Thrifstores are different nowadays, I agree. People who owned vintage stores used to run through thrifstores and buy whatever was better quality, I know some cases like that in NYC. Now they have a separate triage process so no better quality item can end up in thrifstores.
>> Now they have a separate triage process so no better quality item can end up in thrifstores
I know people who run a vintage store, and they still hit the thrift stores. Along with garage sales and estate sales. They can go through racks in a thrift store and find items they can get for $5 and turn around and sell the next day for $200. I love the smell of arbitrage in the morning.
Although now that they're established, they've got other people doing the digging and bringing stuff straight to them.
