Thrift Store Hacks [0:00:00]
Gents, I get it.
Money is tight and you’re watching every penny, but you still want to build that interchangeable
wardrobe.
How to do it?
In today’s video, how to go to discount stores how to go to thrift stores and get
the best deal.
Are you ready?
Let’s do this.
[Music] Tip number one.
Shop on the right days.
So, most donations are going to come into thrift stores on the weekend.
That means Monday and Tuesday, they’re going to be putting them out on the floor, so you
want to make sure to be there when those items are being put out.
If you show up twenty four, forty eight hours after the fact, you are picking through whatever
is left.
Because there’s a of people out there that they actually make a living going into these
stores identifying something that’s valuable that’s being undersold and they basically
are doing arbitrage, they’re going to sell it on eBay, so you want to get in there early
to get first dips.
Next up, let’s talk about the holidays.
So, thrift stores, discount stores, they want to have some fun here too and on President’s
Day, on Veterans Day, on Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, they are going to have
sales.
You want to make sure if you want to get the best deal to be there on those days.
My next tip when you’re looking for something, have pictures of it.
You speak to an associate you say, hey, do you have a trench coat, do you have some brogues,
do you have a pair of penny loafers in the back.
And he’s going to say, oh, no, we don’t, but then you show him a picture of what penny
loafers look like of what brogues look like and he’s like, you know what?
We do have a pair of those fancy shoes with holes in them.
And here’s the deal is that most people do not know menswear, so if you’re saying
I’m looking for an overcoat, I’m looking for a very particular item, they’re just
going to probably say, nah, I don’t think we have it versus when you show them a picture,
it’s like, hey, that’s a visual of what they should be looking for and they can go
back there and hope you find it.
Next up, be the early bird.
You want to get there when the store opens.
You don’t have time?
You’ve got to go to work?
Well, maybe look to spend your lunch hour going to a local thrift stores and just peruse.
Yes, you’re going to have to eat maybe a sandwich in the vehicle back and forth, but
what you’re going to do is you’re going to find that amazing deal because you were
there on time.
My next tip for you, go to the right store.
You may be in the higher-end menswear, but if nobody in your area wears this type of
clothing, do you think your thrift store is going to carry it?
No, you’re going to maybe have to travel thirty miles to the right area, maybe higher-end
area.
Maybe when you’re traveling across the country you stop into smaller towns, go to their thrift
stores.
It’s amazing what you can find in these smaller towns just simply because you don’t
have as many people going through the stores.
Next up, leverage technology.
Find a pair of shoes, not so sure about them not so sure about the style, maybe not so
sure about the price, use Google Goggles, all of a sudden you’re going to be able
to identify what these would have sold for new.
Or, take that picture, put it in my Facebook group.
People are going to ask you questions they’re going to give you feedback, you’re going
to be able to like talk with a whole community of people very quickly to make a determination
is this a good purchase or not.
I’m linking to the Real Men Real Style Facebook Group down in the description of this video.
It’s a free group.
Guys, again, I’m linking to it down in the description.
Go check it out.
My next tip for you, find out when they rotate the tags.
So, a lot of stores they go through things that are 50% off, 75% off, they kind of move
it around the different sections and on different nights they change this.
It could be Tuesday night, it could be Sunday night.
Find out so the next day you are there to take advantage of that item you are looking
at.
Oh, it’s just a little bit too expensive, 20 bucks, I don’t have the money for it
right now, 75% off, boom!
You are there to grab that deal.
Now, this next one is a little bit sneaky, but donate every time you’re going to go
shopping.
So, whenever you donate old clothing, you donate anything to a lot of these thrift stores
or discount stores, they’re going to give you a coupon for 25% off, 50% off your next
purchase.
Guess what?
You are going to go shopping anyway, you walk in there you use that discount code and you
just save money and you donated something that won’t even going to use.
Now, this next tip is something most guys never do and that is get to know the people
that work at the thrift store.
Be loyal to the thrift store, develop real relationships with the people that work there
and you would be surprise at what they would do for you.
Normally, they’re not going to hold items, but they’ll hold them for you.
Whenever you tell them what you’re looking for, you actually create a hit list with them,
they are used to seeing you and whenever that item comes in, they put it to the side not
knowing if it’s your right size, but, gosh, every time Mike is in here he’s talked about
this, I want to make Mike stay.
When it comes down to it, the people working there they are human beings and they want
to help other human beings out, so treat them with respect, get to know them, you’d be
surprised at the deals that you can get that most people will never ever see.
All right, gentlemen, so if you like this video, it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
I’ve got you covered with this video right here where I go into twenty money saving hacks
strange ways that most people don’t even know how to save money.
I can promise you in this video, you’re going to learn something new whether you’re
shopping at a thrift store, whether you’re shopping at a box store, whether you’re
shopping online.
I’ve got you covered in this video right here.
Or another video you may want to check out, it’s not so much about shopping hacks, but
how to actually put clothing together to look amazing.
Check out this video right here how to look rich without robbing a bank.
In this video, I go into the details of how to put things together how to look amazing,
again, without you having to spend a whole lot of money.
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