The Ultimate Consignment & Thrift Store Guide: An International Guide to the World's Best Consignment, Thrift, Vintage & Secondhand Stores. - Hardcover

Schneider, Carolyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1475943040 ISBN 13: 9781475943047

Publisher: iUniverse, 2012

Synopsis

The Ultimate Consignment & Thrift Store Guide is your international road map to the world's best consignment, thrift, vintage & secondhand stores.

Find out where to shop and save thousands of dollars on nearly new designer clothing & accessories, furniture, household items, sporting goods, books & much more.

Locate the best stores to bring your gently used clothing and other items and turn them into cash.

Features hundreds of listings in the US, Canada and other countries.

Handy tips to help you become an expert bargain shopper within the palm of your hand.

For the smart, savvy shopper.

Entertainment Weekly says, "These no frill listings are invaluable"

www.savvyshoppingguide.com

About this title

About the Author

Carolyn Schneider began secondhand shopping over twenty years ago. Her career in the corporate world required that "designer look" but her pocketbook required affordable prices. After years of discovering fabulous buys in secondhand stores, Carolyn decided to write The Ultimate Consignment & Thrift Store Guide, the first of its kind, this all inclusive guide is designed specifically to save the smart shopper time and money. When she is not secondhand shopping, Carolyn loves to spend time with family & friends & travel. Carolyn has been interviewed on tv, numerous radio stations and newspapers throughout the United States sharing her secondhand shopping secrets.

From Library Journal

These inexpensive guides represent both sides of the secondhand market craze. For those who like their haute couture on the cheap, Schneider lists hundreds of consignment stores nationwide, as well as in Australia, Ireland, France, Canada, and England. The listings include name, address, phone number, hours of operation, and specialties. From Alabama's Birmingham Antique Mall to St. Alban's Born Again Clothing in Worland, Wyoming, this has just what the converted consignment store shopper will need. Hoff, creator of the zine ThriftSCORE, offers not so much the where but the why and why not of thrift stores. Her philosophy is simple: life is a never-ending treasure hunt, and if you like what you dig up and it's cheap enough, buy it. She offers tips on finding the best collectibles, how to browse shops, and even how to analyze the cars in the parking lot for obvious yuppie interlopers. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Hoff makes thrift-shop hunting seem like the only way to go. Her book is funny and might convince those who think of thrift-shops as just this side of the town dump that the value of anything is in the eye?and pocketbook?of the beholder. Both books are recommended for public libraries.?Bette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal"
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Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1475943040
• ISBN 13: 9781475943047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 479