Keeping all names confidential ...
I went on my 2nd buy this last week and to be quite honest - to scope out what other small business owners of "thrift" are selling etc. I set out to compare, contrast and buy but what I found was surprising, a bit disappointing. I live in an area that could cross the line of middle toward upper middle class.
Therefore, I was not sure what price point I would be facing. I was looking forward to going to my favorite 2nd hands, but i only went to four shops as one of the most popular went out of business right around the 2008 economic crisis and other; the biggest and the oldest in my area decided they were done with the whole 2nd hand business and had great stuff and prices ...
I parked my car ready to be amazed but was overcome by the smell and ok, yes 2nd hand does mean an acceptance of 2nd hand odors and this shop has great vintage items like women'shats dated 2012 - back to 1920. They had some luggage too but then they decided to dedicate a whole section to very new trendy items that were very ethnic and very expensive separated from the thrift side. I found most of my own comparable 2nd Act items were competitive or in slightly better shape and of course as a vintage shop, they offered a wide range from that house dress look some of our moms probably wore to some very beautiful vintage jewelry. I spotted some sheet music but that was not on the list. So, I walked a few blocks down to what used to be a favorite 2nd hand shop for designer clothes because of the abundance for smaller sized women and it was packed though like the 1st shop, it was in transition with a tag sale making room for recent donations. good golly the smell!
I looked at my phone and had to get going, the walk down to a very small store was wonderful as the weather was just as fabulous as the metro parking space ... free. I admit I drive past this store all the time but the hours are not usually conducive as they have limited weekday hours. It was open thank goodness though sort of dark as most of the clothes are black gray and white but in a good way, since I wear a lot of black white and red etc. the biggest issue was size and not that the clothes weren’t great but the sizing just did not seem accurate for the prices as all sales were final , sometimes the risk works out, but ... I took a pass at the last one.
It was a great morning to go hunting for deals and great surprises and while I came home without a 2nd hand item I did find out that one of my favourite markets moved across the street and has so much more to choose from and parking, it was insane and wonderful.
it was not a failed trip by any means.
So, after a couple of hours of an eye opening experience … safe to say everything at www.beaseedforchange.org offers is clean, fresh fab finds, not tried on by hundreds of people and we are not against negotiating our prices.
Sometimes bigger is not always better and more inventory isn't either unless of course it's about furniture, tiles and kitchen stuff ... actual household items then that feeling comes over me ... heavenly
stay tuned as there are more buy trips to come
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