what else do you buy when you hit the thrifts?
ako
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other than records:bookselectronicsclothesbagstrinketsfurniturei gotta look through the whole shop every time, dont wanna miss any deals...
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the odd bottle opener
the odd book on golf
really tho, I try not to spend $$ on crap I'll never need
point just records unless they have old pulp
paperbacks. At a couple of them I'll buy clothes,
there's this one hipsterish thrift near my house
(more gay than hipster, actually, which accounts
for the good clothes and bad records) that always
has crazy nice clothes with the tags still on ...
last time there I bought a "new" Ben Sherman button-down
shirt and an unworn Penguin sweater for $6 each!
8mm film cameras
Old CD software/video games (one can always find some interesting sounds from them, if anything)
The last piece of electronics I purchased was that Q-Sound encoder that I had talked about a few months ago.
A few years back i once got this vhs tape of some b-boys in japan with a hip hop video. I wish I could find that damn thing. It was nuts!!
i also always look for camera stuff but i think in sf they're onto that now and will overcharge crazily, espcially at what used to be my #1 spot for camera crap. i'm not paying over $100 for a yashica-d tlr when i could get that for $5 3 years ago. i hate living in the city sometimes
instruments
tennis rackets
art
whats the Strut opinion on thrifted shoes?
My girl looks at EVERYTHING.
She mainly buys books and vintage fabrics.
i buy / wear them. i dont see a problem really.
I need to try getting some shoes stretched, I hardly ever find vintage shoes in my size and when I do they are still too tight. I have a pair Ive been meaning to take in, they are leather so hopefully that makes it easier??
Depending on what supplies I need its usually Records first, Handbags second, Belts and Scarfs then Fabric, sometimes Shoes, always Furniture and Jewelry last cause its near the reggie.
I just started getting into books, why do the things I like have to weigh so much?
I collect wire furniture, generally record related and it is thankfully lightweight and pretty easy to find, but sometimes hidden in the knick knack area near all the wine racks and cheesy wooden shit.
Can sneakers be stretched? How much room do you gain when they do this?
Also, I've found some choice vintage neckties BITD.
I got my spots though, fabric is really where its at for true vintage finds, for me at least.
Ive never had shoes stretched, I would also like to know how these things work.
This is one of the things I look for as well. Some of them are comedy...
So true, the clothes in the thrifts are shite now!
I love old plaid shirts, they used to be a dime a dozen, now I'm lucky to
find one keeper in 5 trips to the thrift.
Bins are were it's at.....
sharpen your elbows though, I know a dude
who got a tooth knocked out in a tug of war over some vintage Nikes.
By a little old asian lady!
He ended getting over $500 for them, so it was worth it (his words not mine).
Tooth fixin' money!
That 7th one from the left (brown with white & purple diagonal stripes?) looks niiiiiiiice. I'd rock the hell out of that one!
Do you actually wear 'em or just collect 'em?
you speak of King Moist???
ahhhh... the 90's.
I actually don't like that one as much as some of the others... the colors are cool, but I think they used heavy drape fabric to make it.
I'm a grad student, so I don't get a ton of opportunities to wear ties. I could wear them when I go out to bars, but that's sorta NAGL here. When the time is right I'll definitely wear some of the better ones.
Do you have enough to warrant taking a picture?
Just a few, but I'm away on vacation. I'll post a pic when I get back though! Maybe I have one that I can trade you for!
LOL.
kinda like being sad with a smile
at least it wasnt as bad as the 80's as far as fashion went.
Oh wait, people still think 80's fashion was good.
opps.
Boots,
Paintings,
and
haha.. I never thought I would be trading neckties with someone on the internet. PM me your address and I'll send you the one you like. You don't have to send me one in exchange.
for me:
old marushka / other wall hangings
80s boomboxes
really cheap high-end stereo equipment / instruments
flourescent 60s/70s ceramic figures
garfields
fucking insanely strange looking 80s/90s shirts and stuff
orange tab levi's that fit well
plenty more.
i buy something at a thrift store pretty much every time.
the best ones are out in the middle of nowhere where:
A. theres lots of old people
B. theres not much competition
and
C. the most expensive price tag you find is $2.00
theres some really rural stores out by my parents house that are fucking INSANE. 25cents for all clothing and shit. unfortunately my favorite one closed. it was crazy going into a store and grabbing literally anything you even KINDA wanted, bringing it up to the counter and dropping maybe 5 bucks
that place was filled with private-pressed folk shit. too bad im not into the stuff. crates and crates of that shit.
I once found a yamaha receiver that probably cost around $300-400 new that was for sale for $20 or so. I already had one so i told my friend, "hey man, you have to buy that" and I hooked shit up and tested it out for him in the store too. I began to regret telling him to buy it a couple minutes later. I could be using that thing in basement.