Central Florida Thrift Store Crawl: 2nd Time Around Super Thrift Store Eustis

This Thrift Store is located in Eustis Florida at the corner of Hwy 19 and 441. I have visited this store a couple of times in the past. It is a LARGE store with many, many items. It may have been a furniture store in its past life.

A wide variety of clothes, racks and racks of them.

Lamps, candles and plastic ware.

Kitchenware on the left and crafts against the wall.

Mugs. They had bunches, most were priced at a $1 or more.

This mug caught my eye, but after checking completeds I put it back.

Tons of books.

They had a room dedicated to Christmas. I like how they had the Christmas balls separated by color.

The large room in the back was full of furniture!

Furniture.

More furniture.....

I did buy one item. It was a Cutco wood knife block.

Cutco is a high value item and after checking completeds I picked it up for $5.00. Listed it the same day and it sold for 45.99 FS.

Overall my impression of 2nd Time Around Super Thrift Store is that they have a lot of items for you to search through. Some are priced out of my range as a reseller, but if you look hard enough you will find that treasure that will make your trip worthwhile.

The staff was very friendly and helpful.

Here are more Central Florida Thrift Stores.

Central Florida Thrift Store Crawl: The Village Thrift Shop Orlando

Greetings Thrifters! Welcome to my second in the series of "Central Florida Thrift Store Crawl".


The Village Thrift Store in downtown @ 888 E Michigan St Orlando 32806. It occupies the same building as an automotive repair shop. In fact, they are husband and wife. How cool is that? They get to work side by side everyday!


I have lived in Orlando since 1970 and attended the church next door to this business. As far as I can recall, it has been operational for at least that long.


This particular business is a consignment thrift. You can sign up, agree to the terms and then schedule a day to bring your stuff in. I use to do this a couple times a year. It was good for a few bucks here and there.

Warnng: there is a LOT of stuff in this store. If you are claustrophobic, you might want to avoid it.
When you enter and look to the left, you will see housewares,glasses, and knickknacks. Tons of them.

And I just noticed, is that an Easter basket on the ceiling??

There are layers and layers of things to go through.

When you look to your right upon entering the store, there are racks and racks of clothes.

The back wall beyond the clothes has lamps.

There is also a toy section in the middle of the store. I didn't get any pictures, but you get the idea....

As you can see, this thrift store is packed to the gills. You will need to allow yourself at least an hour to dig through all that they have.

I have on occasion found some decent items there. Their prices are average on most items. Some are a little high, but remember it is a consignment shop.

When I have Appts in Orlando, I always try to leave enough time to visit this little thrift store.

Central Florida Thrift Store Crawl: Thrift Mart Ocoee

This is my first in a series of the "Central Florida Thrift Store Crawl". Kinda like a pub crawl, but no alcohol ;-).

It is an opportunity to share the wide variety of thrift stores in my local area. Every other week or so, I will document a local thrift store and share it with you all!

First up is Thrift Mart. It is in Ocoee Florida and occupies a former big box hardware store.

Here is a little history on the store from their website.

" Central Florida’s newest “upscale” thrift store in Ocoee is the brainchild of Jacqueline Siegel. Aptly named Thrift-Mart, the store features both new and used clothing, household goods, appliances, furniture, electronics, toys, tools and more. Some of the store sales will be donated to Locals Helping Locals, a tax-exempt (status pending) non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

“Thrift-Mart’s motto,” according to Jacqueline “is locals helping locals. The decline in our economy has severely impacted the financial support that charities are receiving. We think this is a good way to raise money to help people in need, right here in our community. It also gives our customers very reasonable prices for many household goods and clothing so it’s a win-win. Our mission is to raise funds through reducing, reusing and recycling gently used donated items. We turn the donations into cash which can be given to charities that help local people in need. We are here to make a positive difference in or community.”

Thrift-Mart is located in the Westgate Resorts facility at 10770 W. Colonial Dr., Ocoee, FL 34761 (on the corner of W. Colonial and Bluford.) The public is welcome to drop off donations at Thrift-Mart during regular business hours – Monday through Saturday, 10:00 am until 6:00 pm or to leave contributions in the outdoor bin. In addition, pick-up of large items is available (within a 10 miles radius of the store.) All donations are tax-deductible."

The inside of the store is roomy considering all the stuff they have in there. The clothes occupy a large portion of the right side of the store,

Everything is priced with easy to read tickets. The prices were okay, and the day I was there it was 40% off of all their clothes.

What was nice is that the dressing rooms were daily roomy and easy to find.

To you left as you walk in is the big furniture and they had a lot of it. I was here a month ago and everything pretty much looked the same. Maybe their furniture doe not move very quickly.

Or it is from the resorts that the Siegels own and it all looks the same.

 

They have a lot of glassware,but I did not find a lot of what I usually buy. I picked two mugs the day I took these pictures.

The toy area was a mess and kinda junky.

Another part of the store was specific to higher price and a little better quality items.

This is a sucky picture ,but the price tag on the TALL vase is $899.00. Yeah....that might be there a while.

 

I have visited this store twice in the last two months. They have a lot of bigger ticket items, things that I don't typically thrift for. Their selection in cups, mugs and vintage is rather stale. I did not see that they had a good turnover in that kind of stock.

 

This is what I found my visit, a Dooney & Bourke cell phone case. A little beat up, but I went ahead and put it up for auction.

 

Overall,the store is well stocked, it has big spacious aisles and the items they have are well displayed.