Got up early this morning to get my bath and all dolled up with my tiara on to watch trooping the colour. I was keen to see Princess Catherine after worrying about her for so long. She looked absolutely beautiful. She looked very healthy despite going through chemo. I hope she continues to do well with her treatment, and comes through the other side. Love and prayers❤ and prayers 🙏 to everyone going through cancer treatment.
We have a charity shop in my town. It was started in the late 90s by the local catholic church. It was manned my volunteers only. I used to be able to get some of the best deals ever there. Over the years, they began providing help to locals. Food bank, medical help, transportation, utility help, fire wood and so on. So the thrift store slowly became a "business". No more good deal and everything that is decent is sold on eBay. Professional managers run the place now and I rarely find anything there anymore. I wanted a small round end table for beside my recliner. I found one and they wanted $150 for it. Years ago it would have been $15 or so. So I rarely go there anymore. We used to also have several "antique" shops that were so great to go in and get lost digging around the different rooms full of treasures. Most of them have closed up as well. It is sad as I used to get a lot of enjoyment out of thrifting things for my home. Most items in my home have a story and I love that.
Hi Sue all media channels went mad for this year's trooping of the colour, possibly because Catherine made her first official appearance this year. She looked beautiful but she has lost weight. I pray she is back to full good health within the not too distant future
We had a Goodwill go in right next to an actual Church run charity shop. Goodwill undercut the charity shop just enough that it affected business and the charity shop went under. Once the shop was gone, Goodwill started slowing raising it's prices. Now "Goodwill" has the gall to ask shoppers if they want to round up their bill at checkout, supposedly to "help their mission". The cashier thought I was joking when I suggested that staff approach the CEO, who has one hella pay package and get him to donate. It would be a better look than the one they are getting by currently nickel and dimeing people who are already having economic difficulties. Judy Vanderploeg
I donated a raft of silk tops to Goodwill post surgery when it left me with one arm paralyzed and I could no longer wear them. I couldn't put them on by myself and silk...thought I'd give back too since I'd shopped at thrift stores for my family for years when I was a struggling single parent. The friend that drove me there went inside with me to look for some tops I could get on by myself and the tops I'd just donated were already being priced and put out to sell. Shocking to me to see were prices higher than I'd paid for them brand new! Equally as shocking were the prices on any clothing. She took me to WalMart where we found all cotton men's t-shirts for $4 each, much less than the prices at the Goodwill.
Good morning Sue and Lord Audie of course he does he's a cat and a beautiful cat at that.Just watched trooping the colors so I've been up for 3 hours.Wonderful to see Katherine the Princess of Wales she looks lovely.Havr a great day.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Goodwill did 5.5 billion in sales last year, remember it's all donate items. They pay their regional CEOs 600 to 900 thousand a year. For better antiques, jewelry and other better items they have an auction sight! Thrifting has become BIG BUSINESS.
My entire family used to love going and thrifting together. I have gotten a few real great finds over the years. Now, in my area, the prices at thrift stores are much too high. I used to see people with carts piled high, now not so much.
Yes, here in the UK the charity shops can be more expensive than many shops so fewer sales. In my town there used to be a big thrift market and my Dad loved it. It’s gone now sadly.
40 years ago when I stopped work to look after my babies, l was very grateful for charity shops to clothe myself and the children. Although I no longer have such a pressing need my occasional visits don't seem to yield such treasures. The reason I needed to buy myself clothes, was because the smart clothes I had, weren't suitable for crawling around on the floor after toddlers.
I business dressed myself for 30 years through beautiful thrift shop clothing as I had to work with 3 daughters. They grew up thrifting with me and still do today.
I worked for Goodwill from 2016 to 2020. It was the worst job I've ever had to take and stay at. Toxic, even. The best thing about the job was being the person who went through all the donations, sorted, cleaned, and priced all the doo dads that weren't clothing. I know antiques and I know vintage and the excitement of finding old treasures that were valuable to me (not everyone gets excited over a vintage diaper pail like I do) was what kept me going. Goodwill wouldn't allow us to buy anything we'd priced ourselves, nor were we allowed to buy anything unless we were off the clock and the item had been on the sales floor for an hour. There were cameras everywhere, and we were watched on a feed by corporate as well as our own store management team. So at least they had changed their policy of allowing their employees to have the pick of the donations by then. I still managed to buy some one of a kind (to me at least) items like an old steamer trunk, a cedar chest from the 30s and an antique chamber pot from the 1800s. That being said, I can tell you that by the time I left, Corporate had us looking for antique and vintage labels and manufacturers, and setting them aside to be up sold at their 'Boutique' store at headquarters. But they were also raising their prices on popular items like jeans and baby clothes. $10 for a pair of really worn hard blue jeans. I don't shop there anymore and I don't donate there either. I shop at Catholic Charities like St. Vincent De Paul. They do business like Goodwill used to, only they don't lie about selling rejected clothing overseas or hiring people with learning disabilities etc (Goodwill pays those people below minimum wage to do very menial dirty work only), and they don't pretend to wash the clothing like Goodwill does. They have a section up front by the registers where you can take for free, cans of food and day old bread. For FREE. I highly recommend shopping there. Scarves are only .99cents. When I left Goodwill their scarves were $1.99. Since they raise their prices every year, I'd bet those scarves are going for $2.99 now.
I’m sorry your experience was negative. Goodwill services have been invaluable to me over the years and what Goodwill offered me was not available from other sources. Do they have questionable practices, yes, but there is some good too. IMO
Sarah, thanks for that information and I agree with you completely. I've always liked Saint Vincent de Paul and now I understand why. IT was just a different feeling and I lived in Portland Oregon and I just adored that store. I used to find scarves for a quarter they were silk. THEY were very tiny . THEY were the type that you just put at your throat and tie a knot. Soon I will have an online store and start selling some of the stuff that I don't wear which is a lot.
@@SarahGreen523 Yes, the only thing holding me back is I don't even know how to do PayPal and I have to figure out how to manage the financial aspect of it and I don't want any returns. I don't know if eBay will even allow that. I really wish there were a course in how to sell on eBay. I remember decades ago when it was brand new people were giving courses informally-- although charging😊-- for how to sell on eBay. But now the people that do sell, all seem to know how because they're younger than me and very savvy. I'm very tech ignorant and I'm even not familiar with PayPal although I was told there is Apple pay and Google pay & there's lots of PAYS and they're all the same but I have to figure that one out. Also the last time, I knew someone who sold on eBay was probably 6 years ago and she did a very good trade and told me that as long as you make less than $40,000 off eBay, you would not owe taxes on it. I do not know if that's still the case. SO that is something very important I have to figure out. I thank you though for your encouragement.
I'm British, charity shops here also do something called Gift Aid, so 25%, tax ( if you pay tax) can be taken back from Inland revenue in one's name and paid to the charity. Bad thing here , though, CEO' s of the charities paid far too much imo and a lot of people feel the same.
I went to a thrift store Thursday and found a cereal bowl from Dollar Tree (I have the same bowl and paid $1.00). Well the thrift store wanted $3.00. I just left.
Oh I have a similar story! I’d totally forgotten until now. I saw an empty (and washed) Yoplait yogurt jar at a local thrift store amongst the other glasses.., at first I thought it was just a mistake until I saw it actually had a sticker on it, priced the same as the other glasses. Couldn’t believe it. I don’t know why whoever sorted the donations actually put that out on a shelf.
Missionary compassion church... the one i attend has a 24/7 rotate around the back of church to drop off and people come in to pick up and shop it for free. 500 cars a day on lot in and out. Some hang out for a couple of hours and people will just hand you a new pair of shoes or a radio etc from their car. Im so blessed to have this secret place which i cannot advertise 😘
Hi Audie! Hi Sue! From your friends Unni and Carol in N.H. Sue, You are 100% correct. Thrifting no longer is what it used to be and I think it's such a shame!
My aunt has taken me to a few thrift stores, and I found the different objects from different periods to be interesting. Everything had a story behind it.
When I saw the CZcams video that showed an on duty cop asking at a nearby Goodwill for a pair of shoes for a cold homeless person…they refused and made him BUY THEM - I will NEVER donate to them again. 🤬🤬🤬
My daughter told me about that video, they should be ashamed of themselves.😡 My sister-in-law used to work at a day old bread store and sail a homeless man came in and ask if he could get a loaf of bread because he was hungry. She gave the man the bread and after he left her boss told her if she ever did that again she would be fired. She was told that if they give it to one person then there would be more coming to ask for some.
My daughter works in aged care. Lots of the elderly don't have enough pyjamas for winter or some none at all. She went to an op shop and found a few pyjamas for $3 she explained who they were for and asked the lady if she could buy them for $2 a piece (from her own pocket) NOPE would not budge on the price
I am so sad our local thrift stores have gone so far downhill. When I started 5 years ago, my favorite charity store (you could tell , it did not charge tax, all proceeds went to charity) was well run, and had beautiful items almost every week, lovely, high quality clothes could occasionally be found, I loved it. Now, it is like walking into a rats nest. I won't even go near it, I am not comfortable there anymore.
In my village, in the UK, we have a cabin at our community centre with 2nd hand clothes, handbags, books, videos, toys and CDs and occasionally bits of food. It's great, I take clothes I no longer want and occasionally replace them with something someone else took. It's totally free👍!!
The thrift stores where I live, goodwill, value village ect. Are selling many items at the same price and in a few instances even more then what can be bought new.
I have given up on thrift stores. I just give things to neighbors or friends of neighbors. I do not give to Goodwill or Salvation Army. We also give clothing to charities for migrant workers and/or veterans in our area. We also have a great home for battered women and children that we trust. I do however also find it interesting to go to garage sales. We have great street sales where an entire street has garage sales. It makes for a great morning out for me and my sisters.
We've got thrift stores in my neck of the woods that are so spendy you could buy cheaper at Walmart and get better quality. Many of the items are threadbare, but they are sold by churches.
Oh bless I live in the uk l watched it on tv, the heavens opened up and thunder and lightening, but pleased the fly past was able to go ahead, and the sun shone, and a bit windy. Great to see Catherine looking lovely as well as all the royal family. X
I agree with many of the comments below. Here in Australia ‘Op Shops’ - opportunity charity shops- now think they are Antique Shops and charge accordingly. I have seen well over a 100% increase in prices in the last year. It’s gouging at the purse of the poor.
AND BECAME waaaaaay toooooo EXPENSIIVE, AS MANY OTHER ''thrift" STORES!!!people DONATE and they just sculp ... many prices are HIGHER than regular stores
Couple comments about Goodwill… disclaimer; I don’t know everything. 1. It creates job opportunities for folks who would otherwise have trouble finding work - and it’s not just the stores. The guys who clean our work building are from Goodwill. 2. Regarding the price of a t-shirt being the same at Target as it is at Goodwill, consider other factors such as quality, styles, and the environment. My sister loves getting vintage clothing at thrift shops in styles she can’t find new. The bonus is giving the clothes a second life and keeping them out of a landfill… personally, I’d prefer that to a cheap made in china shirt, which perpetuates the disposable clothing cycle. Also maybe consider sales - it’s been a while since I shopped at Goodwill but they used to deeply discount thing the longer they’d been there, something like everything with a certain color tag would only be $1, or sometimes everything you could fit in a bag for $5. Not sure if they still do that.
I used to LOVE thrifting, estate sales, charity shops & gttg good prices! I am on disability & it helped me AND the charities when I purchased items that I could resell for a little profit! Now I find that unless there is an error by those tagging/pricing the items, especially in charity shops , I can usually find it cheaper in EBay! I am so disappointed because I felt both the Thrift stores/charities & I could supplement our causes,( mine my household income). I have even seen items in places like the Hospice Thrift Stores find the highest asking price listings for an item & print the listings off & attach to that item. Imagine my surprise when I went to EBay only to find 10+ similar items much lower! I rarely can supplement my disability income now with reselling and not only did the small amount I made help with expenses but gave me such happiness in a at times painful, sheltered existence days normally 😥!
Good morning, Sue! I was never a big thrift shopper for clothing. I like to buy used books, mostly. When my daughter was younger, she enjoyed thrift shopping, especially when grunge was still a style. Now it isn't worth her time because there isn't much worth buying, thanks to the huge trend of resellers. They also go to stores like TJ Maxx, doing live streams, while their viewers claim items that are later mailed to them. It's a big business right now & people who are good at it can make lots of money. That's why some stores have such a sad inventory! There aren't any rules against it because the store is getting sales, so they don't care. She still occasionally goes but says the prices are so high, it's not really worth the trip. It's hard to imagine that thrift stores have such high prices that the people who really need to shop there can't afford it! I never go to yard sales because I should have my own!!
Yhe same thing is happening in New Zealand re the thrift stores . They are forgetting who their clients are , they are forgetting all goods are donated . I do understand that they are fund raising but they are also there for those on low income.
Some churches tend to have nice "thrift shops" attatched to them! Nice assortment of goods! At least in my experiences!❤😊 The Mennonites have nice thrift stores, a great one is in Mount Joy in your state! A channel " Homestead Tessie" frequents it all the time.😊
When I was growing up we had “Bargain Stores”. They had true expensive clothing for great prices. My mother had a suit exactly like the one that Jackie Kennedy wore. My parents dressed up for cocktail parties and my mom went to the bargain stores. Now we have Marshall’s, Ross, etc. but most of their clothing is made for them by the fashion houses. My mother was an excellent seamstress. She made wedding dresses, suits, coats. I wish I had my custom Barbie clothing that matched my dresses, school uniform, dance costume, whatever. She is 91 and has arthritis and hasn’t sewed in many years. She could tell by feel if a fabric was nice, same with quality buttons. She lives with me now in Texas.
We have Car Boot Sales in the UK which began with people selling what they could fit into the boot of their car with things they no longer wanted. Now there are all kinds of stalls, some possibly fell off the back of a lorry!
Sue i totally agree about the pricing at thrift shops. I miss the days of good used items at a very fair price. I also very much miss the days of you thrifting with Jocelyn. Sometimes in life things change for the best and sometimes not so much ... I'll go with the latter on this one. Thanks for another great video and you have a terrific day as well 😊
Apologies in advance for writing a book here Such a great video for me today! This whole resale racket, yes I said it, has been extremely frustrating me. Between the stores like Savers and also the charity stores such as St Vincent. Here are my biggest annoyances: Cost going up in food, retail, etc. because of the transportation costs and overhead. Ok but why are costs going up at St Vinney’s , Salvation Army and the likes? They get the stuff donated,dropped off to them, and a lot of volunteer help. Why the sudden over the top price hikes? About the surge in online designer fashion and accessories resale..As pointed out to me along time ago by a police officer friend a lot of that on line designer resale stuff-especially the stuff with tags is more than likely shoplifted. And that was before it was a huge thing. Sorry for my rant..It’s just so frustrating to see what started out as a good cause for both buyer and reseller has turned into this. As always XOXO to Audie
@@norskawood Don’t think they are bad per se just greedy. Almost all charities have hiked up their prices because they lost a lot during lockdown. On one hand you can appreciate they are thinking of the people they help out. On the other hand they aren’t concerned about the people who struggle to make ends meet that need to shop with them in the first place. Guess we need to work out what we can condone when contributing. Not ideal!
@@norskawood You and Anne are absolutely on point about St Vincent. It definitely isn’t as bad as the others. It’s just the prices are a lot higher now and they look up what things are listed for on the internet so like you say the merchandise sometimes stays on the shelves and not the turnover. I’m not sure which is the best for business moving the merchandise or holding out for a bigger price. Don’t get me wrong I still love my thrifting. I’m not a reseller. The places I’ve been liking lately are: Garage Sales, Habitat for Humanity and I still really like Vinny’s. As in all cases some are ran better than others. 😊
Also there are knock offs that are being sold for name brand prices. We have an area in Houston that sells everything you can imagine. I took my girls a few times when they were in junior high to get “designer purses” for $20. Bad knockoffs, but they didn’t care. It was fun, until a friends husband who was with the government agency that hunts down people selling stolen and copies of luxury items told me not to go there.
Always watch your videos, both schools and they are always interesting and wise.! Thanks and you enjoy yourself, nice to see and of course I love that cat !!
Yes I know that yellow is for soldiers missing in action that never have been found even going back as far as Vietnam and who knows maybe World War II. I didn't actually realize it was for people who are having cancer until I began watching this podcast. Yes it is also being used by the sinus state for zionists who are still in Gaza. I'm not quite sure where the use of yellow came for and what is truly kosher and what is being co-opted by another group. I'm just saying because I really don't know how these things work. When Sue kept saying she was wearing yellow I hadn't seen her for a while and I didn't know what she was talking about. Take care. In Texas yellow is associated with the yellow 🌹 of Texas and it means a good thing. So there you go😊
Hi Audie - my goodness his eyes are beautiful !💗 We had a cat that thumped his tail too ! All cats are Celebrities - we are their carers by permission. Loving the "hairband" - its very attractive. I do purchase from what we call in the UK as Charity Shops. i.e. The Heart Foundation and Hospice Charities . Bu we do have sort of independent Charity Shops which are funding the Homeless.
I was into those headbands before lady c but she's really made me realize it's very kosher. I found them basically in the children's section and they just fit my head and they were so cute and now I find them at the dollar store. I wanted to send some to Lady c but then I thought&- hers r so nice she wouldn't like these but then again, I'm pretty sure some of hers are from the dollar store . IF you lookel at them up close ,they would be just all pretend jewels etc SHE does say straight up that only tiaras should be real jewels and everything else can be fake. SO there u go. 😊
I'm from South Africa, thrifting is so different here. We have many people who live on the breadline, one never needs to worry about who to donate unwanted goods to. We do have our RSPCA ( animal shelters) who run thrift stores too, but those have also become less reasonable in the last few years. We have car boot markets where you can sometimes find treasures ...those are usually folk who are really needing some form of income. We have local community WhatsApp chat pages and ours is very good, people either give or sell unwanted things on that. Love hearing about your little town and Audie!
We've got church run charities in my neck of the woods. Most of the merchandise is threadbare or sweaters so stretched out they would fit a gorilla. I can get the same thing at Walmart cheaper and better quality. I don't know why the charities put the prices so high. 😮
Late to the convo, but wanted to contribute. My local Goodwill has Dollar Tree items on the shelf MORE EXPRENSIVE than the brand new product at the Dollar Tree! Thriftimg is no longer a guaranteed way to save 😢
In the UK please check that 'charity' collection bags put through your door have really come from the charity. I get one with a photo of an air ambulance on it, on closer inspection it is from a commercial company that makes a very small donation to the charity 🇬🇧
Thought-provoking. For the most part, I avoid corporate thrift stores for shopping or donating. It has appeared to me that for some time, they are selling better quality items online & placing average items in their stores. I donate goods to two independent religious thrift stores, a religious based, battered women's & children's center, and a wonderful foodbank that gives clothing to people in need. It took a while to discover these places, but I'm happy to help them because they do good work.
I used to love going to the thrift stores with my grandparents in the 70s : Goodwill, Salvation Army, Amvets, Purple Heart, Value Village - all good hunting back then. I still have some stuff we found back then, so I have gotten my money's worth! 😄
I recall the first time I went to Value Village (🇨🇦) and noticed they were selling Royal Albert cup & saucers for $35+! I was sick - these are donated items! Edit: this was approx 10 years ago.
My 20 year old son & I love to go to Mission Thrift Store. It is staffed entirely by church volunteers. The prices are excellent and we never know what gem we might find. Just today we found a vintage copy of Tale of Two Cities for $4 CDN.
When I was a kid my mom would take me to the Salvation Army or Goodwill (I don't remember which) As-is yard. It was place with "things" that had not been refurbished: old clothes, furniture, 1940s hats, 78 records, army clothes from WW1 & WW2, etc. It was a poor kid's Disneyland. 😃
Love your headband, Sue. I’ve rediscovered these and I just love them. Love your podcasts and the Audie moments. I have 3 feline ladies in fur coats who own us and we have now been trained to their exacting standards. 😻❤️😻
I love thrifting and antiquing. But, when I donate, the really good stuff goes to the charity shop that supports a local Christian school. The so-so stuff goes to Goodwill now because I don't like the trend they have taken. Everything else goes into the trash as that is what goodwill does with it anyway. Cute headband Sue. Good topic.🩷😺😽🐈
Most Thrift stores have “volunteer workers.” Some paid/ some not because they get first pick of all the merchandise. It’s how they compensate for their time. My mom volunteers for a Christian charity thrift store. The volunteers are responsible for pricing each others items for personal purchases. Name brand clothing & designers, art pieces, antique jewelry/furniture, etc. My hoarding mother gives everyone thrift store donated items. She gifted me an entire collection of a jewelry she “found.” So if you want to sell for profit, you have to volunteer for it.
I worked as a paid charity shop manager, a big problem is that most of the (high paid) senior managers came from high street fashion retail and didn't understand the customers who shop in charity shops. The senior managers dictated minimum price lists based on what clothing sells for when it's new, not what the charity shoppers would realistically pay for it.
We live in a nice residential part of Toronto (north end far from the 'downtown') and my husband and I have actually found the very best 'bargains' at Yard Sales and also just walking the neighborhood and picking up 'discards'. We bought a gorgeous rosewood console type table at a Yard Sale for $30 and we found by the side of the road a discarded stone Urn (which was signed and numbered on the bottom) which we took home - it's beautiful. Last week, on a walk, my husband saw a discarded small and beautifully built small dresser - clean and like new. He came home got the car and went back and scooped it up. We won't take moldy or dirty items but we've gotten so many nice things over the years. This is Yard Sale season in our area so we will pick through those over the next few weeks. You never know...just ask the lucky buyers on the Antique Road Show!
The same in my neighborhood. At first I felt strange grabbing something up but I realized if I didn't do it fast it would be gone within minutes. THERE there was a really big round wooden table in very good shape as well as a long oblong table and both were made out of excellent wood and I knew I could only handle one so I took the oblong table. I do not have a car so I was dragging it for many many many many blocks and a young boy-- only maybe 8 years old but he looked like a 6-year-old he was so little &-he offered to help me which is very kind and very Christian of him. In Texas where I live I don't find any Christians-- I'll be quite honest-- except in church on Sunday but not when they're off of their duty! lol THIS little boy helped me carry this table-- @ a very long table out of solid wood --to my home, many many blocks from where it had been left on the side of the road. I went back moments later and the round table was gone. But that table would have been too heavy for him and me to ever have made it to my house. SO there you go😊
I don't think you were part of a problem: repairing and making an old item new is always good. Where people buy them is up to them. But I ser your point. I'd be less severe with myself, you are clearly a person that makes the world better. ❤
@@erineddy7999 I know I'm more careful where I donate. Never Goodwill and the big ones but smaller that give free donations to real people in need. The prices keep going up even though it was all free and their staff are volunteers while the head of it makes so much it's no longer a charity. We have one for pregnant women and young parents and another just for clothing for job interviews and business attire. These don't have salary workers or someone in the office getting paid to sit on their ass.
Here in Southern Ontario We have francises called Value Village. They run on donations and are located in the bigger cities. Not cheap for donations, very sad as people are in need more than ever. Big business it has become.
Thrift stores have definitely changed and I remember a quarter century ago the prices in the thrift stores-- Goodwill Salvation Army-- were higher than the prices at Ross and so I switched to Ross. There I would go to the sell rack and see if anything caught my eye. Now Ross has gotten expensive and I'm very close to Walmart so I go there. BUT that has gotten expensive so I try to go to the sell rack there as well. Definitely it's not a paradise for shoppers on a budget for 50 people😢
About ten years ago you could buy very expensive designer items, very, very cheap in thrift shops over here. That’s over now, but regular clothes, dishes or whatever still is very cheap, like very good jeans for kids for a dollar.
This is why all those cute vintage ceramic salt and pepper shakers are like 60$ a set on ebay now. I'm hoping to just happen upon a set IRL one day. Wish me luck.
Sue, I’m a regular Just Chatting viewer but watched this episode. I agree with you that thrifting has changed! I no longer donate to Goodwill, nor buy there because their prices are the highest around. I switched to local charities, and more recently my hairdresser, who knows impoverished people in her church and will pass along clothing, purses, etc. When I buy, there’s a local thrift shop that doesn’t seem to mark things up. I recently wanted to replace some vintage Pyrex custard cups after my husband accidentally dropped 2 of them. (They shattered into smithereens!). I found some for $1 each, which I know is a bargain - and the profits are staying local. Good advice as always, Sue!
@ingridhendrickson851 this is the first episode I have watched and like you I’m a regular Just Chatting viewer. I went to the Thrift shops/Charity shops Ops shops in Australia 🇦🇺 when my kids were little. I got them sports equipment for a fraction of the price and if they decided they didn’t want to play cricket or go roller skating etc…then I hadn’t paid out much money. Over the years the prices have gone sky high which annoys me as the majority of the goods are donated!
You cat's name in Italian would be "Odi", I know it's not a great insight about life, but I thought it was "Audi" like the car brand until I saw it written. I have a similar cat, she's Morena, quite similar in character, and each time I see her I think of Audie and of you. My deep, life-changing revelation ends here, but I send you two a lot of love from the seaside ❤
Good afternoon Sue. I often change out buttons on my clothing. A great looking button can dramatically change the look of a garment. A few years ago I found a beautiful black cashmere sweater at a thrift store. I believe it was $10.00. Recent I purchased a cashmere sweater from an " up market" store, on sale of course, and the quality of the new sweater was so disappointing compared to that thrifted item. Quality is just going down overall. Cashmere, in my budget is a super, super splurge and I'm always looking for a good bargain. Like your hair band today. Much appreciation for all you do for us. My cats also talk to me with their tails. They are so expressive. ❤❤❤
our savers in st. louis used to be so cool!! the first to have a halloween section. went there last week and saw a book for $7. 7 dollars?!?! it wasn't a huge or special book, either. bummer. i am on the lookout for quilting tools.
When I lived in Israel, I always visited the thrift stores. I found great buys, even finding a lovely suit to wear to my 3rd wedding. The clothes and items were sent to Israel from other American Jews. 😃
That would be similar to religious charities so that makes sense. I'd love to see the suits you found for your third wedding I bet it's gorgeous and very high quality😊
@@LadyBug1967 I found a beige skirt and jacket that was lined. The outer appearance of the suit was similar to silk. I had it dry cleaned and slightly altered and it was beautiful. I matched it with a lacy, black camisole. Sadly, the marriage ended in divorce in 2023.
I'm not into past lives, but I find it amusing and I think Audie was human in his past life and your past might have crossed in past 😂😂😂😂 just food for though ❤
Great chat as per usual Sue.😊 As a lifelong thrifter I am increasingly turned off the business-ification of charity - if the clothing in these stores are donated, making profit becomes distasteful when it's private prifit and not for those in need...
Hey Sue. My daughter and I had a disagreement about what each of us thought about the reselling of items from thrift stores. She did not see my point at all, she said it's their money, they bought it, they can do what they want to with it. Yes she does have a point, but this is how I look at it. Thrift stores to me had always been a place where peaple that can't afford to shop at regular retail stores could maybe find something decent for their home or clothes for themselves or mybe kids. If resalers buy up all the things that are decent, then what is left for the ones that really need the things. I remember back in the 90's when my daughter and I was first starting out on our own. We didn't really have to much for our home and I didn't have a lot of money, I was unemployeed at the time. We went to a huge garage sell they have at the beach once a year. We were able to find most of what we needed for the house at low prices. I would hate to see how it would be if we had to do that now.
Donated stock, volunteer labour, discounted rent - not a bad business model. In the UK my beef is with books; most charity shops can't be bothered to rotate their stock and have a deal with World of Books to collect donated books to sell on ebay, Amazon etc. I'm sure WoB make a donation but many people use charity shops to cheaply buy reading material especially as libraries are closing faster than banks. It seems to be the closer the charity shop is located to the cause the more ethical the model. The hospice shops I visit still pass the sniff test but how long before a 'national' takes them over?
Got up early this morning to get my bath and all dolled up with my tiara on to watch trooping the colour. I was keen to see Princess Catherine after worrying about her for so long. She looked absolutely beautiful. She looked very healthy despite going through chemo. I hope she continues to do well with her treatment, and comes through the other side. Love and prayers❤ and prayers 🙏 to everyone going through cancer treatment.
I tired to wake up early, then I fell right back asleep. 😵💫
Same here. 😊💛
🎉🎉🎉 It was great to see Princess Catherine at Trooping of the Color. Much love to Audie. ❤❤❤
We have a charity shop in my town. It was started in the late 90s by the local catholic church. It was manned my volunteers only. I used to be able to get some of the best deals ever there. Over the years, they began providing help to locals. Food bank, medical help, transportation, utility help, fire wood and so on. So the thrift store slowly became a "business". No more good deal and everything that is decent is sold on eBay. Professional managers run the place now and I rarely find anything there anymore. I wanted a small round end table for beside my recliner. I found one and they wanted $150 for it. Years ago it would have been $15 or so. So I rarely go there anymore. We used to also have several "antique" shops that were so great to go in and get lost digging around the different rooms full of treasures. Most of them have closed up as well. It is sad as I used to get a lot of enjoyment out of thrifting things for my home. Most items in my home have a story and I love that.
Exactly the very same happened here.
Hi Sue all media channels went mad for this year's trooping of the colour, possibly because Catherine made her first official appearance this year. She looked beautiful but she has lost weight. I pray she is back to full good health within the not too distant future
We had a Goodwill go in right next to an actual Church run charity shop.
Goodwill undercut the charity shop just enough that it affected business and the charity shop went under.
Once the shop was gone, Goodwill started slowing raising it's prices.
Now "Goodwill" has the gall to ask shoppers if they want to round up their bill at checkout, supposedly to "help their mission".
The cashier thought I was joking when I suggested that staff approach the CEO, who has one hella pay package and get him to donate.
It would be a better look than the one they are getting by currently nickel and dimeing people who are already having economic difficulties.
Judy Vanderploeg
I donated a raft of silk tops to Goodwill post surgery when it left me with one arm paralyzed and I could no longer wear them. I couldn't put them on by myself and silk...thought I'd give back too since I'd shopped at thrift stores for my family for years when I was a struggling single parent.
The friend that drove me there went inside with me to look for some tops I could get on by myself and the tops I'd just donated were already being priced and put out to sell. Shocking to me to see were prices higher than I'd paid for them brand new! Equally as shocking were the prices on any clothing. She took me to WalMart where we found all cotton men's t-shirts for $4 each, much less than the prices at the Goodwill.
Good morning Sue and Lord Audie of course he does he's a cat and a beautiful cat at that.Just watched trooping the colors so I've been up for 3 hours.Wonderful to see Katherine the Princess of Wales she looks lovely.Havr a great day.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Catherine
Goodwill did 5.5 billion in sales last year, remember it's all donate items. They pay their regional CEOs 600 to 900 thousand a year. For better antiques, jewelry and other better items they have an auction sight! Thrifting has become BIG BUSINESS.
Go to St. Vincent de Paul.
In my area the new items that Goodwill sells are higher priced than Walmart.
@@lindaanderson4990 the Goodwill near me had a bunch of USPostal boxes(which are free at the post office) for $10.99!
My entire family used to love going and thrifting together. I have gotten a few real great finds over the years. Now, in my area, the prices at thrift stores are much too high. I used to see people with carts piled high, now not so much.
Yes, here in the UK the charity shops can be more expensive than many shops so fewer sales. In my town there used to be a big thrift market and my Dad loved it. It’s gone now sadly.
40 years ago when I stopped work to look after my babies, l was very grateful for charity shops to clothe myself and the children. Although I no longer have such a pressing need my occasional visits don't seem to yield such treasures. The reason I needed to buy myself clothes, was because the smart clothes I had, weren't suitable for crawling around on the floor after toddlers.
I business dressed myself for 30 years through beautiful thrift shop clothing as I had to work with 3 daughters. They grew up thrifting with me and still do today.
Our Sally Ann Thift Store closed down. It was a sad day. I now support our local animal shelter Thift store instead.
Hi Sue, your hair band is so cute.
I worked for Goodwill from 2016 to 2020. It was the worst job I've ever had to take and stay at. Toxic, even. The best thing about the job was being the person who went through all the donations, sorted, cleaned, and priced all the doo dads that weren't clothing. I know antiques and I know vintage and the excitement of finding old treasures that were valuable to me (not everyone gets excited over a vintage diaper pail like I do) was what kept me going. Goodwill wouldn't allow us to buy anything we'd priced ourselves, nor were we allowed to buy anything unless we were off the clock and the item had been on the sales floor for an hour. There were cameras everywhere, and we were watched on a feed by corporate as well as our own store management team. So at least they had changed their policy of allowing their employees to have the pick of the donations by then. I still managed to buy some one of a kind (to me at least) items like an old steamer trunk, a cedar chest from the 30s and an antique chamber pot from the 1800s. That being said, I can tell you that by the time I left, Corporate had us looking for antique and vintage labels and manufacturers, and setting them aside to be up sold at their 'Boutique' store at headquarters. But they were also raising their prices on popular items like jeans and baby clothes. $10 for a pair of really worn hard blue jeans. I don't shop there anymore and I don't donate there either. I shop at Catholic Charities like St. Vincent De Paul. They do business like Goodwill used to, only they don't lie about selling rejected clothing overseas or hiring people with learning disabilities etc (Goodwill pays those people below minimum wage to do very menial dirty work only), and they don't pretend to wash the clothing like Goodwill does. They have a section up front by the registers where you can take for free, cans of food and day old bread. For FREE. I highly recommend shopping there. Scarves are only .99cents. When I left Goodwill their scarves were $1.99. Since they raise their prices every year, I'd bet those scarves are going for $2.99 now.
I’m sorry your experience was negative. Goodwill services have been invaluable to me over the years and what Goodwill offered me was not available from other sources. Do they have questionable practices, yes, but there is some good too. IMO
Sarah, thanks for that information and I agree with you completely. I've always liked Saint Vincent de Paul and now I understand why. IT was just a different feeling and I lived in Portland Oregon and I just adored that store. I used to find scarves for a quarter they were silk. THEY were very tiny . THEY were the type that you just put at your throat and tie a knot. Soon I will have an online store and start selling some of the stuff that I don't wear which is a lot.
@@LadyBug1967 Good luck in your online retailing! People will buy your clothing. I've bought vintage sweaters off of Etsy.
@@SarahGreen523 Yes, the only thing holding me back is I don't even know how to do PayPal and I have to figure out how to manage the financial aspect of it and I don't want any returns. I don't know if eBay will even allow that. I really wish there were a course in how to sell on eBay. I remember decades ago when it was brand new people were giving courses informally-- although charging😊-- for how to sell on eBay. But now the people that do sell, all seem to know how because they're younger than me and very savvy. I'm very tech ignorant and I'm even not familiar with PayPal although I was told there is Apple pay and Google pay & there's lots of PAYS and they're all the same but I have to figure that one out. Also the last time, I knew someone who sold on eBay was probably 6 years ago and she did a very good trade and told me that as long as you make less than $40,000 off eBay, you would not owe taxes on it. I do not know if that's still the case. SO that is something very important I have to figure out. I thank you though for your encouragement.
I'm British, charity shops here also do something called Gift Aid, so 25%, tax ( if you pay tax) can be taken back from Inland revenue in one's name and paid to the charity. Bad thing here , though, CEO' s of the charities paid far too much imo and a lot of people feel the same.
Same here with the overpaid upper level management. IMO
I went to a thrift store Thursday and found a cereal bowl from Dollar Tree (I have the same bowl and paid $1.00). Well the thrift store wanted $3.00. I just left.
Oh I have a similar story! I’d totally forgotten until now. I saw an empty (and washed) Yoplait yogurt jar at a local thrift store amongst the other glasses.., at first I thought it was just a mistake until I saw it actually had a sticker on it, priced the same as the other glasses. Couldn’t believe it. I don’t know why whoever sorted the donations actually put that out on a shelf.
Missionary compassion church... the one i attend has a 24/7 rotate around the back of church to drop off and people come in to pick up and shop it for free. 500 cars a day on lot in and out. Some hang out for a couple of hours and people will just hand you a new pair of shoes or a radio etc from their car. Im so blessed to have this secret place which i cannot advertise 😘
Hi Audie! Hi Sue! From your friends Unni and Carol in N.H. Sue, You are 100% correct. Thrifting no longer is what it used to be and I think it's such a shame!
My aunt has taken me to a few thrift stores, and I found the different objects from different periods to be interesting. Everything had a story behind it.
The Duchess of Edinburgh wore Yellow. Yellow for Catherine?❤
When I saw the CZcams video that showed an on duty cop asking at a nearby Goodwill for a pair of shoes for a cold homeless person…they refused and made him BUY THEM - I will NEVER donate to them again. 🤬🤬🤬
My daughter told me about that video, they should be ashamed of themselves.😡 My sister-in-law used to work at a day old bread store and sail a homeless man came in and ask if he could get a loaf of bread because he was hungry. She gave the man the bread and after he left her boss told her if she ever did that again she would be fired. She was told that if they give it to one person then there would be more coming to ask for some.
@@patriciamedlin8638oh my goodness that’s so bad 😢.
My daughter works in aged care. Lots of the elderly don't have enough pyjamas for winter or some none at all. She went to an op shop and found a few pyjamas for $3 she explained who they were for and asked the lady if she could buy them for $2 a piece (from her own pocket) NOPE would not budge on the price
I am so sad our local thrift stores have gone so far downhill. When I started 5 years ago, my favorite charity store (you could tell , it did not charge tax, all proceeds went to charity) was well run, and had beautiful items almost every week, lovely, high quality clothes could occasionally be found, I loved it. Now, it is like walking into a rats nest. I won't even go near it, I am not comfortable there anymore.
In my village, in the UK, we have a cabin at our community centre with 2nd hand clothes, handbags, books, videos, toys and CDs and occasionally bits of food. It's great, I take clothes I no longer want and occasionally replace them with something someone else took. It's totally free👍!!
The thrift stores where I live, goodwill, value village ect. Are selling many items at the same price and in a few instances even more then what can be bought new.
I have given up on thrift stores. I just give things to neighbors or friends of neighbors. I do not give to Goodwill or Salvation Army. We also give clothing to charities for migrant workers and/or veterans in our area. We also have a great home for battered women and children that we trust.
I do however also find it interesting to go to garage sales. We have great street sales where an entire street has garage sales. It makes for a great morning out for me and my sisters.
I always research where my donation ends up. I usually send mine to veteran orgaizations.
We've got thrift stores in my neck of the woods that are so spendy you could buy cheaper at Walmart and get better quality. Many of the items are threadbare, but they are sold by churches.
Oh bless I live in the uk l watched it on tv, the heavens opened up and thunder and lightening, but pleased the fly past was able to go ahead, and the sun shone, and a bit windy. Great to see Catherine looking lovely as well as all the royal family. X
I agree with many of the comments below. Here in Australia ‘Op Shops’ - opportunity charity shops- now think they are Antique Shops and charge accordingly. I have seen well over a 100% increase in prices in the last year. It’s gouging at the purse of the poor.
Same in NZ
Same in Canada 🇨🇦
Greetings, Goodwill is not a charity
But it does create opportunities for disabled people and funds programs to help people remain in the community.
@@erineddy7999 how? Please tell?
AND BECAME waaaaaay toooooo EXPENSIIVE, AS MANY OTHER ''thrift" STORES!!!people DONATE and they just sculp ... many prices are HIGHER than regular stores
I agree! You can buy brand new tee shirts, from Kohl's and Target, cheaper than from Goodwill!
Couple comments about Goodwill… disclaimer; I don’t know everything.
1. It creates job opportunities for folks who would otherwise have trouble finding work - and it’s not just the stores. The guys who clean our work building are from Goodwill.
2. Regarding the price of a t-shirt being the same at Target as it is at Goodwill, consider other factors such as quality, styles, and the environment. My sister loves getting vintage clothing at thrift shops in styles she can’t find new. The bonus is giving the clothes a second life and keeping them out of a landfill… personally, I’d prefer that to a cheap made in china shirt, which perpetuates the disposable clothing cycle. Also maybe consider sales - it’s been a while since I shopped at Goodwill but they used to deeply discount thing the longer they’d been there, something like everything with a certain color tag would only be $1, or sometimes everything you could fit in a bag for $5. Not sure if they still do that.
I used to LOVE thrifting, estate sales, charity shops & gttg good prices! I am on disability & it helped me AND the charities when I purchased items that I could resell for a little profit! Now I find that unless there is an error by those tagging/pricing the items, especially in charity shops , I can usually find it cheaper in EBay! I am so disappointed because I felt both the Thrift stores/charities & I could supplement our causes,( mine my household income). I have even seen items in places like the Hospice Thrift Stores find the highest asking price listings for an item & print the listings off & attach to that item. Imagine my surprise when I went to EBay only to find 10+ similar items much lower! I rarely can supplement my disability income now with reselling and not only did the small amount I made help with expenses but gave me such happiness in a at times painful, sheltered existence days normally 😥!
Good morning, Sue!
I was never a big thrift shopper for clothing. I like to buy used books, mostly. When my daughter was younger, she enjoyed thrift shopping, especially when grunge was still a style. Now it isn't worth her time because there isn't much worth buying, thanks to the huge trend of resellers. They also go to stores like TJ Maxx, doing live streams, while their viewers claim items that are later mailed to them. It's a big business right now & people who are good at it can make lots of money. That's why some stores have such a sad inventory! There aren't any rules against it because the store is getting sales, so they don't care.
She still occasionally goes but says the prices are so high, it's not really worth the trip.
It's hard to imagine that thrift stores have such high prices that the people who really need to shop there can't afford it!
I never go to yard sales because I should have my own!!
I still miss the posts shopping with CLL. What a dynamic duo.
I miss them too!! I still watch the old ones lol 😊
Sue, I just love your channel and Audie is such a special cat❤.
Yhe same thing is happening in New Zealand re the thrift stores . They are forgetting who their clients are , they are forgetting all goods are donated . I do understand that they are fund raising but they are also there for those on low income.
Sue You are interesting ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊 🐈 😅Audie is entertaining to Me ❤❤❤😅😅😅😮😮😮
Some churches tend to have nice "thrift shops" attatched to them! Nice assortment of goods! At least in my experiences!❤😊 The Mennonites have nice thrift stores, a great one is in Mount Joy in your state! A channel " Homestead Tessie" frequents it all the time.😊
When I was growing up we had “Bargain Stores”. They had true expensive clothing for great prices. My mother had a suit exactly like the one that Jackie Kennedy wore. My parents dressed up for cocktail parties and my mom went to the bargain stores. Now we have Marshall’s, Ross, etc. but most of their clothing is made for them by the fashion houses. My mother was an excellent seamstress. She made wedding dresses, suits, coats. I wish I had my custom Barbie clothing that matched my dresses, school uniform, dance costume, whatever. She is 91 and has arthritis and hasn’t sewed in many years. She could tell by feel if a fabric was nice, same with quality buttons. She lives with me now in Texas.
We have Car Boot Sales in the UK which began with people selling what they could fit into the boot of their car with things they no longer wanted. Now there are all kinds of stalls, some possibly fell off the back of a lorry!
Sue, u r so self reflective. Is that a word? In all eventsl, you Sue r a national treasure🌹👏🕊️
In the UK we had church jumble sales before we had charity shops and car boot sales, I loved them
Sue i totally agree about the pricing at thrift shops. I miss the days of good used items at a very fair price. I also very much miss the days of you thrifting with Jocelyn. Sometimes in life things change for the best and sometimes not so much ... I'll go with the latter on this one. Thanks for another great video and you have a terrific day as well 😊
Apologies in advance for writing a book here
Such a great video for me today! This whole resale racket, yes I said it, has been extremely frustrating me. Between the stores like Savers and also the charity stores such as St Vincent. Here are my biggest annoyances:
Cost going up in food, retail, etc. because of the transportation costs and overhead. Ok but why are costs going up at St Vinney’s , Salvation Army and the likes? They get the stuff donated,dropped off to them, and a lot of volunteer help. Why the sudden over the top price hikes?
About the surge in online designer fashion and accessories resale..As pointed out to me along time ago by a police officer friend a lot of that on line designer resale stuff-especially the stuff with tags is more than likely shoplifted. And that was before it was a huge thing.
Sorry for my rant..It’s just so frustrating to see what started out as a good cause for both buyer and reseller has turned into this.
As always XOXO to Audie
Your so right 👍
Oh no, is St. Vincent's bad too? We don't have a store near us, only donation bins, and we thought they were still okay to donate to. 😕
@@norskawood Don’t think they are bad per se just greedy. Almost all charities have hiked up their prices because they lost a lot during lockdown. On one hand you can appreciate they are thinking of the people they help out. On the other hand they aren’t concerned about the people who struggle to make ends meet that need to shop with them in the first place. Guess we need to work out what we can condone when contributing. Not ideal!
@@norskawood You and Anne are absolutely on point about St Vincent. It definitely isn’t as bad as the others. It’s just the prices are a lot higher now and they look up what things are listed for on the internet so like you say the merchandise sometimes stays on the shelves and not the turnover. I’m not sure which is the best for business moving the merchandise or holding out for a bigger price. Don’t get me wrong I still love my thrifting. I’m not a reseller. The places I’ve been liking lately are: Garage Sales, Habitat for Humanity and I still really like Vinny’s. As in all cases some are ran better than others. 😊
Also there are knock offs that are being sold for name brand prices. We have an area in Houston that sells everything you can imagine. I took my girls a few times when they were in junior high to get “designer purses” for $20. Bad knockoffs, but they didn’t care. It was fun, until a friends husband who was with the government agency that hunts down people selling stolen and copies of luxury items told me not to go there.
Charity shops in the UK have pushed up their prices it's sometimes cheaper to go to Primark and definitely cheaper to buy from Temu
Always watch your videos, both schools and they are always interesting and wise.! Thanks and you enjoy yourself, nice to see and of course I love that cat !!
Yellow could also be for the Israeli hostages who are still kidnapped.
Yes I know that yellow is for soldiers missing in action that never have been found even going back as far as Vietnam and who knows maybe World War II. I didn't actually realize it was for people who are having cancer until I began watching this podcast. Yes it is also being used by the sinus state for zionists who are still in Gaza. I'm not quite sure where the use of yellow came for and what is truly kosher and what is being co-opted by another group. I'm just saying because I really don't know how these things work. When Sue kept saying she was wearing yellow I hadn't seen her for a while and I didn't know what she was talking about. Take care. In Texas yellow is associated with the yellow 🌹 of Texas and it means a good thing. So there you go😊
Hi Audie - my goodness his eyes are beautiful !💗
We had a cat that thumped his tail too !
All cats are Celebrities - we are their carers by permission.
Loving the "hairband" - its very attractive.
I do purchase from what we call in the UK as Charity Shops.
i.e. The Heart Foundation and Hospice Charities .
Bu we do have sort of independent Charity Shops which are funding the Homeless.
Looks almost like a Lady C band!
I was into those headbands before lady c but she's really made me realize it's very kosher. I found them basically in the children's section and they just fit my head and they were so cute and now I find them at the dollar store. I wanted to send some to Lady c but then I thought&- hers r so nice she wouldn't like these but then again, I'm pretty sure some of hers are from the dollar store . IF you lookel at them up close ,they would be just all pretend jewels etc SHE does say straight up that only tiaras should be real jewels and everything else can be fake. SO there u go. 😊
I'm from South Africa, thrifting is so different here. We have many people who live on the breadline, one never needs to worry about who to donate unwanted goods to. We do have our RSPCA ( animal shelters) who run thrift stores too, but those have also become less reasonable in the last few years. We have car boot markets where you can sometimes find treasures ...those are usually folk who are really needing some form of income. We have local community WhatsApp chat pages and ours is very good, people either give or sell unwanted things on that. Love hearing about your little town and Audie!
We've got church run charities in my neck of the woods. Most of the merchandise is threadbare or sweaters so stretched out they would fit a gorilla. I can get the same thing at Walmart cheaper and better quality. I don't know why the charities put the prices so high. 😮
Dear Sue, love your look today, cute hair and with your hairdo.
Late to the convo, but wanted to contribute. My local Goodwill has Dollar Tree items on the shelf MORE EXPRENSIVE than the brand new product at the Dollar Tree! Thriftimg is no longer a guaranteed way to save 😢
Hi Sue! I only thrift at a charity shop which supports animal rescue. I can sometimes find clothes and things. The other shops charge too much.
In the UK please check that 'charity' collection bags put through your door have really come from the charity. I get one with a photo of an air ambulance on it, on closer inspection it is from a commercial company that makes a very small donation to the charity 🇬🇧
Thought-provoking. For the most part, I avoid corporate thrift stores for shopping or donating. It has appeared to me that for some time, they are selling better quality items online & placing average items in their stores.
I donate goods to two independent religious thrift stores, a religious based, battered women's & children's center, and a wonderful foodbank that gives clothing to people in need. It took a while to discover these places, but I'm happy to help them because they do good work.
I used to love going to the thrift stores with my grandparents in the 70s : Goodwill, Salvation Army, Amvets, Purple Heart, Value Village - all good hunting back then. I still have some stuff we found back then, so I have gotten my money's worth! 😄
I recall the first time I went to Value Village (🇨🇦) and noticed they were selling Royal Albert cup & saucers for $35+! I was sick - these are donated items!
Edit: this was approx 10 years ago.
My 20 year old son & I love to go to Mission Thrift Store. It is staffed entirely by church volunteers. The prices are excellent and we never know what gem we might find. Just today we found a vintage copy of Tale of Two Cities for $4 CDN.
When I was a kid my mom would take me to the Salvation Army or Goodwill (I don't remember which) As-is yard. It was place with "things" that had not been refurbished: old clothes, furniture, 1940s hats, 78 records, army clothes from WW1 & WW2, etc. It was a poor kid's Disneyland. 😃
Love your headband, Sue. I’ve rediscovered these and I just love them. Love your podcasts and the Audie moments. I have 3 feline ladies in fur coats who own us and we have now been trained to their exacting standards. 😻❤️😻
I love thrifting and antiquing. But, when I donate, the really good stuff goes to the charity shop that supports a local Christian school. The so-so stuff goes to Goodwill now because I don't like the trend they have taken. Everything else goes into the trash as that is what goodwill does with it anyway.
Cute headband Sue. Good topic.🩷😺😽🐈
Most Thrift stores have “volunteer workers.” Some paid/ some not because they get first pick of all the merchandise. It’s how they compensate for their time.
My mom volunteers for a Christian charity thrift store. The volunteers are responsible for pricing each others items for personal purchases. Name brand clothing & designers, art pieces, antique jewelry/furniture, etc. My hoarding mother gives everyone thrift store donated items. She gifted me an entire collection of a jewelry she “found.”
So if you want to sell for profit, you have to volunteer for it.
I worked as a paid charity shop manager, a big problem is that most of the (high paid) senior managers came from high street fashion retail and didn't understand the customers who shop in charity shops. The senior managers dictated minimum price lists based on what clothing sells for when it's new, not what the charity shoppers would realistically pay for it.
We live in a nice residential part of Toronto (north end far from the 'downtown') and my husband and I have actually found the very best 'bargains' at Yard Sales and also just walking the neighborhood and picking up 'discards'. We bought a gorgeous rosewood console type table at a Yard Sale for $30 and we found by the side of the road a discarded stone Urn (which was signed and numbered on the bottom) which we took home - it's beautiful. Last week, on a walk, my husband saw a discarded small and beautifully built small dresser - clean and like new. He came home got the car and went back and scooped it up. We won't take moldy or dirty items but we've gotten so many nice things over the years. This is Yard Sale season in our area so we will pick through those over the next few weeks. You never know...just ask the lucky buyers on the Antique Road Show!
The same in my neighborhood. At first I felt strange grabbing something up but I realized if I didn't do it fast it would be gone within minutes. THERE there was a really big round wooden table in very good shape as well as a long oblong table and both were made out of excellent wood and I knew I could only handle one so I took the oblong table. I do not have a car so I was dragging it for many many many many blocks and a young boy-- only maybe 8 years old but he looked like a 6-year-old he was so little &-he offered to help me which is very kind and very Christian of him. In Texas where I live I don't find any Christians-- I'll be quite honest-- except in church on Sunday but not when they're off of their duty! lol THIS little boy helped me carry this table-- @
a very long table out of solid wood --to my home, many many blocks from where it had been left on the side of the road. I went back moments later and the round table was gone. But that table would have been too heavy for him and me to ever have made it to my house. SO there you go😊
the regular folk that work at Goodwill are in need!!!
I don't think you were part of a problem: repairing and making an old item new is always good. Where people buy them is up to them. But I ser your point. I'd be less severe with myself, you are clearly a person that makes the world better. ❤
Love that head scarf , don’t we Audie ?
Love your hair scarf ornament. Cute style on you!
In Melbourne, Australia, Savers is associated with Diabetes Australia (Victoria). Huge range, better value than Salvos
In Canada, Value Village is associated with a diabetes charity.
I wonder if the Great Depression and WWII created spikes in thrift shops.
Poverty and inflation is reflected in the number of charity shops. IMO
@@erineddy7999 I know I'm more careful where I donate. Never Goodwill and the big ones but smaller that give free donations to real people in need. The prices keep going up even though it was all free and their staff are volunteers while the head of it makes so much it's no longer a charity.
We have one for pregnant women and young parents and another just for clothing for job interviews and business attire. These don't have salary workers or someone in the office getting paid to sit on their ass.
Give to Disabled Veterans.. DAV. They will pick up furniture, larger ants of clothing, etc. that definitely won’t fit into their collection bins.
Here in Southern Ontario We have francises called Value Village. They run on donations and are located in the bigger cities. Not cheap for donations, very sad as people are in need more than ever. Big business it has become.
Thrift stores have definitely changed and I remember a quarter century ago the prices in the thrift stores-- Goodwill Salvation Army-- were higher than the prices at Ross and so I switched to Ross. There I would go to the sell rack and see if anything caught my eye. Now Ross has gotten expensive and I'm very close to Walmart so I go there. BUT that has gotten expensive so I try to go to the sell rack there as well. Definitely it's not a paradise for shoppers on a budget for 50 people😢
Oops. No editing. Change for 50 people to for thrifty people😂 and change sell for sale!!
Good afternoon ❤everyone 👋
I get my scarfs at my favorite thrift store. Just like what this video is about.
Audi you are absolutely gorgeous.
About ten years ago you could buy very expensive designer items, very, very cheap in thrift shops over here. That’s over now, but regular clothes, dishes or whatever still is very cheap, like very good jeans for kids for a dollar.
This is why all those cute vintage ceramic salt and pepper shakers are like 60$ a set on ebay now. I'm hoping to just happen upon a set IRL one day. Wish me luck.
Sue, I’m a regular Just Chatting viewer but watched this episode. I agree with you that thrifting has changed! I no longer donate to Goodwill, nor buy there because their prices are the highest around. I switched to local charities, and more recently my hairdresser, who knows impoverished people in her church and will pass along clothing, purses, etc. When I buy, there’s a local thrift shop that doesn’t seem to mark things up. I recently wanted to replace some vintage Pyrex custard cups after my husband accidentally dropped 2 of them. (They shattered into smithereens!). I found some for $1 each, which I know is a bargain - and the profits are staying local. Good advice as always, Sue!
@ingridhendrickson851 this is the first episode I have watched and like you I’m a regular Just Chatting viewer. I went to the Thrift shops/Charity shops Ops shops in Australia 🇦🇺 when my kids were little. I got them sports equipment for a fraction of the price and if they decided they didn’t want to play cricket or go roller skating etc…then I hadn’t paid out much money. Over the years the prices have gone sky high which annoys me as the majority of the goods are donated!
Your scarf looks beautiful on your "short" hair 😀
You cat's name in Italian would be "Odi", I know it's not a great insight about life, but I thought it was "Audi" like the car brand until I saw it written. I have a similar cat, she's Morena, quite similar in character, and each time I see her I think of Audie and of you. My deep, life-changing revelation ends here, but I send you two a lot of love from the seaside ❤
Good afternoon Sue. I often change out buttons on my clothing. A great looking button can dramatically change the look of a garment. A few years ago I found a beautiful black cashmere sweater at a thrift store. I believe it was $10.00. Recent I purchased a cashmere sweater from an " up market" store, on sale of course, and the quality of the new sweater was so disappointing compared to that thrifted item. Quality is just going down overall. Cashmere, in my budget is a super, super splurge and I'm always looking for a good bargain. Like your hair band today. Much appreciation for all you do for us. My cats also talk to me with their tails. They are so expressive. ❤❤❤
There have been some instances over the past years where the charity stores and others have taken donated items and sold them and kept the funds.
Hi Sue and Audie😊
our savers in st. louis used to be so cool!! the first to have a halloween section. went there last week and saw a book for $7. 7 dollars?!?! it wasn't a huge or special book, either. bummer. i am on the lookout for quilting tools.
Hi there Sue and Sir Audie , I will go find some trooping of the colors footage 🎉
When I lived in Israel, I always visited the thrift stores. I found great buys, even finding a lovely suit to wear to my 3rd wedding. The clothes and items were sent to Israel from other American Jews. 😃
That would be similar to religious charities so that makes sense. I'd love to see the suits you found for your third wedding I bet it's gorgeous and very high quality😊
@@LadyBug1967 I found a beige skirt and jacket that was lined. The outer appearance of the suit was similar to silk. I had it dry cleaned and slightly altered and it was beautiful. I matched it with a lacy, black camisole. Sadly, the marriage ended in divorce in 2023.
I'm not into past lives, but I find it amusing and I think Audie was human in his past life and your past might have crossed in past 😂😂😂😂 just food for though ❤
Great chat as per usual Sue.😊
As a lifelong thrifter I am increasingly turned off the business-ification of charity - if the clothing in these stores are donated, making profit becomes distasteful when it's private prifit and not for those in need...
That scant had to bring attention to herself with her new batch of jam today.
The topic is thrift stores, not the Harkles. Can we have a Harkle-free conversation here?
Who just got a knighthood from the King? The CEO of Astrazenica. Shame.
Wow, Audi is huge!
Princess Catherine looked beautiful today, but so thin.
Hey Sue. My daughter and I had a disagreement about what each of us thought about the reselling of items from thrift stores. She did not see my point at all, she said it's their money, they bought it, they can do what they want to with it. Yes she does have a point, but this is how I look at it. Thrift stores to me had always been a place where peaple that can't afford to shop at regular retail stores could maybe find something decent for their home or clothes for themselves or mybe kids. If resalers buy up all the things that are decent, then what is left for the ones that really need the things. I remember back in the 90's when my daughter and I was first starting out on our own. We didn't really have to much for our home and I didn't have a lot of money, I was unemployeed at the time. We went to a huge garage sell they have at the beach once a year. We were able to find most of what we needed for the house at low prices. I would hate to see how it would be if we had to do that now.
Love the new hair!!
I love that Audie and I loved seeing Princess Catherine ❤
Morning!
Now that dollar stores are upping their prices, I wonder if yard sales will be a thing again???
Now my Hermes perfume named Twilly makes sense!
Donated stock, volunteer labour, discounted rent - not a bad business model. In the UK my beef is with books; most charity shops can't be bothered to rotate their stock and have a deal with World of Books to collect donated books to sell on ebay, Amazon etc. I'm sure WoB make a donation but many people use charity shops to cheaply buy reading material especially as libraries are closing faster than banks. It seems to be the closer the charity shop is located to the cause the more ethical the model. The hospice shops I visit still pass the sniff test but how long before a 'national' takes them over?
Def same here in UK prices have got silly x i would buy more if the prices were not so high x Vinted and ebay are a better for bargains
Sue your hair looks beautiful today.
How do you put one of those scarfs as a headband on and tie the knot? It looks lovely