Comments on: thrift town: get used http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/ bits and bobbins Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:37:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: laura http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-95611 laura Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:16:44 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-95611 this is so great! i wish there were places like that here in germany - we only have really small thrift stores here. ): the people also look very nice. this is so great! i wish there were places like that here in germany – we only have really small thrift stores here. ): the people also look very nice.

]]> By: danielle http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-94654 danielle Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:15:30 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-94654 there's a thrift town in salt lake, you can always come over here and get nostalgic. there’s a thrift town in salt lake, you can always come over here and get nostalgic.

]]> By: Raphaelle http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-94535 Raphaelle Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:08:05 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-94535 Great video! I don't know how I feel about their slogan "Get Used" but the idea is fabulous. I love rescuing things at the thrift/2nd hand store! Great video! I don’t know how I feel about their slogan “Get Used” but the idea is fabulous. I love rescuing things at the thrift/2nd hand store!

]]> By: anne b. http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-94534 anne b. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:50:39 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-94534 this is great, thanks for sharing! watching it makes me want to go thrifting again... he he he. I live in the centre of town in utrecht, the netherlands, and there is a few thrift stores very closeby - but unfortunately they have been jacking up their prices a lot over the last few years. that kinda takes the fun and the point out of thrifting for me. but sometimes you can still find good stuff there, last spring I found a beautiful coat that I've been wearing all winter now, heavy, protective wool, woven in warm colours brown and green, beautifully cut with a-symmetrical buttons and an a-symmetrical fur collar. I feel like a moviestar in it. it seems to be from the sixties or seventies, in scandinavia. 20 euros! anyway, I disgress - thrift town looks like an amazing store. this video summed up a lot of things I like about thrifting - knowing your money (and your stuff when you donate it) will go to a good cause, the treasure-hunt aspect of it, recycling, being less wasteful, finding something useful and beautiful in things that other people have discarded, and making the effort to see that usefulness and beauty, not having to spend a lot to get cool stuff, etc. one man said that thrifting wasn't about the allure of getting something new, but for me, it often is. that the thing I am getting has been around before I bought it doesn't make it any less 'new' to me. it is not like getting something from a shiny white boutique (I know the allure of that as well), but for me, a thrift store is a store like any other, it just works a little differently. this is great, thanks for sharing! watching it makes me want to go thrifting again… he he he. I live in the centre of town in utrecht, the netherlands, and there is a few thrift stores very closeby – but unfortunately they have been jacking up their prices a lot over the last few years. that kinda takes the fun and the point out of thrifting for me. but sometimes you can still find good stuff there, last spring I found a beautiful coat that I’ve been wearing all winter now, heavy, protective wool, woven in warm colours brown and green, beautifully cut with a-symmetrical buttons and an a-symmetrical fur collar. I feel like a moviestar in it. it seems to be from the sixties or seventies, in scandinavia. 20 euros! anyway, I disgress – thrift town looks like an amazing store. this video summed up a lot of things I like about thrifting – knowing your money (and your stuff when you donate it) will go to a good cause, the treasure-hunt aspect of it, recycling, being less wasteful, finding something useful and beautiful in things that other people have discarded, and making the effort to see that usefulness and beauty, not having to spend a lot to get cool stuff, etc.
one man said that thrifting wasn’t about the allure of getting something new, but for me, it often is. that the thing I am getting has been around before I bought it doesn’t make it any less ‘new’ to me. it is not like getting something from a shiny white boutique (I know the allure of that as well), but for me, a thrift store is a store like any other, it just works a little differently.

]]> By: madam0wl http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-94519 madam0wl Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:11:42 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-94519 How fun! I might have to link to this at some point to help explain what I like about thrifting. How fun! I might have to link to this at some point to help explain what I like about thrifting.

]]> By: Thea http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-94497 Thea Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:38:44 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-94497 thrift town is possibly the best thrift store ever I've been going there since BEFORE i was born, I love that store and all the employees. I'm kinda a thrift town snob becuase that thrift store is just that good. I miss living in san fran and taking advantage of this store :( Also I got my entire polly pocket collection here dating back to the 1980's my mom get her vintage half doll collection here, and as well as vintage barbie things that I still have to this day. One thing that made me really happy about this video is that the first three employees you showed I KNOW THEM!! haha mary is such a sweet heart (the african american you showed) I've watched her get older and whenever I went there it made me so happy as a little kid to see her. If san fran wasn't so expensive I would seriously move back just to be closer to this store thrift town is possibly the best thrift store ever I’ve been going there since BEFORE i was born, I love that store and all the employees. I’m kinda a thrift town snob becuase that thrift store is just that good. I miss living in san fran and taking advantage of this store :(

Also I got my entire polly pocket collection here dating back to the 1980’s my mom get her vintage half doll collection here, and as well as vintage barbie things that I still have to this day. One thing that made me really happy about this video is that the first three employees you showed I KNOW THEM!! haha mary is such a sweet heart (the african american you showed) I’ve watched her get older and whenever I went there it made me so happy as a little kid to see her. If san fran wasn’t so expensive I would seriously move back just to be closer to this store

]]> By: alison http://bitsandbobbins.com/2010/02/28/thrift-town-get-used/comment-page-1/#comment-94496 alison Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:42:48 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/?p=1077#comment-94496 this is awesome. thrift town reminds me a lot of the thrift store in my hometown called 'shop'n'save / the thrift store' it was huge with lots of weird stuff and we would shop after school and everything was SOO CHEAP. a few years ago the shop 'n' save turned into a value village and the prices are higher and it's not as cool. this is awesome. thrift town reminds me a lot of the thrift store in my hometown called ’shop’n’save / the thrift store’ it was huge with lots of weird stuff and we would shop after school and everything was SOO CHEAP. a few years ago the shop ‘n’ save turned into a value village and the prices are higher and it’s not as cool.

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