The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Page 2605

Funny thrifting story: 

I was in a GW in Houston and I stumbled upon two crescent wrenches, one was 1 3/8" and one was 1 3/4". I picked them up and was thinking of what to do with them when I realized that they were perfect to keep in the truck for self defense (at least the 1 3/8" was - the 1 3/4" was too big and heavy). 

So I'm swinging it a little when an employee walks up and sees what I'm doing.

Him: (unsure of what to think) "Finding everything alright?"

Me: "Yeah, everything's good."

(he leaves and walks up to another employee)

Him to the other person: (whispering, but loud enough for me to hear) "Don't f*** with that guy."

End note: The 1 3/8" fits perfectly between my seat and console and is perfect for plausible deniability with cops. Never had to use it though... The 1 3/4" is going on the wall in my man cave.

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Originally Posted by barrelntrigger 

Hey buddy, I'm glad you found some cool stuff. But wisdom? Far from it...Just a few days ago, I made the ultra noob mistake of winning a Burberrys' blazer. I totally over paid for that and it was ill fitting. But that trench is pretty awesome since it has their signature tartan.

Burberry trench's are the one thing that are probably worth picking up with the old "Burberry's" tag.  From my understanding, Burberry's and Aquascutum made some of the most popular and best quality trench coats for several decades back in the day. Someone can feel free to correct me on that.  Plus they do pretty well on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/csc/Coats-Jackets-/57988/i.html?_nkw=burberry+trench&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

I wouldn't say that absolutely nothing with the Burberrys label is worth picking up.  I once had a really nice condition Burberry's houndstooth blazer bid up to $130 or so on the bay.

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Originally Posted by barrelntrigger 

Found a bunch of stuff but nothing too good. I passed on a bunch of stuff, too.

 

 

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Pass

Found a bunch of HFs. Most are orphan pinstripe jackets. Pass

Boardroom! Pass

Not a bad mainline collection. Pass

I came across bunch of their vintage hand tailored line. Very nice but orphan pinstripe jackets. Pass

Pass

Pass

Corneliani NOICE!

DB orphan pinstripe jacket, NOT NOICE! Pass...

Tessuto Zegna 2 piece? First time seen one of these bad boys. Anyone knows info? Those greedy bastards want $40 for it! Hellz no! Pass

Pass

I usually don't even pay attention to these. Lately, I've been coming across tons of these. This one was actually pretty well fitting but the extra shoulders ruined it...pass

Ugly Z pass

Ugly Orvis. Pass

Ok, onto the stuff I kept. Belvest DB birdseye. Pretty sweet but most likely orphan.

GA hounds tooth DB. Most likely orphan

DB Canali Milano. Mostly likely an orphan.

Another HT.

Best find in last few weeks. HF collection with Loro Piana s120. It has a tiny hole in it.

Orphan, I think...Can't resist...

Weird lavin tweed (license perhaps) grossly out of proportion. Button stance way low and jacket way short. It has a Japanese tag on it. More like a fashion statement jacket. For some strange reason, I dig. Keepers.

Posting for kicks.

 

GF, "Look honey!"

Me, "Ewww, it has a nut stain on it!"

GF, "No one said it was free to get in a trekkie convention!"

Me, "HAHAHAHAHA!" *Slaps knee

Magee tweed

 

 

You're learning dude, nice work .  You probably should've passed on the Lanvin.  I made a very similar Lanvin purchase once thinking I liked the style, but it eventually got re-donated.  The BB Madison and HF collection for Nordstrom might have been worth picking up.  It depends if they were orphans, and if they were what the patterns were like.  I hope your hunting the pants rack to find the other half of suits, because I find them 50% of the time.  If you don't find them, it can be worthwhile to check the neighboring stores.  I've found suit pants and jackets at different GW locations a few times now.  

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Originally Posted by barrelntrigger 

Found a bunch of stuff but nothing too good. I passed on a bunch of stuff, too.

Tessuto Zegna 2 piece? First time seen one of these bad boys. Anyone knows info? Those greedy bastards want $40 for it! Hellz no! Pass

Could be something nice. Is it Made in Italy? Take a picture of the makers tag on the inside pocket and see if someone can id it.

Quick tip if you guys need shoe trees and have a Nordstrom Rack around, they've got Woodlore cedar trees for $9.90 a set this weekend. Not thrift prices, and not top of the line trees, but they're nicer than most of the trees I'd been using, and at that price, I grabbed a few sets.

They're pretty much these, sans branding http://woodlore.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=woodlore&Product_Code=M-Combo-Shoe-Tree&Category_Code=Shoe-Trees-M .

I almost want to go back and buy more sets for shoes I don't own yet.

You know, I didn't see any, but then again, I didn't look. Pretty sure the trees were all they had though. Worth giving them a call maybe.