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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4518671, member: 36"]Hit or miss is about the size of it, but more miss than hit here. Walked in after church, because they restock on Sunday mornings and sometimes you can score. Scored a waste of time and gasoline. Another picker did grab two signed and numbered prints I'd already passed by. Kibbitzed a bit and wished him luck. Scored well at a charity tag sale on the way home though!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dunno, but that's what they're doing. Coffee mugs that were $1 each are now $2 and up. Starbucks mugs, even the ones no one bothers with, are at least 5 unless they screw up. I've been calling them Ill Will for a while now and swear they're looking for a good excuse to close the retail outlets and just use them to get merch for the online sales.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Around here they just jack up the pretties, but sell the furniture and hardware for decent prices. I still donate stuff there, usually my no-hopers that aren't junk. One that cheesed me off was them sending a big donation of office art from Otis Elevator to local auction. Getting the best for your charity to help the most people is one thing, but c'mon already. Otis had some nice but not crazy nice pieces. OTOH they get tons of artwork, more than they can really handle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4518671, member: 36"]Hit or miss is about the size of it, but more miss than hit here. Walked in after church, because they restock on Sunday mornings and sometimes you can score. Scored a waste of time and gasoline. Another picker did grab two signed and numbered prints I'd already passed by. Kibbitzed a bit and wished him luck. Scored well at a charity tag sale on the way home though! Dunno, but that's what they're doing. Coffee mugs that were $1 each are now $2 and up. Starbucks mugs, even the ones no one bothers with, are at least 5 unless they screw up. I've been calling them Ill Will for a while now and swear they're looking for a good excuse to close the retail outlets and just use them to get merch for the online sales. Around here they just jack up the pretties, but sell the furniture and hardware for decent prices. I still donate stuff there, usually my no-hopers that aren't junk. One that cheesed me off was them sending a big donation of office art from Otis Elevator to local auction. Getting the best for your charity to help the most people is one thing, but c'mon already. Otis had some nice but not crazy nice pieces. OTOH they get tons of artwork, more than they can really handle.[/QUOTE]
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