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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 510356, member: 36"]At my local Ill Will they have no problem with customers checking out the bins after they're pulled out. Half the time it sits around for an hour before the (lack of) staff have any time to deal with it anyway. Anything you grab is one less thing for them to deal with. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only time I've stood on line for thrifts is at the opening day of a new one. They all seem to put out the best stuff then, in hopes of drawing customers back later. After that, you go back and hope for mistakes. I will stand in line for rummage sales and estate sales, because you can seriously score at those. The former are often dead cheap and often don't realize what they have. I've gotten sterling and gold and antiques at rummage sales for pennies on the dollar. Estate sales ... you go and hope you know more than the seller about whatever it is you can find. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overpriced junk is alas a fact of life at all of the above. Even tag sale holders will price things into the stratosphere if they find it selling on Ebay. If it's worth that, why aren't they listing it themselves? </p><p><br /></p><p>One note - always check cuff links if being sold; I've found gold ones sold for costume prices more than once![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 510356, member: 36"]At my local Ill Will they have no problem with customers checking out the bins after they're pulled out. Half the time it sits around for an hour before the (lack of) staff have any time to deal with it anyway. Anything you grab is one less thing for them to deal with. The only time I've stood on line for thrifts is at the opening day of a new one. They all seem to put out the best stuff then, in hopes of drawing customers back later. After that, you go back and hope for mistakes. I will stand in line for rummage sales and estate sales, because you can seriously score at those. The former are often dead cheap and often don't realize what they have. I've gotten sterling and gold and antiques at rummage sales for pennies on the dollar. Estate sales ... you go and hope you know more than the seller about whatever it is you can find. Overpriced junk is alas a fact of life at all of the above. Even tag sale holders will price things into the stratosphere if they find it selling on Ebay. If it's worth that, why aren't they listing it themselves? One note - always check cuff links if being sold; I've found gold ones sold for costume prices more than once![/QUOTE]
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