Though I prefer to shop at independent stores rather than chains, in a pinch I would much sooner go to Value Village than Nordstrom or J.C. Penney. I can’t imagine I’ll ever spend money on brand-new clothes again when thrift stores like Value Village carry, along with some garbage, many items of clothing that have never been worn, or show no wear. Sure, Value Village is known to carry a few things so odd they seem like jokes, such as record sleeves containing only fractions of records, but most of their merchandise is usable. The tape deck on the $10 portable CD player may be broken, but if the CD player works, I’d rather spend that $10 than the $200 it originally cost.
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