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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe2007, post: 1989076, member: 1262&quot;]Thought this would be a fun thread! Please add your thoughts about the common items you see often on the shelves of your local thrift store but will likely never sell to paying customers. Dead stock is a huge problem at several of the thrifts in my area and there are some items I know have been there for at least several years. </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Yesterday&#039;s &quot;Political Bestsellers&quot;: In 2020 nobody wants a copy of Sarah Palin&#039;s &quot;Going Rouge&quot; despite the fact that the thrift store has several of them in hardback in almost new condition. I think it is likely these are new old stock that got dumped at the thrift store due to the number and condition of them scattered through the thrifts bookshelves and this is just the tip of the iceberg with dozens of political books from both political persuasions lining the shelves. Authors like Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Sarah Palin, Al Gore, and the Clintons dot the shelves but never seem to leave except in mass cleanouts/reorganizations. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Common games like Monopoly and Trivia Pursuit: newer games seem to have a following and the less common board games seem to get scooped fast as well but the handful or so copies of Monopoly and a few others never seem to get sold. The game area of the local thrifts also often have stacks of puzzles that never sell. </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Microwave Cookbooks: Cookbooks in general at the local thrift stores seem to be popular but there are certain niches of them that don&#039;t seem to have much allure to buyers including anything with Microwave in the title along with a good number of the dieting, low fat, or quick meals cookbooks. </p><p><br /></p><p>4. Coffee Mugs: If you are frugal never buy a coffee mug for &quot;retail&quot; since the local thrift store will almost always have one to meet your requirements and they seem to be slow sellers. I don&#039;t understand why they don&#039;t dumpsterize some of the advertising/corporate ones to begin with since who wants to pay for a mug that was given away 20 years ago by the local radio station. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please add your examples and your thoughts on this topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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