Submitted by windowspathos t3_zcl3ow in jerseycity
Looking for recommendations on places I can go to change my wardrobe and change my life, on a budget! Anywhere you’d suggest I go to get that Jersey City look?
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windowspathos OP t1_iyxoxma wrote
Better than nothing! Thank you !
64OunceCoffee t1_iyxwkyd wrote
C.H. Martin on Newark is always good for some nice cheap accessories or home goods. I have like 4 hats from there.
youcancallmejim t1_iyy3ove wrote
I guess you haven’t heard the news….
pixel_of_moral_decay t1_iyy8fz3 wrote
Yea. Pros buying up to resell on Amazon/eBay pretty much killed the last of it. The pros snap up anything of value before anyone else will get there. What’s left is mainly crap.
lizthelibrarian21 t1_iyyi3t6 wrote
If you can get up to Union City, you can try Unique on Kennedy and 32nd Street.
LiveTheLifeIShould t1_iyyl7fh wrote
Place can be a mad house and since COVID the prices suck. Also they got rid of the book section.
If you hit it right, the sales can be good. I've gotten some good stuff there.
lizthelibrarian21 t1_iyynhd5 wrote
Yeah, I have been to the one in Paterson more often. Sales used to be better when they had 50% off days. But that is the only thrift store I could think of in the area. I have gotten some great stuff there, but that is because I shop with a friend who is an expert thrifter.
RosaKlebb t1_iyynw66 wrote
A lot of conventionally good standbys throughout the state completely tanked in quality when they generally were reliable even in rise of this sort of madness.
I went to Udelco a little while back and good grief what a sad shell of itself and the firmness over essentially holding out for a pushover sucker rather than sensible more than fair haggling after having enough to work with was just was so incredibly lame.
Barely even that long ago I could stretch $100 there with an absolute haul and a half.
Brudesandwich t1_iyyoom5 wrote
Who's gonna tell him?
freddymac6 t1_iyyuwug wrote
Just checked google and see a review that the place burnt down 3 days ago. Is this true?
black_stallion78 t1_iyzhhdd wrote
I go to almost all of them and Value Village in Hawthorne. Paterson is the biggest store. Cheaper than Goodwill in any case.
Anonymous1985388 t1_iyzuvnw wrote
Buffalo Exchange at 114 W 26th Street New York, NY had some interesting clothing options.
Jahooodie t1_iz01us9 wrote
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.
pmax2 t1_iz0iguh wrote
Just googled it. Damn shame.
Nexus_Crawler_159 t1_iz0l1eq wrote
Another Mans Treasure on Montgomery St by the Grove St Station is great. They mostly have 60-70s type stuff. Decent price but a little pricier than like Salvation Army
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.
Humble-scorpio7205 t1_iz2ukzj wrote
Ugh honestly Idk if we have any. I mean I think there's one near city hall if I'm not mistaken.if you can travel a little there's one called unique and there's a salvation army up near north Bergen
LengthWeekly9385 t1_iz646uu wrote
Lastplacewinners on Monticello has cool thrift items also a ton of 1/1 upcycled vintage.
mad_dog_94 t1_iyx2hmh wrote
Good luck, there's not many left. There's a couple reseller and consignment shops like conshinement, zerokid, and the loop, but not many actual thrift stores. There are a couple salvation army locations