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Just a few nifty finds at some thrift shops. deMilked is my source for this. (Right click to see pictures in full.)
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Let's start off with a little bit of a "high-class" find. Looking for a fun way to keep extra bathroom tissue in the bathroom? How about this quirky frog butler? Do you like how this thrift store find is being used?
Yes
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984 votes
No
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635 votes
Maybe
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492 votes
I have a table like that!
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89 votes
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Are you a cat parent? Are you concerned about shadowy entities reading your thoughts or controlling you? Well, do I have the product for you! One, unopened, new in the box, tin-foil hat for cats! Is this an ingenious idea or just a goofy gimmick?
Ingenious Idea
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194 votes
Goofy Gimmick
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1191 votes
Somewhere in-between
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301 votes
BWAHAHAHAHA
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514 votes
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Are you tired of searching for your favorite mug? Here we have a really handy solution. The octopus cup organizer is the perfect solution for those who could use some help organizing their cupboards. Putting aside how strange octopuses (Yes, that's the correct pluralization!) really are, would you use this in your kitchen?
Yes
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362 votes
No
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1394 votes
Maybe
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356 votes
I actually have one like this!
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88 votes
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Looking for a statement piece to accessorize your outfit-of-the-day? I'm not sure what KIND of a statement this toad handbag would make, but it's most certainly bound to get some attention! Would you buy this for yourself or for a special someone in your life?
Yes
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200 votes
No
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1601 votes
Maybe
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211 votes
Not Applicable
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188 votes
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Someone found a set of discarded Encyclopedia and turned it into this interesting floor lamp! What's the most unusual item you've ever bought at a thrift store or yard/garage sale?
none
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24 votes

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nothing
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n/a
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no
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14 votes

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Yes
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Unknown
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Nothing really
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maybe
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not applicable
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Nope
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A folding floor lamp , quite usefull.
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Frog Wall Clock
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I just don t shop there
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"The Storyteller" is a wonderful compilation of things with a book in its hand.
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1 votes

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Hko
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1 votes

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I bought a book Total Money Makeover life changing!
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Can't recall
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1 votes

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Is that a bookworm on top of the lamp?
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1 votes

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A multicolored Chinese Hat at an Estate sale. The man who died used to be a world traveler and brought it back from China.
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1 votes

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Space ship
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a weird mug
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A 0ne century old typewriter
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1 votes

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Too many to talk about
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I've never been to a thrift store or yard/garage sale
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I like this lamp
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NO Thanks,. We already got way to much stuff and come spring gonna clean house, shop and sheds and downsize. Might have a big yard/estate sale turn the cash into things we do need and want
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Very good
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So cool That is called recycling at zero cost
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I wish I had known of this lamp idea before I gave my set away for free.
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Nice
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1 votes

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unsure
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1 votes

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That makes me feel sad.
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1 votes

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i don't buy thrift store items because I am trying to purge stuff from my years of accumulating
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1 votes

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I don t do garage sale
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Mannequins
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Nothing, but this is a great idea for old encyclopedias!
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interesting.
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cannot recall
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1 votes

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I don't shop for things like this
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I don t see it yet
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1 votes

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I've never been to a garage sale, so I can't answer this question
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1 votes

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I do not like at stuff that I have no idea what it is
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1 votes

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A taxidermy of a half cat have baby deer with a plastic doll head
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1 votes

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I haven't seen any funky things in a thrift store, but should start looking as these are fun!
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1 votes

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1 votes

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i wouldnt waste money on useless items i buy antiques
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never bought anything
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1 votes

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that is a great idea - but it takes some talent that does not look easy
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Nothing special
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1 votes

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I BUY WITH TASTE
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erg
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1 votes

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red boots
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1 votes

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56 years ago when my husband and I got married, my Mom found the PERFECT wedding present at an estage sale (4 hand-blown crystal glasses) for $1.75 apiece.
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1 votes

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Doll
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1 votes

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A lamp
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1 votes

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a plant
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1 votes

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and old camera that some one made into a night light
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1 votes

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Nothing that original. I've gotten some good deals but nothing I remember as unique.
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1 votes

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Clothes I never wore
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1 votes

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1 votes

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Cool!
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1 votes

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There isn't anything.
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1 votes

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sea monkeys collection
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1 votes

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I can't think of anything.
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1 votes

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nothing it's all junk
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1 votes

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Not for me
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1 votes

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I found a really cool flying pig statue!!
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1 votes

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An o'f end table with a built-in lamp. I paid $20 USD for it at Blue Mountain.
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1 votes

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Enjoyable survey. I have repurposed several items instead of discarding them. For instance, I transformed lamp globes from old ceiling fans into candle holders. I also used them as legs to create a plant stand, with the gold top part serving as the plant holder.
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1 votes

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Nothing comes to mind
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1 votes

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My husband!
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1 votes

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This is awesome! I would buy that in a heart beat
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1 votes

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cup
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1 votes

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Magazines cheap that one sold for $400 and another $300 the rest were $50 to $20. We spent a weekend in St. Augustine with the money all expenses paid.
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1 votes

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Na. Something are great to look at. I tell my wife. Do we have to buy it?
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1 votes

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Love it!
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1 votes

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An interesting collapsing bowl
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1 votes

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not a thing
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1 votes

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miniature snail figurines
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1 votes

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I bought some rare Beatles collectibles for next to nothing.
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1 votes

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not a lot but some of them are really awesome
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1 votes

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nothing unusual
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1 votes

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Not appealing at all.
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1 votes

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Nothing that I can remember
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1 votes

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interesting
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1 votes

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Nothing really that I can recall!
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1 votes

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Dried purhana fish
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1 votes

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A stuffed Canada Goose.
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1 votes

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nothing like these!
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1 votes

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Funky computer desk
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1 votes

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an American Indian arrow head collection
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1 votes

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I never bought an usual item like this.
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1 votes

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so many I can't count ... but the best was a Moorcroft vase for 2.79
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1 votes

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I bought a lamp with a naked lady n it.
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1 votes

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Not Sure
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1 votes

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Very valuable gold coins, thought by the store to be fakes.
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1 votes

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Don't shop at thrift stores or do garage sales
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1 votes

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nothing unusual, just normal stuff
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1 votes

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A THINGAMAJIG DUEHICKEY
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1 votes

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Not a bad idea.
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1 votes

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bought a bag of money for a booby prize at easter it was real and $500 dollars shredded from the mint
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1 votes

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I found a framed limited addition Trisha Romance print at a yard sale for $1. It now is hung in a place of pride in my home.
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1 votes

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Nothin unusual
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1 votes

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I don't shop thrift stores, it is just some ones junk.
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1 votes

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some garagge salws are a real experience
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1 votes

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i am not a thrift store shopper
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1 votes

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Just bargains where ever I can find them in the thrift store
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1 votes

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Piano
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1 votes

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Nothing unusual. I'm such a bore
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1 votes

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Vinyl records. Some good, some bad. Some worth more than I payed
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1 votes

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That's cool!
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1 votes

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Dress made from vintage ties my friend bought with my approval.
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1 votes

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do not do garage sales sorry
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1 votes

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Love this!
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1 votes

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A spittoon that I use as a flower pot.
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1 votes

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CLASSY
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1 votes

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Fire hazard would never do this however it looks nifty.
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1 votes

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do not thrift store shop or do yard sales
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1 votes

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I can t think of anything special offhand.
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1 votes

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To many finds of English books in French Quebec too just name one!
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1 votes

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Haven't bought anything all that unusual.
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1 votes

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do not shop at thrift stores
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1 votes

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I love it
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1 votes

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I would not buy this
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1 votes

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I once bought a crystal goblet form a garage sale honoring Churchill as an honorary American citizen. I paid 25 cents for it and then found out it is worth almost one thousand dollars.
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1 votes

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A banker's lamp
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1 votes

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Actually, there are a number of things, most of which I would be embarrassed to bring up.
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1 votes

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a Mitutoyu micrometer
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1 votes

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Wish I had made a find as unique as these!
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1 votes

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nothing that interesting
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1 votes

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can't remember
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1 votes

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Old brass powder cases.
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1 votes

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ok
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1 votes

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Very cool
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1 votes

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I can't think of one at this time.
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1 votes

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An old lamp. I have sold many items in garage sales- bought a few
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1 votes

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A butterfly backpack
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1 votes

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I love it!!
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1 votes

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i can't really think of any unusual thing
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1 votes

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??
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1 votes

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Nothing unusual.
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1 votes

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I do not shop at thrift shops
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1 votes

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An LED light up pen
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1 votes

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? Lots
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1 votes

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Great idea using encyclopedias for a lamp
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1 votes

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don't like it
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1 votes

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Lots of stuff
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1 votes

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My wife bought an actual grocery store shopping cart that she displays her hats on top of and uses the rest as storage for seasonal items.
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1 votes

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I bought a few things at garage sales but nothing unusual.
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1 votes

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like
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1 votes

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I don t go to either
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1 votes

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Autumn Snowman
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1 votes

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Non
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1 votes

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Not sure, but I wouldn't waste books like that.
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1 votes

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A goat foot with a thermometer on it to hang on the wall.
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1 votes

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A handbag shaped like a sitting hen. Made of thick plastic, I was goaded into buying it by a friend I was shopping with. A fool and her money were soon parted.
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1 votes

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Used books that are garbage as the ink used in them is a health hazard, We are being told by the health department to throw them out, then to see some of them for sale in a thrift store.
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1 votes

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Antique taxidermy Pacific puffer fish
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