How many of you are hooked on thrift stores, flea markets, yard sales, etc.

I do to. I havent done yard sale in awhile and Im sure when spring comes around so many people will be cleaning their house out and there will alot of yard sales now Im exicited. I cant wait to go. I get exicited over the sillest of thing. Probably cause I dont have a life.LOL Happy hunting.

Yes, I love them. Two reasons first-the price and the amount of money you can save. WIth a afamliy of 7, I need to conserve as much money as possible. Second- the idea of purchasing something that is not new, packaged, shipped, all of which has a huge impact on our environment. I feel like I am helping both myself and our world when I can buy recycled stuff.

I am a garage sale junkie! I also love a bargain in any store! I really comb the stores after Christmas and around inventory time, because they tend to mark down to get rid of items quickly. Of course I have to "need" it, or know someone that would. I've already finished my Christmas shopping for this year (for the younger kids I buy for). Just something about getting a $60 toy for $10 or less. It can be addicting!

I enjoy hunting for treasures in the thrift stores. I buy alot of clothes for the kids there and even books. I don't like paying the full price the kids grow out of them so quick. Saves alot of money time and hassle.

My husband and I are not fanatics but we love going to thrift stores and fleamarkets to buy books. btw On april the 30th my entire country turns into one big open air fleamarket. On this day we celebrate our queen's birthday and since it is a national holiday most people use that day to get rid of their stuff in the attic and garage. If you are really into this try to have a holiday in my country on april the 30th if you ever feel like travelling to Europe.

I don't get around as much as I used to, so I can't say I"m hooked any more, but I used to love yard sales. I still do most of my shopping in thrift stores, and I'm lucky enough to have two good ones, and one very large excellent one within easy walking distance. I don't think I'll ever get over the thrill of a terrific bargain.

Haha you know you are hooked when you get excited just from reading the title of your post! I don't really go to flea markets or thrift stores a ton, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE yard/garage sales! I am seriously counting down the days until they start. They usually start happening here around mid-May, and I am so excited! I go garage-saleing just about every weekend in the summer. I am very excited about that!

I am not hooked but i like and enjoy going to flea markets and yard sales. Sometimes, i can find good items at good price. Some of the things that i like buying there (or at least browwsing through) are clothes, accessories and plants.

Last year I was like that. I was looking for stuff for my new house, and couldn't bring myself to pay thirty bucks for a 4-person dinner set at Wal-Mart when I could collect my own from goodwill for a dollar per setting!!! My kitchen is cute and colorful and actually pretty retro because of it. And we all know that's coming back in style. I didn't go one week without Goodwillin'. ACtually, I went several times a week there for a while when I was on that side of town for school anyways.

I used to be quite the addict of discount or vintage shopping. This was in the days before ebay got popular, when you could walk into a store and find a louis vuitton bag for a dollar and turn around and sell it on an online site for over $200. It seems that these days are over and thrift stores are much more picked over when it comes to the big name brands. I never find anything good anymore- people must be ebaying these things themselves or they're getting snatched up quicker. I do love finding unique vintage items in these stores. People throw away some fabulous things. I especially love vintage detailed handbags. A lot of these bags are back in style (or will be soon) and I love being the first to have a trendy bag without spending more than $2 on it.

I live in Southern California so there are a lot of really good flea markets and thrift shops I love flea markets I could spend all day in some of them they are so huge sometimes I get lost. As far a thrift shops go I really like buffalo exchange or places like that where they buy the clothes and resell them because they make sure all the products are name brand and in good shape before they buy them so you will only find the best stuff at these types of thrift stores.