How often do you hit the thrift store?

[justzeg18]

I'd say even the worst thrift shop I go to is still worth about a 1/2 grand to a grand in ebay sales to me a year. The key is just hitting them often as possible. Good items really don't sit on the shelves very long, especially if the thrift shop is cheap. it kills me knowing I've missed out on good stuff if I even go a week without getting out there. Plus, it's my form of entertainment. My wife thinks I'm a shopaholic, but I'm really addicted to the hunt. I rarely if ever find anything that I want, but the key is I find tons of stuff that OTHER people want.

Exactly.

[toys2cool]

I go Mon. Tues. Thurs. Fri. from 8-3 It's fun

[starsky]

i go once in a while but a close friend of mine goes everyday and sometimes twice a day as well!!

[Nostalgiabuff]

I go Mon. Tues. Thurs. Fri. from 8-3 It's fun

damn, thats die hard. when do you find time to go to work? LOL

[toys2cool]

damn, thats die hard. when do you find time to go to work? LOL

lol that is my work I started off going for fun but started making good money, actually more then I did training

[megoat]

Yeah, it's a job for me as well.

[4NDR01D]

lol that is my work I started off going for fun but started making good money, actually more then I did training

It's funny, but I remember taking some boys from the group home I used to work at to a thrift shop one day and finding a couple Monster in my Pocket figures. It was so strange to think that my 15 min stop at a thrift shop was going to earn me more money than the back to back 13 hour shifts of working with kids with behavioural problems that weekend. If I lived in a bigger city I have no doubt I could make a living doing it.

[megoat]

It's funny, but I remember taking some boys from the group home I used to work at to a thrift shop one day and finding a couple Monster in my Pocket figures. It was so strange to think that my 15 min stop at a thrift shop was going to earn me more money than the back to back 13 hour shifts of working with kids with behavioural problems that weekend. If I lived in a bigger city I have no doubt I could make a living doing it.

I don't live in a big city and I do it, Andy. All ya gotta do is drive to the big city! I live 45 minutes to and hour from a major metropolitan area. I find one marginal item and that pays for the gas. The rest is gravy. However, to make it work you gotta open up the parameters of what yr searchin for. I ain't gettin rich doin' it, that's fer sure but it's a lot of fun and it beats workin for the man!

[toys2cool]

It's funny, but I remember taking some boys from the group home I used to work at to a thrift shop one day and finding a couple Monster in my Pocket figures. It was so strange to think that my 15 min stop at a thrift shop was going to earn me more money than the back to back 13 hour shifts of working with kids with behavioural problems that weekend. If I lived in a bigger city I have no doubt I could make a living doing it.

yea bro you'd be surprised.. I use to only look for vintage toys and dolls..But I started selling a ton of different things like games, DVd's and even books and I've been making sweet money

[ddgaff1132]

I go every day that ends with a "Y" :D

[toys2cool]

I don't live in a big city and I do it, Andy. All ya gotta do is drive to the big city! I live 45 minutes to and hour from a major metropolitan area. I find one marginal item and that pays for the gas. The rest is gravy. However, to make it work you gotta open up the parameters of what yr searchin for. I ain't gettin rich doin' it, that's fer sure but it's a lot of fun and it beats workin for the man!

I totally agree man , same here