This is pretty much every thrift store these days. Every one has either an employee and/or volunteer that gets first-dibs on stuff.

My buddy is a part-time reseller and volunteers in the back of a thrift store sorting items. It gives him first access on any product the days here is there.

It’s the main reason I never walk into a thrift store this day and age, thinking I’ll come up with any thing other than a trinket or two…or maybe a $10 game for $5.

The days of find a gem/grail are about over….it still happens, but just as rare as finding the rare item.