10 Aug
2001
10 Aug
'01
7:17 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: My local Goodwill
area) are Thrift
On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> I didn't know chains existed in thrift stores. GoodWill
and the
> Salvation Army is about it around here. There is
one
more place, but
I'm not
sure if it still exists.
The big ones in Californa (at least here in the SF/SiVa Town and Thrift Center. I believe the chain I
frequented
in Raleigh was
also a Thrift Center, leading me to believe they are a
nationwide
franchise.
From what I understand, in order to run a charitable
thrift store, you
only have to guarantee that 1% of your profits are
going
to a charity. So
it may well be that someone saw the potential, ran the
numbers, and saw
dollar signs.
We have Value Village here in Canada, they buy their stuff
from the Charities and then sell it. They wanted 9.99
for
an epson equity, 1.99 for a logitech wheel mouse and 2.99
for an numeric keypad MS C 5.1 disks for 2.99, norton
antivirus 4.0 for 2.99, lots of game cartridges..
Usually there are parts missing but often a good source for
manuals.
Lately they've been cleaning up and today the book shelves
were empty.