Thrift Shop Pickups

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by daxwills

First Print First Edition of Gone with the Wind will range in price from thousands to 10's of thousands with original dust jacket and signed. It's not the type of item someone buys on a whim because it's suddenly a hot topic. At least I wouldn't think it'd be. Maybe I'm totally off base here.

Well obviously lol. First editions are great to have but FIRST PRINTS are the golden goose! I didn’t know it was first print and signed yeh I wouldn’t sell that.

Also- if anyone is a book collector and you’re looking for a rare copy of a book or even a signed copy of a normal book- I’m a 10 minute walk to Powell’s Books in Portland. I’d be happy to pick up for you and mail to you.


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[daxwills]

Originally Posted by AlexHunter

Well obviously lol. First editions are great to have but FIRST PRINTS are the golden goose! I didn’t know it was first print and signed yeh I wouldn’t sell that.

Also- if anyone is a book collector and you’re looking for a rare copy of a book or even a signed copy of a normal book- I’m a 10 minute walk to Powell’s Books in Portland. I’d be happy to pick up for you and mail to you.


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You know on the other end I talked myself into why people are grabbing up blu ray and dvd's. Yeah there is a TON of them, but if it magically doesn't come back into print, one of the greatest films of all time... grab it while you can? I already own it but I'm seeing the appeal of grabbing the disk now even if I think it's jumping the gun so to speak.

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by daxwills

You know on the other end I talked myself into why people are grabbing up blu ray and dvd's. Yeah there is a TON of them, but if it magically doesn't come back into print, one of the greatest films of all time... grab it while you can? I already own it but I'm seeing the appeal of grabbing the disk now even if I think it's jumping the gun so to speak.

I still feel like in a year you’ll be seeing copies in thrift stores again


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[daxwills]

Originally Posted by AlexHunter

I still feel like in a year you’ll be seeing copies in thrift stores again


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Yeah it'll be a "thing", price goes up, "thing" abates they print more, price comes back down.

[patchgenie]

Originally Posted by daxwills

You know on the other end I talked myself into why people are grabbing up blu ray and dvd's. Yeah there is a TON of them, but if it magically doesn't come back into print, one of the greatest films of all time... grab it while you can? I already own it but I'm seeing the appeal of grabbing the disk now even if I think it's jumping the gun so to speak.

future copies could be edited to appease the offended, so these could hold value. i doubt it will pulled, but you never know. i need to go look for my copy somewhere.

[daxwills]

Originally Posted by patchgenie

future copies could be edited to appease the offended, so these could hold value. i doubt it will pulled, but you never know. i need to go look for my copy somewhere.

No offense intended but how would you edit slavery and the civil war out of gone with the wind? You'd have a hell of a shorter movie. It'd be like Titanic without the boat sinking part.

[shrevecity]

Opening. Cut to gable saying franlkly my darling i dont give a damn.. End credits

[daxwills]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Opening. Cut to gable saying franlkly my darling i dont give a damn.. End credits

It's "frankly my dear", I watch too many movies lol.

Also yeah, your edits would work.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by daxwills

It's "frankly my dear", I watch too many movies lol.

Also yeah, your edits would work.

Then again someone may take offense to that too.

[daxwills]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Then again someone may take offense to that too.

Well back when it was released the studio got a LOT of flack for using the word "damn" on screen. Imagine if they saw a Rob Zombie film lol.

[GOWIFB]

Gotta love free stuff. Showed up at a garage sale in the last 5 minutes not expecting them to have much left. They are putting everything on the lawn and say it is all free. Only find a couple small things but then they start to mention their card tables with folding legs are free as well. I end up getting two of these tables, one square and one rectangle (of course technically they are both rectangles ). This is exactly what I need as a shipping center. Right now I just try to make space on my counter or by my home work station to try to get packages ready to ship. I had been thinking about getting a folding table for that reason and I am really glad I passed on a new sealed one for $20 earlier in the day.

[Mack110]

Originally Posted by Wade Mulroy

Had a couple cool pick-ups this weekend while visiting my parents in Southern Illinois. Browsed around a local thrift shop Friday morning and got the following:

1993-94 John Stockton Finest Refractor
1996-97 John Stockton Bowman’s Best Cuts Refractor
1997-98 Karl Malone Bowman’s Best Preview Refractor

Each were purchased for $1 each and are all mint.

Found some random Canon BCI-21 sealed ink printer color & black cartridges for 25 cents a piece.

Finally, the coolest find was an old paperback book from 1942, titled “Mit Uns Im Osten” or translated “With Us In the East.”

It’s an all German Nazi produced book that chronicles the war and battles primarily in Russia during that time period. It’s about 100 pages long and has lots of very interesting photos nearly every page. It’s all in German, so I can’t read it, unfortunately. In the back, there is a huge folded map that charts each battle in Russia and descriptions in various cities. Have no idea the value, but I’m insanely interested in WWII memorabilia and I couldn’t help but pick this up.








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I'm 42 and never learned to read the old German writing, I can read a few words. Needs probably a 65 and older German or someone who is into that.

[callou2131]

Today found a Sony MXD-D3 Minidisc Recorder with the remote at goodwill. It was $10. They sell for around $200 if they work, so I went on ebay and ordered a recordable minidic for $3 so I can test it out.

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Opening. Cut to gable saying franlkly my darling i dont give a damn.. End credits

Better than the original


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[trask7]

Originally Posted by schultz24

Anyone familiar with older Power Rangers stuff think this is a good pick up? Just not sure how well it sells. Local antique store has this whole recycling tote of PR for $40 (might be able to get it for less but didn’t try to haggle). Should have took more pics since kind of hard to tell everything in there, but prob 10-15 loose figures, motorcycles and lots of other stuff. Looks like the sword alone could be $10-20. All marked Bandai 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, other years....here are some pics


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If you have time, I would sell them separate. It is more work but a better return.

[schultz24]

Originally Posted by trask7

If you have time, I would sell them separate. It is more work but a better return.

Thanks. I haven’t bought them yet. Was mainly wondering if anyone thought it was well worth my time. I just don’t have any experience with Powers Rangers, but it seems like there is a bunch in there.

[jedi500]

Had a pretty good weekend. Went to my first few estate sales since Coronavirus.

Picked up some 1980s GI Joe's

Mobile Command Center with about 16-18 figures - $100
Bin of random GI Joe parts and missile - $15
Lego 4558 Metro Liner with the box and the railways cars, not sure if it has all the pieces but the best ones seem to be there - $35 (Worth about 300-400 complete)

54 Franklin Library The Great Books including a Shakespeare Set, Plutarch, Canterbury tales, etc. ($275)
TI NSpire CX - $15
Saitek X52 Flight Control System - $15
Mario Kart DS - Free

A local housing development was having a free, just put what you don't want out in the yard day.

Got a Dyson DC44 Vacuum (Works)
2 Sirius TTR1 Radios
A few books to sell on Amazon

[GOWIFB]

Don't know what it is but I keep getting lucky with free stuff for the last month. I went to a rummage on Sunday morning so it wasnt even close to closing time. However when I show up the person said everything was free. Just said she needed it all gone. I picked up a board game that I think will sell for about $15-20 and a few other things that may or may not end up selling for like $5. So no big deal there. However I got a huge tub full of 2 sets of wire modular shelving. These run about $35 each on ebay and I really needed some to organize my house so was really glad to get those. However my biggest score was something I almost didn't grab. There was a bobble head but I thought it cant be worth much. I get home and see it was an extremely limited giveaway and none have sold in the last 90 days. Only other one listed is for over $200. Now of course that is just a listed price so they can ask anything, but I wonder if it is listed that high as the person has access to sold comps from before the last 90 days and knows it sells well since it is so limited. I will have to just wait and see how well it ends up doing but it could potentially be a nice surprise. I am lucky it was free as if it was even like $3 I wouldnt have bought it.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by GOWIFB

Don't know what it is but I keep getting lucky with free stuff for the last month. I went to a rummage on Sunday morning so it wasnt even close to closing time. However when I show up the person said everything was free. Just said she needed it all gone. I picked up a board game that I think will sell for about $15-20 and a few other things that may or may not end up selling for like $5. So no big deal there. However I got a huge tub full of 2 sets of wire modular shelving. These run about $35 each on ebay and I really needed some to organize my house so was really glad to get those. However my biggest score was something I almost didn't grab. There was a bobble head but I thought it cant be worth much. I get home and see it was an extremely limited giveaway and none have sold in the last 90 days. Only other one listed is for over $200. Now of course that is just a listed price so they can ask anything, but I wonder if it is listed that high as the person has access to sold comps from before the last 90 days and knows it sells well since it is so limited. I will have to just wait and see how well it ends up doing but it could potentially be a nice surprise. I am lucky it was free as if it was even like $3 I wouldnt have bought it.

If you have a store you can use terapeak to look beyond the 60 days or whatever of the bobblehead. You can also sometimes google it and find prices on other sites or even older sales. of it.

Why wait and see? That sounds like a good possible auction item if you cannot find anything on it. Those are items I love to find and list like that. I would not have hesitated to buy it at even 10 dollars. Of course I would have looked it up there.

I found 2 non-working Keurigs in a free box once. I took them pulled the reservoir off sold them on Ebay for 35.00 each The rest went to a local e-waste charity.

[nateyad]

Redskins stuff has been selling like hotcakes since the name change news. I've also been making a ton retail arbitraging from TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Burlington the last couple weeks. I avoided them when they reopened because I just didn't want to stand in line for hours to get in the door and to checkout. But I've spent around $500 on clothing, shoes, etc for around $2k net.

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by nateyad

Redskins stuff has been selling like hotcakes since the name change news. I've also been making a ton retail arbitraging from TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Burlington the last couple weeks. I avoided them when they reopened because I just didn't want to stand in line for hours to get in the door and to checkout. But I've spent around $500 on clothing, shoes, etc for around $2k net.

Congrats!


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[nateyad]

Originally Posted by AlexHunter

Congrats!


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Thanks. You guys and gals should definitely check them out, crocs are selling like crazy for me. Good luck out there!

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by nateyad

Thanks. You guys and gals should definitely check them out, crocs are selling like crazy for me. Good luck out there!

We literally ~just got lifted into phase one of reopening last week. I’m finding not having a vehicle very difficult for this type of work lol. It just takes so long using the bus and then I have to be mindful of big and/or heavy #@#@#@#@.

Why can’t I ever randomly come across a Car in the Bins xD


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[callou2131]

Not bad for a $15 investment. Garnett jersey had 1 tiny stain that I got right out.

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[callou2131]

I haven't seen much of an increase in Redskins items.

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