Man Buys Vince Lombardi's Jacket at Goodwill for 58 Cents

Goodwill shopper unwittingly buys $20,000 Vince Lombardi jacket

Check your closet, friend ... if you've ever shopped at Goodwill, you might just have a famous artifact of clothing hanging there.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...--20-000-vince-lombardi-jacket-180718701.html

 

Goodwill's and the likes are great places to find hidden treasures. The people that work there don't know any better. I usually go in to find great books. If it is leatherbound, I'm on it like a dog to a cat turd. Found a rug once, it was hand stitched in silk, Indian. Paid 15 bucks for it, sold it for 1500.00. It was missing backing and it was a bit weathered, if not for that it was appraised higher at around 5 grand. Cool shit like that happens all the time.

 

I have found Goodwill's prices to usually be a good bit higher for the same items sold at other thrift stores. I got a pair of New Balance sneakers that looked almost new for $3 at one of the local shops in Baton Rouge. Same shoes would have been priced around $20 at a Goodwill.

A friend of mine's wife used to make pretty good money buying things at thrift stores and selling them on eBay. She mostly did children's clothing but it seemed my friend always had some new looking sneakers on and when I found out she would buy them at thrift stores I started going to them myself. I used to think those stores were only for poor folks but if you look at the cars in the parking lot there are lots of late model vehicles including BMWs and Lexus's.

 

Contrary to what Red wants you to believe, the rich don't get rich by stealing from the poor, they do it by being...well, thrifty.

 

Wouldn't you consider payday cash advances the rich robbing the poor?

 

The hell they don't

Well of course they don't, I already said this

You made that up

 

I would

 

Another Goodwill find: A Phoenix man bought a watch worth $35,000 for $5.99

https://www.yahoo.com/makers/man-finds-35-000-treasure-at-goodwill-111415909070.html