Non charity thrift stores

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Mon Dec 18 17:56:47 2000

>So the reason I'm bringing this up is I'm wondering how a chain thrift
>store like this operates. They don't seem to be contributing to any
>charitable cause, and as far as I can tell, they are just resellers of
>people's discarded crap.
>
>Does anyone know how these guys operate?

Duh! they are wholesale buyers from legitimate charity stores. The big
Goodwill near me has a LARGE auction every morning except Sunday. Every
charity I know of has a backdoor wholesale operation as well as the store
front retail sales. Storage unit auctions is another source.
Received on Mon Dec 18 2000 - 17:56:47 GMT