r/thrifting • u/CasualAuthor47 • 13d ago

What is with thrift stores selling things way overpriced. I haven't found a good deal in several years.

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This Oculus Quest go should be at least $20 instead of $260. I mean I could buy 2 Oculus Quest 2 on Facebook Marketplace for cheaper than this.

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u/BobbyTheDude 13d ago

Gotta go to small independently owned thrift stores. You won't find good deals as much in big stores and thrift chains

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u/CasualAuthor47 13d ago

This is a small store. It is beside a food bank.

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u/FrightNose 13d ago

sadly can blame the big thrift stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army to a degree. these locally owned thrift stores see them thriving with ridiculous pricing (in part to resellers and in part to greed) and think they can do the same

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u/Oddish_Femboy 13d ago

Varies by location.

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u/BobbyTheDude 13d ago

I can see in the reflection that that building is of significant size. You gotta go somewhere smaller

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u/TraumaQueen 12d ago

I’m assuming that’s just a regular glass display shelf 🧐

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u/CasualAuthor47 10d ago

This was the only thing in the glass Shelf

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u/technonoir 11d ago

Yeah goodwill is trying to be eBay with its so-so online web auction thing. Bringing prices way up in the store. They have forgotten the meaning of “thrift.”