Goodwill Dilemma

I buy a lot of shirts and pants in the bargain bin or a thrift shops. It's definitely a good idea.

 

I think what you are doing is both taking a stand and being a smart consumer. It is also much more ecologically sound. Besides everybody knows that books are more important than clothing. You also might want to check out http://www.bookcrossing.com/home
A good place for book lovers and sharers.

 

cotton is a VERY polluting crop, the most actually(see:the cotton thread in the environment). its very easy to find cool stuff at a thrift store, so it makes no sense at all to support irresponsible retailers who rip you of your individuality.

 

My parents feel the same way about me shopping at second hand stores. I don't know what the problem is. Personally, I don't associate thrift stores with poor people, since most of the people I see in there look very well kept. Being a fashion design student, I buy lots of stuff there that i can rip up and shread and bleach and what not, and not feel guilty about it because of the low price.I've actually found some of my funkiest and coolest articles of clothing at Value Village, and not some upscale trendy store.

 

Another thing to point out is that the book selection at some thrift stores is surprisingly good! I got an entire series by my favorite author at the Goodwill, in hardback (one was missing the paper cover, but that's not what I got the book for!), for much much less than if I had gotten it at a book store--even a used one! Each one was $3.99, compared to $6 something at the used bookstore, and the new one... forget it!

~Nova

 

Ah, cheap books, didn't think about that
Peace & Love

 

dont forget about vynils! find super cheap ones at the good will and sometimes theres nothing wrong with them!!!

 

I shop at thrift stores sometimes, you can find a lot of really nice stuff there, but it takes more waiding through stuff I wouldn't wear. I'm kinda picky.

I don't like the whole thrift store sheik trend though. Those people who sit around and go shopping at thrift stores and drink 8 cups of coffee and talk about politics they clearly don't understand. *shudders*

 

Seeing the world for what it can be, instead of what it is is the only way to change it. Last month I happened to be in Goodwill when they were having a 50% off sale, I about doubled my wardrobe for 50 bucks!

 

Nice buy guy! Ive been thinking about hitting the thrift store. a lot of my shirts have developed a small hole in them in one place or another thanks to that shit drier weve got at home. so glad i do my laundry at work now.

 

my first pair of patchworks was from a thrify....i bartered for them with labor....it's cool, thrifties are my fave....and most of my friends too....what we dont make we thrift.

 

i just went to one the other day. i got so much stuff. its like a tresure hunt, and everythings cheap too!

 

What I'm wearing now:
Wool cardigan from goodwill
T-shirt from value village that says "earth day" - tie dyed in my chemistry class in high school
Down jacket of my dad's from the seventies
scarf I knitted with found yarn
pin found in my grandma's house
jeans from american eagle.

my mom found it exceedingly important that she buy me "real pants" before I left for college.

It's kind of the trend anyway to shop at thrift stores in my old town and with a lot of the kids here.

I don't really see any argument against it, but it is fun to get new clothes every now and then. Of course, I think it's great to wear something that used to be owned by someone else and imagine all the places it must of been and all the things that happened to someone else wearing that same piece of clothing.

 

We live in a society rich enough to throw away what it needs.