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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
Posts: 3587
From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
|  Posted: 2003-11-14 10:00 am Permalink
The revolt has begun...the antique ninny spies at Goodwill are onto tiki... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3253700317&category=29460
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emspace
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Joined: Jan 05, 2003
Posts: 875
From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2003-11-14 10:19 am Permalink
I'm sending them a message...they will feel the wrath of emspace.
em
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seamus
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Joined: May 07, 2003
Posts: 462
From: Portland
| Posted: 2003-11-14 11:08 am Permalink
It's the end of the world as we know it.
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Tiki Diablo
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Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1888
From: socal
| Posted: 2003-11-14 11:31 am Permalink
It's a tiki line-up . "turn to the right " "You with the bad skin, step foward." This and a cavity search too. Hijo Lei.(spanish pidgeon)
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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
| Posted: 2003-11-14 11:54 am Permalink
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2003-11-14 12:16 pm Permalink
Goodwill and Sal Army have both fallen from the purer faith. Even St. Vincent de Paul (regional?) has 'Targetfied' their establishments. I was geezin to the wahine when we visitied my old college haunts recently.
(Dana Carvey voice) "I'm an old man!"
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FLOUNDERart
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Joined: Sep 02, 2003
Posts: 1140
From: Orlando Florida
| Posted: 2003-11-14 1:23 pm Permalink
Shit!
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2003-11-14 1:45 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2003-11-14 13:23, FLOUNDERart wrote:
Shit!
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truer words were never spoken.
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TikiGoddess
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Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Posts: 417
From: Penna
| Posted: 2003-11-14 2:47 pm Permalink
AARRGGHH! I am so saddened by this.
The only way to combat this is to stand outside the goodwill box and ask people what they are donatign before they toss it in the box! Or drive by the store in the middle of the nite and see what people left by the door after hours. I once saw an amazing driftwood 1950s lamp and briefly thought of taking it. Then I decided it would be way too pathetic to steal from a thrift shop! So I went there the next day and asked about it and they had no idea what I was talking about.
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2003-11-14 4:31 pm Permalink
It's a commy plot!
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Kono
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Joined: Oct 08, 2003
Posts: 1266
From: Orlando
| Posted: 2003-11-14 7:05 pm Permalink
You guys know Goodwill's had their own auction site for some time?
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/
There's something shady about that site though. Items seem to usually go for far more than they would on ebay or in the stores. I sometimes get of a conspiratorial mindset and think Goodwill employees go in and try to jack the price up. Bookmark a few items and watch them. See if they don't go for a lot more than you'd expect. Or maybe I'm just crazy... 
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FLOUNDERart
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Joined: Sep 02, 2003
Posts: 1140
From: Orlando Florida
| Posted: 2003-11-14 7:21 pm Permalink
My wife is an ebayer and we noticed the same thing.
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TikiGoddess
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Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Posts: 417
From: Penna
| Posted: 2003-11-14 8:23 pm Permalink
I had no idea Goodwill was running their own auction site. I just checked out their household goods section, and they are selling a crystal bowl from Tiffany's. Who on earth is donating anything from Tiffany's to the thrift store??? Ivana Trump's cast offs?
Regardless, their stuff does seem a bit pricey all things considered.
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emspace
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Joined: Jan 05, 2003
Posts: 875
From: Vancouver
| Posted: 2003-11-14 9:14 pm Permalink
Oh no! I am not, NOT going to be checking out their auction site! This has gone far enuff!
argh,
em.
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tikifish
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2720
From: Toronto,Canada
| Posted: 2003-11-15 05:51 am Permalink
I know a guy who found a Stueben vase at the local Goodwill worh a couple grand. Picked it up on his lunch hour. Damn, why doesn't that happen to me?
Oh yeah, cause I don't know what a Steuben Vase looks like! hahah
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