If this hadn’t happened to my own brother I wouldn’t believe it. Here’s what he managed to score at goodwill with real world value breakdown:
- 4 piece late 60′s Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic (acrolite snare)
- original cases ($200)
- Paiste Formula 602 cymbals ($600)
- some sweet old school practice pads (vintage value…who knows)
- spare Rogers Super 10 Snare ($200)
- xylophone (do people pay for these?)
The best part is all this was originally $200 at goodwill but my bro just happened to show up on 50% day. Apparently $200 for all of this was just too much, they got to move product after all.
Adding it all up this is $3,700 worth of equipment bought for $100 at goodwill, with no guns involved, no threats of any kind, this was a peaceful transaction. I NEVER find anything good at goodwill much less this kind of treasure. Usually I start feeling sick after 5 minutes smelling the musty old clothes and run out screaming after seeing old men pick out someone else’s dirty underwear from the $0.10 rack. Leave a message on my brother’s facebook congratulating him on this robbery.
This raises a good question, what’s the best thing you ever scored from goodwill/thrift store?
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These are the types of stories that fuel “treasure hunters” like my mom and sometimes, admittedly, me too
I will have to think long and hard about your question of “what is your best thrift store find” since I have found a lot of fabulous junk over the years.
Not bad, but it doesn't appear to be a matching set, so I don't know how much vintage value it has. The floor tom has a blue/olive badge and the bass drum and mounted tom have keystone badges, meaning they were manufactured in different eras. Still, a good buy overall.
That set is prob 1500 at the very most