Posted by Lenona on December 3, 2009, 3:33 pm
Recently, I heard a newscaster quote an anonymous female shopper as
complaining that she'd been shopping in thrift stores all her life,
but the prices were suddenly going up, apparently, because more and
more people are using them these days.
Has anyone seen evidence of that?
Lenona.
Posted by Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds on December 3, 2009, 3:53 pm
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> Recently, I heard a newscaster quote an anonymous female shopper as
> complaining that she'd been shopping in thrift stores all her life,
> but the prices were suddenly going up, apparently, because more and
> more people are using them these days.
>
> Has anyone seen evidence of that?
>
> Lenona.
Ah capitalism, ain't it great?
Posted by Rod Speed on December 3, 2009, 4:22 pm
Lenona wrote:
> Recently, I heard a newscaster quote an anonymous female
> shopper as complaining that she'd been shopping in thrift stores
> all her life, but the prices were suddenly going up, apparently,
> because more and more people are using them these days.
> Has anyone seen evidence of that?
Nope, and one of my neighbours is involved in running one, and they havent
either.
Posted by Napoleon on December 3, 2009, 6:49 pm
wrote:
>Recently, I heard a newscaster quote an anonymous female shopper as
>complaining that she'd been shopping in thrift stores all her life,
>but the prices were suddenly going up, apparently, because more and
>more people are using them these days.
>Has anyone seen evidence of that?
Yup. When I first started going to thrift stores during the GO-GO 90's
people would say "eew, you buy used clothing!" There used to be great
bargains. Now that everyone is going to thrift stores the prices of
clothes has gone up, especially coats which are almost the same price
as new ones. Also, housewares has gone sky high. But then I'd rather
spend more money for old USA-made housewares than new Chinese made
crap.
Posted by Les Cargill on December 3, 2009, 7:23 pm
Lenona wrote:
> Recently, I heard a newscaster quote an anonymous female shopper as
> complaining that she'd been shopping in thrift stores all her life,
> but the prices were suddenly going up, apparently, because more and
> more people are using them these days.
>
> Has anyone seen evidence of that?
>
> Lenona.
>
I wonder if Craigslist has reduced the amount of stuff
in thrift stores?
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Les Cargill
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> complaining that she'd been shopping in thrift stores all her life,
> but the prices were suddenly going up, apparently, because more and
> more people are using them these days.
>
> Has anyone seen evidence of that?
>
> Lenona.