Second Market Shopping with Tinka and Boosha

Tinka: Another thing you can buy on the second market, which a lot of people don’t realize, is jewelry. You can buy some of the most fabulous costume jewelry you’ve ever seen!  For $2.50, you can buy a very high quality vintage pin, and if you get a book* and really know your jewelry, you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tinka: It used to be that everybody had this knowledge.   It was taught from mother to daughter.  It is not being taught anymore. We are living in a society right now where every every penny counts. You need to be able to create something out of nothing.
If you drive up some place and you see [...]

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 [...]

Don’t forget these tips from Tinka:
“1: Make sure to leave early – I like to have breakfast first, and start out around 9 am, but many leave earlier and you don’t want to miss out on the best merchandise!
2.  Bring plenty of change, lots of $1 bills and coins.
Having a yard sale? One word: SIGNAGE!
Use [...]

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, [...]