They're on to me.
The thrift store people.
I stopped by one of my favorite thrift stores the other day. Expecting to find great deals and ridiculously low prices (aka thrift store prices). And to my horror I saw this.
An old typewriter. Cool.
Maybe a little too office-ie for me, but it's always a good day when you see a typewriter in a thrift store.
But, $49.99!!!
You gotta be kidding me.
After quickly running outside to check the sign and make sure that I hadn't wandered into an antique mall in my menopause induced state, I suddenly felt like I needed to throw up.
This is the same thrift store that I had bought this beauty of a typewriter at last year.
I believe it was $6.99. Ain't gonna see those prices again.
The jig is up. It's all she wrote. The fat lady has sung. And she didn't sing a pretty song.
My favorite thrift has hired someone to research prices for them!
Yes, siree Bob. The jig is up. And I don't like it.
Have your thrifts started using "professional" people to find the good stuff and up their prices yet?
Melinda
Ours here (KC) are still reasonable. Hopefully it will stay that way.
I usually shop on 50% day though.
M : )
Jane
Finding the same thing in my area too. One of the places I used to love to shop now has a "vintage room" where they put all the vintage/antique items that are donated. The prices have gone up since they designated the area and I don't buy much there anymore. But then something will sneak by….I just purchased a pair of vintage wood stocking stretchers there this week….for $2.00! I can't wait until garage sales start!
Jane
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Yep.....the professionals are Down South, too!!! Boo hoo!!!
Olive
Yes my dear. At our Good Books fancy Good Will bookstore they look up every book at Amazon I think. So I also think they look up other stuff too.
Mrs. D
I used to volunteer with Oxfam here in England. They had someone go online and check the prices on anything that wasn't clothes related... You'd rarely get a bargain there. Also they tend to drive the prices up on clothes that are already cheap when they're new, which is not very nice... one of the points of shopping second hand is the lower price, not paying the same price it cost when it first went into the shop...