Vivienne: And tuxes, too, right?

Tinka:  Yes.  You may have to have it cleaned, but it’s not going to cost you a whole lot — you will get a $1000 gown, and it will cost you $65 to clean it.  So if  you’re trying to save money on your wedding — and weddings are very expensive today — I think it would be a good idea for you to go around to thrift stores, and see what you can find.  You may not find what you’re looking for, but it’s worth the try! A lot of these gowns are brand new, never been worn — they might have been tried on, but they’ve never been worn. And most of them have a price tag of $500 – $700 – $1000. There’s some Vera Wang, and there’s other names that you would know, if you now about bridal.

Vivienne: So if you just got engaged, and you’re planning your wedding next June, start prowling the thrift stores now looking for that perfect dress, and save a bundle!

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Boosha: You stick with us and we’re going to show you a lot of the secrets of Second Market Shopping.

Tinka: We’re going to show you brand names; we’re going to tell you where is the best place to go, and what’s the best time to go. The 1st of the month is when you want to go thrift shopping, because if you go by the 15th all the things are just about gone, okay! Usually re-sale stores stock once a week. So either the Monday or the Saturday you want to go first thing in the week.  You also want to….

Boosha: Find out what day they are gonna have a bag sale, if they have a bag sale.  Could be a Tuesday or Thursday, could be on Saturdays, could be Wednesdays and Saturdays. And different stores are going to have different prices on the bag sales. Even if clothes are 50 cents or a dollar, you are still going to get a better buy by buying a bag, in quantity, everything that fits into that bag will cost you anywhere from $2-5 depending upon the store.

Tinka: That’s like Boosha said, when you go to a garage sale, you pick all the things that you know you want and take them up. Offer — don’t embarrass the woman. Offer her a decent price, and say, “can we work with this? Can I get this, you know, for this amount of money?”  If she says okay, fine. If not, then you have room to dicker about what’s going on. In other words, she will say “I want $,” and you say “You know, I am trying real hard, can I get it for $4.50?” she’ll probably give it to you, because she doesn’t want to bring it home.

Vivienne: And what’s the general rule of thumb for bargaining and dickering for people who aren’t used to that?

Tinka: If you know you would go to the store and you’d buy this item for $60, and it’s in the box at a garage sale and it looks brand new, and she wants $40 for it, offer her $25.  She will probably take $25.  Please don’t offer her $6, don’t offer $4 or $2. Because truthfully, would you like somebody to do that to you, if you had paid that kind of money for it?

Boosha: And the other thing you can always ask someone, instead of saying “well, I’ll give you $5 bucks,” say, “well would you take less?”

Tinka: Don’t ever say to someone “I will give you.” Because, one, it makes them defensive, and two, put yourself in their shoes, okay.  If you think that that item is worth a certain amount of money, you don’t want someone telling you “I’ll give you.” You want somebody to tell you, “what would you take.” or “I only have so much in my purse. You know, what’s the least amount you would take?”

Vivienne: And especially in these days, because the economic times are so bad, people are selling their treasures for a very low amount and its hurting.

Tinka: Right!

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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 like the ASPCA or the goodwill or the church stores. Most of them the clothing is clean, it is set out and a lot of it is actually sized, so you don’t have to go through every rack to find your size. They are making it easier and easier, and it’s going to be a wave of the future, because most people cannot afford to pay retail. There is a market for retail and there is a market for the second market. The second market is for you. Garage sales, thrift stores, church resale, rummage sales, pawn shops, consignment shops. If you go in your directory for your town you can find this information. Mostly the church thrift shops are very very good.

Boosha: Go to the best neighborhoods — if you go to a neighborhood that is kind of questionable, you’re not going to find the best stuff. But people that have houses, woman all the time buy stuff, put it in their closet and never even take the tags off of it, and they never wear it.

Tinka: You can find paintings, you can find glass, you can find antique books, there is nothing that you can’t find on the second market if you’re willing to go around and look.

Boosha: You find these things all the time, you just have to know where to look. And that’s where Tinka and I are going to help you.

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People throw away things every day that are very very functional and useful. Like Tinka’s patio chairs and table — we found them beside the road, brought them home, cleaned them up, and spray painted them black. Everything looks better when it’s spray painted black!

Tinka: And it’s wrought iron!  It’ll last for 150 years, it will not rot!

Boosha: With the economy the way it is now, we think that everyone should have the opportunity to learn how to save money shopping on the Second Market, so we would like to help you.   We have an informational video coming out soon that we hope that you will enjoy.

Tinka: And give you some really good results.

Boosha: We are going to teach people how to go into pawn shops, and never be afraid to walk into a store. I have people that tell me “oh my gosh! You go to a pawn shop?” And I go “Sure, I have bought many pretty things.”

I have bought diamond rings for a fraction of what they were worth. I bought a necklace, which started out as an earring, and I simply clipped the back of it off and put it on a chain, and now I have a very pretty diamond necklace.  You have to think outside the box. Don’t look at it, if it’s an earring, and think it’s going to be an earring. It could become a brooch, or it could become a necklace.

Vivienne: So think outside the box, be creative, and never be ashamed or afraid to walk into a second market venue — these techniques make you smarter than the average bear!

BB,

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“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, another great place to market your re-sale items.

When looking for places to buy, don’t forget police auctions.  We’ll go into detail about how to find out when and where these and other great second market opportunities are going to be, in upcoming podcasts.

Happy shopping!

Boosha”

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