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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:41 AM Original message |
More middle-class and upper class shoppers are raiding the thrift stores |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. "...I know that shouldn't make me angry, but somehow...it does." |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Exactly, they are there to make money and they will raise their prices |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. But are you talking about upscale thrift stores, or Goodwills? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I'm talking about the Salvation Army |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Republicans are on their way to their covert goal |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. I do it because it's GREEN. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. The money they spend there then goes to help pay for utilities, food and housing |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Honestly... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. The rich got rich by exploiting the labor of others, not by being thrifty |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It's often the same thing |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. i would urge everyone to |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. and this refutes that "wealth" is derived from exploitation exactly how? |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. it was to support |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. er...how's that "change and development" working out for the planet and most of its' people? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Exploitation is a fine word to describe what happens. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Sometimes, but certainly not always |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Same |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. And I wouldn't be poor if I |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've done it for years for environmental reasons-especially with kids. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. "just look in the parking lot (at their cars)" |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. I don't think that was an indictment of anyone. n/t |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. I've done that for many years! I guess we're a bit above strict middle-class but we buy |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's worse when they hit the food pantries |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. That's just theft. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. While landing in Cincinnati |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. My wife has been going for 30 years |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. LOL. My mom and I used bring clothes home, hold them up and say |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. I've bought at thrift and resale shops my entire life |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've always shopped at thrift stores, more so now since I haven't worked in 4 months. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. Here's the thing about thrift stores... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. That's the difference |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. Generally, I think it is a good thing. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I also wanted to add... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. I guess the point made about inventory/donations being down |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. My wife and I have rekindled our love affair with thrift stores. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. Why does it make you angry? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I'm not sure-- I think I just fear the possibility of the poor getting priced out |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. I try to buy used things when possible to reduce my family's use of new materials |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. Reduce, reuse, recycle. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. This pisses me off on many levels but mainly because thrift stores will now raise prices |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Only if people don't also donate to the thrift store. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. My post was really directed at the thrift stores themselves. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. I've noticed that too |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Salvation Army is embarrassingly anti-gay |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I took the article to be about thrift stores in general and not just the Salvation Army |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Not when it comes to offering services... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. yeah, that would be really sick |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. Actually, I do understand your anger. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
40. next up: more working poor and lower middle-class folks digging around in dumpsters |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. Thrift stores are great for some things |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I purchased some very nice luxury linens/blankets at an estate sale |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
42. I've done that for years. People think $15 for pants or a shirt is a good deal at a regular store, |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. What a rip. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's not like there isn't enough to go around. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
47. This is a little off topic, |
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wildflowergardener (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
49. Thrift stores |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You shouldn't feel bad about shopping at goodwill or other thrift stores |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
50. NYT and McClatchy-- donations. |
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queenjane (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. It's the ultimate in recycling |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. I've been shopping in thrift stores for years and years. |
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littlebit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. I make well over six figures |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Roy Disney used to be my boss. He always shopped for his clothing at |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why not? We both donate to, and shop at, Goodwill. A bargain is a bargain. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. I just bought |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. Americans just CANNOT break their shopping addiction... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
65. No doubt more of them, but not a new thing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. I used to volunteer at a thrift store that benefited local youth science programs. |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
68. Went to Goodwill today |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
69. I shop and donate to thrift stores |
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OakCliffDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
70. I like seeing rich people recycle used items |
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