that not enough wet and ring out a dryer sheet and add that to the dryer with tennis balls and tumble on medium heat for no more than 15 min.
#17
Two Hundred Bucks For A Toaster? Crazy But For 10 Bucks I'm In
weatherwitch 9 months ago
Oooh nice find indeed... However I'm tempted to write 'Head' underneath it 😂😂😂
myopicpossum 9 months ago
Why would ANY company choose SMEG as a name? It's too close to SMEGMA. Blech! So nasty!!
#18
Thrifted My Best Friend’s White Whale
Huddo's sister 9 months ago (edited)
That's even cooler than my book shaped handbag I got at an op shop for $10 in brand new condition!
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
OK, I have to ask - as inhabitant of the UK - what on God's green Earth is an op-shop?
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#19
Dream Come True!
PIO4 Office 9 months ago
Pizza Hut was a popular fast food sit down restaurant in the 80s.
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PeachPossum 9 months ago
I remember the first TV commercial for Pizza Hut when I was a kid growing up in Wichita. The jingle "Putt! Putt! To the Pizza Hut" has stuck with me for 60 years. Someone posted the ad on YT and claimed his father made it. Brought back some fun memories.
pfeils wife 9 months ago
Is it the camera angle? I'm having a hard time figuring out the corner and cabinet or window or tile or....wtf?
Lyoness 9 months ago
It looks like a little cupboard in or around a kitchen, it's just filling in a corner, hence the countertop and tile backsplash. You used to see these all the time in the 90s. I have no idea why the downvote for a genuine question though, so here's an update from me.
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I Think I've Peaked
Beth Wheeler 9 months ago
Throw some glitter, bows, bells and lights and it would win the ugly Christmas sweater contest.!
#21
This, My Friends, Is Why I Drive 45 Minutes To The Rich People Goodwill
The thrift gods smiled upon me. I found a Dyson V8 Animal stick vacuum in a bin waiting to be unloaded at Goodwill…for 20 bucks. I feel like I’ve gotten away with a crime!
Got home and tested it, and it works great. There was some debris stuck in the vacuum head, mainly pine needles, which makes me think someone vacuumed up their Christmas tree debris, clogged up the head, and then assumed the vacuum was no longer working, so they took it to Goodwill and got a new one. Welp, my cat and I are endlessly grateful!
BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
I got mine for free from my ex wife. She threw it away thinking it was broken. Just needed to clean the filter.
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Ashlie Benson 9 months ago
Huh, didn't know rich people Goodwill's were stocked like a big box store with multiples of everything.
ANGEL BABY 9 months ago
All the time!!! The one I go to have clothes with tags from the store still on them!!!
Montanavanna 9 months ago
We had two Goodwill's in a town I lived in. There was a significant difference between them. The one in the rich part of town had the best clothes and appliances.
murmelinpaiva 9 months ago
I have seen Dysons on the curb. People don't know how to clean them.
superfluous 9 months ago
A vacuum cleaner that appears to be broken if you don't clean it. Sounds like a design flaw. I can't understand paying so much money for a Dyson. Period.
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Colleen Glim 9 months ago
Got one at Costco two years ago. $600 and I hate the thing with the burning heat of a thousand suns. Gets clogged if you so much as look at it cross eyed
Holly Herr 9 months ago
I’ve had mine for for 20+ years. No problems. Love it!
Load More Replies... Bob Connely 9 months ago
They're especially great if you have ceramic tile floors and a doggo or three (like us!).
#22
Found This Unmarked 18k Gold Ruby Sapphire Pearl Pin For $6
Lila Allen 9 months ago
It's missing a few stones, but as far as I can tell....that's real not costume. Must be worth a lot.
Load More Replies... ANGEL BABY 9 months ago
I brought a pair of brushes bread Karl Lagerfeld earrings for $3 that retailed over $300. Give me Goodwill any day!!!!
Awkward lady 9 months ago
I would take it to a jewellers or auction house to get it valued. Those pearls look real.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
If that's a real sapphire, the white ones will often be diamonds. Buy a tester?
Lyoness 9 months ago
Or take it to a jeweler, most will test for free or next to nothing.
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Tammy Kirks 9 months ago
I once found an unmarked Navajo coral/sterling silver squash blossom necklace for $30. One of my favorite pieces. Nice score!
Anna Svensson 9 months ago
Is there a pin attached to the back? I noticed two loops on it so it might have been worn as a necklace too.
#23
2 Years Ago I Posted Here About Finding My Holy Grail Lotus Floor Lamp For $100 Among The Craze…today I Present To You Her Younger (Shorter) Twin Sisters, For $100 Total
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
I love the room style ("aesthetic" is the more proper word i suppose)
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
... and 'anaesthetic' is so boring, it puts you to sleep
Load More Replies... Tabitha 9 months ago
These were everywhere in the 1980s. Funny that. Something that was in everyone’s apartment and house, at least every young person’s home, and was so massively mass produced only 40 years ago, and now you only find one once in a while at a thrift shop. I suppose most of them ended up breaking when people moved, or they threw them out for some reason (redecorating, updating lighting fixtures, simply can’t stand the sight of them anymore, etc) at some point, and they’re now buried deep in the 1990s or 2000s layer of landfills across the country.
Beth Wheeler 9 months ago
$100 in a thrift store? That's insane for an old lamp, I saw a new one a few mos ago somewhere that I thought $40 was 2 much for.
myronmog63 9 months ago
A thing is only worth as much as somebody is willing to pay for it. And 'old' is no doubt why it cost so much.
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#24
The Thrift Gods Smiled Down At Me Today! A Dyson Blow Dryer For $7.99
Jcusack 9 months ago
Nice score! But I still loathe Dyson - Products are lipstick on a pig. Nice looking, but internally cheap
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iseefractals 9 months ago
There's a couple issues with the design of that thing. 1) The cord is a bit too stiff where it goes into the plastic housing of the hair dryer, meaning unless you pay real close attention to how you handle and store the thing, it's very possible for the cord to break, or disconnect from the internal electronics. 2) If that happens, the thing is damn near impossible to repair, lots of plastic clips and glue, so even if you manage to take it apart without breaking any of those clips getting it put back together without breaking any of them (or anything else) is almost blind luck. Worth it at $5, but not worth replacing at full price.
#25
Facebook Marketplace Find- Stained Glass Cottage Lamp
#26
Can’t Believe I Almost Passed On This. 😳
Lila Allen 9 months ago
Don't store your perfume around light. It degrades the scent. Move the tray please.
Anna Svensson 9 months ago
So beautiful. Tiffany lamp or copy? Beautiful none the less, but if its the real deal it can be worth a lot of money.
#27
My Wife And I Just Bought This Broyhill Dining Set For $35 At Our Local Goodwill. We Looked It Up And It Retails For $4k 😭
Beth Wheeler 9 months ago
Broyhill is a very good brand. I can't believe you got it for $35, the people in that store had no idea of what they had.
BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
I think the size is a big issue. Most people who shop thrift stores don't have huge houses with formal dining rooms, so they probably don't have room. OP got lucky!
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Nikki Gross 9 months ago
Broyhill will last forever if you care for it properly. We had a really heavy one in our kitchen that had a leaf for the middle to extend it and chairs that came with it. If we weren't all eating at the same time, Mom could take the leaf out to give us more room in the kitchen. We could have 7-11 people packed like sardines around one of those tables.
Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
I've had my Broyhill bedroom set for 60 years now, loved it as a kid, still love it.
#28
Thrifted Ornaments For My Sister And She Made This…
Nicola Roberts 9 months ago
I bet the sunlight makes a really pretty room.
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Go Married Yesterday And Found This Le Cruset Dish Today At Savers For $20
Nikki Gross 9 months ago
My Niece was new at her job and was only able to take a day off for a courthouse wedding. They couldn't afford to do anything, since money was so tight even with me helping them out. It took forever for both to get the same days off and build enough PTO to take anything close to a vacation. So, I surprised them with a week long stay at a Fancy hotel downtown. They got the full package, Honeymoon Suite with room service included, spa treatments, hotel restaurants, boutique and a $1000 Visa gift card to use anywhere that they wanted. I've always preferred to do Staycations. My "Slush Fund" had built up over time and I decided to use it for them instead, since I wasn't strapped for cash and my emergency funds was stacked up. I helped raise my Niece and she was the closest thing that I had to a daughter, so I would pretty much do anything that I could for her. The relationship that we have now is completely f****d up, which sucks and hurts like hell.
S Bow 9 months ago
Wow, that was a sad and unexpected plot twist at the end. You have my sympathy 🫂
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#30
Scored This Awesome Mushroom Cardigan For $6.97!!! 🍄
#31
Opalin Glass Egg For 1$. Weird And At The Same Time So Pretty
#32
Anyone Who Said Money Can't Buy Happiness Has Never Found A Lifesized Danny Devito Cutout At Their Local Charity Shop
Minecraft_Chicken (He/Chicken) 9 months ago
"I understood that reference" - Captain America
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 9 months ago
I was scrolling down and thought: why is Danny DeVito at a charity store?
#33
I Couldn’t Leave The Thrift Without This Alabaster Phone That I Will Never Use, It’s Simply For The Vibes
kitten levels tokyo 9 months ago
Judging by the shape, it looks like one of Apple's earliest phones.
#34
Someone Donated A Gorgeous Collection Of Dog Paintings To My Local Humane Society Thrift Store
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
It certainly looks like it! XD And... maybe he IS whispering to that dog... though it looks like he's going in for a sneaky squish-smooch attack like I do with my pets XD
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April Pickett 9 months ago
These paintings are terrific, I hope you're planning on keeping them.
#35
Found A Piece Of My Childhood At The Goodwill Bins!
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
Damn you are talented. I remember those things always seemed super cool but my designs never came out looking remotely like a person or clothes
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
One of my favorite things to do (because I was not a normal child) was take the impression/rubbing of only one half of the body... and draw in my own weird stuff for the other half XD So there were a lot of pretty ladies' skirts/dress lower halves with weird neon dog heads drawn on top, or dragons XD I would also do a rubbing of the head/torso of the human and draw in bizarre centaur bodies. Just one more way that I was the despair of my mother for not being a typical girl child XD
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Holly Herr 9 months ago (edited)
Same here! I loved the texture plates. Very loved/used Christmas gift.
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#36
Baby, You Like This Nintendo Stuff Right? - My Wife (Thriftstore Haul!)
Joshua David 9 months ago
I'd beat that out of someone's arms if i saw this lol. Or at least it would cross my mind.
Load More Replies... iseefractals 9 months ago
Neat, and probably worth a bit of money at this point. But i'd still rather have my lil raspberry pi sized fPGA board that can emulate everything up to 6th gen console (Wii, Dreamcast, PS1)
Kabuki Kitsune 9 months ago
Not really. That's an orange gun NES, so it's from after 1989, when a US law required all toy guns to have obvious colors (orange being the most common) on them to mark them as toys. The more valuable NES console sets are the ones from before 89, when the zapper/gun was gray. Also, the games with that set aren't rare, though a black box hogan's alley and black box tennis are worth about twenty bucks each in the box, given the overall condition we see.
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Pitbull Dad 9 months ago
I played super nintendo back in the day! I forgot about most of these games. I wish I could go back and play them all
FlamingZombies 9 months ago
There are plenty of ways to relive those glory days without having the actual console.
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Bi.Felicia 9 months ago
I loved playing Paperboy. I had one of the handheld consoles that I would play Paperboy on, growing up. Thanks for the nostalgia.
#37
Got This 70s Marmet Stroller In Perfect Condition For Free Today!
I’m so excited! These are hard to come by in my area, and I think it looks absolutely lovely. It was free off Facebook marketplace! My sister said they sell for quite a bit online, but I’m planning on keeping this bad boy in the family.
iseefractals 9 months ago
My grandmother had one of the originals from 1928, her siblings used it, than it went to my grandmother during her first (failed) pregnancy in 1947, eventually using it with my mom when she was born in 1950 and used for each of her 5 siblings then it went to my mom when i was born in 1983, then it was passed between two of my aunts when their kids were born, my younger cousin got it when her daughter was born in 2014 (second daughter in 2018) my other cousins wife just had a baby...two days ago, and they already posted pictures with the kid in the thing.
ANGEL BABY 9 months ago
Love it love it love it, even if I didn't have a little one to put in it, would have purchased for a decorative piece, filled it with flower arrangement!
Panda'sMom 9 months ago
My ex MIL gifted us a European Baby Buggy like this when our youngest (her first grandchild) was born. My Oldest and I loved to take him out in it!
Dee Rutherford 9 months ago
It sure is in great condition. I had one for my babies, and it’s my first’s birthday today! Thanks for giving me the memory on this day.
#38
Found This Unhinged Sweatshirt At Goodwill Today
JK 9 months ago
Its for people who illegally shoot the state bird of Minnesota, the loon. If you have never heard them, find a recording and listen to it late at night while sitting on your porch in the dark with a glass of wine and a candle. It is hauntingly beautiful.
KWilly 9 months ago
I LOVE the call of a loon. You are right, hauntingly beautiful!!
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Bob Brooce 9 months ago
This summer I'm going to take a trip through the Adirondacks, northern New Hampshire, and Maine, and I hope that watching Loons and moose are what takes up most of my time.
JK 9 months ago
Saranac Lake NY is your best be for loons. N NH and N Maine is your best bet on moose, but I will warn you, the locals in those two do not like animal tourists. Just be careful and respectful. I lived up in N NY and traveled those parts. Also, bring a high caliber gun because they have bears who are tyring to fatten up and you will get in their way. Hope you can climb a tree.
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Mary Sutherland 9 months ago
We see and hear loons whenever we go camping . (We live in British Columbia and camp at lots of different lakes). From our kayak we often see a loon swimming with babies. I've never heard of them being shot--I think they are a protected species. Our friends ,who we sometimes camp with, fish. Sometimes a loon will follow them and snatch any fish they catch.
#39
Told My Coworker Who Thrifts To Keep An Eye Out For Taylor Swifts 1st Album For My Fiancé. Dude Comes In With This Today: $1.99 Price Tag
Once I told him that was an $800 plus CD he kept it of course lol. Incredible luck on his end.
#40
White Whale Level Unlocked! Marimekko X Uniqlo Down Coat That I Longed For But Could Not Afford A Few Years Ago! $20 And I Needed A New Coat Too! 😍
#41
Had To Have This Chips And Dip Bowl For $3
#42
Always Check The Pockets Of Expensive Coats At The Thrift Store :)
Auntriarch 9 months ago
Our charity shop started checking pockets and handbag pockets, after finding out that people would come in and go through pockets and leave with the money and not buy anything
Laura Mortensen 9 months ago
My partner found a twenty dollar bill in the pants I bought him at Goodwill, but not recently. They must have also gotten better at checking.
#43
Yeah I Bought It, Be Jealous. Look At That Cats Face!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
It looks like the painting is titled "Kitty Darling". XD The kitten does not agree with this sentiment.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
No cats were amused during the creation of this painting
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Because of the cats face makes me think it might be a very old painting
Limey 9 months ago
My sister in law has something similar. She was told that itinerant painters used to travel in the US with bodies already painted and then they would just paint in the kids head.
Enlee Jones 9 months ago
This looks like it was painted by someone who has never seen a cat before.
Kristen Woehlke 9 months ago
One family friend (who has long passed. He was a FORBES...$$) had reproductions of BLUE BOY and PINK GIRL paintings. I'd have loved to have had those.
#44
My Best Find Yet! Frog Fone 🐸
Bob Connely 9 months ago
I keep MY Frog-phone right next to my Bat-phone; they keep me up at night with their constant arguing!
Melissa Gallo 9 months ago
I had one of those! I can still hear the noise it used to make when it rang...
#45
Found This Fish Bag Today While Wearing A Fish Fleece I Thrifted A Few Years Ago
#46
Best Thrifting Catch Of My Life! 😍
I may or may not have cried actual tears upon purchasing. Paid $115 out the door while it’s commonly selling for almost $1k online right now, I cannot believe my luck. This piece will be treasured forever!!
Bi.Felicia 9 months ago
This is a marquetry inlaid wall artwork titled "Hudson River Inlay Orcas Sky" by Jeffrey Alan Nelson.
#47
Picked Up This Mint Condition Beauty For $231
BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
I found it on English Elm brand new for $288, and from Lamps Plus for $300. So I suppose so.
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#48
Got Dis Rug At The Local Recycle Center For Fiiiive Whole Doll Hairs
Auntriarch 9 months ago
Took me far too long to translate doll hairs. Haven't had my second coffee yet though
Lila Allen 9 months ago
Ah the pre coffee brain fog where you try to understand how someone is paying in doll hairs
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#49
After Several Hours At The Goodwill Outlet Bins, Picked Up Only One Thing, But It Made The Time Spent Worth It!
April Pickett 9 months ago
Apparently, Gucci will slap their name on everything. It's a beautiful plate.
#50
Found At A Thrift Store For 50 Dollars, Typically It’s 1200!!
Been one of only 3 white whales I have left, Our USA: A Gay Geography is a book that’s practically extinct and has the beautiful pictures of each US state and territory.
Years ago flippers realized people would pay 20-50 dollars for a page and the complete books were annihilated.
Pyla 9 months ago
This is a pretty common practice. I have a copy illustrated by Hans Erni, it's used, and pages have been removed. Sad.
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I'm presuming that the word 'gay' was intended in its original sense, back then ?
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#51
Thrifted My First Authentic Louis Vuitton For $5! Gifting To My Beautiful Wife
I thrifted this Louis Vuitton Speedy 35 (June, 2005) at my local thrift store for $5. It only took me 3 years of constant thrifting to finally find one 😭
I normally assume all LV products are fake but inspect them anyway in order to learn what fakes look like but this bag felt and looked entirely different from bags I have handled before. I have never purchased a fake Louis bag before but decided to take a chance on this.
I am super glad I took the chance because I had it authenticated and it passed 😍
Petra Peitsch 9 months ago
LV... ugly and overpriced, for me. But whatever makes you happy, guys.
ANGEL BABY 9 months ago
So I was told the reason they were so inexpensive was because the thrift stores were not able to authenticate so they sold for what any other bag would, gold mine for us!
Tom Hardeveld 9 months ago
is... is that your Wife back there? *calls 911* She looks pretty...
#52
Found This Original Painting For $30
Bettye McKee 9 months ago
I bought a painting at a starving artists sale for $50 and never grow tired of looking at it.
#53
Found At Goodwill, The Perfect Blend Of Goofy And Macabre
#54
Of Course It Came Home With Me
#55
I Didn’t Know Love Until I Saw This…
BoredLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago
The gingham dog and the calico cat, side by side on the table sat...
La fille à Rod 9 months ago
modge podge!! my sister had a period where everything was MODGE PODGE!!!
#56
The $14.99 Mouse Suit
#57
The Thrifting Gods Blessed Me Today
I found this foot stool for $45 which I later researched and discovered it’s a vintage Mackenzie-Childs piece worth ~$1,500!
Also on the same day, I came across this egg plate, which turned out to be a porcelain piece made for Tiffany & Co! I bought it for $150, but it’s worth ~$800-1,200.
This may be my luckiest thrifting day.
Vivian McBride 9 months ago
Now I know what a "tuffet" is. Always wondered what Miss Muffet sat on while eating her curds and whey.
Allison Ricketts 9 months ago
I have three Mackenzie-Childs tuffets and love this one! Well done. Watch the legs,they are ceramic and will smash if dropped too hard (speaking from experience).
#58
Yeah, So, I Just Pulled A North Face Himalayan Suit
#59
$1200 Popcorn Machine For $15 At The Bins. Yep, That’s Coming Home With Me
Panda'sMom 9 months ago
Would love to have something like that. Unfortunately, apartment living precludes.
#60
Lucked Out Finding This Peloton For $300 At Goodwill, It Still Has The Plastic On The Screen
Lila Allen 9 months ago
LOL...let him find out naturally like the rest of us.
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Bettye McKee 9 months ago
That's a steal! I can't use mine anymore. After my stroke, I keep falling off.
#61
We Lost A Baddie Today… Brand New Demonias At Goodwill
luci (he/fae) 9 months ago
for those who don't know, demonia is a clothing brand known for their rather expensive alternative/goth footwear (specifically, giant stompy spiky platforms!). these shoes specifically are camel-305s, which run for about 140 USD :)
#62
Unforgettable Catch And Release Today
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
That's one of my cat Preacher's nicknames XD I'd wear this shirt.
#63
Why Yes, I Bought This To Save It. Because For The Love Of God, Why Would Anyone Take A Permanent Marker To Such A Gorgeous, Hand-Painted Vintage Bread Box?
Limey 9 months ago
Or black coffee. I have used black coffee to remove permanent marker from whiteboards and it works
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Karen Ballou 9 months ago
Use a white board marker and go over the letters. It may remove the permanent markings.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 9 months ago
Don't even need to do that - since you'd risk the finish/paint. A little lavender essential oil will remove permanent marker in a snap.
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Walked Around The Thrift For 15 Minutes Before Realizing This On A Mannequin. The Price Just Sealed The Deal
#65
Catch And Release…. Chicken Bag. I Kinda Regret Leaving It???
Sara Frazer 9 months ago
I have the coin purse version of this. It is my lucky quarter pouch for pinball
#66
Explosive Thrift Store Find
LuisSD stuff 9 months ago
Had to do a double take and think where I recognize the name. It was a tragedy that was so preventable. But the folly of one man led to the deaths of all those people especially the University student who didn't want to go but went to please his father.
john doe 9 months ago
That was a BS story to try and get people to feel bad for the rich people that died by being idiots, the kid wanted to go he was gonna do some stupid Guinness book of world records thing by solving a rubik's cube at the lowest depth ever done. They all were stupid and they paid for their arrogance and ignorance.
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Mari 9 months ago
Last week I wanted to take a few items to the charity shop. My son said he could still wear that jeans. He found in the pocket almost 400euros!!! I didn't tell my husband, he would have killed me for taking his jeans to the charity shop without checking the pockets. I was lucky and i will always check the pockets!
EDM 9 months ago
Bored Panada: you legit can't read your site anymore with the top and bottom ads. So, as fun as it's been...I'm out.
XenoMurph 9 months ago
Edge with ublock origin. haven't seen an ad for years
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Gingersnap In Iowa 9 months ago
I got an Oliveve purse for $5.99 yesterday. I looked it up when I got home, sells for $437!
Mari 9 months ago
Last week I wanted to take a few items to the charity shop. My son said he could still wear that jeans. He found in the pocket almost 400euros!!! I didn't tell my husband, he would have killed me for taking his jeans to the charity shop without checking the pockets. I was lucky and i will always check the pockets!
EDM 9 months ago
Bored Panada: you legit can't read your site anymore with the top and bottom ads. So, as fun as it's been...I'm out.
XenoMurph 9 months ago
Edge with ublock origin. haven't seen an ad for years
Load More Replies... Gingersnap In Iowa 9 months ago
I got an Oliveve purse for $5.99 yesterday. I looked it up when I got home, sells for $437!
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