Beauty & Style Op shops

[Geelong_Sicko]

On another tangent about op shops, I can tell you a juicy story about a salvoes store.

One crazy bitch stalked a felluh and ended up with a restraining order on her. She broke is numerous times threatening the persons life, destroying his character with malicious lies. She got done for breeching the order a number of times and received fifty hours community service at the local salvo shop.

While there she conned them all to believe she was the victim and continued her malicious slander.clearly breeching the good behavior bond. The staff there took to causing trouble and stalking her victim for years and years themselves. Small town shit.

"There's little good in sedentary small towns. Mostly indifference spiced with an occasional vapid evil – or worse, a conscious one..." ― Stephen King, Salem's Lot.

 

[little graham]

"There's little good in sedentary small towns. Mostly indifference spiced with an occasional vapid evil – or worse, a conscious one..." ― Stephen King, Salem's Lot.

He's spot on. I was talking to a film producer one day about this very town, she grew up in. I told her the town is out of a Stephen King novel. She was drinking coffee as i said it. And yes, she spat it out, all over the steering wheel. she was driving lol.

 

[brutus76]

My mum ran a Salvos store for over 15 years.

Always happy to donate clothes when i have a spring clean.

Good place to get a cheap book or cd - and tell em to keep the change. They do a great service especially in winter to those families needing manchester to keep them and their kids warm.

 

[KardiniaPark]

My mum is retired and works there one day a week, I'm pretty sure she only does it so she can buy the good stuff for herself. Every time she comes over I have a new bowl or towel set.

 

[Silent Alarm]

The old birds in those 'jobs' at op shops have some misplaced cattiness. It's no different to working anywhere else; these women have a hierarchy, won't let the new girl do the sorting job, they all bitch and complain about the way someone put the coat hangers facing left not right in one rack... you overhear it and it's something else.

 

[Scotland]

Anyone been to op shops overseas?

I popped into one in Austria which was pretty cool. Very similar to here except being a town that has a proper winter there were a lot more winter clothes. Coats, ski clothes, those puffy jackets that cost a fortune at Mountain Designs... all for a fraction of the cost of what you'd pay here.

 

[The Lemon]

Found a sick Torana jacket at a salvos. man i loved that

 

[Scotland]

Found a sick Torana jacket at a salvos. man i loved that

Do want.

 

[The Lemon]

Do want.

i gotta find it. i am thinking my old man threw it out again

 

[Scotland]

I find op shops a bit weird. Like if I am buying a $3 shirt am I depriving someone who can only afford a $3 shirt, or am I helping by giving $3 to the Salvos or SVDP or whoever? If I have clothes, blankets, whatever I also wonder whether I'm helping or hindering by donating.

Last time I went to one in Perth I was looking for something specific for a costume and it was rack after rack of high vis stuff which was depressing.

 

[getthefooty]

Anyone been to op shops overseas?

I popped into one in Austria which was pretty cool. Very similar to here except being a town that has a proper winter there were a lot more winter clothes. Coats, ski clothes, those puffy jackets that cost a fortune at Mountain Designs... all for a fraction of the cost of what you'd pay here.

Went to one in Krakow, they weighed the item of clothing to determine how much it was. Picked up two quality winter jackets for the equivalent of like $10.

In Tilburg in the Netherlands there was 2 or 3 quality op shops too, was a lot easier to find winter clothes than here and no hipsters to turn them into 'boutique' stores and drive prices up.

 

[The Lemon]

no hipsters to turn them into 'boutique' stores and drive prices up.

That's why i am scared to go into these places. The one i saw in Brunswick is set up out the front with all "retro" furniture...I just know the prices will be insane

 

[Silent Alarm]

Yeah, the ones in Brunswick and Fitzroy are really expensive and absolute shit as well because they're cleaned out by young trendies. The best areas have a lot of middle class people that generally buy stuff new or think op shops are for povos, but a good splattering of older doctors and school teachers and stuff like that. That's why Errol Street was so good – it's expensive to rent in but it also has a really communal, small-town village feel to it (great roadside pick up stuff too: fridges, washers and dryers, bed frames, and all sorts in really good nick) so it was chockers full of great shit.

Could imagine the suburbs a little east and south of St Kilda to be ripping, no hipsters south and that area is full of dentists and Jews. Reckon Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein could be everywhere...

 

[The Lemon]

Yeah, the ones in Brunswick and Fitzroy are really expensive and absolute shit as well because they're cleaned out by young trendies. The best areas have a lot of middle class people that generally buy stuff new or think op shops are for povos, but a good splattering of older doctors and school teachers and stuff like that. That's why Errol Street was so good – it's expensive to rent in but it also has a really communal, small-town village feel to it (great roadside pick up stuff too: fridges, washers and dryers, bed frames, and all sorts in really good nick) so it was chockers full of great shit.

Could imagine the suburbs a little east and south of St Kilda to be ripping, no hipsters south and that area is full of dentists and Jews. Reckon Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein could be everywhere...

Might give those latter areas a crack.

I haven't really delved too much into op shops, but i might ramp it up a bit

 

[peternorth]

you can get a lot of free stuff from salvo or charity bins

 

[Gough]

Might give those latter areas a crack.

I haven't really delved too much into op shops, but i might ramp it up a bit

A lot of the ones round me are good if you're trying to pull off the aging wog look, you want faded double breasted suits come op shopping round my way.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Stopped at Lorne for the arvo on way home from melbs doing the great ocean road thing
Went in the OP shop on the mainy and the mrs picked up a real Burberry bag for $5
Needless to say she was thinking she was queen of op shopping in the entire world for the next few hrs

 

[rocker_oz33]

I got some retro Tupperware from one of the local op shops.
salvos seem to be more $$$$$$ than the others.
But you can find some good stuff at op shops,but they prob keep the good shitetttttttt for them selfs.

 

[The Lemon]

A lot of the ones round me are good if you're trying to pull off the aging wog look, you want faded double breasted suits come op shopping round my way.

hahaha

 

[peternorth]

Stopped at Lorne for the arvo on way home from melbs doing the great ocean road thing
Went in the OP shop on the mainy and the mrs picked up a real Burberry bag for $5
Needless to say she was thinking she was queen of op shopping in the entire world for the next few hrs

not to burst her bubble, how did she know it was real? ive given fake bags acquired to the mrs before unbeknownst it was or wasnt real

 

[The Lemon]

not to burst her bubble, how did she know it was real? ive given fake bags acquired to the mrs before unbeknownst it was or wasnt real

A person i had on FB posted a pic of the fakest Gucci bag i have ever seen. Felt sorry for them.

 

[peternorth]

A person i had on FB posted a pic of the fakest Gucci bag i have ever seen. Felt sorry for them.

hahahaha that's funny!

 

[The Lemon]

hahahaha that's funny!

Sad. It's sad.

Unless you really know your bags, you're probably buying shit

 

[rocker_oz33]

Saddle bags.

 

[little graham]

I find op shops a bit weird. Like if I am buying a $3 shirt am I depriving someone who can only afford a $3 shirt, or am I helping by giving $3 to the Salvos or SVDP or whoever? If I have clothes, blankets, whatever I also wonder whether I'm helping or hindering by donating.
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What most ferals want is good jeans and trackies and shoes. Dole bludgers want trousers and shirts for job interviews. Leave what they need.