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Goodwill [Lexington KY]

I’ve been through Kentucky a number of times over the years.  I have been in and around Louisville a few times, though at least one of those instances was long, long ago, before this blog existed.  I drove through Kentucky on my way back from Mobile Alabama a while ago and stopped in Louisville again […]

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Goodwill [Avon IN]

I’ve spent quite a bit of time in the Avon/Plainfield area.  I worked on a job site in Avon twice about 12-18 months ago, now I have worked twice at a totally different job site which is about 1 mile away, but across the border in the adjoining town of Plainfield.  All of these times […]

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Goodwill, Kewanee IL

Visited the Kewanee Goodwill a number of times with varying results.  Had an interesting visit on this late April afternoon as I dodged a tough rain storm.  There were a nice selection of legit 70s-80s rock albums, just one after the other, I was surprised to find them all together in any Goodwill and definitely […]

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St. John’s Lutheran Thrift Shop [La Porte IN]

La Porte is kind of a grimy old town, new customer I never visited before and while I’ve been all over Indiana (and NW Indiana specifically), never been here before.  My work was pretty pleasant, there is nothing better then hitting the road for a day trip on a Friday, it’s like ending your week […]

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‘Vinyl Day’ at Goodwill Elmhurst

                  Even Goodwill celebrates their vinyl culture and wants to get in on the RSD madness and I have no problem with that.  Or maybe I only feel that way when they load their bins with rare Chicago polka vinyl prior to my visit. The Naturals album […]

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The next generation of GR thrifting

Never give up, kids.  Keep on looking.  32 trips – god knows how many records.  There are always new frontiers, you must be patient.  Bethany’s was new to me and probably new(er) to GR.  Did they have records.  This, I did not know.  I do now. I darted in and made for the book section. […]

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Savers, Franklin Park [RIP]

Very sad news which I luckily caught in time to make one last trip to a shop that has been particularly kind to me.  It was pretty remarkable to have a legit thrift store in my hood and I’m proud to say I took good advantage of it.  I documented more than a couple trips […]

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Dyer again

So let’s recap my numerous (this would be #4) visits to the Goodwill in Dyer Indiana, which has not yet been open a year.  In a short time I’ve been blessed to have been able to stop by so many times, and more specifically to have been able to get so many scores in that […]

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Goodwill [Bemidji MN]

Been through MN too many times to count, so I wasn’t huge on seeing much during this visit.  But alas, there was a Goodwill just blocks from where I was and I had time to kill. I could not find any platters, so I asked.  The clerk began to wander, searching…searching…it was not fruitless.  But […]

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Savers [Providence RI]

Knocking Rhode Island off my list feels like a legitimate accomplishment.  Perhaps it is irrational, while strangely logical in my warped brain, that the smallest state would be the last state I would visit.  I got into town in the afternoon with plans to leave the next day via train for New Haven.  I only […]