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- bossm4n, on 05/20/2009, -4/+4214. Everything smells like death or mothballs.
- TheMachine1, on 05/21/2009, -3/+3016. We have some bad deals on hopelessly obsolete computers.
- polymyxin, on 05/21/2009, -1/+11"4. We're not testing toys for lead. Retailers have to, but re-sellers are exempt. (It's still not legal for us to sell this stuff.)"
Last time I went to a thrift store, they DID tell me this, with signs on the entrance door and inside the store. - Insightful, on 05/21/2009, -6/+1619. Why is this on the front page of Digg? What is a Digg?
- drunkenoaf, on 05/21/2009, -3/+13All your clothes are belong to us?
- jeepster76, on 05/21/2009, -7/+15retarded. buried
- charm803, on 05/21/2009, -0/+6I grew up in the 80's, before wearing seatbelts were mandatory, when we were able to ride in back of pick up trucks and I'm pretty sure all my toys had lead.
I don't know how I survived. - whuddafugger, on 05/21/2009, -1/+6Article fails to mention this tip: Consignment shops and "antique" stores are overpriced ripoffs. Shop at real thrift stores (Goodwill, Salvation Army...) to find better deals.
- absurdist, on 05/21/2009, -2/+6WTF is with these banal Reader's Digest articles making the front page? Does Digg have an underground following by 80-year-olds?
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+420. To make more money selling china. Every one of these stores should have a china smash set up.
- varble, on 05/21/2009, -0/+3what was so secretive on that list that a thrift shop wouldn't tell me? inaccurate and burried.
- skored, on 05/21/2009, -10/+13#15 -- all your clothes belong to us
- pleen, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2I am amazed that this article made the Digg front page with that headline. Please do choose to shop at thrift stores that benefit your local charities and organizations when you plan on going thrift store shopping. If you are looking for consignment and vintage stores, please use those terms to describe them.
- genconkeeper, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2Whereas K-mart and Wmart can afford to have batchs of toys tested for lead. There is no way your local Salvation Army or Goodwill stores could afford to test every toy or childrens piece of clothes for lead as the law was going to order. Many resale store protested that they would have to close. Congress saw that this was an undo burden on small business, and charities and struck that from the statue. Now they just have to post that in their stores.
- LostOnion, on 05/21/2009, -1/+3Another shocking expose from the magazine that sells most of it's copies at RV parks and retirement communities.
- Philbert, on 05/21/2009, -1/+3Funny story, recently my dad got a really nice couch from a thrift store, when they delivered it I asked the guy if he wanted to take our old one. He looked it over and found some little discolorations that were so small I didn't notice them before. Not bad for a 30 year old couch, but the guy said he wouldn't even be able to show it on the floor. "We're a higher class thrift store" he tells me.
- EpicSelekta, on 05/21/2009, -1/+3My question for them is always "Who died in this?".
- theskillwithin, on 05/21/2009, -5/+7So what?
- recifer, on 05/21/2009, -3/+4How the hell did you ***** that up?
- matticusf1nch, on 05/26/2009, -0/+1Things my Thrift store wants me to know:
1. We want to make you love jesus! - DontTreadOnMike, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1#4. Ugh I hate that stupid new law. Good for them. I'd keep selling merchandise anyway.
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -7/+8stupid irrelevant retarded ***** article buried and pissed on.
- charm803, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1Not all toys are up to today's standards.
- CedEx, on 05/21/2009, -1/+2It's amazing we didn't have a lost generation.
I remember playgrounds built over concrete rather than the sand or safety pads they have these days. Also, lawn darts were of the dart version, not of the bean bag variety. Bicycle helmets were virtually non-existent. We were also allowed to have snowball fights, and play Red Rover and British bulldogs. We were given slingshots that used marbles, unlike the nerf ones now. Firecrackers and cap guns were found in the toy aisle at the stores. Nothing was ergonomic.
I fear my children will grow up to be pussies, so I plan on remeding that by beating them. - iamtomsbrain, on 05/21/2009, -0/+113 things the thrift shop won't tell you?
"12. Ask about my markdown policy..."
But they're volunteering to tell you right there... - bot001220, on 05/21/2009, -1/+2You must not have been one of those kids that put everything (including all their toys) in their mouths.
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 05/21/2009, -1/+1There is a pigeon in your bank account
- Poweroft, on 05/21/2009, -2/+2Oh it's alright. I never had high expectations for thrift shops anyway.
- V3n0M, on 05/21/2009, -2/+2Besides - it's a 2nd hand store! Meaning, it was already sold by a Retailer once who DID test for lead. Unless some mad scientist is specifically adding lead to things he donates, the testing has already been done.
Making 2nd hand stores or re-sellers test for lead will just create an unnecessary overhead and make the products more expensive for people who may not be able to afford them to begin with. - dootsie, on 05/21/2009, -2/+2I think a lot of businesses are posting notices, even when they don't have to, for the sake of avoiding the inevitable lawsuits.
"You didn't tell me this toy from 1902 had lead in it!" - skunkman62, on 05/21/2009, -3/+2but the sell like hotcake to nigerians.
- jaytek13, on 05/21/2009, -2/+113 things people who shop at thrift stores don't care about
- skunkman62, on 05/21/2009, -3/+1this article is about useless at this video: http://digg.com/u13f5E
- fabriciom, on 05/21/2009, -7/+417. That wine stain its not really wine.
- sladek, on 05/21/2009, -4/+1These things always make the type of person they're talking about an *****
- MrSkills, on 05/21/2009, -4/+1All your cloth are belong to us.
- goodlarchie, on 05/21/2009, -4/+021. www.ebay.com
22. www.craigslist.com - markf3388, on 05/21/2009, -8/+018. That your shopping at a thrift store.
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