Originally Posted by bigbossman
I've shopped a bazillion Goodwills and other thrift shops, and the personnel wouldn't know "the good stuff" if it showed up labeled in three different languages.
And then we have the other side of that coin; when they think so-so stuff is really valuable. The crew at Thrift Town is up to their old tricks again this week; they got in an old, all steel, low-end Peugeot that might've been a good donor bike for $10 or $15. Apparently somebody there has heard the name 'Peugeot' before and therefore believes any example is a rare find. Any time any example turns up there it automatically gets priced at $49.95 (I guess an even $50 would be over the top), and sits and sits until it disappears to wherever what they can't sell goes. Sort of a waste; this one had Mafac centerpulls, a Nervex crank, and a leather saddle I could've used...