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Interesting find at a local thrift shop.

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Turnarcades:
Don't know ofany shops that really allow that near me, else I'd have a Turnarcades machine in every game shop local to me!

ArtsNFartsNCrafts:
I figure he could justify that price if he were to revert it to its original game...otherwise,  :dunno

Ummon:
20% isn't that bad. Most music stores around here don't do consignment much anymore, but when they did, and those that still do, charge 30%.

@Turnarcades: if they're pawn shops, I doubt they care as long as there's the prospect of money. However, they may allow someone to haggle the price without your consent because they're only winning if they sell it.

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Turnarcades on June 14, 2008, 06:37:11 pm ---Consignment stores? Not familiar with that term in the UK. Is it like a general-purpose pawn shop, like our Cash Converters? http://www.cashconverters.co.uk/

--- End quote ---

No mate.  If it is a thrift shop, then its a Oxfam.  Consignment stores do not regularly sell arcade cabinets as they are usually expensive (the owners want the earth for them) and they are not technically minded.  Think of consignment a cross between a saleroom and an auctioneers.

If it was a thrift store, shouldn't we be looking past the price of the item.  The funds that are generated through sales goes towards a needy entity.  The way the original poster mocked the store employee is definately in bad taste, and shame on ArtsnF for being so insensitive.

It doesn't matter how much an item goes for, its that we are putting something back into the community, for those who are less fortunate than we are.

 :angry:

WunderCade:
A "Thrift Store" in the US, is basically a second-hand, used-stuff store.

It can be ran by a non-profit organization, or it could be a "for profit" business. A thrift store usually will collect un-wanted items dropped off at their back dock, or donated items, second-hand items etc. Then they clean them up and sell them in the store cheaply. You can find a lot of vintage-era goods in thrift shops, like 1980's, 1970's furniture, kitchen items, odd and ends.

"Consignment Shops" are similar to thrift stores in that it is still second hand stuff being sold, but this stuff is "consigned" to the store by it's owner (an individual) and when the store sells the item, it takes a cut of the sale (like 15-20%).

Both are usually dealing in cheap used-stuff. Think yard sale, only in a store front setup.

 

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