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Jahooodie t1_iz01us9 wrote

Reply to comment by RosaKlebb in Your favorite thrift shop in Jersey City? by windowspathos

Last time I was there, the men's dress shirt bin summed it up for me- sizes with any sort of known label like Brooks Brothers were either very small or very big (or ripped/stained), meaning people are poaching the average sizes on the bell curve assumedly for resale. Anything fun & flashy is long gone (the Hawaiian Shirt bin had the most disappointingly tasteful color palette)

I pay a bit more going through ebay, but alot of the hobby/Gary V zombie resellers want to flip stuff quick. If you add something to your watch list you'll often get a 20-50% off special offer from the seller within a few days, those sorta trick to game the system. I don't like paying a premium, but setting up ebay alerts with keywords & sizes I guess makes finding exact hits for me better.

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RosaKlebb t1_iz1aisq wrote

Yeah it's just not the same and it's goofy as shit seeing very generic t shirts that are one use away from being threadbare still firmly 10-15 bucks.

I'm also with you Ebay, Mercari, Poshmark are pretty much where I've had the best of luck in recent while and it's infinitely easier to make deals when you see someone sitting with stuff for a long time and you can get it off their hands bundled into other stuff.

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