Have you ever, while perusing the menu, asked a waiter waitperson what the vegetables are in a restaurant? Chances are the answer is “a vegetable medley.”
What? My fiber’s gonna sing to me? After all, the first definition of “medley” is
a musical composition consisting of a series of songs
or other musical pieces from various sources
I don’t want singing veggies, unless of course they’re Continue Reading »
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Yes, it’s true. Even Auntie Kate, adored by untold legions of resale and consignment shopkeepers and even a few mystery readers, and (usually) a couple of brothers, sometimes feels, well, just the teeniest bit unappreciated.
Yes, thousands visit www.TGtbT.com a day, and almost a thousand visit www.HowToConsign.com and this blog a day.
But still, in the dark of the night, the “nobody likes me” goblin visits.Or the “you’re a loser and no one will ever invite you to the prom not even the geek” gremlin… that’s a holdover from high school. Then there’s the Continue Reading »
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What with all the recalls for dangerous toys, the cheap quality of cheap clothing, and the movement towards supporting local businesses… not to mention the “rebirth” of ecological concerns, more and more people are shopping secondhand and also doing their part in turning their cluttered closets into cash (yay, simplicity!)
You can check the HTC Clickable Map & Directory for a shop near you, or use the Yellow Pages.
The interest in two sites, Too Good to be Threw Products for the Professional Resaler which is designed for resale, consignment, and thrift shopkeepers and managers, and the consumer-oriented site HowToConsign.com, (with such articles as How to Shop for Back to School and The 10 Things you should ALWAYS Buy Used has really skyrocketed in the last six months or so.
Seems more and more people are seriously exploring the possibilities…anywhere from shopping for gently-used good items, to opening a business doing so! Right on!
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Ever notice how people will say things like I found this leather jacket at a great new resale shop in Nexttown or maybe they say This? It had my name on it at that consignment shop down on Main, you know the one….
But they say I bought this shirt at Marshall’s or It was on sale at Macy’s.
Isn’t it interesting? The true shoppers are so much more Continue Reading »
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My, my. Doesn’t anyone in Aspen own a dictionary? I mean, I can understand the CPAs and government lawyers not understanding the concept of consignment, but perhaps one of the consignment shop owners Continue Reading »
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Too Good to be Threw is the flagship site of the TGtbT Family of Sites for the Professional Resalers
