2nd hand shops/Your best finds?

[Gazrok]

Basically, it just changed to where small businesses need to be niche stores. You simply can't sell things that you can get at WalMart, or easily online.

This is why Antique shops, specialty boutiques, restaurants, etc. are what you'll find in most downtown shopping in small American towns.

Good example, I have a local hardware store near me. Mom and pop, run by that family for years. But, their odd hours and limited inventory (as well as a lot of cheap stuff from China), generally has me going more to the Lowes further up the road. I'm not sure how they are still in business.

It's one of the reasons I'm urging the wife to abandon the Tack Shop business (we have a saddle shop and sell bits, bridles, and other horse gear). Nowadays, it just costs too much to keep inventory in stock, in the hopes that someone buys a $700 saddle. Granted, same saddle may be $800-$900 online (and we paid like $400 for it wholesale), but still, that's $400 that is just sitting there doing nothing for months on end. Multiply that by a few saddles, and now you see the issue. Right now, it doesn't really COST us anything to have the shop, but we're not really getting much out of it either (maybe a profit of about 3 grand a year). With a different business, I'm sure we could double that...so here's hoping I can convince her.

 

[jayson40]

Second hand stores are sometimes the best place to especially if your on a tight budget like my wife and I are on

 

[bigpaul]

not much in the way of 2nd hand shops in my neck of the woods, got a few charity shops but the stuff is getting pricey these days now that they are run as a business, I get most of my stuff at Car Boot Sales and Outdoor Markets, had some good stuff over the years and will be starting going again in the Spring.

 

[jayson40]

We don't have second hand shops where I live. What we do have are alot of garage/ yard sales. Every once in a while you can find pretty good stuff.

 

[grayghost668]

I used to love to roam the pawn shops,,,you never knew what you might find,sometimes the shop did not know what they had,,,,,,,,,,,,those were the real deals

 

[rimfiredude43]

Yeah i love second hand stores too.me and the wife have found lots of cast iron cookware.hand tools.propane camp stove.and even found a carmin gps for 8 dollars that worked !

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