Scored some fancy kicks from Vietnam at the local thrift store.

Scored some fancy kicks from Vietnam at the local thrift store.
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Posted by: LateForLunch ^Ž

09/13/2023, 02:00:55

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My housemate (a Great White Shark of a shopper) likes to browse the lush grottos looking for the most delicious fish. One of the lagoons she swims is the local Goodwill second-hand store.

I have had success finding truly marvelous scores at thrift stores - years ago I found an elegant brand-spankin'-new pair of black Italian high heels in the size of a girl I was dating. She looked sensational in them and was thrilled - 'assumed I spent a fortune (I think they retailed for $200 - 'paid like $4.50). Eventually I told her where I got them, 'cause she was more into the shopping-skill than the fancy gift itself!!

So today while my housemate perused the aisles for a dress (she has lost a lot of weight and needed something to fit until we can get some of her magnificent wardrobe altered) I took inventory of the shoes. I found three pair, two casual and some walking/running shoes. I paid no attention to the brand of the casual shoes just the workmanship and comfort of the fit.

Curious, back at the ranch I checked out the shoes online (Cole Haan, Osborne Tan Oxford) online - discovered the new shoe I paid $25 for retailed for $125 BEFORE tax and shipping!! Turns out someone must have donated a new pair of Vietnamese top-of-the-line leather uppers to Goodwill so comfortable they feel like no shoe at all. Luxurious!!

That's just one pair. The other turned out to be from a French-Canadian maker (Aldo) that retail for about $100!! Paid $15.

Last, some respectable gel running shoes from Acis retail price $50.

Total out-of-pocket for all three pair was $45 w total value @ $300 plus!!

A good day's work!! A penny saved, as Benjamin Franklin said...

Many is the time I have grabbed delicious treats like that - a happy pilot fish gorging on scraps in the wake of Poseidon (my housemate) as she swims through the oceans, feasting.

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I've had my shares of thrift store finds. --- Ihavenoname ( 09/16/2023, 00:42:59 ) ( 422 bytes ) +1

Risky - did you isolate the machine physically from the rest of your network? --- LateForLunch ( 09/23/2023, 21:51:02 ) ( 437 bytes ) +1

Good point you brought up! The machine I got was running Linux, but I went ahead and wiped the data anyways. --- Ihavenoname ( 10/04/2023, 02:26:13 ) ( 221 bytes ) +1

Better safe than sorry, eh? --- LateForLunch ( 10/06/2023, 11:30:40 ) ( 56 bytes )

Good for you. When a friend from Chicago came to visit me, we went to the local Goodwill store and she purchased some Lulu Lemon, Burberry, and paid for her enttire trip with the proceeds on e-bay. My grandsons love to go "thrifting" and... --- DeeDee ( 09/13/2023, 14:22:28 ) ( 175 bytes ) +1

BTW, LEOs caught some robbers who raided Lululemon for more than $1 million... --- LateForLunch ( 09/13/2023, 19:59:35 ) ( 232 bytes ) +1

I heard nothing about them being sentenced. Interesting.... --- DeeDee ( 09/20/2023, 11:06:51 ) ( 2 bytes ) +1

Not even tried yet, but the sentence for grand larceny is about that. --- LateForLunch ( 09/22/2023, 19:59:07 ) ( 154 bytes )