Thrift stores - is there a personal limit of what you’d buy?

[Anonymous]

I was at a Thrift store a few days ago. I saw two young women, approximately college aged. Their conversation:

Girl 1: Hey Nancy, do you mind holding the sheets, while I run to the car and get a little more money?

Girl 2: Gross… You’re not gonna buy you sheets, are you?

Girl 1: of course! They are great. Feel them.

Girl 2: no, get them away from me.

Girl 1: just hold them. I’ll be back in a sec.

Girl 2: please dont get them.


Which girl do you think was right?

[Anonymous]

I’d do it, just wash and dry on hot with a lot of bleach first. How is it any different than sleeping on hotel sheets?

[Anonymous]

Have you ever slept in a hotel? How many people do you think have slept on those sheets? I'd buy them and then wash them before I'd use them.

[Anonymous]

My limit would be underwear and bras, but I don't think thrift stores even sell those items.

[Anonymous]

I can't bring myself to buy ANYTHING in a thrift store. The only way I could wear something used is if it came from someone I knew, because then I'd know their cleanliness levels.

[Anonymous]

I only buy things I can wash (with the exception of undergarments and swim suits, don’t buy those either).

[Anonymous]

?

People buy these things, OP, which is why they’re on sale in thrift shops.

Not sure why you want to be dramatic about it.

I buy designer clothes on eBay and certain local consignment stores, and have furnished half my house with period pieces from Craigslist and estate sales.

[Anonymous]

I'd buy sheets at a thrift store. Wouldn't buy undergarments, swim suits, shoes, or hats though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:?

People buy these things, OP, which is why they’re on sale in thrift shops.

Not sure why you want to be dramatic about it.

I buy designer clothes on eBay and certain local consignment stores, and have furnished half my house with period pieces from Craigslist and estate sales.

I’m op and hardly dramatic. I’d have bought the sheets, too - had I seen them first!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:?

People buy these things, OP, which is why they’re on sale in thrift shops.

Not sure why you want to be dramatic about it.

I buy designer clothes on eBay and certain local consignment stores, and have furnished half my house with period pieces from Craigslist and estate sales.

I’m op and hardly dramatic. I’d have bought the sheets, too - had I seen them first!!

Dramatic in that you copied the exchange between the two customers like a scene in an act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't bring myself to buy ANYTHING in a thrift store. The only way I could wear something used is if it came from someone I knew, because then I'd know their cleanliness levels.

You do know that the clothes you buy in stores have often been tried on by multiple people, right? Except menswear. I used to work in a department store and the men's fitting rooms were almost never used...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My limit would be underwear and bras, but I don't think thrift stores even sell those items.

+1. I would not buy undergarments or swim wear. Pretty much anything else is up for grabs in my book!

[Anonymous]

I won't buy underwear, swimsuits, socks or shoes at a thrift store, just for general skiviness issues. Also no upholstered furniture or luggage due to the bedbug risk. But can't think of anything else that is an absolute no-go.

[Anonymous]

I have bought bras new with tag, for $2 each.

I will not buy anything st a thrift shop that isn’t in perfect condition. It doesn’t have to be brand new but there can’t be anything missing. For example I won’t buy a game with a piece mission my or a bathrobe missing the belt. No clothing with visible wear or any pilling or a sticky zipper or snaps that don’t snap. I will buy something with missing buttons.

[Anonymous]

No bras, underwear, t-shirts, or socks.

And no dolls because I saw in a movie that they could be demonically possessed.