Tinka: There is one particular thrift store that has 144 wedding dresses that somebody donated. These dresses are absolutely stunning. Most of them went for $500 to $1000 per dress, retail. Now you can get these dresses on the 2nd market for usually less than $100. I think some of them are $125, but [...]
Archive for the ‘Boosha’ category
Getting married next June? Save a fortune on your wedding dress and spend it on your honeymoon!
June 3rd, 2009
Tinka: The nice thing about shopping on the second market, you can change your wardrobe 4 or 5 times a year, and still look good, and when you get tired or wearing it you just send it back to the thrift store, and somebody else gets it, if it is still in good shape.
Boosha: You [...]
10% off at our favorite eBay seller, and she has “Boosha Beads!”
April 19th, 2009
You may have noticed in our blog roll that we have our favorite ebay seller listed. Well, she has agreed to give a 10% discount to anyone who buys from her, if they mention that they heard about her from Second Market Shopping! Just make sure that when you make your purchase, you mention the [...]
The Second Market Shopping video is almost done!
April 19th, 2009
A couple of tweaks to fix, then all that’s left to do is export the audio to Audacity so I can clean up the audio; get together with Tinka next weekend to put in the final text balloon comments; and lastly, clean up the video. And it’s done! So within a couple/three weeks [...]
What would you say to people who turn up their nose at going to a thrift store or feel too proud to buy something in a thrift store?
April 10th, 2009
Vivienne: What would you say to people who turn up their nose at going to a thrift store or feel too proud to buy something in a thrift store?
Tinka: Truthfully the thrift stores today are not like they used to be. They are very clean. They are almost like going into retail department stores. Especially [...]
Boosha: You can get so many nice things by going to the unusual places to shop. You don’t have to pay retail market price for these things. You can find things online, you can find things at eBay, you can find things on Craigslist, you can find furniture at thrift stores. There are so many [...]
Selling tip from Boosha…
March 6th, 2009
Boosha says:
“Before there was any such thing as Craig’s list, I made money re-selling items in circulations like “The Thrifty Nickel.” These circulars are arranged by category, and for a small fee anyone can place an ad for any item they want to sell second hand. Of course, these days, we have Craig’s List online, [...]