Salvation Army prices are nuts!

[Big Fat Whitewalls]

I stopped going by the Salvation Army 3 or 4 months ago, the prices they put on the bikes are crazy. Seems like any bike starts at $49.99. The only bike I've bought from them, was a mid 80"s girls Huffy cruiser that I did a sex change on. I payed $35.00 for it last summer. Yesterday my wife and I went out for lunch, and happened to drive by there on our way back. They had 4 bikes out front, 2 Walmart mountain bikes, and 2 cruisers, a boys and a girls. I didn't stop, but I could see the girls was an old Schwinn. I work 2nd shift, so I left a little early to go back and check them out. The girls Schwinn, was a mid to late 60's bike, that had been left outside. All the chrome was shot, no hope of cleaning it up, and it was priced at $99.99. The boys cruiser was a newer Walmart cruiser in just about the same shape, it was priced at $89.99. You can buy them new for that. Crazy, Dean

 

[Wildcat]

I noticed the thrift stores jacking up the prices last year. Not just a normal increase, they upped the bikes by 30-50%. Almost as much as a new walmart bike. The good bikes somehow are priced well, but cheap ones go through the roof.

 

[Crassly]

Must depend on where you live. I went to the SA on Wednesday on my lunch break and someone had dropped off a girls Schwinn middleweight. It has been repainted, but it has nice chrome 26 inch S7 wheels and a deluxe chain guard. Cost me $10.75 with tax.

 

[Big Fat Whitewalls]

Must depend on where you live. I went to the SA on Wednesday on my lunch break and someone had dropped off a girls Schwinn middleweight. It has been repainted, but it has nice chrome 26 inch S7 wheels and a deluxe chain guard. Cost me $10.75 with tax.

Now that's what they should cost. The same bike as the 100 dollar girls Schwinn would be 20 to 25 dollars at any swapmeet. Dean

 

[oldschoolcolo]

Prices at thrift stores here are all over the place.

Invariably the bikes worth a small fortune that I've bought are priced $15 or less. While all the Magna's, Nexts and assorted other junk are $30-$40. Makes no sense, but works out OK as I can usu get a deal!

 

[bring.doom]

None of the thrift stores around me even sell bikes, lol. But I do notice they watch trends. When all the kids were buying those mesh trucker hats because ashton kusher wore one. I would go there with $4 and walk out with 10 hats, Go home and sell them on ebay for $10 a piece. Just about the time they were getting harder to sell and I had to sell for less (like $6) the local salvation armys, goodwills and other shops started selling the hats for $4 to $5 so It was no longer worth it to me. Same thing with belt buckels. Finally I gave up. It was a very profitable way of making some cash though while it lasted.