I love Goodwill stores.

Funny that you posted this thread minutes later after I posted my thread about Chinese piano stool with dragon carving I bought on flea market [link to i.servimg.com (secure)] I like garage sales ,flea markets and goodwill stores too (mostly there are flea markets in my city ,maybe two goodwill stores and maybe one garage sale in my area)

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Has anyone else ever found a hidden treasure there?

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I bought once photo of father of Last Emperor of China.That was my best purchase ever.I love Chinese collectibles.Not in goodwill but at flea market

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dont buy what you cant sell or trade?

Last year I was at value village (it's like a goodwill store) looking at clothing, and the top of the rack has shoes and boots on it. Saw a pair of brand new ( all tags still on, unused) high top leather insulated steeltoe boots size 13, tried them on, they fit great. They were $29.00, but I was there on a members day and items were 50% off, nice!

Got home looked up the boot up online, made in the states, and they sell for 350.00 U.S.

Great score!

That's a great find!

Mrs. Louis and I found a $1299 all electronic controlled built in kitchen oven, new on a pallet for $125 at a Habitat for Humanity store this past Spring.

I installed it and this year I cooked our first Thanksgiving Dinner in it.

I found tons of good stuff at Goodwill! To all the poor and homeless, there is money to be made there. Shop the 50% holiday sales.

If you find something desirable, look it up on your phone by going to ebay or a retailer. You can find out what it goes for new, and if you search that item in the SOLD category, you can see if one has sold used on ebay recently (sold search checks last 30 days at least).

If you find a great deal, (lots of bids on ebay means lots of interest in the ), buy it, clean it up just a little (don't hurt value by overcleaning), take a photo and list it on craigslist or let go for around the ebay sold price, and figure in the ebay shipping cost savings your buyer won't have to pay (to figure real ebay cost including shipping).
You will get emails that don't reveal your real email, name or location, but lets a buyer contact you and make a deal anonymously, then meet them in a very public place to transact the deal.
Use your free obamaphone, no office, desk, computer required and you are in business, a business you can take anywhere in the world with nothing but a smartphone.

Lots of good bargains at Habitat for Humanity ReStores.


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The Goodwill here has Ten books for $5.00. I buy authors I like and 1st editions or books I feel are valuable. They are all hardbacks.

Scored some great hardcovers from Value Village, waaaayyyy cheeper that abebooks or other used online booksellers.

My wife usually goes for nik-naks and I go there looking for interesting old audio and tv electronics to rehab.

Me too.

Coloured glass always draws my eye, and the books.

Mostly it's where I buy my clothes too.