The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[loveswatching]



Well, if you have any doubt about the AEs and they are 11E, I'm sure I could help take them off your hands.

They were size 12 E and sorry i just sold them

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[OliT]

Short story to share:

Picked up a pair of LVC 1954 from the Levi's store in San Francisco when I visited earlier this year. Really like the model from before and decided to do an impulse buy.
Anyways, got home, and upon putting them on for the first real wear, the pocket ripped. So, I got in touch with Levi's to see about a solution. After fighting with them over shipping charges (as I had to return them to the U.S.) they agreed to actually send me two pairs of jeans as reimbursement for my issues. Got them last week.

While waiting for them though, I've been putting a lot of wear on my Ruell & Rays, as well as the pair of black Tellasons I got from the crapshoot, and this past weekend, while visiting Berlin, I popped in to a great store there (14oz) to try some other fits. As it turns out, the 1954's are no longer my favorites.

I'm thinking that since I now have two BNWT pairs, I should be able to sell them and buy Tellasons or other great stuff with the monehs. Guess the ripped pocket was a good thing, eh?

 

[div25sec9]



I went to it- nada

Plus I hate value village on the weekends, I don't even think they restock.

I hear ya... i feel the same way, I don't even go Mondays either because they don't even get much out by then either.


for the rest of the group, does Savers / Value Village run a club card in the the States? It rarely is of any use; and isn't exclusive, so most frequent shoppers there have one.

 

[Fueco]



I hear ya... i feel the same way, I don't even go Mondays either because they don't even get much out by then either.


for the rest of the group, does Savers / Value Village run a club card in the the States? It rarely is of any use; and isn't exclusive, so most frequent shoppers there have one.

They run a club card, but I've never found a use for it. I think I have two...

 

[klay49]



Several people have found Austrian jackets and questioned how they're worn. Here is an example I took of a guy wearing one. Not particularly well dressed, but I thought you guys might be interested nonetheless.

It looks like that guy is trying to steal something from that ladies purse

 

[loveswatching]



for the rest of the group, does Savers / Value Village run a club card in the the States? It rarely is of any use; and isn't exclusive, so most frequent shoppers there have one.

Yup - Mondays is 25% off.

 

[Nataku]

Found some cool pants today. Figured someone on here would want em. 39 x 32

 

[Nataku]

Had a bunch of posts quoted. Amazing looking food, great finds and such. Then I X'ed out of it.

So I'll just say this. Those food pics made me hungry. Those finds were amazing. Love that MMM shirt and the Homespun henley. Keep the finds commin'.

 

[Tyrone MacStiophain]



Thanks, much appreciated!
Nice find, but just looking at them makes my back hurt..

Heh! Well, I haven't sat in one for a long time, but they actually feel pretty comfortable. I'll have to try one while on a Call of Duty binge, and see if it wrecks me!

 

[Tyrone MacStiophain]



am i the only one who has the most fun sorting through ties? i dk, something about it makes it more exciting/interesting than anything else

Glad you like it, but I'm not with you. I do look at ties pretty much every time I thrift, because they're cheap and fairly easily flipped. But I'm often just horrified at the the fact that someone went to the trouble of manufacturing most of them!

 

[Koala-T]

am i the only one who has the most fun sorting through ties? i dk, something about it makes it more exciting/interesting than anything else

I LOVE sifting through a huge bin of prehung ties. There's GOLD in them thar hills!

 

[HansderHund]



It looks like that guy is trying to steal something from that ladies purse

Ha, I suppose it does. If my memory serves me, he was holding onto the rail by the door. He was a bit shaky on his feet.

 

[NicNac]

Looking for some expertise.

I thrifted a brand new with tags Brooks Brothers Madison sports coat? Or is it an orphan suit jacket?

It still has the basting on the shoulders and looks like it has surgeon's cuffs but no buttons or button holes. Is this normal? I am not too familiar with Brooks Bros as I live in Canada.

Sorry for the poor pics.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

 

[TheNeedMachine]

Brooks Brothers 1818 Madison fit suit coat (orphan). Check the pockets for a packet of buttons...they would have been attached by the tailor after altering if needed.
EDIT to add: you may want to go back and look for the pants.

 

[mbishop]



Most of the time the tie display is at shoulder height and bending down to sort through ties is back breaking work!

Around here they are usually waist high, resulting in odd squatting position. Especially awkward at the place where they are right in front of the changing room doors.