My brother and I thrift together, and thrifting together means scouring Goodwills, Salvation Armies, and whatever other similar places, mostly for records, sometimes for really cool clothes. We did this for about a year and a half solid sometimes dragging along our little sister. There was one momentous day where we went on a thrift store tour across Pennsylvania, starting in Northern Delaware and eventually moving through Amish Country, Booth's Corner, Exton (nicest thrift store I've ever been in - did you know at the right Goodwill you can buy furs???), West Chester, and ending up in York, PA (where my brother was living at the time). That day, we found a score of Beatles albums at a Salvation Army. That was a great day. (We split the Beatles albums.) On another occasion we were blessed enough to find TWO copies of Quadrophenia. For $.50 each. - That is why we do this, because when you find good stuff you get it for cheap. I wrote a poem called "B-Sides and Rarities" about going through a records shop. It was published in a very small lit mag in 2011. A very local sort of thing .Although I have a physical copy the page has been written all over and I can't simply upload a pic, but i was thinking it might be something the record enthusiasts of Hubski enjoyed. The last time I read it out loud was the day my brother was booked at the local police station. He had to leave the poetry reading because the cops called him. (He is not in jail or anything. It was a long time ago.) #stories
Yeah, I love thrift stores but they're not what they used to be. We have a bunch of new "vintage" shops down town that sell shirts for 40$. Where do they get them? They go to goodwill and buy all the cool stuff early in the morning. You still find cool stuff but not as much. Garage sales are also pretty cool. My parents are addicted to buying antique junk at garage sales.
Yes, sadly people who get paid to buy thrift store stuff can afford to get their early and take all the good stuff. Then mark it up way too high. We have those "Vintage" shops too, and I'll admit some of them really do try to find retro clothing specifically. But some just really are shops with price guns set to stun.
Wow those Beatles albums are great! The Magical Mystery Tour is something my mom would play for us when she was forced to drive us to school. It was just that same tape over and over again. I have very fond memories of it. At Found Sound here in Michigan, there are a bunch of records of Beatles bands who were obviously trying to cash in on the Beatles name. I should buy one just to give it a listen.