Value Village
Value Village is a second-hand thrift store that I think is run out of the US, but has locations in Canada and I'm not sure where else. It basically competes with charity stores like Goodwill to get first crack at clothing donated to charity, and then sells them at a cheap price. Usually the stores are filthy but there are good finds to be had. Apparently the owner is a miser who became a billionaire by pinching pennies and squeezing them out of workers and competing charities.

I got my first taste of second-hand treasures when I bought a trench coat only to find an old-style Canadian one-dollar bill in the pocket (which has been out of circulation since the '80s).

Another time, I bought a Bermudan cruise shirt for the sum of one dollar, and because it was so cheap I didn't try it on. When I tried wearing it much later, I discovered that the left sleeve had been sewn up. It must have belonged to an amputee.

I once found a very nice soft-shell briefcase, but the price tag was blank. That means it just showed ____.99, or 99 cents. I asked the clerks how much for it, and got it for the 99 cents on the label. Later found an identical one for $100 in a nicer store.

I got a great polo shirt with a Playboy logo on it that I still have.

What else? When I was really low on money, I would go there to try on shoes, and first I'd put the left shoe on, walk around in it a bit, then look critically at the right shoe, then take it off and put it on the shelf with my other shoe, taking the new pair of shoes in exchange for dropping off my own. Well, that's what they get for undercutting charity.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 1:56, 2 replies)

'It must have belonged to an amputee', hahaha!
I once bought a lovely new denim shirt like that, off a market stall that sold big store seconds. Every member of my family tried it on, cussed and then fooled the next in line with it. Great fun.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 7:51, closed)

That's the bit that got me!
I want a shirt that belonged to an amputee.

*heads to nearest charity shop.
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Thu 13 Nov 2008, 14:39, closed)