Garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, all of these places are playgrounds for bargain hunters. One day, they discover a retro windbreaker that looks like it just stepped out of an '80s magazine, the next, a weirdly adorable ceramic cat mug that somehow survived without breaking. On the subreddit r/ThriftStoreHauls, members eagerly share their finds, swapping stories, snapping photos, and celebrating the thrill of scoring something unique for next to nothing. Their posts make you want to grab a tote bag and start thrifting too.
#1 I Grabbed It Thinking It Was A Cool Mirror, Then I Noticed The Plug
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#2 Did I Go To Goodwill Looking For A Cast-Iron Beaver Pencil Holder? Nope. Do I Have One Now? Hell Yes I Do
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#3 Goodwill Find!!
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#4 8 Years Ago I Posted These 1930’s Salvatore Ferragamo Shoes (On My Old Account) That I Found For $8 At Savers. Today, They Are Being Shipped To The Museum In Italy!
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#5 Found The Perfect Kitten Throne At A Thrift Shop
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#6 Just Scored These Handmade Rocking Chairs For $20 Each At Goodwill!
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#7 Found This Today At Goodwill. I Love It!!!🥰
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#8 Found My Dream End Table And Forced Myself To Learn How To Refinish It
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#9 Repurposed This $2 Vintage Cookie Jar That Was Missing It's Lid 🍓
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#10 $15 Black Tie Find From Goodwill
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#11 Paid $120 For This Coffee Table And Found It Online For Way More…
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#12 Boyfriend Was Not Impressed With These Kjaernulf Chairs I Thrifted For €175
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#13 Goodwill Doesn’t Often Come Through Anymore, But I Found This $460 Beauty For $12 Sitting On A Pile Of Ugly Clocks
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#14 ….is This A Potential Dog Bed?
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#15 Found A Menstruation Mallard For 6.25
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#16 No Way I Was Going To Pass This Up For $2.99!
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#17 Single-Handedly The Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Found At A Thrift Store
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#18 $12 Lamp
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#19 My BF Thinks My New Chair Meh. Whip His Ass Please
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#20 My Mom, Sister, And Boyfriend All Told Me To Leave It
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#21 Was Told To Post These Here. $4 A Piece
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#22 Best Thrift Find So Far!
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#23 I Thrifted A Race Car Bed For My Dogs
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#24 I Found A Wavy Mirror
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#25 This Beautiful Caprani Bentwood Lamp. I'm Obsessed
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#26 Y'all, The Faces I Made When I Pulled This Hermes Silk Scarf Parasol Out! Silent Screaming All The Way To The Register
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#27 Before I Dropped My Kindergartener Off At School, I Asked If She Wanted Me To Look For Anything For Her While I Thrifted. She Said “Sparkly Unicorn Purse”. The Thrift Gods Had My Back
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#28 Found This Peach Tea Whistle Kettle At My Local Thrift Store !!
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#29 Does This Count? I Got It At An Estate Sale For $80
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#30 One Of My Most Recent Fav Finds. Makes A Good Door Stop & Window Watching Buddy For My Cat
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#31 Found This Lotus Lamp At My Local Thrift Store For $20
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#32 This, My Friends, Is Why I Drive 45 Minutes To The Rich People Goodwill
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#33 Not Sure If I’ll Ever Top This One
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#34 This Little Turtle Lamp Cost Me $7
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#35 The Moth Is Painted On And It’s Only $135, I’m Actually In Love 🫠
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#36 Found This Cute Salt And Pepper Set
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#37 I’m From Oklahoma, Live In Australia, And Found This Sweater While Thrifting In Finland. Had To Buy It, Of Course!
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#38 I Never Buy Used Blankets But I Couldn’t Say No To This One
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#39 Facebook Marketplace Find
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#40 Finally Found My Bedroom Reading Nook Chair! It’s Super Comfy And Big/Roomy. Only $49 😭 These Couch-Like Chairs Are Usually So Expensive
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#41 Unicorn I Couldn't Afford
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#42 Found A $20k Range At Local Thrift Store
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#43 Screaming Crying Barfing
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#44 It Happened. The Elusive Pink Ouija. Made In 2008 Exclusively For Toys'r'us
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#45 My Wife Picked Up This Triple Candy Machine For $10 With The Keys, Not Sure What We Need It For But Now It's Sitting At My Work To Be Painted
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#46 Somehow I Found The Matching Mask 5 Years Later At A Different Thrift Store In The Same City. Comedy And Tragedy Are Finally Reunited
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#47 Found A Hamburger Phone At Goodwill Today
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#48 Thrift Flip - Before And After
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#49 Sometimes Goodwill Has A Winner
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#50 Thrifted This Flower Vase Back In The Winter
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#51 I’ve Been Trolling Marketplace For A Classic Turtle Sandbox. I Didn’t Know What I Really Wanted Until I Found It
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#52 This Went Into My Cart Without A Second Thought
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#53 My Boyfriend Scooped This Up For $40
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#54 Screaming, Crying, Throwing Up!!!
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#55 Got For $4, Vintage Moschino
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#56 A 12x12ft Tapestry Of The Entire Script Of Shrek
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#57 Some Knitting Queen Left Her Sweater Stash And It Was 5$ Sweater Day So
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#58 2 People Tried To Take It From My Cart
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#59 Furnishing My First Big Girl Apartment And Found The Cutest Kettle
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#60 $12 Poster, I Call Her The Pantone Geisha
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#61 I Didn't Think It Was Ever A Possibility That I Could Own Something This Incredible! 1857 Marble Statue For $3!
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#62 Toilet Statue With An Ominous Poem And A Baby (?) In The Bowl???
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#63 Goodwill Tried Stopping Sale When They Realized
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#64 Found A Pristine Zojirushi Rice Cooker For $12.99 At My Local Goodwill 🍚
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#65 I Found This At A Local Thrift Shop Today, I’m Not Sure Why It Exists, But I Had To Have It
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#66 Physically Could Not Put Down This Mug The Moment I Saw It
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#67 Found A Ps5 For $8.99
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#68 I Had Accepted The Fact That I’d Never Be Able To Afford Anything From Mary Kate & Ashley Olson’s Luxury Clothing Brand. Then I Found This Sweater At Goodwill For $4.99!
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#69 Can You Believe I Passed This Up? It’s Haunted Me Ever Since
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#70 Craziest Find At The Thrift Store Ever
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#71 Found These Babies Several Weeks Ago 😬
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#72 You're Not Ready For The Back
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#73 Why Is This Creepy Pillow Worth So Much?
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