Guide to Shopping at Thrift Stores for Unbelievable Bargains

By Sunshine Red, published Jun 06, 2007
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Thrift stores hold hidden treasures at great prices. No matter what you are looking for, it is probably sitting in a thrift stores store somewhere. Thrift stores not only have clothing for all members of your family, but also games, shoes, purses, appliances and books.

Shopping for clothes for the family can be very expensive with everyone wants to wear name brand clothing. At thrift stores you can get a name brand suit for less than $20.00. If you are really lucky you can find one that is still brand new with the tags still on. You can find a whole new outfit for less than $15.00, all name brand clothes.

Many of the clothes you can get at thrift stores are like new most of them have only been worn a few times. Back to school doesn't have to be expensive to have nice clothes to wear children clothing is so inexpensive at the thrift stores your children can have a closet full of clothing that they can chose from without breaking the bank.

Thrift stores also sell coats and jacket, all types of coats can be found there. Once a great bargain was found once on a Burberry coat, which had a price of $7.99 it was found on a day they were having a half-off sale, which made a great bargain for $4.00 for an $600.00 coat. While you aren't going to find deals like this all the time, they are deals to be found daily.

Home schooling children can be done inexpensively with the vast selection of books they offer at the stores. The stores not only offer books, but globes, and hooked on phonics was spotted there for a bargain price of $6.99 for a nearly new kit. Not only do they carry books that can be used for home schooling, they also have many items there for arts and crafts, puzzles for all ages and gear for physical activities.

People donate all sorts of things to the thrift stores from sewing machines, old televisions, computers, printers to furniture. All can be bought for a fraction of what the item cost new. Toys and stuff animals always have a huge selection to choose from. These make great toys for pets to play with. Many thrift stores have electric outlets to test the electrical products, and I have never had any employee refuse to test an appliance for me if I asked them.

Takeaways
  • Thrift stores have many great bargains
  • Merchadise at the thrift stores change frequently
Did You Know?
Many people will donate new clothing to the store with the price tags still on.
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I 'm a "Sally's" fan

Posted on 12/22/2007 at 4:12:27 PM

 
I like bargains too...great article...

Posted on 09/27/2007 at 4:09:00 PM

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