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Message:: [QUOTE="rink28, post: 510263, member: 2498"]Thrifting here in the Midwest is pretty rough. I have encountered some pretty dissapointing acts at my local thrift shops. Two in my area are family run businesses. I walk in one day to one of the family run business and I look for art a lot. I see two paintings that caught my eye laying on the table right by the checkout.  I ask the lady if they were for sale and her response was "I'm looking these up online right now but will get back with you later" I wanted to say something but backed off. I can't believe what thrift shops have become today. It's hard to find stuff nowadays because of that. My local salvation army and savers is my go to now.  The rest I don't bother anymore because they look stuff up on ebay and what ever it's listed on ebay  for they knock 5 dollars off of it. I understand businesses don't want to be ripped off but it's a "thrift shop" at the end of the day and you folks would laugh at what some items are priced at in some stores. I still go for the "what if" factor but don't expect much anymore.  I usually go early cause that's when they put out the new stuff but it's hard for me as well to get there all the time early in the morning[/QUOTE]