Fridge Fox Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 There's always that "What if" going through my head but anymore I feel like it's not worth my time to rummage through the clutter. The goodwills around here charge like $3 per record now. It's stupid. That said I've seen some good scores,(explosions in the sky, some other stuff) and I've scored some pretty expensive old Beatles records, got an Owen record once, some decent older punk/metal stuff). I've lucked out on a lot of other stuff besides records though. Best find was some M:tG cards that I sold for a pretty penny, and a copy of earthbound for SNES that I also sold for quite a bit after I finished with it. While reading your post I was thinking " $3 records, this has to be in Portland."... yup Edit: I just remembered that I scored a Nintendo DS Lite for $8.95 at a Salvation Army thriftstore. no records come to mind though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswamsley Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 There's always that "What if" going through my head but anymore I feel like it's not worth my time to rummage through the clutter. While reading your post I was thinking " $3 records, this has to be in Portland."... yup seattle too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funtitled Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 So what you're saying is you found a piece of shit garbage record but then when you opened it up there was actually a dope record inside? this was like a year ago when i still liked gd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I know people that score at goodwill but I havent been lucky. I have been told one needs to go there everyday. Im going to start this soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdue Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I found a Lionel Richie album signed to a fan on the inside of the jacket's gatefold for a $1. Wow, that's radder than what I found: a signed Don Ho album. I used to find some decent classic rock stuff, but not recently. My copy of Fragile by Yes is probably the nicest thing I've come across at Goodwill. Jacket looks great, and plays amazing. leviegalapon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbayer Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I found a mint mono strawberry alarm clock and mono mothers of invention records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retep Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 The only solid find I've had was Dashboard Confessional's 'A Mark...' for like $5, pretty much perfect condition too. Every other time I've gone in its always been generic holiday records so it was nice to find something after all the stories of people scoring worthwhile things. leviegalapon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayerhatesusall Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I found these mega rarities at thrift stores for 50 cents to $2 each: http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=McRhythm&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=0&y=0 http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=us+picture+perfect+canadian&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=0&y=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psus2h Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Bought two early Beatles records for $0.50 each, traded them for Metallica Creeping Death that was sealed. Sold that for $75! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 ive never had any valuable scores, but did find a handful of simon & garfunkle records, and some random classic comedy albums.. altho one of my friends recently scored an original Downward Spiral, and one of the later rarer NIN records at a thrift store. and this weekend a friend had the best score... Steve Martin - King Tut 7" David Loyd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorgante Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Found an incredible 90's grunge tape collection a few weeks ago for .25 a piece, that was a nice score. I've never really "struck gold" at thrift stores, but I've found a lot of solid titles that I'm happy to add to my collection. I appreciate a lot from the past, and have a lot of items in my collection from the 60s, 70s, 80s that I'm really glad I came across, never for more than $1 a piece. Tons of general stuff I enjoy - YES, The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Pete Seeger, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, etc. etc. Some of my more favorite thrift store record finds at the moment: Beach Boys - Pet Sounds The Beatles - Introducting... The Beatles - Revolver Blondie - Parallel Lines Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Circle Jerks - Wonderful Ginuwine - Pony Single Hall And Oates - Along The Red Ledge - Clear Red Collector's Edition Indigo Girls - Self Titled Led Zeppelin - Coda w/ Promo gold stamp Prince - 1999 Rainbow - Long Live Rock N Roll Stray Cats - Built For Speed Stray Cats - Rant N' Rave Talking Heads - Remain In Light Tom Waits - Blue Valentine Tom Waits - Closing Time Triple XXX Girls - Self Titled WWF - The Wrestling Album Soundtracks: A Clockwork Orange 2001: A Space Odyssey The Blues Brothers The Fury The Godfather The Graduate Honeysuckle Rose How The West Was Won Jaws Manhattan Smokey And The Bandit True Grit My girlfriend and I hit around 10 thrift stores every week/two weeks, and have been doing this for years now. I've probably added around 150 solid records to my collection from thrifting, and always enjoy "The Dig". More crap than anything though, always. Doesn't matter where you are, what city you're in, how often you frequent a particular place. darkforest71, leviegalapon, somethingvinyl and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladew1ll1s1sdead Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Damn. Want to score A Clockwork Orange and Pet Sounds on the cheapy cheap. I've got ACO on vhs and the book from a thrift store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsHans Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sara Bareilles - Little Voice and Shai Hulud/Another Victim split are probably the coolest things I've found at a goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springbroke Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I used to go pretty regularly and have gotten some cool stuff. My most interesting scores were: The Cure - Live In Concert The Cure - Love Song 12" The Glove - Blue Sunshine Also in the same stack of records as listed above was another record that I didn't recognize. When this happens I usually spotify the artist, check out a song clip and look at the related artists. I wasn't intrigued by what I heard so I put it back. It was "Kick Out The Jams" by MC5 and I regret not buying it every day. I know it's attainable for like $15 but it was in great conditioning, was an older pressing, and was only like fifty cents - and now it's one of my favorite albums. In another score I grabbed the following: Count Bass D - Pre-Life Crisis Brand Nubian - Foundation 2LP Karl Hendricks Trio - What Everyone Else Calls Fun Miles Davis - Greatest Hits Ray Charles - Love & Peace Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead 12" Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside It was $1 each or 6 for $5. I also grabbed a 7" from this pop punk band called The Peabodys, on blue vinyl out of /500. Wasn't super into it but thought it was cool, especially for the price. Most recently though, I grabbed a collection of classic rock (ZZ Top, Reo Speedwagon, etc) and there was a rare french pressing of Sgt Peppers. I didn't know it at the time, I just knew it was a nice, clean copy in a protector for less than a buck - turned out I had struck gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrd Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 i never find any good records at goodwill i did however find a copy of sun kil moon tiny cities at a half price books a year or so ago for about $12, pretty stoked on that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loyd Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 $1 John Oates signed copy of Daryl Hall and John Oates, Just today I found a $1 copy of the Chuck D autobiography signed by Chuck D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agua Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I found Deja Entendu On cd 213041284s, darkforest71, Hairy Potter and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraBlue Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I usually don't feel like digging through the stacks at Goodwill, The Family Store/Salvation Army and any other thrift stores because it's usually just stuff I wouldn't have interest in or it's destroyed. But a local thrift store sells tapes and I found a few good ones recently for my Mom since she has a cassette player in her car, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_ben Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Buying records at goodwill is what got me into vinyl....and what got me my job (I have now been working for goodwill for nearly 14 years.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBarry Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 A friend of mine always gets cool stuff at goodwill like a huge beer stein that takes two hands to hold when full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WereAllDudesHey Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 All I ever find is lots of Barbara Streisand as well as Herp Alpert and the Tijuana Brass albums. buffylover29 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psus2h Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I found two Beatles albums for $0.50 each. Revolver and Introducing. Traded them for a copy of Metallica Creeping Death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
souljacker8888 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Buying records at goodwill is what got me into vinyl....and what got me my job (I have now been working for goodwill for nearly 14 years.). so, spill the beans, you and other goodwill workers get pre-access to the good stuff before it goes out to the floor dontya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_ben Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 so, spill the beans, you and other goodwill workers get pre-access to the good stuff before it goes out to the floor dontya...No we have to wait 24 hours before we can buy anything. Cheating that system is a fire-able offense....which I have had to do to employees before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 so, spill the beans, you and other goodwill workers get pre-access to the good stuff before it goes out to the floor dontya...(Some managers still let you do it, no matter what Ben says. I worked at goodwill and they were fine with it for most stuff.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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