#Thrift Store Horde

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Thrift Store Horde: Season 3, Episode 2

Adam, Kevin and Chris are back to share their recent thrift store and flea market finds which include vintage Jurassic Park posters, boxed Fisher-Price Adventure People toys, vintage Transformers, comics and more! Continue reading Thrift Store Horde: Season 3, Episode 2

[bisexualgerardway]

put myself and my People thru a lot when i was 14-15 but eternally grateful that in this phase of my life my physical media collecting and emo music enjoyment coincided bc now i have 3/4 mcr albums on CD

[dumpster-divers-unite]

There is so much more waste out there then your brain can imagine.

That’s a fact. There is SO MUCH waste out there just in clothing alone. After it’s been ‘consumed’, we think to donate it to give it another life. When that happens to literally millions of items, the chance of what was formally your stuff getting that well deserved second chance is diminished significantly.

I’m going to give you guys a tiny behind the scenes on a warehouse I’ve partially toured yesterday for a job. It was at a goodwill location with a bin style layout for second hand consumers. The crowd of people there were of all ages and backgrounds. The moment one of the workers put a fresh bin out, they swarmed it to pick through it like a horde of zombies.

The warehouse portion of the store was as huge as your mind could think of in terms of ‘large spaces’ but bigger. I had to follow one of the associates to the offices to interview, and I slowed to look at the literal HUNDREDS of gaylords stacked in 2’s in the middle of the storage space. Every single gaylord was stuffed with clothing. If you don’t know, a Gaylord is a really big foldable cardboard box that bulk stuff like produce get shipped in. It didn’t even hit me that all of them were packed to the brim with clothing until I rounded one of the corners to see the other side of the gaylord wall, were I saw the clothing bales. Visually, it was an assault to the eyes; there was so much to see but you couldn’t just stop to gawk at it all. As I walked through, I couldn’t help but to think of how much that all must have costed first hand. How much is a normal long sleeve t shirt, $25+? Multiply it by 10,000+ in every color of the rainbow, every mix, every match, every style, and without repeating your outfits. In long sleeve shirts alone, that’s a staggering $250k. Jeans and denims are popular right now and are flooding first hand brands and trickling their way to thrifts/second hands. According to my fast research online, both men’s and women’s brand new store brand are selling for upwards of $156 on average. Ask yourself, “how many pairs of jeans do I see at my favorite thrift stores? How many racks of jeans are available second hand right now?” and see if you can come up with a number. Sense denim jeans are so common, I could reasonably use the same 10k number for the estimated amount of jeans that are in that warehouse right now and say with some level of confidence that there are at least $1,560,000 in new/like new garments hidden beneath the rest of the unwanted clothing. The numbers, on all sides, were staggering and sickening to think about. If people took the time and effort to do so, I promise you they could have stacked all of the items (both folded and unfolded) to the ceiling.

Backing away now from those dizzying numbers; coming out from the warehouse portion and back to the bins, I was near breathless. ‘Breathtaking in a queasy way’ is my best way of conveying my experience with facing, head on, how much people are consuming and discarding. I can say with absolute confidence and certainty that everything you’re seeing and reading online about the waste/pollution problem in the clothing world is true. This is one of those issues that you can only really display online to get your point across sadly, and that might take away some of the reality of the problem. The rampant message to consume more and more of the clothing that these big brand stores are offering at every opportunity they have is one issue in a sea of many, but we can start to solve it ourselves. The power to do so is in our own hands sense this is a social issue that we have to tackle together. This isn’t an issue that a government can give an answer or a set of answers for.

I encourage you to take the deep dive into your wardrobe when you have time to pick out what you’re wearing and not. Ask yourself, “What makes me wear this? What makes this shirt worth keeping? What element of this style of garment do I like, and why do I like it? Why am I keeping this if I haven’t thought about or touched this item in the past 6 months to a year?” And see what your answers are. Separate your worn from your unworn and see what can reasonably be recycled or repurposed at home before it goes to the thrift.

Be passionate about preventing waste. Maybe one day, we won’t have to worry about the mountains of clothing and items stuck in warehouses and in dumps. For now, take it slow.

[squeakadeeks]

hello, here to pester you with a question >:3!

where do you get the money to make your cosplays?? i'm in the middle of crafting a bunch of stuff for a plant convention and gyatt damn everythings so pricey

:((

along with the storage ive been getting this one a bunch too haha

to tell true, this is no fault on your part so no frets here at all !!! BUT i'm not comfortable discussing my personal finances online. because on a wide scale, anything in regards to money gets incredibly niche to a person's circumstances and will make people get upset/can leave you vulnerable to a lot of bad things. My pay scale and spending habits are not something i'm hip to sharing online since its really private and opens a lot of dangerous doors. (also my spending habits are not exactly healthy or generalizable either.) I'm not saying this to like...dodge being a secret billionaire or anything, but even if i say "i work a STEM job" I've had people get weird about even just that information.

That being said, there are ways i make cosplay more affordable.

usually in-store fabric shopping at say joanns, is just about as expensive as it gets. if you have to shop only at joanns, michaels, etc the bill racks up fast. There are some in-store fabric shops that are cheaper, especially if they are wholesalers or general fabric warehouses, but those are not easy to find outside of cities most often. Joanns does have good coupons, and i can only shop at joanns these days if i have a coupon or there's a sale on that fabric type i'm interested in!

online wholesale fabric shops are a good way to find fabrics that are at lower prices, but then it does incur extra shipping costs. because of that i try to limit the number of orders I make (more orders, more extra shipping). this looks like grouping orders between projects, or even compromising on fabric types based on the stock of one website so i dont have to split an order between two sites.

sometimes you really do have to sacrifice material type. theres been a number of projects this year that i wanted to make out of a nicer type of fabric, even Thistle for example i considered making out of a dupioni, but it was just too dang expensive. dupioni would be around $25 a yard...vs poly suede which is $6. or even a cheaper satin at $3 a yard is a common sub i use as well. I also very frequently have to throw out entire cosplay ideas just based on cost since its just not feasible no matter how many compromises i make.

reduce the burden by extending your timeline. unfortunately theres no way around it, most projects i make are $200-300, and thats....fairly low in the grand scheme of things for crafting-focused cosplayers on mid sized projects. but either way, dropping all of that at once in one place is a huge blow to the wallet. but if you break up that whole $200 cost into say...$20 chunks from one week to the next, its softer. if you cant or dont want to reduce your budget, expanding your timeline is a good solution. now granted, that does cause a problem with the whole "less orders means less shipping costs" but the weighing of those two scenarios has to be done person to person/project to project.

STOCKING UP....when there are sales or other things, building a horde can be a great move. like silverbell didnt actually show up much on my finances this month because all the fabric i used on his suit was storage fabric. so it was ""free"" to me this month, because i already bought it.....3 years ago...and that money isnt real anymore haha.

this is really regional and depends on where you are, but thrift stores can have material sections that have good fabrics as well as sheets/blankets/base garments etc. ive been weirdly lucky with finding great fabrics at thrift stores...like literal joanns fabric for half the cost there, but thats super SUPER hit or miss and not something i rely on, but i do check that section whenever i'm there

[bestbeest]

I've been practicing making vests so that when Oaken comes home (and every dog after that) I don't have to spend $60 on a new one every 3 months. Unsurprisingly, the most expensive part of doing this when you have a massive horde of fabric in your basement is the hardware.

But today. I popped by my local Humane Society Thrift Store. And they were having a 50-cent sale on dog collars :-)

Anyway, nine collars provided me with the equivalent of $45 worth of hardware from joanns. Which is a little insane and makes me think Joanns is probably wildly overpricing this stuff, but since I wasn't going to buy it in bulk (I don't need that many vests), I feel really happy about spending a solid $5.

[silveme]

Depop resellers make me sooooo mad they horde all of the good stuff from the thrift stores and then they resell them for 5 times the price it makes me wanna screeeaaammm and I know I’m not gonna find SHIT in my local thrift stores cause I go to school in a fairly artsy area and all the depop tiktok they/thems take EVERYTHING. $200 for a vintage jacket? BE FR you bought that for $10 I know it

[bjfinn]

Thanks for tagging me!

1. middle names: Richard Neill (after my father)

2. age: 60

3. birthday: 5 November

4. zodiac sign: Scorpio (but Pisces figures overwhelmingly in my chart)

5. favourite colour: green

6. lucky number: none

7. pets: none

8. from: Montreal, Quebec

9. height: 165 cm (5'5¼")

10. shoe size: 10½EEEE

11. pairs of shoes: 3 (1 pair running shoes, 1 pair dress shoes, 1 pair winter boots)

12. last dream: being overrun by hordes of customers at work

13. talents: writing, singing (according to others, at least)

14. psychic ability: none

15. favourite song: impossible to choose

16. favourite movie: impossible to choose

17. ideal partner: not sure how to answer this one

18. children wanted: none

19. church wedding: no

20. religious: not at all

21. hospital visits: 3 (second-degree burn from hot soup, sprained ankle, kidney stone)

23. legal trouble: no

24. celebrity encounters: none

25. bathing preference: showers

26. current sock colour: none (I'm barefoot at the moment)

27. famous: no

28. favourite music genre: impossible to choose

29. want to be a big celebrity: no (maybe a mid-famous one?)

30. skinny dipping: no

31. number of pillows: 2

32. sleeping position: on my right side

33. typical breakfast: nothing

34. fired a gun: no

35. tried archery: yes

36. favourite clean word: don't know

37. favourite swear word: fuck or shite

38. sleep deprivation record: 3 days, I think

39. scars: 2

40. secret admirer: if I knew they wouldn't be secret, would they? 😁

41. good liar: no

42. good judge of character: I think so

43. other accents: yes -- Northern Irish (Belfast), Irish (Dublin), Scottish (Edinburgh), various English, Welsh (occasionally), Australian, generic southern US, generic Scandinavian, Parisian, Hispanic, Russian, Egyptian Arabic (learned by listening to Zahi Hawass, who was the Egyptian minister of antiquities iirc), generic West African, generic Caribbean, generic South Asian, Chinese (not claiming any degree of authenticity for most of them, though)

44. strong accent: moderate Northern Irish/Scottish hybrid

45. favourite accent: Scottish, I think

46. personality type: ESFP

47. most expensive piece of clothing: my Beetlejuice cosplay (cost me nearly $400 to make!) -- otherwise, an embroidered English Laundry shirt that I bought (never worn) at a thrift store for $12, the original price tag for $80 was still on it

48. tongue curling ability: yes

49. innie or outie: innie

50. handedness: right

51. arachnophobic: no

52. favourite food: impossible to choose

53. favourite foreign food: impossible to choose

54. clean or messy: messy

55. most used phrase: you know?

56. most used word: uh ...

57. length of time to get ready: depends on what I'm getting ready for

58. ego: not really

59. suck or bite lollipops: suck

60. talk to myself: all the time

61. sing to myself: all the time

62. good singer: I don't think I'm that good, but other people say that I am

63. biggest fear: dying alone and forgotten

64. gossip: no -- I have enough going on in my own life, thank you

65. best dramatic movie: impossible to choose

66. long or short hair: short

67. name all 50 states: I'm Canadian, so of course I can! 😁

68. favourite school subject: probably history

69. extrovert or introvert: extrovert

70. scuba diving: no

71. nervous about: not sure -- the global political climate? the environmental crisis?

72. scared of the dark: no

73. correcting others' mistakes: only if it's important (if a colleague makes a mistake at work, for example)

74. ticklish: yes

75. started a rumour: not to my knowledge

76. position of authority: no

77. underage drinking: yes -- when I was a toddler my da used to let me sip the foam from his beer (it was the 1960s, people! That was before seatbelts, age restrictions for tobacco, and lots of other stuff! 😁)

78. done drugs: yes (only marijuana)

79. first real crush: my best friend Nolan

80. piercings: none

81. R-rolling ability: yes

82. typing speed: don't know

83. running speed: you know the lil snail crossing the dash here on Tumblr? I think I could beat him in a race

84. hair colour: dark brown with a touch of grey

85. eye colour: hazel

86. allergies: pollen

87. journal: not very often

88. parents' occupations: they're dead now, but my father was a steelworker, and my mother worked as a cashier before I was born

89. like my age: it's okay, but I wish I was younger -- it goes so fast

90. gets angry about: entitled people, animal cruelty, child abuse

91. like my own name: it's okay -- I've gotten used to it

92. thought of baby names: only for my most recent fic

93. want a daughter or son: neither (see #18)

94. strengths: compassion, empathy, helpfulness

95. weaknesses: cute animals, good food, good music

96. how I got my name: my mother wanted to name me after my father, but he didn't want me to be called "Junior" all my life (thanks, Da! ☺️👍) -- so she chose Keith, thinking it was Irish (it's actually Scottish in origin, but it's common in Ireland, too)

97. royal ancestry: if you go back far enough, then probably

98. scars: already asked (see #39 lol)

99. bedspread colour: sort of a light burgundy, I guess?

100. room colour: forest green

No pressure tags: @hoodoo12 @alchemiccolored @leeeeeeeeech @stinkyhorsebitch @hesawifebeaterdanusethegun @pinkphonepillz and anyone else who has an afternoon to kill!

Get To Know Me Uncomfortably Well

PLEASE DON’T LET THIS FLOP AHHHH

1. What is you middle name? 2. How old are you? 3. When is your birthday? 4. What is your zodiac sign? 5. What is your favorite color? 6. What’s your lucky number? 7. Do you have any pets? 8. Where are you from? 9. How tall are you? 10. What shoe size are you? 11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 12. What was your last dream about? 13. What talents do you have? 14. Are you psychic in any way? 15. Favorite song? 16. Favorite movie? 17. Who would be your ideal partner? 18. Do you want children? 19. Do you want a church wedding? 20. Are you religious? 21. Have you ever been to the hospital? 22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? 23. Have you ever met any celebrities? 24. Baths or showers? 25. What color socks are you wearing? 26. Have you ever been famous? 27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? 28. What type of music do you like? 29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? 30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 31. What position do you usually sleep in? 32. How big is your house? 33. What do you typically have for breakfast? 34. Have you ever fired a gun? 35. Have you ever tried archery? 36. Favorite clean word? 37. Favorite swear word? 38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? 39. Do you have any scars? 40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? 41. Are you a good liar? 42. Are you a good judge of character? 43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? 44. Do you have a strong accent? 45. What is your favorite accent? 46. What is your personality type? 47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? 48. Can you curl your tongue? 49. Are you an innie or an outie? 50. Left or right handed? 51. Are you scared of spiders? 52. Favorite food? 53. Favorite foreign food? 54. Are you a clean or messy person? 55. Most used phrased? 56. Most used word? 57. How long does it take for you to get ready? 58. Do you have much of an ego? 59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? 60. Do you talk to yourself? 61. Do you sing to yourself? 62. Are you a good singer? 63. Biggest Fear? 64. Are you a gossip? 65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? 66. Do you like long or short hair? 67. Can you name all 50 states of America? 68. Favorite school subject? 69. Extrovert or Introvert? 70. Have you ever been scuba diving? 71. What makes you nervous? 72. Are you scared of the dark? 73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? 74. Are you ticklish? 75. Have you ever started a rumor? 76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? 77. Have you ever drank underage? 78. Have you ever done drugs? 79. Who was your first real crush? 80. How many piercings do you have? 81. Can you roll your Rs?“ 82. How fast can you type? 83. How fast can you run? 84. What color is your hair? 85. What color is your eyes? 86. What are you allergic to? 87. Do you keep a journal? 88. What do your parents do? 89. Do you like your age? 90. What makes you angry? 91. Do you like your own name? 92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? 93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? 94. What are you strengths? 95. What are your weaknesses? 96. How did you get your name? 97. Were your ancestors royalty? 98. Do you have any scars? 99. Color of your bedspread? 100. Color of your room?

[little-alouette]

today I took home so many books from thrift stores for so little money and I just feel like a little pirate with a treasure horde I practically stole away

[meet-me-in-the-kitchen]

I’d recommend IKEA (obvs) but also some thrift stores for things that speak to you. Try not to horde in case you’re thinking of a short lease and the landlord has big restrictions. Also, if you’re not planning on living at home for longer periods of time (because you have longer work hours and spend more time outside of home than inside), id invest in minimal furniture so you can save more. Also, look for organizers on Amazon or smth to save space and optimize room.

Thank you 💞🫶🏽

[dialnoisenow]

Alright that's enough. I cant keep buying small things from thrift stores and dollar trees with the intent to paint/mod them and not do it.

I'm getting close to horde level.

[alarajrogers]

OK, but:

Four months ago or so my partner and I went to the ReStore (Habitat for Humanity-run thrift store focusing on stuff for your house, ranging from furniture to doors) that's in a nearby suburb, rather than our usual practice of going to the one in the city we live in, and found that it had a lot more furniture and a lot fewer doors. Basically, more focused on decoration than renovation/repair. Which is fine. And I found an Effanbee doll there.

Effanbee 11 in and 18 in dolls during the 70's and 80's were a thing my mom and I both loved, and about 14 years ago I went on a kick for trying to buy all my old Effanbees because I'd lost the originals or ruined their clothes. I was successful. Now I don't buy hordes of Effanbees anymore. But there she was, for $10! How could I resist?

So every time we have gone to the suburban ReStore after that, I check their doll section, since they actually have one. it is absolutely absurd to imagine they'd have another Effanbee. The world is full of dolls that are not Effanbee. The likelihood is so low.

Last Friday they had another Effanbee.

So, you know, maybe a magic pie will appear again in that dog's magic pie bush. Who knows?

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Thrift Store Horde: Season 3, Episode 2

Adam and Kevin say farewell to their dearly departed co-host, Jason Gross. They did some thrifting in his honor and share their finds. Plus, the crew announce the newest member of the Horde, who will be joining to host in 2024. Adam reveals 80’s children’s books starring ALF, Rainbow Brite and more along with some fun VHS and a very cult Laserdisc. Kevin shows off some WWE NXT 2.0 trading cards…

[addrianastarflower]

📂 nobara

(i saw youre also into jjk) :D!

If Sukuna was able to just hang out like a normal person, they would be total nail besties. You cannot tell me that they both don't spend literally all of their money on expensive nails every other week.

Also, she loves to shop (as we know) but she isn't the richest, so I can totally see her going to thrift stores all the time and finding the Best stuff but also hordes nicknacks like no other.

[iamthecomet]

I’m glad you got dinner at a decent time :) I successfully discorded!! /and/ I ate a real meal!! I want to sew these patches onto my jacket but I also feel like I shouldn’t? Yknow when you have something nice and you feel like you should save it but there’s really no reason to? That thing. Today has been my happiest day in weeks :) -A

Ahh! Yay for successfully discording and eating a real meal! Proud of you. My dinner was basically just mozzarella sticks.

I'll make a real meal tonight. I totally get that feeling. Whenever I get something cool like that I'm always torn between wanting to USE it or keep it pristine--my biggest thing is stickers. I currently don't have a jacket I can sew patches on (I need to change that, I should plan a trip to the thrift store to try to hunt something down). But stickers? I horde them and keep them like they're my little dragon horde and I am afraid to use them on ANYTHING. (I did convince myself to stick a bunch on my water bottle and that felt like a huge victory). I'm so glad that you had such a good day. Any good/interesting plans for today?

[did-you-fall-for-a-shooting-star]

Update to this btw: He got fired for stealing from the store yesterday (mind you I work at a thrift store)

The count for game consoles alone that we know he took is:

2 Brand New PS5s

8 PS4s

Around 6 PS3s/PS2s

2 xbox 360s

1 xbox one

Also this idiot decided to brag to people about his theft habits. Which is how we know all this. And he told everyone about how he doesn’t sell any of it. He hordes it and apparently has a tiny path through his room. God I’m so excited to block him like everywhere now

I’ve asked reddit but im honestly more intrigued to hear tumblr’s answers. What are your guys’ suggestions for getting a dude who is also my coworker to leave me the fuck alone?

[littleladykae]

Found these lovely ladies at the local thrift store today!