Or just second hand in general

19 points

A really nice canvas jacket for $12. It had $2 in one of its pockets so it cost me just $10

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Harmon Kardon Soundsticks II about five years ago. $14

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“tramp art”

My mom sold on eBay in the early 2000s. Spent my formative years in thrift shops. Found a small balsa wood merry go round that had a fan at the top. Burn a candle, blades spun, horses went around. It was hand made, and she sold it for like 500 dollars. We paid a buck for it.

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So did you find the actual thing your Mum made 20 years ago in a thrift shop? I’m kinda confused.

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My read is that mum flipped a thrift find on eBay.

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Ah that makes much more sense.

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Exactly. I found it, she sold it. We flipped s lot of cool stuff, including a vintage chester Cheeto sign, a Budweiser mirror from a bar. Bunch of stuff.

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Probably not the only one here with this kinda story, but a perfect fit black leather jacket. Used it for Beatles/50s/Grease costumes all throughout college and beyond. Same store, I also found a couple really dope vests but they no longer fit.

Ended up giving those to a younger cousin who was about the same build as me, so they’re still getting use.

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There was one thrift shop I went to in college that would have original vinyl pressings for like $5. I think my favorite was a compilation of performances of the 1970 isle of wight festival, which includes the final show hendrix did before he died.

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