Reply #63: I'm not so sure about that.

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I've been shopping at thrift stores for decades (not kidding...I'm really that old) and a good friend of mine manages the Salvation Army store here. I've personally never seen the crap quality of Walmart and my friend goes on rants about the "ridiculously expensive clothes" that people donate that still have all the tags on them. Of course, then she tells me what great outfits she's put together.

Walmart clothes don't hold up long, especially with children. Second hand clothes are not a label, they're inexpensive alternatives that no one will notice. I would much rather have my child dressed in nice, used clothes than the crap at Walmart. I used to buy his "play" clothes there and stopped when I realized they would just fall apart.

But, maybe the thrift stores in Arizona and Illinois are just that much better than where you are.