Sunday 5 May 2013

Best Tips While Shopping Second Hand Cloths for Your Kids

Most of us are interested in buying local goods from Op shops that provide quality products at reasonable rate, but if one goes to buy goods from the shops then keeping in mind some of these tips can help to have more fun at the local Op shop and get the goods for kids and for our self at the best price.

1.     Find local Op Shops that are in your area (You can Search it out here) and then keep on visiting them at regular interval to get to know about latest offers. You must remember that since it is an op shop, therefore with time there will be more and more exciting offers that will be for you. At times you can have lots of wardrobe for your small kids and at the same time you can help these op shops in their charity work.

2.    Try to keep a list of all things that you need for your kids in your purse, this will make it easy for you to remember and at the same time it will avoid you from being distracted from other attractive products out there. So, you can give priority to all important things and then go with optional products.


3.    While shopping, if you come across some dress that you wish to buy for your kids, but think that it may be oversize , still you can buy it and plan to gift it to your relatives and friends kids. This will make them delighted and at the same time you are indirectly helping in charity with these shops.

4.    One can find local op shops in their nearby area by staying online with the help of sites such as Rummagehunter.com and get nearest shops address.






Friday 19 April 2013

Marketing with Local Thrift Shop Can Help You Save Easy Money in Result

In this competitive economy, with higher retail pricing, it is not surprising to see that the Thrift Shop retail market is booming. After being a competitive and tough first half of the year for mainstream retail outlets, the Thrift Shop retail arena is thriving and looks set for a better targeted second half of this year. Although the mainstream retail business is showing little growth at present, they are going to still require some time to get back on track and this seems to be helping the Charity retail market.

Benefit of buying from local Thrift Shops

So, you may be wondering how a Thrift Shop with a limited budget can give you excellent results. To start with the workforce behind the Charity retail market is largely volunteers who are generally very friendly and welcoming and they rarely advertise (which makes some Thrift Shops hard to find) plus all items for sale are donated from considerate individuals.

So, you may be wondering how a Thrift Shop with a limited budget can give you excellent results. To start with the workforce behind the Charity retail market is largely volunteers who are generally very friendly and welcoming and they rarely advertise (which makes some Thrift Shops hard to find) plus all items for sale are donated from considerate individuals.

Shopping at these Thrift Shops is now in such vogue that everyone from the average low income earner to those that are just thrifty shoppers and know how to save a buck. There are some people who have this common and old thinking that these shops are for poor or for low income people, but this is not the reality. One can even see the range of customers coming from all walks of life.

Let’s face it my kids have all had Thrift Shop clothes mainly because they grow too fast and kids know how to spoil good clothes …right? And this saves me the extra bucks to do other things with my kids.

So, just be sure to check the local community Thrift shops that are available in your area that have all the second hand goods.



There are many popular Thrift Shops that have emerged in the market such as Lifeline, The Salvos (Salvation Army or Family Stores), Goodwill, Red Cross and other small shops, they all have the same target, focus and work within similar mindsets, that is to provide you all important and necessary goods at the cheapest and most affordable rate available. Just browse local Thrift Shop in your area from our more than 27,000+ shops worldwide and go for selling your goods or for buying at cheap rate.


If you are in Australia, U.K., U.S.A.,New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, England, Ireland  or at any corner of the globe find your local Thrift shop here and place your ads to sell your goods to put those bucks back in your pocket or just to help your local charity.

If you find or know of a Thrift Shop that is not on the Rummage Hunter list then let them know.

Monday 15 April 2013

Some of the Greatest Benefits of Shopping at Online Thrift Stores

There have been plenty of local mortar retails and thrift stores that were located nearby your house and on the same steps nowadays online thrift stores are becoming immense popular. One of the major reason why people prefer to buy from second hand stores all of their wide range of products, whether it may be clothes for family members, goods, sports equipments, furniture or any seasonal decorative items is because of their attractive prices and the excellent condition of all the goods.  Internet has made it an easy task for all of us that now we can shop online by sitting at the comfort of our home, thus saving a lot of money on all of the essential goods. Just browse your local thrift store and start buying your goods at an ease. 

Some of the major benefits that drive lots of customers towards these thrift stores are as follows: 

  •   Very cheap and affordable prices.
  •   There are several deals and discounts on most of their products.
  • There is no rush of buying, only local customers will be out there.
  • An online thrift stores generally works in a functional way and is easy to navigate for the new users.
  • Most of the online thrift stores even give you the opportunity to sell your used goods and in return earn some handsome money.


Disadvantages:

  •  Most of the second hand merchandise is available in limited numbers which have good quality.
  • In this case, the general method of clarification of doubt is through email or telephonic conversation.
  • The ability to try on dresses are limited to some extent.
  • There is no fixed warranty for any of the electronic products.

There is generally some or the other disadvantages with everything you buy, same is the case with online thrift stores. To come out of these disadvantages many online thrift stores came up with the great idea of offering return policies and providing great discounts on all of their goods.