Garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, all of these places are playgrounds for bargain hunters. One day, they discover a retro windbreaker that looks like it just stepped out of an ’80s magazine, the next, a weirdly adorable ceramic cat mug that somehow survived without breaking. On the subreddit r/ThriftStoreHauls, members eagerly share their finds, swapping stories, snapping photos, and celebrating the thrill of scoring something unique for next to nothing. Their posts make you want to grab a tote bag and start thrifting too.
#1 I Grabbed It Thinking It Was A Cool Mirror, Then I Noticed The Plug
#2 Did I Go To Goodwill Looking For A Cast-Iron Beaver Pencil Holder? Nope. Do I Have One Now? H**l Yes I Do
Just like the members of this subreddit, celebrities also love thrifting.
From singers who love to perform in vintage (SZA) to actors who rewear their favorite gowns on the red carpet (Winona Ryder) and celebrities who exclusively shop vintage while traveling (Helen Mirren), a lot of stars have spoken openly about their love for thrifting.
#3 Found This Today At Goodwill. I Love It!!!🥰
#4 8 Years Ago I Posted These 1930’s Salvatore Ferragamo Shoes (On My Old Account) That I Found For $8 At Savers. Today, They Are Being Shipped To The Museum In Italy!
#5 Boyfriend Was Not Impressed With These Kjaernulf Chairs I Thrifted For €175
And it’s not just Hollywood. Thrifting is shifting from a niche hobby to a mainstream activity in other places, too.
For example, according to the 2024 Thrift Report from Value Village (the largest for-profit thrift operator in Canada for value-priced pre-owned clothing, accessories, and housewares), 90 percent of Canadian consumers have engaged with a thrift store through shopping, donating, or both (up from 83 percent in 2022); nearly one in three have thrifted in the past year alone, and more than 40 percent of Gen Z are regular thrifters.
#6 Goodwill Find!!
#7 Repurposed This $2 Vintage Cookie Jar That Was Missing It’s Lid 🍓
#8 Just Scored These Handmade Rocking Chairs For $20 Each At Goodwill!
#9 Found The Perfect Kitten Throne At A Thrift Shop
In different countries the numbers might also be different, but the aforementioned Canadian report also discovered that despite all the apps popping up, in-person thrift stores are still very important. Canucks claim to spend 6.8 times more at brick-and-mortar thrift stores compared to online resale. Eighty-three cents of every dollar they spend on pre-owned apparel is spent in-store.
#10 $12 Lamp
#11 Found My Dream End Table And Forced Myself To Learn How To Refinish It
#12 ….is This A Potential Dog Bed?
#13 $15 Black Tie Find From Goodwill
Also, more than 3 in 10 respondents said that secondhand clothing makes up more than a quarter of their wardrobe, and nearly 40 percent of thrifters purchase secondhand clothing at least once per month.
Gen Z relies on secondhand clothing even more – 6 in 10 said over a quarter of their wardrobe is secondhand.
#14 Before I Dropped My Kindergartener Off At School, I Asked If She Wanted Me To Look For Anything For Her While I Thrifted. She Said “Sparkly Unicorn Purse”. The Thrift Gods Had My Back
#15 Found A Menstruation Mallard For 6.25
#16 Was Told To Post These Here. $4 A Piece
#17 No Way I Was Going To Pass This Up For $2.99!
Canadians also shop secondhand beyond apparel, with more than 8 in 10 having bought at least one non-apparel item.
Leading categories include books (46 percent), furniture (38 percent), home décor (34 percent), and housewares/kitchenware (32 percent).
#18 Paid $120 For This Coffee Table And Found It Online For Way More…
#19 My BF Thinks My New Chair Meh. Whip His A*s Please
#20 Single-Handedly The Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Found At A Thrift Store
But regardless of where you are, giving clothes (and other things) a second life, is also contributing to saving the planet.
It is estimated that the equivalent of one garbage truck full of textiles is landfilled or incinerated every second.
Furthermore, the fashion industry is considered to be responsible for 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions—that’s more emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. If the fashion sector continues on its current trajectory, that share of the carbon budget could jump to 26% by 2050.
#21 Goodwill Doesn’t Often Come Through Anymore, But I Found This $460 Beauty For $12 Sitting On A Pile Of Ugly Clocks
#22 Best Thrift Find So Far!
#23 I Thrifted A Race Car Bed For My Dogs
#24 Y’all, The Faces I Made When I Pulled This Hermes Silk Scarf Parasol Out! Silent Screaming All The Way To The Register
#25 This Beautiful Caprani Bentwood Lamp. I’m Obsessed
#26 One Of My Most Recent Fav Finds. Makes A Good Door Stop & Window Watching Buddy For My Cat
#27 The Moth Is Painted On And It’s Only $135, I’m Actually In Love 🫠
#28 Does This Count? I Got It At An Estate Sale For $80
#29 Found This Peach Tea Whistle Kettle At My Local Thrift Store !!
#30 My Mom, Sister, And Boyfriend All Told Me To Leave It
#31 This Little Turtle Lamp Cost Me $7
#32 Found This Lotus Lamp At My Local Thrift Store For $20
#33 Finally Found My Bedroom Reading Nook Chair! It’s Super Comfy And Big/Roomy. Only $49 😭 These Couch-Like Chairs Are Usually So Expensive
#34 I Found A Wavy Mirror
#35 I’m From Oklahoma, Live In Australia, And Found This Sweater While Thrifting In Finland. Had To Buy It, Of Course!
#36 I Never Buy Used Blankets But I Couldn’t Say No To This One
#37 Found A $20k Range At Local Thrift Store
#38 Screaming Crying Barfing
#39 Thrifted This Flower Vase Back In The Winter
#40 This, My Friends, Is Why I Drive 45 Minutes To The Rich People Goodwill
#41 Found This Cute Salt And Pepper Set
#42 Not Sure If I’ll Ever Top This One
#43 Unicorn I Couldn’t Afford
#44 Thrift Flip – Before And After
#45 Facebook Marketplace Find
#46 Somehow I Found The Matching Mask 5 Years Later At A Different Thrift Store In The Same City. Comedy And Tragedy Are Finally Reunited
#47 Found A Hamburger Phone At Goodwill Today
#48 My Wife Picked Up This Triple Candy Machine For $10 With The Keys, Not Sure What We Need It For But Now It’s Sitting At My Work To Be Painted
#49 Sometimes Goodwill Has A Winner
#50 This Went Into My Cart Without A Second Thought
#51 It Happened. The Elusive Pink Ouija. Made In 2008 Exclusively For Toys’r’us
#52 My Boyfriend Scooped This Up For $40
#53 Screaming, Crying, Throwing Up!!!
#54 A 12x12ft Tapestry Of The Entire Script Of Shrek
#55 I’ve Been Trolling Marketplace For A Classic Turtle Sandbox. I Didn’t Know What I Really Wanted Until I Found It
#56 Got For $4, Vintage Moschino
#57 Furnishing My First Big Girl Apartment And Found The Cutest Kettle
#58 Found A Pristine Zojirushi Rice Cooker For $12.99 At My Local Goodwill 🍚
#59 Some Knitting Queen Left Her Sweater Stash And It Was 5$ Sweater Day So
#60 2 People Tried To Take It From My Cart
#61 I Didn’t Think It Was Ever A Possibility That I Could Own Something This Incredible! 1857 Marble Statue For $3!
#62 Goodwill Tried Stopping Sale When They Realized
#63 $12 Poster, I Call Her The Pantone Geisha
#64 Found A Ps5 For $8.99
#65 Physically Could Not Put Down This Mug The Moment I Saw It
#66 Toilet Statue With An Ominous Poem And A Baby (?) In The Bowl???
#67 I Had Accepted The Fact That I’d Never Be Able To Afford Anything From Mary Kate & Ashley Olson’s Luxury Clothing Brand. Then I Found This Sweater At Goodwill For $4.99!
#68 I Found This At A Local Thrift Shop Today, I’m Not Sure Why It Exists, But I Had To Have It
#69 Can You Believe I Passed This Up? It’s Haunted Me Ever Since
#70 Craziest Find At The Thrift Store Ever
#71 Found These Babies Several Weeks Ago 😬
#72 You’re Not Ready For The Back
#73 Why Is This Creepy Pillow Worth So Much?
