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[quote=Anonymous][quote]+1 I used to volunteer at a charity thrift store and the thrift store model is actually built on people (mostly UMC in our area) donating stuff and then the same demographic coming in and spending on their neighbors' items and getting excited about the bargain. It all worked out because the money we generated went to really good causes. The charities we supported didn't need Wedgwood china or Lilly Pulitzer skirts, they needed cash which we were able to raise by selling those items to UMC shoppers.[/quote]

There's a difference between a Junior Leaguer type store located in a UMC area with lots of higher priced items and a thrift store located in a mixed or lower income area. The charity or junior league shop located in area that few low income people travel into carrying Lily Pulitzer and Wedgewood china is more of a business model to just raise funds for donation. Plus no self respecting poor person would be caught dead in Lily Pulitizer. Even though these items are priced super cheap from the perspective of the UMC shopper, they are usually still splurge prices to someone who is lower income.

In the thirst stores that do serve lower income customers I think it sucks when the UMC SUV pulls up and clears out all the nicer warm coats, designer jeans, good hoodies, popular teams t-shirts and jerseys and things that lower income customers -especially those with kids and teens would want but can't afford. [/quote]

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