Post #139736 by the drunken hat on Sun, Feb 6, 2005 11:45 AM

here is a funny story about checking in on local thrift stores.

i was in the bay area this weekend helping a friend hang luhala matting is his tiki room ( i'll leave his name out of this to make sure he remains a friend). well we had to make a run to the hardware store and afterwards i asked if we could pick up some lunch. as we were pulling into the BK i noticed a thrift store in the lot behind it. so i then ask "do you ever check here at all?" his response was a 10 min lecture on how thrift stores are a waste of time and no one ever finds anything of any value at them but if you want to check it out be my guest.

so we walk in and start looking around. we are kinda making fun of some of the crap that was there. ya know the old spaghetti factory glasses and such. then it happens out of the corner of my eye i spot the beachcomber logo on this barrel mug. of course as soon as i see it i snag it up and say " check this out!" he then rather loudly says " was that on this shelf!?" of course i say " where else would it have been." so i proceed to turn the mug over to look at the tag. it was put out for sale on Oct 11 of 2004. i show him the tag and i get "NO WAY!" so of course it was half off of the original price of $3.50!

any way i think the moral of the story is: if you live 2 blocks from a thrift shop you should check it every so often!