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randomtagger

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38. lol

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 05:17 PM

Dec 2012

Hipsters are so gullible; it is so easy to profit from them they should feel bad for doing it.

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Urban Outfitters Buys Yard Sale Clothes And Resells Them To Hipsters As 'Vintage' [View all] The Straight Story Dec 2012 OP

sounds up front to me - it's the people who pay for this that have issues IMO lol nt msongs Dec 2012 #1

I agree. I thought everyone knew "vintage" means used, older clothing. merrily Dec 2012 #6

in this case i say -- well, if people are stupid enough to pay it... for my taste, even goodwill is HiPointDem Dec 2012 #2

Yes Goodwill is overpriced. Cobalt Violet Dec 2012 #12

we still have some thrifts with actually thrifty prices. decent jeans for $1, e.g. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #21

My goodwill sells all pants, shirts, skirts and sweaters for $5.00 ea. bunnies Dec 2012 #28

Not surprised. tilsammans Dec 2012 #3

Oh, yeah, and I forgot Free People tilsammans Dec 2012 #4

Ugh. Thanks. Good to know. merrily Dec 2012 #7

what's free people? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

A line of clothing marketed to hip, young people. siligut Dec 2012 #33

lol. thanks. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #37

And it's far from "free" tilsammans Dec 2012 #47

Not cool with the huge markup but like the idea Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #5

Etsy dot com? Fumesucker Dec 2012 #10

I love etsy! nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #46

That's the idea. It's the convenience. Xithras Dec 2012 #30

Not surprised at all! cash__whatiwant Dec 2012 #8

And to think I've been throwing away my "vintage underwear" Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #9

I think that's beautiful union_maid Dec 2012 #11

i think it's fine so far as an exploitation of pretentiousness. what bothers me about it is the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #23

it's more the brand, people can say they got it at urban outfitters rather than goodwill JI7 Dec 2012 #45

but jollyreaper2112 Dec 2012 #27

P.T. Barnum said it best Angleae Dec 2012 #13

+1 n/t FSogol Dec 2012 #14

The sad thing about this article isn't the vintage clothing sufrommich Dec 2012 #15

I think it more shows the demographic that UO is aiming for... Javaman Dec 2012 #16

These people would probably pay Lexus prices for Geo Metro labeled "vintage" pstokely Dec 2012 #32

LOL good one! nt Javaman Dec 2012 #39

+1 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #24

We suspect one of the regulars at our thrift store is doing this. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #17

People have been purchasing at thrift stores and reselling for years, why not? justice1 Dec 2012 #18

That does happen. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 #19

Just another form of picking hifiguy Dec 2012 #20

Very common to thrift stores jberryhill Dec 2012 #31

Could be worse sagat Dec 2012 #25

LOL. Iggo Dec 2012 #41

Anyone that buys a t-shirt that costs over $1600 Aerows Dec 2012 #43

I dont see a problem with this. bunnies Dec 2012 #26

It's value for service, take it or leave it jberryhill Dec 2012 #29

Fill in the blanks: Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #34

It probably costs them more to find vintage crap RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #35

Heh. That's actually pretty funny. Arkana Dec 2012 #36

lol randomtagger Dec 2012 #38

So their used clothing is actually used clothing? Iggo Dec 2012 #40

"Vintage" means "used".. People are paying for the "hunt" for the items, as much or more SoCalDem Dec 2012 #42

yes, i don't have a problem with this since they are saying it's used by saying it's vintage JI7 Dec 2012 #44