The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[tmethecat]

Went to see my watch guy today .new crystal and NATO on the CWC watch and he cleaned the crystal for me on the Sporto.
total investment including the watches themselves 55 bucks.
Already have a buyer for the Zenith for 900 but I'm falling in love with it
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Super nice (and inexpensive!) cleanup. How do you get a new crystal for under 40 bucks?

Love the Zenith. I’m not a purist and like the leather strap though.

 

[impuntura]

I’ll stop by eh? Pull out the cot I’m coming in hot

If you ever do come down let me know I'll show you around

 

[impuntura]

Super nice (and inexpensive!) cleanup. How do you get a new crystal for under 40 bucks?

Love the Zenith. I’m not a purist and like the leather strap though.

There's this guy in the city he's a hidden gem.he works out of his house so he has no overhead.
Works on Pateks,Rolexes etc all while blasting old school rock.
The crystal was actually only 20 made in Germany ,was very surprised it wasnt Chinese .

 

[tmethecat]

There's this guy in the city he's a hidden gem.he works out if his house so he has no overhead.
Works on Pateks,Rolexes etc all while blasting old school rock.
The crystal was actually only 20 made in Germany ,was very surprised it wasnt Chinese .

So he’s a thrift find too. Super nice.

 

[goatamous]

Couple of random pick ups


Did find some damage on this when I got home
Might have to go back

Spoiler

This second piece is for personal
Might just be a random nothing. Posting it in hopes someone knows what it is. Could be Old Navy equivalent or could be worth something

Spoiler

 

[impuntura]

I see that Hemmond stuff sometimes,always well made .

 

[impuntura]

Fellas any idea on this signature .
Kirkland something something?
Really well painted with quite a bit of age to it.
Also that stamp any ideas?
Took a chance at 12.99.

 

[florent]

Count me in on the badass vote. Dammm. You should join the next shoe revival competition. (If you weren’t in the past, I don’t remember all the contestants) I saw zero home grown, hand stitched, resoles ever.

Thanks! As it happens, I think I found my competing shoes just last night (posted in the challenge thread). Will try to take pics of the process...

 

[Redsoxfan1104]

Picked this up from at BST store for $60. Who spends thousands of dollars on a jacket and sells it to a store for $30?

 

[mrcmcklwht]

 

[mfuuuu]

Was this worth picking up? Can't find any tags on it anywhere other than the Neiman Marcus one and a Safuron clip. Pretty sure it's real fur.

 

[txwoodworker]

Picked this up from at BST store for $60. Who spends thousands of dollars on a jacket and sells it to a store for $30?

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Our favorite kind of people.

 

[wcl]

From the bins....

Cole Haan Country for myself, and some Hertling in a nice plaid.

Macy's Viyella

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Some frat boy must have died, or seen the error of his ways. Found all of these piled in one spot under the purses and backpacks.

 

[Centaurus3200]

Thanks! I didn't hold back on them. Wire brush, sand paper, sanding block, steel wool. The back end came out, but the front is stubborn, so probably need to clean that **** off first with saddle soap. Or something stronger?

The phone makes the color look wierd, but the suede is fighting for a comeback. You can see where whatever garbage they used turned the inside edges orange. So someone stupid did something stupid.

There's like barely any sole wear. Good year welt and nailed on top of it. badass! I want to save these. They'll never be the super clean $250 examples I've seen online, but they deserve a better fate.

Saddle soap with a stiff brush for the boots.

 

[dadjeans]

Picked this up from at BST store for $60. Who spends thousands of dollars on a jacket and sells it to a store for $30?

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With any luck he's now convinced resale is useless and plans to just donate everything in the future.