10 Aug
2001
10 Aug
'01
12:28 p.m.
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 area) are Thrift
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.
I don't think Goodwill counts as a chain does it?
It is run
regionally it seems, and each region is quite different, I think.
Not in the sense I'm thinking. They're a charity. They make money to
help people. Thrift Town is in it for the profit.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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