thrift store horror stories

I once found a coat at a thrift store. When I put it on, I felt a really cold spot on the back of it. Later, I found out that the previous owner had passed away while wearing that coat. It gave me the chills just thinking about it. I never wore it again and returned it to the store.

One horror story could be constantly dealing with hoarders' donations. There are piles and piles of junk, some even smelling really bad. You have to sort through it all, and there might be dangerous items hidden in there too. It's a nightmare trying to find the few valuable or salable items among the mess.

In a thrift store, I found a box of old tapes. When I played one of them, there was just static at first, but then I heard some faint whispering that I couldn't make out. It was really spooky. I stopped the tape and decided to donate the whole box back to the thrift store.

A thrift store in a college town had a lot of old textbooks. A student found a first - edition textbook that was out of print and very valuable. He sold it online and made a good profit. This made the thrift store a popular place for students to search for valuable books. The store started getting more donations of books, and it became known as the go - to place for rare and valuable textbooks in the area.

Sure. One success story is about a small thrift store in a rural town. A local woman found a rare antique vase there for just a few dollars. She sold it at an auction for a large sum, which not only benefited her but also brought more attention to the thrift store. People started coming in looking for hidden treasures, and the store's business boomed.

Sure. There could be coworkers who are lazy. For example, they would always leave their tasks half - done, like not fully sorting the new donations. So, others had to pick up the slack. It made the work much harder for the responsible employees.

You can often find new products in thrift stores by visiting frequently. They sometimes get new inventory that's not been there before.

I heard of a case where a luxury store sold a defective item as new. When the customer came back to complain, they were made to wait for hours and were finally told that it was their own fault for not checking properly before buying. It was really unfair as the defect was not visible at first glance.

One horror story could be about a customer who pre - ordered an expensive new iPhone model. When they went to pick it up at the Apple Store, the staff couldn't find their order. After hours of waiting and multiple calls to different departments, they were finally told that there was a system glitch that cancelled their order without notifying them. They left disappointed and frustrated.

One horror story could be when a gun store owner accidentally sold a firearm to a person with a serious criminal record. The owner didn't do proper background checks. Later, that person was involved in a violent crime using the gun from the store. It put the whole community in danger and the store got a lot of bad publicity.