Thrift Store Tries Out an

It seems logical that items at thrift stores would be inexpensive, as the type of person you would assume to be shopping there would be there in order to save money, or to be "thrifty" as it were.

Seattle, WA (prHWY.com) August 26, 2012 - It seems logical that items at thrift stores would be inexpensive, as the type of person you would assume to be shopping there would be there in order to save money, or to be "thrifty" as it were. However, James Clifford, a thrift store owner at one particular store in Ohio noticed that many of the people who went to his store started complaining that the prices were no longer applicable to them. They were simply to expensive!

Jane Studdard, a long-time shopper of this particular thrift store, explained that she had always gone shopping for clothes for her children at thrift stores because she knew that for a few dollars she could get good used clothes that were perfectly fine by her kids. But lately, the price of items has been going up at the store.

"I don't understand," said Studdard, "how it is that people donate clothes for free, and now the store is charging $10 or $15 dollars for what used to be $2. I thought thrift stores were there to benefit shoppers, not to make money for themselves, but maybe I'm wrong about that."

Clifford heard this complaint loud and clear and decided to try a little experiment with his store - he decided to have a day where everything was free.

"I wanted to check the psychology behind the event," he said. "Would people take the things they believed were worth the most? Would they take just what they needed, or would they grab things just because they could? We were going to have a day with no holds barred just to see what would happen."

Ultimately, according to Clifford, almost everyone who came to the sale was extremely respectful, and some people were even almost on the verge of tears they were so happy to be able to search for all of the things they could use but not necessarily afford before. People were able to get entire outfits for their children for the school year, even down to the shoes. People who played sports got ahold of bats and balls, golf clubs and the like.

The housewares section was the first to get emptied, as people found plates, cups and silverware vastly superior to the stuff they had at home, and they could finally replace at no cost.

"Overall, the experiment was a huge success," states Clifford.

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