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Goodwill [Dyer IN]

I don’t know how many times I’ve had buyers regret for passing up a record then thinking about it for days and wishing I hadn’t left it behind.  I had a situation at this Goodwill before but not quite in the terms I just described: I ended up buying just a jacket as the record […]

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Goodwill [Dyer IN]

I checked this place out pre-construction on my last trip out to Terre Haute.  After I took a leak in an outhouse outside (and wondered why there was an outhouse outside) I strolled in to be greeted by a bunch of construction workers.  I vowed to return and after wrestling with myself for a few […]

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Goodwill [Terre Haute IN]

There are actually two Goodwills in town, luckily I was able to stop at one. I was still driving into town when I saw it, I felt like it was morally questionable to be thrifting when my customer was waiting for me but I knew it would only be five minutes. It was on the […]

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Headstone Friends [Terre Haute IN]

My trip started in Robinson – when I struck out at two antique stores, then found that the local Goodwill was closed for their annual Christmas party, I hauled out of town.  Robinson is a rare stop on my journeys where I could not find a Marriott or Holiday Inn to stay in anywhere nearby […]

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Indiana Goodwill 2-fer

Did some work in Avon Indiana and had a chance to hit two Goodwills in quick succession to great results. GOODWILL AVON Did not find the familiar white bin I see at Goodwills across the Midwest. The stash was stored vertically in a long – probably five feet – row. Things started quite tame but […]

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Hammond Salvage and Resale [Hammond IN]

                During my second trip to Hammond in about a month, I planned to make time to check out some vinyl in the area.  I initially drove to a Salvation Army in East Chicago – only to find that it was basically a soup kitchen and had no […]

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Goodwill [Michigan City IN]

Saw a copy of ‘Release Me’ and ‘We Made It Happen’ and little else. Almost bought my 427th copy of the latter before I began to see myself in a future episode of ‘Hoarders’. I left it and got the hell out of there.