Post #160542 by Kono on Sat, May 21, 2005 7:27 AM

I rarely hit thrift stores or garage sales anymore because, like you, I never find anything. There are some exceptions: a couple of thrift stores around here seem to get the occasional tiki item or at least cool records so I hit them once in a while; and I will usually visit a new thrift store that I've never been to before because most of the time when I've found a tiki item at a thrift it was on my first visit.

I prefer just to go to antique malls and flea markets (antique flea markets). You pay a bit more but at least you let them do all the leg work.