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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I too am a high income thrift store shopper. I dress rather simply, but when I go to those stores, I generally feel like I'm the richest person there. I feel a bit embarassed, as if I should be shopping elsewhere. But this thread is showing me that there are plenty of wealthy thrift store shoppers. They probably even dress down to look the part. 
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I'm having difficulty understanding the thrift store shopping when sales at department/mall stores are so good. Thrift stores in my area either have really threadbare/trendy out-of-date clothing or the good clothing they have is priced on-par with finding it on sale new at the store.  Buying designer there is such a risk, especially purses, as the knock-off rate is SO high.

I can see going to look for vintage pieces, but to simply get Ann Taylor clothing or designer jeans that Nordstrom's Rack carries for the same price or $10 new?  Makes no sense to me.

I do, however, understand the thrill of the hunt.

Bottom line is I'm understanding the importance of investment pieces as I age. Paying $250 for a 3K Carolina Herrera dress at Saks Off-Fifth will take me farther than an Ann Taylor thrift store purchase. When I decide to sell that, I will get close to - if not more - than 3K. Especially if I hold it long enough to make it considered vintage.[/quote]

I agree.  You can get much better deals on new clothes if you shop online with discount codes and use a cashback site like ebates.  I went to a few kids consignment shops after having my baby and the prices were higher than what I can find on sale for clothes.  [b]Maybe thrift stores are less but you truly can get great prices online[/b].[/quote]

Agreed.
With kids' clothes if you wait for sales and used promotions on top of that, you buy new items for less than you'd spend at a consignment shop and comparable to what you'd find in a thrift store.

PP who saves enough on clothes by going to Value Village to take the entire family on a rainforest vacation - just out of curiosity, how much would you have spent if you'd bought clothes for your son retail? Unless the kid has a new outfit for every day of the week I just don't see the math working![/quote]

[b]I think to some degree it's wrapped up in bragging rights, i.e. part of the granola crunchy, organic, 'look at me live below my means' that is so prevalent in this area.

Met with some old high-school friends of mine that had also relocated to this area. One of the women had adopted this lifestyle. She looked 20 years older than the rest of us, very sloppy, and the whole time lectured us on consumerism while insulting our husbands because they had not dedicated themselves to the poor  :roll: [/b]

It got old really fast.

I have no problem, as I said, with people doing this out of true need or the thrill of the hunt. But there are exceptional bargains in retail stores, so it's not really a savings per se. [/quote]

This.  I agree.  I actually tried this lifestyle for a few years.  It's actually exhausting keeping track of all of the tiny details of saving every little dime... and extremely time consuming.  I made my own detergent, made my own granola bars, etc, etc.  I saved a bit of money- but I was plain exhausted and had no time to take care of myself.  Now I try to find the happy medium.  Do I go into consignment stores -sure every once in awhile.  Do I do my own manicures- yes.  But I don't cut my own hair.  I don't buy used shoes.  And I stopped grating soap to make my own detergent.  [/quote]

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