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re: What specific item(s) do you look for at Goodwill?
Posted on 9/26/25 at 7:44 pm to AUJACK
Posted on 9/26/25 at 7:44 pm to AUJACK
Cast iron I can restore, coolers in good shape.
If there is a kitchen gadget I think I might use, I'll look for that, try it out, keep it or return it and buy a new one if I think it is something I might use.
If there is a kitchen gadget I think I might use, I'll look for that, try it out, keep it or return it and buy a new one if I think it is something I might use.
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Posted on 9/26/25 at 7:47 pm to 4Bagger
quote:Magnets.
What specific item(s) do you look for at Goodwill?
She’ll know.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 7:52 pm to 4Bagger
Typically books.
I usually walk through the junk furniture. Rarely looking for an actual piece of furniture I want to keep. Instead, I look for real wood dirt cheap.
Last week I found a crappy red cedar coffee table someone had screwed together and lacquered all to hell. 10 buck for $100 plus worth of red cedar. Broke it apart, ran the boards through my planer, and built some shelves for my upstairs bathroom.
I usually walk through the junk furniture. Rarely looking for an actual piece of furniture I want to keep. Instead, I look for real wood dirt cheap.
Last week I found a crappy red cedar coffee table someone had screwed together and lacquered all to hell. 10 buck for $100 plus worth of red cedar. Broke it apart, ran the boards through my planer, and built some shelves for my upstairs bathroom.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 7:59 pm to 4Bagger
Cool drink glassware like pub glasses, pints etc.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:01 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Cast iron I can restore
There is gold in vintage cast iron. That is a good find.
Vintage fishing lures are also a good find for resale.
I haven't been to a thrift store in a while. It might be time to go looking.
A lot of the good stuff is from cleaning out homes of elderly parents who either have passed or need to go to assisted living. The stuff they accumulate is overwhelming to those who have to deal with it.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:12 pm to 4Bagger
I pick up a smoothie every day right next door to goodwills I always pass through with a cursory glance for any golf clubs, rare toys, and shoes with resale value.
I don’t come across much
I don’t come across much
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:12 pm to 4Bagger
Music CDs. Sometimes I find brand new unopened CDs. I found titles that were out of print that I couldn’t find anywhere else.
It’s a good idea to frequent one where there’s some money around with wealthy people donating.
Also, church thrift stores are good places to find CDs
It’s a good idea to frequent one where there’s some money around with wealthy people donating.
Also, church thrift stores are good places to find CDs
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:13 pm to 4Bagger
Working in California a long time ago I bought a very nice blazer for like $7 from Goodwill.
We were living out of a suitcase, working on a criminal case. It was supposed to be a fact finding trip, but we ended up needing to appear in court. Freaked out thinking I was gonna have to pay premium dollars to get a suit. Saw this place near our local coffee shop and ended up with a blazer and tie for under $10. Sent it back home via our courier who made the trip on a train. He was afraid to fly, but it worked out because he could haul all our files (and my jacket) on the train. Blazer hung in my office as an emergency backup until I got too fat.
We were living out of a suitcase, working on a criminal case. It was supposed to be a fact finding trip, but we ended up needing to appear in court. Freaked out thinking I was gonna have to pay premium dollars to get a suit. Saw this place near our local coffee shop and ended up with a blazer and tie for under $10. Sent it back home via our courier who made the trip on a train. He was afraid to fly, but it worked out because he could haul all our files (and my jacket) on the train. Blazer hung in my office as an emergency backup until I got too fat.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:16 pm to 4Bagger
T-shirts, books, and DVDs
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:17 pm to AUJACK
Can confirm this. My mother threw nothing away.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:18 pm to DarkDrifter
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Buttplugs , nipple clamps, thongs and golf clubs
Its funny, I just brought a bunch of this stuff to goodwill last week,
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:18 pm to Spasweezy
What about toilet paper.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:22 pm to 4Bagger
Toys for the kids that we redonate at the end of the summer and/or when they grow out of them. That’s about it. I’ll look for a goofy t shirt now and then. Occasionally find good dishes for the rental house. Cool coffee mugs. Oh I did buy a brand new looking sofa for a furnished rental once. I made sure to do the smell test for smoke etc. it passed. Until it was sealed in the house a few days. Smells like Febreze and Greatgrandmawmaw.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:24 pm to 4Bagger
Old skis.
Making a Adirondack chair
Making a Adirondack chair
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:26 pm to 4Bagger
I don’t frequent them, but have stopped in a few to kill time hoping to find some vintage stereo equipment.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:31 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Cast iron I can restore,
Yep. Pretty much all I look for. People immediately know what Griswold and Wagner are, but there are other good things out there that people just aren't as familiar with that you can get for next to nothing. You can also pick up something dirty and rusty for cheap and its easy to restore.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:39 pm to 4Bagger
Underpants.
Hand lotion.
Non LED lightbulbs.
Hand lotion.
Non LED lightbulbs.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:41 pm to DarkDrifter
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golf clubs
Actually found a set of Ben Hogan Apex II black profile. Missing 4 iron
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:15 pm to 4Bagger
quote:single broke MILFs just trying to get by
What specific item(s) do you look for at Goodwill?
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