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  • Thrifting Time! Ep. 22: In this episode we explore thrifts stores and a very dead shopping center.
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  • @RetailArchaeology
    @RetailArchaeology  Před měsícem +50

    I just noticed I forgot to include the webcam and floppy drive in the last segment. The last segment was filmed way after the rest of the video was put together. I should have reviewed the footage again before filming. I do still have them, and they will appear in a upcoming video on the RA2 channel. Thanks for watching!

    • @chloethelab
      @chloethelab Před měsícem +2

      Don't know if you heard about 99 cent stores the company is done for.

  • @trishamoran9703
    @trishamoran9703 Před měsícem +37

    I'm a teacher and students still read The Babysitter's Club...one of my students asked for those books for her birthday recently.

    • @destinysdesire
      @destinysdesire Před měsícem +5

      That's good to know! Such a classic!

    • @giselletorres4156
      @giselletorres4156 Před 28 dny

      Yeah I still see them over at Target and book fairs to this day, they just changed the cover to look more modern. I prefer the older covers because I'm an older gen z with nostalgia bias but if kids today like the stories that's all that matters.

    • @peternewson2275
      @peternewson2275 Před 23 dny +2

      I work at a library and they definitely circulate

  • @super256colors2
    @super256colors2 Před měsícem +24

    Love the spooky, windy music that plays when you start walking around the abandoned mall portion

    • @rev949
      @rev949 Před měsícem +9

      It's the World of Ruin overworld theme from Final Fantasy 6.

  • @mike407r
    @mike407r Před měsícem +19

    I’m a trucker and years ago I did some local LTL trucking and for awhile the company I worked for had a contract with Savers/Value Village and I’d have to go to the big warehouses and pick up loaded trailers and take them to different stores. These trailers were INSANELY heavy lol! Illegally heavy! Thankfully there were no weigh stations in the areas I’d have to go but until you’ve driven a semi and had a heavy heavy load when I say a 53 foot trailer packed floor to ceiling with random clothes and stuff….it is heavy lol! Can not express that enough. I remember my first trailer and it kinda creeped me out because there were like random clothes and baby doll heads and like a right foot flip flop that had fell off and gotten smashed and this stuff would be just laying on the ground next to the dock lol. And the workers would just use shovels and shovel random stuff off to the side lol! It was pretty crazy lol.

  • @Jason1920
    @Jason1920 Před měsícem +13

    "I'll just leave this here for somebody else."
    That's beautiful. Thank you for passing that mentality on, seriously.
    Let someone else have their fun.

  • @TominoCabana
    @TominoCabana Před měsícem +24

    That $1.99 tag on the disney infinity dory is actually from the 99 cent store, which is very relevant given their current financials

    • @giselletorres4156
      @giselletorres4156 Před 28 dny

      Homie needs to do a video on that. the closures and liquidation is getting kinda depressing 😭

  • @josephtafur
    @josephtafur Před měsícem +28

    I loved the Scholastic Book Fair

    • @raymondmartin6737
      @raymondmartin6737 Před měsícem +1

      A River Runs Though It, would be good to watch during a drought. 😮 Or the Salt River near Phoenix,
      which was dry when I lived in
      NE Phoenix in 1976. 😅

    • @raymondmartin6737
      @raymondmartin6737 Před měsícem +1

      The animated doll should be with
      Robert T Doll in the Matello Museum in Key West I saw him
      there twice. 😮

    • @raymondmartin6737
      @raymondmartin6737 Před měsícem +1

      Was that CD Rom, PediaLight? 😮

    • @gp.5989
      @gp.5989 Před měsícem

      Always looked for the Goosebumps books

    • @jenbentzel1981
      @jenbentzel1981 Před měsícem

      Loved the x files music cut!

  • @CrossingFoggyMountain
    @CrossingFoggyMountain Před měsícem +18

    No better time than Thrifting Time

    • @josephtafur
      @josephtafur Před měsícem +3

      The best time is Thrifting Time

  • @Shenben2021
    @Shenben2021 Před měsícem +8

    OMG!! Trauma triggered!
    You pulled out that 1996 Grammy CD and I went back to grade 8! My parents bought me a CD player for my birthday and gave me that CD as a gift to go with it! I was SO excited to have my very own CD player I was beaming with joy.
    Someone at the party commented that the song “You Outta Know” was on the CD and it wasn’t censored. (“She says the “f” word in that song!”) My mom immediately took the CD back in front of all my friends and I was so embarrassed. In 1996, that was a big deal.
    Hahaha! She also gave me Weird Al Yankovic’s Bad Hair Day tho so it all evens out. Lol

  • @AtomicAgePictures
    @AtomicAgePictures Před 29 dny +2

    The monitor calibration tool is used by photographers and graphic artists to make sure that the colors on their monitor are being accurately reproduced.

  • @ashextraordinaire
    @ashextraordinaire Před měsícem +12

    Back in the day, I had a CD Stomper because I worked with several local bands to promote their music. Fun fact: if you left those CDs in your car in the summer, the adhesive on the labels would get gummy and come off in your CD deck.

    • @gordontaylor2815
      @gordontaylor2815 Před měsícem

      The gummy adhesive sounds like a REALLY good way to ruin a CD player...

    • @ashextraordinaire
      @ashextraordinaire Před měsícem +2

      @@gordontaylor2815 Yeah we had to switch to a different brand of labels! The CD Stomper was amazing though.

    • @plur90
      @plur90 Před měsícem +3

      I decided to use LightScribe instead of CD labels, for that very reason, but then couldn't afford the expensive LightScribe-compatible discs

    • @ashextraordinaire
      @ashextraordinaire Před měsícem +1

      @@plur90 Those were so expensive!!!

  • @Supesfan88
    @Supesfan88 Před 22 dny +2

    As a librarian, i can say with confidence that kids still read baby sisters club. The first novel i ever read was baby sitters little sisters club - karens very bad day (or something like that).

  • @MrOfficialscotty
    @MrOfficialscotty Před měsícem +6

    4:48 That MSN butterfly logo hits different in the late 90s-Early 2000s ☺️
    Great nostalgia!

  • @terinjackson9677
    @terinjackson9677 Před měsícem +5

    The World of Ruin music in the corridor is an excellent choice!

  • @redgr81
    @redgr81 Před měsícem +4

    modern version of careers 3:58 legit lol, dude nailed it...midwest version: factory, gas station, retail, truck driver, and the lowest dollar general employee (hating on dollar general not the poor soul working their butt off solo)

  • @davidbindert
    @davidbindert Před 29 dny +1

    I can’t believe you passed over the Sony boombox without a closer look. Those bowling coasters were pretty sweet too.

  • @niklass1641
    @niklass1641 Před měsícem +4

    The Countach, Lamborghini's greatest creation and the pinnacle of car design.

  • @TKRVideoCentral
    @TKRVideoCentral Před měsícem +5

    The music during the walkthrough of the abandoned shopping area...as Garfield would say, "Nice touch!" LOL!

  • @royquitter
    @royquitter Před měsícem +4

    I shopped at a Radio Shack this weekend for the first time in probably 10-15 years. I was near the one in Claremore, OK and had a few minutes to spare, so I stopped in. It was surprising to see that they had actual radio things on the shelf (antenna connectors, things like that), and that it didn't seem like a glorified cell phone store which is what most of their locations had become.

  • @drheinous2797
    @drheinous2797 Před 28 dny +1

    I love Thrifting Time! Thank you for the new episode. I enjoy rewatching the whole playlist to see the "finds" which carry through multiple episodes (e.g., coffee table, cookbook, etc.)

  • @datalore6187
    @datalore6187 Před měsícem +3

    Try WD40 to get the goo off. TEST it first! On a small area. Spray WD40 on a qtip and rub it in a little on the sticky goo and see if the adhesive starts to come out.
    You can clean up the WD40 afterwards with windex or whatever.

  • @xaulted1
    @xaulted1 Před měsícem +6

    I think strait up gold coasters are more 80's than 90's. 90's decor would have been "gold-green patina" probably with turquoise trim.
    EDIT: Come to think of it, the 90's coaster holder also would have had a function that played "Enya" whenever you took a coaster out lol

  • @hdaviator9181
    @hdaviator9181 Před měsícem +5

    The color screen calibration thing is useful for graphic designers and video makers as the colors on your LCD screen can be different than the colors of a printer or on other people's screens for video. I am not sure how good that particular piece of software is but I know professionals use that technology.

  • @chrisgreen6259
    @chrisgreen6259 Před měsícem +6

    Those lazer discs are beautiful! When I was younger they were ridiculously expensive.

  • @talesfromoldjapan
    @talesfromoldjapan Před 28 dny +1

    In public libraries, we use lighter fluid to get rid of stubborn labels. Works better than Goo Gone and other things I've tried.

  • @josephtafur
    @josephtafur Před měsícem +6

    Thrifting Time Is Always The Best Time alongside exploring Dead Malls and Shopping Centers

  • @YeaImRota
    @YeaImRota Před měsícem +2

    Hah, I actually looked at that same monitor calibrator at that Savers around Christmas last year and passed on it. Small world! I used a similar one to color-calibrate my monitors and TV. They have a third party driver available that makes them still usable today. Also loved the alley exploration. Looks like a good spot for some liminal space photography.

  • @ScuzzyBeta
    @ScuzzyBeta Před měsícem +2

    Goodwill pricing something higher than 5 below is crazy actually

  • @bblvrable
    @bblvrable Před měsícem +5

    Those are some sweet coasters, definitely match the table well.

  • @M_Baker9ersFan
    @M_Baker9ersFan Před 26 dny

    Such nostalgia… I remember all this stuff being new

  • @charleschilton3818
    @charleschilton3818 Před měsícem +1

    I know that creepy corridor. haha I grew up just on the other side of Gilbert rd.. there. I remember the fry's.

  • @SurvivorsQuest1
    @SurvivorsQuest1 Před měsícem +6

    Pandemic Rapid Response is actually a spinoff of the original Pandemic game that came out in 2008. It's a really great cooperative game, you should check it out!

  • @ryananderson8511
    @ryananderson8511 Před měsícem +1

    Love the X-files reference that is interesting that the pandemic game came out in 2019!?! Hopefully at the end of the year and not creepy prior knowledge

  • @Larry
    @Larry Před 29 dny

    If you want '90s drinks coasters that are up your alley, Numskull Designs do coasters in the shape/form of PS1 game boxes, they have like a Capcom collection, Sony first party, Tomb Raider Etc.

  • @Yo_soy_Annna
    @Yo_soy_Annna Před měsícem +3

    I used to live in the apartment building that's like attached to this plaza.
    That abandoned strip mall that goes back is so creepy at night

  • @dindog22
    @dindog22 Před měsícem +1

    I remember the boxcar children

  • @ScottyPhoton
    @ScottyPhoton Před 10 dny

    Wow, I that boxcar children book triggered my memory of it as well!

  • @angeladelia7472
    @angeladelia7472 Před 22 dny

    In the 90's, I will admit I too had an M&M dispenser lol, they really were everywhere

  • @JazzyBabe56
    @JazzyBabe56 Před měsícem +3

    that was fun! too bad that mall is so dead....I bet at one time it was a lovely little place to shop but I think those days are pretty much done and dusted!

  • @d.b.gaston665
    @d.b.gaston665 Před měsícem +2

    Pandemic is actually a good board game, and yes, predates Covid by several years. The copy you saw at Goodwill is some kind of "lite" version of it I'm not familiar with.

  • @joniwilliams9148
    @joniwilliams9148 Před měsícem +1

    My daughter is reading the baby sitters club now!

  • @Melissa2087
    @Melissa2087 Před 19 dny

    I miss the book fair so much. It was one of my fave days as a kid.

  • @justinmorrison321
    @justinmorrison321 Před 28 dny

    Thrifting time is always a great time!

  • @DavidFortman-et2jj
    @DavidFortman-et2jj Před 24 dny

    The gold coasters definitely go with that table. Nice find.
    Black mold can smell like urine. Or it could be bums. Sad to see that nice little shopping center mostly abandoned.
    Love your channel! ❤❤❤

  • @chris_is_here_oh_no
    @chris_is_here_oh_no Před měsícem

    Awesome video, great haul!

  • @fikebobby1
    @fikebobby1 Před měsícem

    This is amazing!! We need more of these so interesting to see all the old electronics lol

  • @msladedah2751
    @msladedah2751 Před měsícem +1

    Love thrifting time!

  • @erikryan23
    @erikryan23 Před 28 dny

    So excited to see a new video ! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @jasonstansel6958
    @jasonstansel6958 Před 27 dny

    The original Pandemic board game came out in 2008. Also, It Reeks of Piss is my favorite metal band.

  • @shannonyoast6906
    @shannonyoast6906 Před měsícem

    As always great video 👍

  • @dukeman3ca1
    @dukeman3ca1 Před 26 dny

    Nice to see a new thrifting time, episode! Keep up the great content!

  • @stitgibekili
    @stitgibekili Před měsícem +1

    Just have to say thank you, I love all your videos. They all take me back in time and are also very informative. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @alftanner866
    @alftanner866 Před 15 dny

    I like the idea of the peanut m&m farting out candy while using a clicker

  • @tpatrickl9539
    @tpatrickl9539 Před 29 dny

    If you ever make it to Japan, they have what they call recycle shops. Pretty much thrift store. Difference is that everything has been cleaned up and it’s like new. Great prices and lots of electronic artifacts.

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley

    0:08 I thought the store sign said "Gooodwill", and I was like...the hell, how does it have too many O's?" 😂

  • @eyeofthestorm7830
    @eyeofthestorm7830 Před měsícem

    Great Video!

  • @stargazer3424
    @stargazer3424 Před měsícem +2

    A teacher of mine had a laserdisc. That was my first and only IRL encounter with laserdisc. It’s kinda funny how incredibly fast some media formats (laser, beta, hddvd) get buried by the sands of time

  • @summerlaverdure
    @summerlaverdure Před 21 dnem

    that palm treee at 5:34 is kinda fire though

  • @stevexray6253
    @stevexray6253 Před měsícem +1

    I like the intro. I used something similar once in a video. The piece of music you used just as you were entering the abandoned corridor was just right for a spooky and damp abandoned space. 😁👍

  • @eddonbordeaux3192
    @eddonbordeaux3192 Před 29 dny

    Love the content, as always. Such a great vibe, and maaan a lot of it is a nostalgia trip. Especially that RCA internet box! I miss design like that, it's not sterile like stuff now.

  • @TheSchmuck2
    @TheSchmuck2 Před měsícem

    thank you for the video. :) your videos are really great

  • @MichaelHeilman
    @MichaelHeilman Před měsícem

    I also enjoy going to thrift stores. You have a chance of finding something from your childhood days and might luck into sealed DVDs, video games, systems, and others. It's a joy to go treasure hunting.

  • @geogres
    @geogres Před 16 dny

    11:17 I have the exact opposite problem, a player but no discs... luckily it also functions as a 5 CD changer so I can get some use out of it

  • @KronoGarrett
    @KronoGarrett Před měsícem

    Color calibrators are a must-have for artists.

  • @christophero1969
    @christophero1969 Před měsícem +2

    Cool video. I think the INFOPEDIA 2.0 was bundled with a CD-ROM drive I bought circa 1997.

  • @tbrozman
    @tbrozman Před měsícem +1

    Nice haul!

  • @jw6948
    @jw6948 Před měsícem +2

    So glad you posted a new video!!! Love them! Gremlins 2 is streaming on Tubi rn

  • @anotherbosnian
    @anotherbosnian Před měsícem +1

    Easily top 5 most comfy channels. Love ur content.

  • @utubepunk
    @utubepunk Před měsícem +4

    When DVD shopping at Goodwill, I will swap cases every time I can so I get a Blockbuster case. They're far more durable & give me daily dose of Vitamin N(ostalgia)! 😅

  • @geogres
    @geogres Před 16 dny

    3:42 they made a similar game to that in the 1960s specifically for careers for girls, and it's extremely funny to look at it from a modern viewpoint. It's called "What Shall I Be?", look it up if you're interested

  • @kenji.m-72
    @kenji.m-72 Před měsícem +1

    I owned that 1996 Grammy CD. Great music. I used to buy them every year.

  • @PhoneEnthusiast
    @PhoneEnthusiast Před měsícem +1

    Didn't see anyone else saying this, but the tag on the Disney Infinity figurine is actually from the 99 cent store, and it's one of the tags they used to put on the items that were more than 99 cents (back before almost every was over 99 cents). Kind of funny to see now, in light of the impending closure.

  • @chrislongbeard
    @chrislongbeard Před měsícem +1

    I graduated to Lightscribe CDS and DVDS. Still have a machine I built around 2006-07 that has them. CD labels jammed up so many car cd players. When I worked for Chrysle they used to backcharge customers if they found any jammed cds in a deck warranted.

  • @alyxgraff9121
    @alyxgraff9121 Před 19 dny

    I haven't gone thrifting since the local Goodwill condensed its toys & media sections in order to fit in more women's clothing instead. It feels more like a Marshalls or Ross that sells previously worn clothes than a thrift shop now. So I'm glad at least Savers seems to have some cool retro stuff (even though there aren't any Savers locations near me).

  • @SRW_
    @SRW_ Před měsícem +1

    That hallway was really sad looking.
    I wonder why it didnt work out.

  • @thegreatjellydoughnu
    @thegreatjellydoughnu Před měsícem +1

    That was a fun thrifting trip. For that sticker or most any adhesive residue i have found wd-40 works super well sometimes it needs some dwell time then i just clean up the wd-40 with glass cleaner.

  • @AstorReinhardt
    @AstorReinhardt Před měsícem +1

    I remember finding a bunch of really good 90s movies on Laserdisc at a Value Village (our version of Savers). They had stuff like Speed and Con Air lol. I do remember them being priced a bit high...someone probably matched them to eBay prices...so I only grabbed a few. They were mixed in with the records as well.
    I never go through the records anymore...I really should start doing that again.

  • @planetminivan8419
    @planetminivan8419 Před měsícem

    My uncle had Web TV when I was a kid and that thing blew my mind. I remember all the stuff it could record and the security cameras you could watch from different cities in the world you could switch from, Paris, Tokyo, London, Time Square. I think some channels were interactive too.

  • @arfarfarf256
    @arfarfarf256 Před měsícem +1

    Gremlins 2 currently on tubi, for those curious.

  • @Taurus126
    @Taurus126 Před 7 dny

    Side quest! Side quest! ❤

  • @gmcnewlook
    @gmcnewlook Před měsícem +2

    The Disney infinity stuff still works it’s just you can’t do online games and stuff (or at least it did a couple years ago when I played that same set) all the nfc tag does it’s unlock the content on the disc….bit I’m not suprised a thrift store would price it more than the price tag on it…

  • @jwb52z9
    @jwb52z9 Před měsícem +2

    Try some witch hazel on the adhesive.

  • @masaharumorimoto4761
    @masaharumorimoto4761 Před měsícem +1

    Totally had that 1996 Grammy CD back in the day :)

  • @__hjg__2123
    @__hjg__2123 Před měsícem +3

    when divorce hits.. the first thing to go is the Live Laugh Love...

  • @GamerGoingGrey
    @GamerGoingGrey Před měsícem +1

    Loving the use of the FFVI World of Ruin music

  • @erickfgty
    @erickfgty Před měsícem +1

    Omg that splatoon gun

  • @thenotoriousgryyn342
    @thenotoriousgryyn342 Před 23 dny

    That creepy part would be a cool place for a Halloween Store or Haunt 🎃💀👻

  • @BDBD16
    @BDBD16 Před měsícem

    Smarty Pants is a decent pop quiz game.

  • @Fahrenheit38
    @Fahrenheit38 Před 27 dny

    Square really used that wind effect sound a lot

  • @SnackHeadCowboy
    @SnackHeadCowboy Před 29 dny

    A waste of plastic?!?! Nah that shook me to the core.

  • @dlmx13
    @dlmx13 Před měsícem +1

    We had one of those CD Stomper kits, it was pretty fun, i still have at least one CD with a label i made using that, lol

  • @tykat12
    @tykat12 Před měsícem

    The Final Fantasy 6 music did me in lol

  • @lisafreeman4222
    @lisafreeman4222 Před měsícem

    Fun video

  • @piratebear3126
    @piratebear3126 Před měsícem +1

    You reminded me that Denny's had a branded Atari app with bacon and eggs Breakout. Early modern mobile games fit right in with bacon obsession.

  • @vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse

    My buddy has a "live laugh love" sign set that says "die die die my darling" genius

  • @jiggly-puffy
    @jiggly-puffy Před měsícem

    That m&m dispenser unlocked some grandma memories

  • @raymondmartin6737
    @raymondmartin6737 Před měsícem +1

    They could have windows painted by youngsters at Halloween in the
    unused portion of the mall.
    It would add to the haunting
    atmosphere there. 😮

  • @milarose5155
    @milarose5155 Před měsícem +1

    Wooo!! Thanks so much for the new video, what a treat!

  • @jasonleman1396
    @jasonleman1396 Před měsícem

    Thanks for making me feel really old with the cd stomper and burning cds

  • @Gia_Marie
    @Gia_Marie Před 19 dny

    I was just saying that before you said it 9:26 😊 I hope someone was able to gift some of those toys and they didn't fall into a reseller's grubby hand 😂 As for the sticky stuff (most likely won't come off, that where the genre tag for BB was) on DVD case, you can just switch the insert with another Blockbuster DVD case .