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The younger generation is possibly the most environmentally-conscious one yet, and to protect our our earth people are taking initiative to reduce waste. Buying second-hand clothes from thrift shops significantly reduces not just waste but pollution as well. No matter what material your clothes are made of the production of garments is detrimental to the environment. To produce synthetic materials such as polyester requires the use of petroleum and byproducts of toxic gases. Post-production even causes a toll through transportation-related pollution. When you buy second-hand clothing the transportation decreases significantly and they are less likely to end up in a landfill.

My $2 Thrift Store Repaint

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Jean van der Merwe 5 years ago

Super cool!

81points

My New Lunch Box, Thanks Goodwill

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515points

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Vic 5 years ago

Hahaha.. brilliant!! Carry a rare steak to office.. you will get some priceless reactions at lunchtime..

117points

Thrifting is not just environmentally conscious but can be socially as well. When you buy from large corporations you know you run the risk of contributing to unethical labor practices, but while you can't unmake clothes you can save yourself from investing more money into these companies by only buying them second-hand. As a bonus, many thrift shores donate or support charities, raising money for their communities or humanitarian aid.

Someone Who Works At A Charity Shop Put Jeff Goldblum In Every Single Photo Frame

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Liz Mosby 5 years ago

Brilliant.

84points

Funny Coffee Mug I Found Today

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511points

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

Great for Christians who hate people in Jesus's name despite never having actually read the Bible

150points

We all want to help out the globe, but thrifting cheap things of course has the added bonus of benefiting shoppers personally. Who doesn't want to snag a designer handbag for $5 or a unique vintage jacket that was discontinued for $3 - compare that with a $50 graphic tee that everyone owns and it will make you want to head to your local thrift store right away.

As A 100% Straight Man, I Had To Have This Shirt

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

TACOS

118points

Found A Camera In A Thrift Store That Belonged To A Soldier In WW1. Has Undeveloped Verichrome Film In The Back

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Petra 5 years ago

What was on the developed film?

167points

Thrift shops aren't the only places to find one-of-a-kind items even garage sales have buried treasure hiding among them. Finding something unique is part of the fun but what about when you find something that has way more value than you paid for it? Think Antiques Roadshow, if you think you found something valuable it is possible it is. One woman paid $10 on a painting to find it valued at $15,000

Found These Weird Ass Salt And Pepper Shakers. A Giraffe Eating A Tourist’s Toupee

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Liz Mosby 5 years ago

Love this.

65points

Every Garage Sale Should Be This Funny

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Vic 5 years ago (edited)

Excellent!! A year to before I can tell the missus stuff I hate at home..

70points

Reuse and upcycle! Upcycling is a creative process where you transform an old item or material into something new. Many people go thrifting and put a new spin on vintage clothes or old finds to bring them back to life. Thrifting is a way to flex your creative muscles to express individuality. With upcycling old pieces or materials that may be rough around the edges aren't being discarded but have new life breathed back into them.

#10

Couldn't Resist This 70s Rainbow Kettle For $7

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477points

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Toast Of Saint Louis 5 years ago

I'm feeling that kettle.

70points

#11

Best $10 I’ve Ever Spent

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476points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

can't let my girl see this...

72points

#12

Got This Bad Boy Last Weekend For $2 And My Boyfriend Has Yet To Notice It On The Wall. I Might Add In The Extra Batteries So It Meows Every Hour

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466points

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Smerv 5 years ago

"...it meows every hour" SOLD

238points

#13

$10 At A Local Garage Sale! The Old Lady Didn't Even Remember What It Was At First

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

this one is gold...the nostalgia

102points

#14

I Shouldn't Be Allowed To Thrift For My Clothing Unsupervised

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460points

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Casper Slinkman 5 years ago

'oh no! Someone is bashing my favourite 90's show ! :O' who you gonna call? SUPER RETROMAN!!

83points

#15

I Found A Brand New Version Of My Childhood Teddy Bear At A Flea Market

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449points

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I'm A Lazy Panda 5 years ago

Is that a Berenstain Bear?

105points

#16

This Thrift Store Photo Is My Doppelganger

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

even Elvis can't believe it!

164points

#17

I Think I Maxed Out When I Found This Work Of Art At A Garage Sale As A Child. Now Proudly Displaying It In My First Apartment

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443points

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Nancy Tate-Leach 5 years ago

That is freaking hilarious.

82points

#18

Best Charity Shop Find Ever. It’s Going In My Bathroom. £3

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Jean van der Merwe 5 years ago

So understated, super effective.

64points

#19

50 Cent Pick Up. If You Find Ceramic Frogs Out At Yard Sales, Flip Em Over To See If They Are A Keeper

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415points

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Nancy Tate-Leach 5 years ago

wow

103points

#20

This Fake Light-Plastic Wrench I Found At The Thrift Store. Gonna Throw It At People

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Farid Adiyanto 5 years ago

I guess it's a movie prop.. for fighting and stuff

94points

Giorgio Prodoti 5 years ago

or for some live rpg

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Cat Mac 5 years ago

Or for theatre.

4points

EeveeExpertShadow 2 years ago

HEEERREES JOHNNY!

1point

Michelle Carlson 5 years ago

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!

13points

MN Free Spirit 5 years ago

Michelle, I was going to say the same thing!LOL!

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Mama Panda 5 years ago

I had found a bunch of fake bricks that looked like the real thing but were really soft and light. I used them one year while watching my favorite team play my hubby's favorite team on the TV. When my team screwed up, I picked one up and threatened to throw it at the screen. (hubby thought they were real). The next screw up and I threw it at the screen! My hubby almost had a heart attack and I have never laughed so hard!!!! We use them all the time now for random arguments LOL

9points

Katelynn Marie 5 years ago

I lost it at “I’m going to throw it at people”

6points

glowworm2 5 years ago

Me too!

1point

Stcejbo Era Nemow 5 years ago

I would rather throw real ones at people. I don't like people

5points

BusLady 5 years ago

Save it for road-rage incidents. That big tough guy will get back in his car and drive away.

2points

Flash Henry 5 years ago

LOLOLOLOL I have a fake rock and I've been throwing it at visitors for years.

1point

Ashley Wright 5 years ago (edited)

Looks so real

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bpanther 5 years ago

It looks soooooo real !!!

1point

Julie Hutchinson 5 years ago

I'd 100% use it to be the villain in the a-ha video.

1point

Letitia Hedding 5 years ago

haha thats a great idea

1point

KarmaQueen 5 years ago

Awesome.

1point

Neon Otter 5 years ago

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!

1point

I dunno lmao 5 years ago

-w-lolz

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Irma Goncalves 5 years ago

LOL

1point

Trisha Lynn 5 years ago

🤣😂🤣

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Kerri Russ 5 years ago

IF you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. :-)

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I dunno lmao 5 years ago

I had a dream throwing that at people on a airplain -w-

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Daniel Nilssen 5 years ago

If you can Dodge a wrench you can Dodge a ball

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Elise Williams 5 years ago

Walk softly and carry a big wrench.

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Paige s 5 years ago

*see plastic wrench* brain: through it at people you: why brain: because ithey will get scared my kind of humour

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Sarah Sax 5 years ago

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball

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Flame Phoenix 5 years ago

People will think your a lunatic tbh

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Dani 5 years ago

Yes, well, that's kind of the idea.

3points

Martti Laurson 5 years ago

Still going to hurt when struck

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Pamela24 5 years ago

Mainly their feelings.

9points

Found This At A Flea Market While On A Trip In PA

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athornedrose 5 years ago

yes!!!! i need it!

60points

#22

Every Year We Spend $20 At Goodwill To Dress Each Other Then Get Cheesy Photos Taken Instead Of Buying Presents. We Did Great This Year

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Charlotte Ayers 5 years ago

There is always one hotdog in a group...

123points

#23

Thrift Store, Three Bucks. Pete Painted This Block Of Wood For 14 Years, Almost Every Day

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Liz Mosby 5 years ago

That's actually pretty cool. Just be careful because paint back then had TONS of deadly c**p in it. I wouldn't touch it much or put it in your mouth..

98points

#24

Sometimes You Find Treasures, Sometimes Treasures Find You

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N G 5 years ago

Always look on the udder side

137points

#25

On This Day In 2011, I Found 36 Stuffed Pikachus At A Salvation Army

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Petra 5 years ago

Pikachu army

138points

#26

This Bench My Sister Bought At A Yard Sale Without Measuring The Space First

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

if it fits

98points

#27

Browsing My Neighborhood Salvation Army

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Sugar Latte 5 years ago

*Kicks leg up* “Tip please. Anything above $50 is appreciated!”

84points

#28

This Thrift Shop Sells Thousands Of Random Family Photos

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KarmaQueen 5 years ago

Sure, why not. Getting a family member to agree that we actually know the person, priceless.

5points

Found This Beaut For $16. My New Favorite Sweater

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Kristen Bryer 5 years ago

I wish I had a pic of it but in 1986 I actually HAD that exact sweatshirt. It comes in yellow and blue too. We all know why I know that.... the pink one was my absolute favorite. So crazy to see it again.

122points

#30

This Is My Favorite Mug. I Got It At A Thrift Store And Have No Idea Who These People Are

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264points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

that one guy with his eyes closed...lol

51points

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Danin Larksy 5 years ago (edited)

We didn't find anything famous but 14 years ago my aunt and her friends visited a charitable Book Festival in Brisbane Australia. 20 semitrailers full of books approximately a million books were on tables to be bought. My aunt loves gardening and National Geographics. While she was looking through the National Geographics, she was tappped on the shoulder by a woman who held a photo of my aunt and my eldest daughter taken 18 years prior when she was 6 months old. This woman was going to leave but her son wanted to look at the The National Geographics. Thanks to National Geographic for being such a popular magazine. The woman had previously picked a book up in the childrens section and found a photo in it. And when she looked up and saw the woman in the photo she was amazed and thought it was brililant coincidence to give my aunt her photo back. The childrens book was Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Dairy.

62points

Felicia Dale 5 years ago

That... is amazing.

18points

varwenea 5 years ago

Some items end up in a thrift store for very good reasons. Some items are lost treasures awaiting new righteous owners.

27points

BusLady 5 years ago

...who will appreciate them. I love thrift stores.

5points

Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

I would definitely buy several of these items!

22points

Stcejbo Era Nemow 5 years ago

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diane a 5 years ago

My best buy at the charity shop was a Chloe Paddington handbag for £4 - someone was not paying attention when they priced it up. Worth at least £400 pre-owned. Couldnt believe it was real - took it home - looked online and sent pics and details to Chloe Paris, who confirmed it was genuine. If I ever sell it will give half to the charity shop chloe-padd...813bb0.jpg

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BusLady 5 years ago

Nice find.

7points

Kiss Army Premium 5 years ago (edited)

About 15 or so years ago, my husband found a website building software manual that had the unopened software in the back of the book. He bought it for $20 and sold it on ebay for over $1,000. It was like great Karma because we were so poor back then and his car broke down and we had no idea how we were going to pay the $900 to fix it.

6points

BusLady 5 years ago

Wow. What a stroke of luck.

6points

tarebear 5 years ago

I was at a thrift store once and found a hand painted block of a Siamese cat... the price tag on it was $2.00 but the owner of the store told me that if I gave it a living home I could have it. 3 years later it proudly sits up above my dining room table and will ALWAYS have a place in any home I have.

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GiantSpaceTiger 5 years ago

That's delightful!

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago

Okay but where’s the pic of the watermelon pig?

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diane a 5 years ago

This is my favorite treasure. Carved stone (oriental) 8" high. Incredibly intricate. cost £5 stone-5c9d...308e26.jpg

4points

Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

Wow, what a find! :)

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Tambot 5 years ago

Donated a vase I made of clay, initialed it... 7 years later, found it at a different flea market, in another city. OF COURSE, I bought it back, wasn't ready to leave me yet I guess.

3points

Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

For $10 I bought a signed copy of Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" at a local thrift store. Could not believe my luck. Also scored a rare Nintendo game cube for $20, and a Super 8 film camera (that still works!) for $20. I love op shopping! :)

2points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

I have always looked around charity shops (what we call thrift stores) and purchased random things, i think i get the love of it from my mum, she always dragged us kids around and we could all buy one thing each.

2points

DP von Icecream 5 years ago

Some of these items are AWESOME, maybe a good idea to pick visiting flea markets as a side hobby.

2points

diane a 5 years ago

We have 5 different charity shops in our small town. Literally the only places to buy good quality clothes and wonderful for odd quirky items. Got a lovely Michael Kors £300 jacket for £20. Also got a stock of rare beanie babies which I need to get rid of. Lol. Think one of them is worth $200

3points

Rebecca McManus 5 years ago

And what this tells me is that America has better yard sales and thrift stores than we have in the UK.

2points

diane a 5 years ago

Think ours are better - not really looking for ceramic frogs with genetalia.

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Kira Leseman 5 years ago

I go to thrift stores all the time and my recent awesome find was a hot pink leather purse that was just tacky enough for me to need it immediately. I took it home and while putting my stuff in it I found $60 in 20 dollar bills. It was awesome. I squealed and jumped around like I won the lottery. Called my mom and everything. I love thrift stores.

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Pamela Scott 5 years ago

My best one was the 1st one. The pastor at a local church was moving since he was being sent to a larger church. He and his family decided to have a large yard sale since that let them avoid having to move everything. He also worked as. Paramedic with my big brother and I think that might be how I got such and great deal. The yard sale was about a half block from my Aunt's house and Mom and Helen let us ride our bikes over because we had heard the boys were asking some of their baseball bats and we wanted a chance to get a good one. I was maybe 5 yrs old and only had $2 but when we got there I fell in love but it wasn't a baseball bat I was looking at. Pastor Bob had a huge fish aquarium and absolutely everything you needed to set it up since at first he was thinking he would take it with him and set it back up a lot of the items inside were brand new unopened sitting inside that shiny 50 gallon tank! I was not a healthy kid and summer was almost over.

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Pamela Scott 5 years ago

I usually caught every illness that spread during the winter and was already imagining watching that treasure chest and the wrecked ship keeping me entertained while I was stuck in bed. Pastor Bob came over and asked if I'd like to buy it and I tried to act grown up and said I might be interested. He asked me if I had ever had fish and I told him about my two little gold fish in their little bowl. He asked how much I had and when I said two buck he said I was in luck cause that was just right! My cousins nearly forgot the bats cause they were so excited to tell Mom and Helen they had to come see what I bought.! I don't know what they were excepting cause we only told them they had to come. No way we could bring it home on our bikes anyway! Mom and Pastor Bob talked for and little while I think she was trying to talk him into taking more cash. He told he was afraid he might brake the tank in the move so really I was doing him a favor best 2 dollars I ever spent!

1point

Joannie Goulet 5 years ago

The best thing I found was a vintage McCoy planter from a yard sale. I didn't knew it at the time and bought it for the plant. Someone on a gardening group on Facebook told me when I posted a photo of my awesome new plant. They are not super precious but they're definitely worth more than 2$!

1point

María B. Kaiser 5 years ago

I LOVED THIS! Please, more photos!!

1point

Beverlee Brown 5 years ago

awesome!

1point

Autumn Pulver 5 years ago

I found someone’s cremains for sale at a thrift store. They were in a rather non descript urn that looked like a big block of wood. But on the bottom there was information to confirm that someone was inside. I told the store and they rem0ved it from the shelf..

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Panda Baller 5 years ago

I was riding my bike a couple weeks ago. Its been cold, however this day seemed promising. Even walking outside without a sweater was nice. 10 miles into my bike ride I had to make a pit stop and buy myself a whole new wardrobe for the ride back. I found some Husker Football sweats. and a solid pair of gloves. Thrift stores save lives.

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sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

These great finds are interesting, well, some are !!!

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Twenty øne doggos 5 years ago

I need to visit thrift stores more often.

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Patti Panuccio 5 years ago

My best find was a handmade loom with an alpaca and rooster work in progress.

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Mark LaPorta 5 years ago

Look up the Marquis de Lau phenomenon. <3

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Mark LaPorta 5 years ago

Look up the Marquis de Lau phenomenon. <3

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Bruce Clark 5 years ago

Bruce Clark I think that my best find to date would have to be a hand held sterling silver mirror , hair brush and a clothing brush set that I picked up at a thrift store for $20.00 dollars Canadian , I can only assume that the person in the back room that was doing the pricing was ether inexperienced or not very well trained, ether way their loss is my gain or a win / win since everything is always donations to start with...

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Kim Lorton 5 years ago

Need to see more!,

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diane a 5 years ago

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Oscar Guerrero 5 years ago

This is awesome!

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Ben Smith 5 years ago

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PAN-cake ;) 5 years ago

Ben this isnt the place to talk about yourself

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Mohit Chouhan 5 years ago

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ZombieGirl5591 5 years ago

...what?

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Danin Larksy 5 years ago (edited)

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Felicia Dale 5 years ago

That... is amazing.

18points

varwenea 5 years ago

Some items end up in a thrift store for very good reasons. Some items are lost treasures awaiting new righteous owners.

27points

BusLady 5 years ago

...who will appreciate them. I love thrift stores.

5points

Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

I would definitely buy several of these items!

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Stcejbo Era Nemow 5 years ago

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diane a 5 years ago

11points

BusLady 5 years ago

Nice find.

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Kiss Army Premium 5 years ago (edited)

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BusLady 5 years ago

Wow. What a stroke of luck.

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tarebear 5 years ago

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GiantSpaceTiger 5 years ago

That's delightful!

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 5 years ago

Okay but where’s the pic of the watermelon pig?

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diane a 5 years ago

This is my favorite treasure. Carved stone (oriental) 8" high. Incredibly intricate. cost £5 stone-5c9d...308e26.jpg

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Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

Wow, what a find! :)

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Tambot 5 years ago

Donated a vase I made of clay, initialed it... 7 years later, found it at a different flea market, in another city. OF COURSE, I bought it back, wasn't ready to leave me yet I guess.

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Robyn Gardam 5 years ago

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HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

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DP von Icecream 5 years ago

Some of these items are AWESOME, maybe a good idea to pick visiting flea markets as a side hobby.

2points

diane a 5 years ago

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Rebecca McManus 5 years ago

And what this tells me is that America has better yard sales and thrift stores than we have in the UK.

2points

diane a 5 years ago

Think ours are better - not really looking for ceramic frogs with genetalia.

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Kira Leseman 5 years ago

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Pamela Scott 5 years ago

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Pamela Scott 5 years ago

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Joannie Goulet 5 years ago

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María B. Kaiser 5 years ago

I LOVED THIS! Please, more photos!!

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Beverlee Brown 5 years ago

awesome!

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Autumn Pulver 5 years ago

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Panda Baller 5 years ago

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sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

These great finds are interesting, well, some are !!!

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Twenty øne doggos 5 years ago

I need to visit thrift stores more often.

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Patti Panuccio 5 years ago

My best find was a handmade loom with an alpaca and rooster work in progress.

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Mark LaPorta 5 years ago

Look up the Marquis de Lau phenomenon. <3

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Mark LaPorta 5 years ago

Look up the Marquis de Lau phenomenon. <3

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Bruce Clark 5 years ago

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Kim Lorton 5 years ago

Need to see more!,

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diane a 5 years ago

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Oscar Guerrero 5 years ago

This is awesome!

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Ben Smith 5 years ago

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PAN-cake ;) 5 years ago

Ben this isnt the place to talk about yourself

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