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Time for a secondhand story called How to Trick the Thrift Gods. I’ve had a yellow wool coat on my thrift wish list for probably two or three years ever since I saw Olivia Palmero’s coat years ago. Although I did find yellow coats many times, they were never really what I had in mind – I wanted either a pea or funnel neck coat in a specific shade of bright yellow- so I kept passing since it wasn’t really a priority and I didn’t wanna thrift something I truly didn’t love. Finally this year I gave up and splurged...

We get it, there are a lot of reasons why people avoid going to the thrift store. Some are myths, misconceptions, and even truths. So in this episode of the podcast, we share twenty things you all told us you hate about the thrift experience and we talk about ways to hate them less. The smell Ah, that thrift store smell. To avid thrifters, that’s the scent of deals. To newbies, it’s good old fashioned body odor. You simply have to go often to get used to the smell or limit the amount of time you spend in the store...