What to Expect on Your Thrift Store & Junking Excursion

Video Transcript

" Hello! My name is Denise Robinson, and on behalf of expertvillage.com, I’m here to talk about junking with yard sales and thrift shops in mind. In this segment, we’re going to talk about what to expect when you go to a yard sale or thrift shop. Well, like I said before, thrift shops are structured places. So, they have set prices and set times and hours when you can go. You just think of it as maybe a lower end department store; maybe not. Yard sales, are a little different. The person who is giving it drags the stuff out of the house and they put a price on it themselves, and then you have the opportunity to talk with them and see if you can get that price lowered or maybe given to you, you never know. So, that’s the difference between the yard sales and thrift shops, and what to expect at these places. Yard sales, it can range from anything, from small knickknacks to large appliances that they drag out of the house. It just depends on what they want to bring out. Thrift shops, it can range from anything to. So, with that in mind, just take a look at both sides and see which one you like. "