Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Thrift Store 50% Off Days

50% Off Days... 


Value Village / Savers 50% off sale day is here once again
Value Village / Savers 50% off sale in USA: Monday, November 11th, 2013.
Value Village 50% off sale in Canada: Monday, November 18th, 2013. 

I used to live 2 blocks from a Goodwill many years ago & for years Goodwill had a 50% off sale every Friday as well as the last day of every month. They've cancelled those at the Goodwills I visit (& that Goodwill has since closed) & last I knew, they have specific days with specific departments that are 50% off. I used to be a loyal 50% off day shopper, however now, I won't go within 1,000 feet of one unless by accident. I have seen fights, people moving full shelving units full of dishes to retrieve stuff they've hidden, personal notes written by staff to a customer who hides stuff Thursday nights to get it Friday mornings, the buggy theft (I'm sure we've all witnessed those) & I've waited in a line 45 people deep (over half an hour) to pay for a magazine from 1992 with Courtney Love on the cover.

I hear at some particular stores some people line up 1+ hour on sale days, although, this is a store where 50% off days include everything in the store. Personally, I find so little on a regular day at any given thrift store, how the hell am I going to find something on a day when everyone, their mother, their grandmother & their great grandmother is there? Not going to get up at 6am to get there for doors open, not going to wait in half an hour line behind a woman buying 20 pieces of clothing that have half the tags ripped off them because she thought they were too expensive (even on 50% off day!) & I don't mind paying full price the night before if I don't have to deal with the crowds! I can barely deal with 2 minutes in Union Station during rush hour, I can't deal with 80 frantic people in one little store all worried everybody else is getting the good stuff! Maybe I just lack patience? One store has 50% off colour tags, but usually don't find anything worthy of making it home... wish more stores did this! (*ahem* Value Village). Anyways, sales at VV usually have little warning (this one came with much notice!) & I usually have to flip flop my thrifting schedule, but it's. cool, I guess.

What about you? Do you hit up the thrifts on 50% off days? Any wild stories? Do tell!lw

15 comments:

  1. I don't give a *hit about 50% OFF days at thrift stores! I'm so sorry to hear that your Goodwill's are Bad! The ones near me are great. They're clean and bright and displayed well, and I always find vintage stuff. I go there because prices are already inexpensive. So I would for sure stay away on a day that I knew they were going to have 50% off. I don't need to battle with people! LOL But, I'm sure these 50% off days are very good for people who need and depend on it! Then I'd say it's a great thing...for them! :)
    That's my two cents. Maybe you and your BF should move to the states just for the better thrifting, estate sales, and instant mashed potato selection!

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    1. LOL! He totally wants too, I think. His family is from the USA. I don't want to.

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  2. Hear, hear!
    I prefer to go the day/afternoon before sale day, when the shelves are pretty much stocked for the next day chaos, yet the crazy people aren't there yet. I don't mind regular price at thrift stores.
    And too funny--you waited in line over half an hour for a 1992 magazine featuring Courtney Love? The things we do . . . .

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  3. Our thrift stores do a 50% off color tag that they change out weekly. I've never experienced chaos like that at a thrift store. Now estates sales.....they are like that all the time!

    ~Erica

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    1. That's why I'm so scared to go to one - especially alone!

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  4. I don't think I've ever hit one of those sales you speak of, don't think I want to!!!

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  5. when I lived in Maryland the value villages were INSANE on 50% days. The line would be around the building to get in and then paying was a nightmare. It was impossible to get to the racks. I hated it.
    Then I moved to NH. The first time I went to Savers for their 50% off day I arrived early thinking it would be the same nightmare - and I was the ONLY one there. It got busier later - but nothing like my experiences down south. Much better - and they let club card members in a day early - which ROCKS!!!

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    1. WOW - I wonder if it's different in other areas than it is around here, too? Probably!

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  6. One of my local thrifts has a 50% day once a month and IT IS A ZOO. Luckily most people are there just for the clothes, so I can just squeeze past them to get to the good stuff. The check out lines are killer though. Thank God for cell phones and Pinterest.

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  7. We have 50% sale days at Goodwills here in Central Indiana the first Saturday of every month. I used to religiously go to this sale. However, so many people hit up the thrifts for the same goodies, I never find anything on these days, so I just stopped going!

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  8. I stay far, far away from the thrift stores on 50% sale days :)

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  9. Our Value Village used to have a .99 cent day and it was HELLISH. I went a couple of times, but as you say, there were fights, hiding, hoarding, stealing out of each others carts etc, etc. I think they still do 99 cent day, but I won't ever go again!

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  10. oh wow. thrift stores never get that crazy down here in Australia. that's wild!

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