My blood ran cold

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by waffen, May 7, 2016.

  1. waffen

    waffen Well-Known Member

    The other day my wife wanted to pick up a couple of vases, so what better place to shop "the thrift store" So I thought I can look for Gillettes, I've tried this before with no luck just ziplock bags full of pink razors! I am looking for the perfect vintage, not for my collection but for a newbie giveaway. I see a young guy that's works there and I ask him if they ever get in old razors, not knowing if he even know a what I am talking about, I am thinking the only razors he has seen are the ones hanging in Kmart, but he replies " yeah once in awhile, but we throw them away, but I keep the cool silver boxes to put my weed in" My blood ran cold, because I know he's talking about ABC Button Co. Pocket Edition Gillettes. They throw the razors away because of biohazard, haven't they heard of Barbercide.
     
  2. Robyflexx

    Robyflexx Broke the Like button

    That burnout actually said that?! :shocked029:
     
  3. waffen

    waffen Well-Known Member

    Yup I couldn't believe it, I think I'll hang out by the dumpster
     
  4. Herm2502

    Herm2502 off to elf practice

    I picked up my '65 Slim at an estate sale where the guy had to go through the trash because he'd thrown it out along with a late 40's Old Spice mug.

    I guess people don't know what they don't know.
     
  5. waffen

    waffen Well-Known Member

    True Herm
     
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  6. ob1page

    ob1page Frozen in Phoenix

    That's what happens here also. Thrift stores are not allowed to sell the razors they receive. The only place I've even seen them are at antique stores but the prices are insane.
     
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  7. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    Same here the thrift stores here throw them out.. I've asked them to give me a call but they haven't.
     
  8. Robyflexx

    Robyflexx Broke the Like button

    We need to setup stake-outs and dumpster dive when they toss them! [​IMG]
     
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  9. Slipperyjoe

    Slipperyjoe Rusty Metal Tetanus

    I like your title. The salesperson sounds like a guy with a bone in his nose and tattoos up to his eyeballs..:rolleyes:
     
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  10. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    My blood runs cold // my memory has just been sold

     
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  11. waffen

    waffen Well-Known Member

    Hell yeah guys stake out time
     
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  12. Robyflexx

    Robyflexx Broke the Like button

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  13. Herm2502

    Herm2502 off to elf practice

    OK, I'm confused. What's the difference between a thrift store and an antique shop? Prices? They carry the same junk.
     
  14. Robyflexx

    Robyflexx Broke the Like button

    Thrift store is what they call it in our neighborhood @Herm2502, on the upscale part of town it's an antique store. :happy097:
     
  15. waffen

    waffen Well-Known Member

    Yeah that's what I thought
     
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  16. GatorJoe

    GatorJoe Well-Known Member

    Ah, my birth year razor. Was it a K4?
     
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  17. whiteboy_cannon

    whiteboy_cannon Well-Known Member

    Thrift Stores usually support a charity and don't pay for the merchandise they sell, they just accept donations, and don't just sell antiques but really whatever comes through the door. Antique stores are often for profit but I have been to a few non-profit ones, and they usually strictly sell vintage items. Just my experience with the 2 kinds of stores

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  18. waffen

    waffen Well-Known Member

    Yeah kinda like that.... or Starbucks type
     
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  19. Slipperyjoe

    Slipperyjoe Rusty Metal Tetanus

    Yep.. ya always know by the bone in the nose ..:eatdrink013:
     
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  20. Herm2502

    Herm2502 off to elf practice

    Sorry, it's a K1, which matches the $1 I paid him after I insisted he take something.
     
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