Thrifting is supposed to be the one place you beat the system, not where the system beats you. Imagine snagging a $20 teapot for $8.99 at Goodwill and leaving the place riding the high of acquiring new aesthetic pottery. Feeling like you want to stretch the feeling, you drive to another Goodwill only four miles down the road to get the matching cups. The only problem? They’re priced like they come with a trust fund. This is how one New Jersey woman’s Goodwill glow-up turned into shock real fast when she realized the nonprofit was charging more than eBay for secondhand teacups.
