Do you avoid any regulars like the plague?

[mccoysnina]

What's funny is how many times I have been on a thrift run, and see people at one store, then at the next one.


I've had that happen numerous times at estate/garage sales.  Must be some hard core group that do that every week-end.  Sometimes I"ve even given directions to others about how to get to a sale I just came from!
Jeannie

[Punk Glam Queen]

I'm one of those people that others hover over, grabbing my discards. I get followed around, and have even found people going through my cart! I now make sure to have someone with me to guard the cart. Its so annoying! Can't they be original and find their own goods? UGH!
Cheers!
Suzanne

[mlogan]

I guess I can be considered a regular:) But, I don't go through peoples cart:)  At my local SA, i only get there about 2-3 times a month. However, they know me and they always ask about my stepchildren even though they rarely go with my husband and I.    When I lived in FL, I always spotted the same people. The one that stands out is the lady with an "enclosed' stroller where her little dog sat while she shopped:)

[Big Daddy Audio]

I claim the mantle of weirdo, but not regular.

Aside from the jack stands, some bike wheels, and a set of camo BDU's, I haven't bought anything in a thrift in months. 

I look a lot, but there's just nothing out there for me.

I have started a new, kind-of-odd hobby.  I look in other people's carts (kind of a glance - I don't rifle through them) to get an idea of their aesthetic - I try to imagine what they're like.  I'm not looking for their finds (could care less) but what do they value - what do they like to look at.

Oh well, there it is.

SYNT
BFN

[Punk Glam Queen]

I claim the mantle of weirdo, but not regular.

Aside from the jack stands, some bike wheels, and a set of camo BDU's, I haven't bought anything in a thrift in months. 

I look a lot, but there's just nothing out there for me.

I have started a new, kind-of-odd hobby.  I look in other people's carts (kind of a glance - I don't rifle through them) to get an idea of their aesthetic - I try to imagine what they're like.  I'm not looking for their finds (could care less) but what do they value - what do they like to look at.

Oh well, there it is.

SYNT
BFN

Well if that's odd, then I'm a weirdo too. I do this whenever and wherever there is a long queue. Most often it happens at the supermarket or one of MoMA's gift stores (seriously, they have the longest lines whenever I bother to pop in, always.) I do it for the same reasons; to see if it can give me insight into what kind of person they are, what type of aesthetic they have. Its fun, and as a writer sometimes it gets my creative juices flowing and sparks an idea. I'd never think of rifling through someone's cart though, and don't see why people think this is okay.

Cheers!
Suzanne

[theRecycleista]

As my husband and i have gotten more serious about ebay selling, we have become more 'regular' at the stores. There are several around here so we like to shop around, even go some distance.
My hubby is pretty paranoid, always on the lookout for other 'dealers'!! I usually just mind my business...we always find things other people didn't so we must have different 'niches'
At our closest GW, there is one woman (sometimes with her friend)..who is there ALL DAY. Every day. (everytime we've gone.) She stands around drinking coffee, waiting for the new racks to come out. She doesn't even look at the other racks...just waits for the new ones. It just cracks me up. I'm wondering if she's on eBay..when is she listing??

[yardartandrust]

I shop at the Goodwill Outlet and you half to practically padlock items in your cart.  I buy mostly sets of china and collectibles and I can't tell you how many times people shop out of my cart.  I had one lady insist my whole cart full of stuff including my purse was hers and try to take it away.  I had to have the cashier to call a manager so I could show them my id in my purse.  I no longer take my purse when I shop.  We laugh about it every time I go in to shop.

Kelley

[elvisgurly]

I shop at the Goodwill Outlet and you half to practically padlock items in your cart.  I buy mostly sets of china and collectibles and I can't tell you how many times people shop out of my cart.  I had one lady insist my whole cart full of stuff including my purse was hers and try to take it away.  I had to have the cashier to call a manager so I could show them my id in my purse.  I no longer take my purse when I shop.  We laugh about it every time I go in to shop.

Kelley

That's nuts!  The nerve of some people.  Luckily I've never had anyone take anything out of my hands or basket:).

I wish I had a GoodWill Outlet by my area, because it seems like a neat place to shop.

[mccoysnina]

I've never had anyone try to claim my whole cart, purse included, as theirs, but have had things taken from my cart when I wasn't looking.  I never leave my purse in my cart anyway. 
And once a gentleman (and I use that word loosely) followed me all around a shop once in hopes I would put down (or at least turn my back on) something he wanted.  He kept making comments til I got a little concerned and the store manager had someone watch while I went to my car.
Jeannie