You all must have a better class of thrift shops than we do in my town. We've donated much stuff over the years, but have never seen anything on the shelves even close to the quality of what we have donated. The shelves all contain pretty much junk, and overpriced junk at that. You can, however, occasionally find a used paperback book for cheap. If you don't mind missing sections in the middle. The intact ones cost as much as new on Amazon. I haven't looked at their clothing, maybe that's better.