Donating to Thrift Stores.....

[Mattie]

Have any of you ever spotted stuff you donated in the thrift store you might be shopping in? It's a little surreal. :-)

Once I donated some ugly dishes to my favorite thrift.  They weren't old, they weren't a "name" brand, they weren't expensive...but there they were on the shelf a few weeks later, marked "collectible" and tagged at four times the price of other dishes.  And then they were gone.  I hope the person who bought them enjoys them.  I sure didn't.

[Sprocket]

Have any of you ever spotted stuff you donated in the thrift store you might be shopping in? It's a little surreal. :-)

Funny you should mention that...I was thrifting a few months ago and spotted 3 sweet Aloha shirts.  I scooped them up and on my way to the register realized that they were ones I had donated a week before.

-Sprock

[Good Buddy]

Funny you should mention that...I was thrifting a few months ago and spotted 3 sweet Aloha shirts.  I scooped them up and on my way to the register realized that they were ones I had donated a week before.

-Sprock

That's one of the greatest stories ever, way to remember!

[SecondhandSophisticate]

So, Sprock, did you Buy them??

[Sprocket]

So, Sprock, did you Buy them??

I almost did...when I realized I was about to rebuy the shirts, I laughed out loud like some of the crazy people that frequent the store.  It was then that it dawned on me...I've become one of the crazy people!

-Sprock

[SecondhandSophisticate]

Yes, Sprock, you are now officially one of "them"   or:  one of us!

But you say it like it's a bad thing!!  No, no! Crazy thrifter+Good!

Yes, I've seen some stuff I've donated at thrifts and it's funny because I'm still drawn to it. It's also funny because the stuff I thought would sell didn't. 

SeSo

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Well, at least you didn't take the shirts HOME and then realize they were yours. 

I've seen stuff I donated be really well-displayed... It was like my one Express outfit was haute couture or something the way they had it on a mannequin... Totally cracked me up when I realized it had been MY outfit.

It was bought up really quickly, too. Hope someone wears it in good health! :-)

[Sprocket]

Well, at least you didn't take the shirts HOME and then realize they were yours. 

Now that would have been funny!

-Sprock

[Big Daddy Audio]

wash - yes
donate to - goodwill
deduct donations - absolutely

We donate 4-6 times per year.

That is all.