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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still, buying chidlren used clothing from a thrift shop, that is for people on welfare and foodstamps.  I actually think if you are shopping for kids clothes at thrift shops and you are not truly poor, what you are doing is kind of morally wrong.  There are people who really need those items and you are buying it instead just to be "thrifty".  
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Wow - that is unbelievable.  Thrift stores are not like food stamps where you have to qualify with a certain lower income in order to participate.  The funds used for thrift store purchases help the community, the items purchased help the environment, and if I am able to afford any clothing I want but instead buy items for $1/each and instead am able to fully fund my kids' college education, they are in designer, well-maintained clothes, and I will ultimately be able to leave them tons of money when I die...which do you think is a wiser choice.  Oh wait - I don't really want YOUR opinion on it.  I want the opinion of someone who is more money-savvy.[/quote]

+1.

In fact, I actually am amazed at all you people and your priorities.  I buy name brand items from consignment sales and thrift stores for my children that are in good quality condition.  You would have a hard time telling them from a brand new version of the same thing.  And I pay $3-6 per item instead of $15-40 (yes, I saw some of the same items that I was buying used for $5 at Great Beginnings in Gaithersburg for $40) per item.  I personally question someone's priorities if they insist on buying new and spending hundreds of dollars more on clothing per child and then complain that they need financial aid to send their kids to school or that they can't afford camp or school trips or whatever.

I too am pretty happy that I can buy good quality clothes at less expensive prices and stock more away for my children's education and more important things than being snobbish about clothes.[/quote]

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