Post #367080 by Tom Slick on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 9:35 AM

I agree. SoCal is picked over, and with the incredible spike of "vintage" shops and antique stores opening up, it's almost futile to find anything in the true wild such as the Salvation Army's, The Goodwill's and such. People decided to go into small business by opening up antiquing stores/ebay stores and they are the ones hitting the true thrifts stores first, while the rest of the world heads out to their 9 to 5...The scenario reminds me of politicians...Take from the poor, to sell to the rich! I've quit buying stuff from "Antique" and "Vintage" specialty stores. I'll eventually find what I want at the local flea markets/swapmeets, and if not, no big loss....Just means more drinking money! :lol:

Ahh, EDIT* because I forgot to mention, the last (2) Salvation Army's I went into....had merchandise with COLLECTIBLES price tags on them(Anaheim) :o , and were in a small more pricey section...Apparently, they hired some "appraisers" who are somewhat more savvy on pricing. Even the remodel of my local S.A. has a separate small section that even has its different entry doors...It's called Salvation Army Boutique(Redondo Beach)! :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll:

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2008-03-15 09:50 ]