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45 Times People Couldn’t Believe Their Luck In Thrift Stores, Flea Markets And Garage Sales
If you think thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets are filled with nothing but piles of junk, you're missing out. Some incredibly lucky people discover the best things there, but those who search second-hand shops without finding the things they're looking for usually stumble upon the next best thing - laughter. Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest thrift store finds ever, and the pictures will definitely make you run to that garage sale you walked by.
From "unusual" chocolate molds that look like pee pees to stoner books disguised as reads about cats, these gems were probably bought the second they drew the buyers' attention. Scroll down to check out the hilarious items and upvote your faves!
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#1
A Little Gem Found At Goodwill Today!
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#2
This Is The Best Thing I Have Ever Seen In My Life
#3
Where's... Waldo?
GiveMeASloth 8 years ago
I literally laughed out loud! This one killed me it should be much higher
#4
Goodwill Really Paid Off Today
#5
Lost Track Of My 2-Year-Old At A Garage Sale. Turned Around And Saw
#6
Best Thrift Store Find Ever. Only $1.99!
#7
My Friend Found This In A Thrift Store In Taiwan
#8
I Bought A Painting For $6 At Goodwill Today. How Did I Do?
#9
I Love This Ridiculous Thing, What’s Not To Love?
#10
Found At Brunswick Goodwill In Brunswick, OH
#11
Found This Painting At The Salvation Army Yesterday. Buy It I Did
#12
I Found A Coffee Mug Decorated With A Penguin Orgy. I Didn't Notice It Was A Penguin Orgy Until I Got Home, I Just Saw Penguins And Grabbed It
#13
Found This At A Garage Sale
#14
Found Dress At Local Thrift Store, Can't Tell What Color It Is
#15
By Far, The Best Thing I've Ever Found At Goodwill
#16
"Sometimes At Work Donators Will Just Leave Items Outside Without Ringing The Bell" - Unnerved Goodwill Employee
#17
Today On “Weirdly Specific But Extremely Relatable Goodwill Finds”
#18
Found This Mask At A Thrift Store. Best 20 Bucks I've Ever Spent
#19
Tipsyelves Christmas Sweater. Just In Time For The Holidays! $5 At Thrift Store
#20
My Daughter Ran Up To Me And Told Me She Found A Cool Cat Book
#21
Goodwill Find
#22
I Spent 50p On A New Friend
#23
This Would Actually Be Great In Real Life
#24
When You’re A Squirrel And Just Want To Store Nuts For The Winter And Provide For Your Family But Then You Die, Get Taxidermied And Somehow Make It Through Australian Customs Only To End Up Rowing A Tiny Boat For All Eternity In A Rural Victorian Op Shop
#25
A Worker At Goodwill Thought The Artist Was Trying To Paint A Monkey And Its Baby. I See Something Else
#26
Alien Vs Predator
#27
Broseph
#28
I Found The Key To Sucess At The Thrift Store
Suzi Gauthier 8 years ago
My mom had one of these in the 70's or 80's but it was on a rubber disk. Some business gave it out as a promotional item.
#29
Found At Savers In The Chicago Suburbs And I Wanna Die
#30
The Thrift Store Called This An "Unusual Old Chocolate Mold"
#31
Saw This At A Local Thrift Store, So Tempting To Buy It
#32
My Mom And Sister Found This At A Thrift Store
#33
I Found One Of Those Concaved Optical Illusions At Goodwill That Follows You As You Move Around. Now I Can Disappoint Jesus From Every Angle
#35
My Sweet Thrift Store Find
#36
I Found A God’s Reject In South Korea
#37
Thrifted This From The Goodwill Bins. Arguably The Best Thing I’ve Found At The Thrift Store
#38
My Best Thrift Store Find - 1989 Batman Converse All Stars
Tricia Reed 8 years ago
These are mind.......I'm coming for you Batman!! IMG_4537-5...5da96b.jpg 
#39
Found This Gem For $8 At My Local Thrift Store!
#40
Found These In Someone’s Desk At An Estate Sale I Worked. It’s Not Even Like It Was Their Cat, The Pics Were Very Obviously Printed Off The Internet. Literally Everything Was Up For Grabs So They Now Hang In My Kitchen
#41
I Have So Many Questions
Martti Laurson 8 years ago
The man looks like a cartoon character. Really big upper body and tiny legs.
#42
Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?
#43
Thank You Goodwill For This F*cking Ominous Prophecy
#44
I Don't Think My Local Thrift Shop Realized They Had A Nazi Uniform
ADHORTATOR 8 years ago
Uniform, belt, helmet and even the boots... I guess somebody gave up reenactment
#45
Goodwill Was Selling A Rock
#46
Was Thrift Shopping And I Found This Extremely Cursed Item. If You Sit On This It Teleports You Straight To Hell
Weeping Willowz (WeepingWillowz) 8 years ago
I’d want this in my house. I’m not being sarcastic either. I legitimately want this
#47
The Only Thing Worse Than Your Parents Showing Your Date This Picture... Is Donating It To A Thrift Store
#48
Saw These At A Mexican Flea Market
#49
“Get In The Godamned Ship! Everythings On A Cob! The Whole Planet’s On A Cob!”
#50
Thrift Store Find Of The Season
#51
Please Tell Me This Is A Romance
#52
Scored At My Local Goodwill
#53
Found Right Next To Each Other
#54
Whilst Thrift Shopping Today I Came Across Some Cuff Links Labeled With The Most Under Appreciated Institute
#55
Found This At Goodwill, And Holy Sh*t Is It Accurate
#56
2 Bucks At A Yard Sale And My Toilet Is Decorated Forever
#57
My IQ Isn’t High Enough To Comprehend This Painting
#58
This "Interactive" Book
#59
Did Anyone Need An Alarmingly Large Bag Of Plastic Clown Heads And Tiny Axes?
#60
For The Masochist And Repenting Souls In Your Life
#62
Might Be The Best Thrift Store Find In A While. Now To Whom Do We Make The Blood Sacrifice?
#63
My Fiancé Found The Most Beautiful Stitching Of A Cat. I Particularly Enjoy His Derpy Eyes And The Look Of “Ooooh God...” On His Face
#64
You Have No Idea How Much This Scared Me When I Looked Down
#65
Piece Of Art Found In A Thrift Store
#66
A Trip To The Local Flea Market Never Disappoints
#67
I Found Him In A Vintage Shop. I Don’t Think He Was For Sale But He Did Scare The Living Sh*t Out Of Me When I Caught Him Out Of The Corner Of My Eye
#68
Stumbled Upon Some Thrift Store Gold This Morning. A Rainbow Onesie, Complete With Awkward Camel Toe
#69
I'm The Proud New Owner Of This Bad Boy Thanks To Goodwill
#70
Fuzzy Baby Face Bra Found At Goodwill
#71
It Was A Great Day For Thrift Shopping. For Taking Selfies - Not So Much
#72
As If Coffee Didn't Make You Want To Sh*t Enough Already. My New Favorite Mug
#73
Found This At Goodwill Today
#74
Play That Funky Baby, White Boy
#75
Found Hockey Jesus At Goodwill
#76
I Wanted This So Bad But My Mom Threatened To Kick Me Out If I Bought It
#77
But Sh*t... It Was 99 Cents! Awesome Thrift Shop Find
#78
Inspiration I Needed
#79
Don't Talk To Me Unless These Are The Only Hangers In Your Closet
#80
Found This At America’s Thrift Store In Rainbow City. It Is Literally A White Croc Covered In… Well, That
#81
I Don’t Think I Ever Shared This Incredibly Intimidating Painting I Bought At Goodwill A Couple Weeks Ago. The Card On The Back Says It’s Called “Wired Rabbits” And It Cost Me 5 Dollars
#82
Found At The Flea Mall Today. I'm Very Tempted
#83
Wife Came Home From The Goodwill With This And Hung It In Our Living Room. I Have No Idea Who These People Are
#84
Found This Weird Baby Ted Cruz Pooping In A Cup At An Antique Store In My Home Town
#85
Thrift Store Find
#86
Japan Thrift Store Find
#87
Newest Addition To My Creepy Thrift Collection
#88
*Wink*
Sally Appleton 8 years ago
Well I guess we now know what happened to Mrs Potts' other children
#89
I Dare Anyone To Top This Jar Jar Binks Lamp
#90
Did I Find These At A Thrift Store Yesterday? Oh Yeah
#91
What Even... Why?
#92
Found This Aggressively Moist Mug At Goodwill
#93
So I Went To A New Thrift Store Yesterday And Found This. $8
#94
Lay All Your Love On Me
#95
The Here We Never Knew We Needed
#96
Baby (Its Head Was Sticky)
#97
Business Casual At New Philadelphia, Ohio Goodwill
#98
Hit The Jackpot At The Local Flea Market
#99
I Want To Know The Story
#100
Seashell Bear... Absolutely Hexed Item
#102
Kill It With Fire
#103
Saltine Tie Is The Perfect Attire For Brunch Or Parties At The Office
#104
Baby Teeth Go In The Mouth Thing
#105
This Mermaid Has Seen Some Things
#106
Did Some Research On This Flea Market Find And Found Out It’s Part Of A Vintage Doll Series From The 70’s Called Moody Cuties
#107
I Don't Know Man
#108
Found This Picture Of A Man With A Long Butt Cheek In My Local Thrift Store
#109
The Face When Your Sex Life Was So Bad You Nut Better Without Them
#110
I Looked Inside And It Was Just Fleshy Pink And Made The Right Decision To Not Pull It Out
#111
I Work At Goodwill. Someone Donated This Last Week
#112
Found This Gem At Salvation Army
#113
This Was My Goodwill Find Of The Year For 2017
#114
Pig That Was Created In God’s Blind Spot Located And Brought To Its Forever Home In Kalamazoo, Mi
#115
I Didn’t Buy Them, But If They Were My Size I Would Have In A Heartbeat
#116
Seduce Me
#117
I Would Be Proud To Win This Award
#118
Found At My Local Goodwill
#119
I Can't Believe I Saw One Of These Beauties In Real Life
#120
I Call This One “Sexy Goodwill Horse Clock”
#121
So I Think I Outright Won Thrift Shopping Today
#122
Oh, So That’s Where I Left It
#123
Bought This One
#124
Wave Your Hands In The Air Like You Just Don't Care
#125
The Only Reason I Shop At Goodwill
#126
Jimmy Carter Peanut Bank, Also Known As The Worst Thing Ever
#127
Today’s .99 Cent Thrift Store Find. I Was So Excited!
#128
The Duck Sphere Requires Sacrifices
#129
I Mean I... I Guess It’s Supposed To Be Cute?
#130
Why Would Anybody Get Rid Of This?
#131
Just A Bean-Pod Filled With Babies
#132
The Saddest Thing I've Seen At Goodwill
Taryn Wallace 8 years ago
This is supposed to be a comedy thread why you gotta go bringing everyone down???
#133
This Is How Bernie Can Still Win
#134
Thrift Store Find, What The Hell
#135
Still Unsure How I Feel About Not Getting This
#136
This Seems Unnecessarily Complicated And A Million Things That Could Wrong
#137
Goodwill In Illinois
#138
I Love You Just The Way You Are
#139
I Feel Threatened
#141
The Only Urn Fitting For My Ashes
#142
Our Eyes Met Across The Aisle Of The Thrift Store
#143
I’m Not Sure What Was Happening Here
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Our friends are all different and nice to and we stick together even thought there are a few nuts in the crowd.
#144
Found At A Goodwill In Baltimore, By Far My Favourite Mug
Suzi Gauthier 8 years ago
My bald dad had a shirt that said "Some men use their heads for growing hair, and some men use their heads for thinking."
#145
Spotted In A Charity Shop In England. I Did Not Buy Them
#146
Who Wouldn’t Want A Soap Dispenser Shaped Like A Corn Cob? Hell, I Want A Whole Corn Themed Bathroom Set
#147
3 Feet Long!
#148
It's Called Fashion, Look It Up
#149
Who Wouldn't Buy This And Put It In Their House?
#150
Found... Whatever This Is
#151
The Things You Find In Thrift Stores
#152
Political Slippers
#153
Found This And Still… I Don’t Understand?
#154
Classy Thrift Store Art
#155
I Stared At This For Like, 10 Minutes And I Still Haven’t A Clue What Exactly It Says
Jessie Collins 8 years ago
I believe I can help. It says "When God whre me he wsust sherngshu".
#156
Come Sit In The Dolphin Chair
#157
Perhaps A Distant Relative Of Our Beloved Beet Poot? I Don't Know What This Thing Is, But They Want Nearly $300 For It. Possibly Demonically Possessed, Which Would Explain The Value
#158
“This Drink And Wet Doll Is A Physically Correct Male”. What... Why... I Don’t Understand
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
"drink& wet " refers to the doll's ability to drink and pee. Basically it's either a tube from it's mouth to it's weenie (since the "physically correct male" description), either a mini-pump mechanism inside the doll that stores the liquid that enters through the mouth and pumps it through the weenie (isn't this a fun word) from time to time. One question though. WHO IN THE NAME OF GOD LOOKED AT THIS SERIES AND SAID "you know what would be fun? if everyone had the grandson of Bunker" ?!?!
#159
Epic Goodwill Find
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
Fun until you're so drunk that you forget they are to drink out of and pour whisky into your eyes.
#160
Please Just Take A Moment To Read The Surreal Ass Text On The Edges Of This Bootleg Tray I Found At Goodwill
#161
Best Thrift Store Find: Chipotle
#162
Kind Of Wanted To Buy This, But Was Also A Little Afraid That I Would Actually Die If I Did
#163
I Love A Good Set Of Feet Salt And Pepper Shakers
#164
Thrift Store Gold
#165
I Found The Space Jam Sleeping Bag
#166
I Love Everything About This
#167
Found My Daddy In A Garage Sale
#168
My Grandmother Found A Size 20 Shoe At Goodwill
Brandy Cannon 8 years ago
that moment when your brother leans over saying "oh cool finally a pair of shoes at Goodwill for me " and everyone else is laughing cause it's a huge shoe, but he is actually happy cause he goes through size 20 shoes a lot =p
#169
A Television Remote
#170
Found This At A Thrift Store
#171
Human Bean
#173
I Don't Think I Would Ever Want To Meet The Person Who Owned This
Wisdom,Power,Donut 8 years ago
It's a table right? If it is then yeah, sure, I like it! Just give it a top hat and bowtie and you have your own little butler.
#174
We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1955
#175
Pigs Doing CPR Or Maybe Making Out
#176
Aliens Have Weight Issues Too, Apparently?
#177
Yes, The Surfing Jesus Moves. I Regret Not Buying It
Spacemonkey 8 years ago
There's an album called "Jesuschrist Surferstar" it's all the tunes from the play/movie but in surf rock vibe. A fun thing to have if you like surf music
#178
I… I Have No Idea
#179
What I Found At The Thrift Store A Couple Days Ago
#180
I Work At Savers And Someone Donated This To Us Today
#181
Best Mug I've Ever Found At Goodwill. 99 Cents
#182
I Can’t Honestly Figure Out Who This Shot Glass Is Aimed At. Sharks Maybe
#183
A Mary? Mona Lisa? Tea Set! Who Wouldn’t Want Tea Poured From Her Open Wrist?!
#184
Mindblown
#185
That Is One Dapper Mother-Ducker
#186
Interesting Doll At A Thriftstore
#187
I'm Not Sure If These Two Items Are Related
#188
Flea Market Fun. Wish I Would Have Asked The Price
#189
Giraffe Orgy Mug
#190
When She Finally Touches It - Thrift Store Find
#191
Found At A Goodwill In Wisconsin
#192
Pretty Ominous If You Ask Me
#193
Saw This At The Thrift Shop
#194
Spotted In The Wild Today: Second Hand Shop Run By A Nice Old Lady Where On One Of The Racks… Every Single Divider Between The Sizes Was Just A Psychonauts CD
#195
Found A Random Family’s Baptism Photos At Goodwill And Felt Obligated To Take Them Home With Me, So I Did
#196
You Can Now Have The World's Greatest Lover In Your Pocket
Ian Osmond 8 years ago
My wife collects librarian-related action figures, and has this one. You wouldn't think there would be that many, but, what with Giles from Buffy, Batgirl/Oracle, the Librarian from Discworld, Nancy Pearl, etc... -- it's not a LARGE collection, but there are enough for it to count as a collection.
#197
What A Gem! Such Work Was Put In To This! How Could Someone Let This Go
#198
I Forgot That I Found Stone Cold Goku At Goodwill
#199
Thrift Store Find: Granny, Don't Touch Me There!
#200
Pink Panther Says Nuts Go Here
#201
Voodoo Doll Found In A Thrift Shop
#202
Found These Treasures At A Local Thrift Store
#203
Found This Framed Photo At A Garage Sale This Morning. I Think I Got A Great Deal
#204
Thrift Store Find
#205
Okay But What About The Goose?
#206
It's Knuckles From Sonic The Hedgehog...
#207
Not Sure If Statement Purse Or World’s Smallest Halter Top
TheReader19 8 years ago
Aaah, I remember when I had a bag like this. They were all the rage at one time.
#208
Oh No
#209
Flea Market Fun. At One Booth That Sells Pokemon Cards, Knockoff Lego Mini-Figures, Fake Frozen Dolls, And Other Cheap Chinese Stuff, They Had These Boobs. My Niece Was Very Amused
#210
When You Forgot You Had To Be A Model The Next Morning And Got Too Drunk The Night Before
#211
A Bedroom Meter In The Antique Mall. I Wanted It
#212
Found This At Goodwill A Year Ago
#213
Airbrush Jesus?
#214
Does Anybody Know Who This Boy Is And Have An Explanation For Why I’d Want Nail Stickers Of Him
#215
Please Tell Me What This Message May Mean
#216
This Is One Of My Favorite Purchases I’ve Ever Made At A Goodwill And I Have Absolutely No Context As To What The Mercy Hospital Bad Guy Even Is
Dorrie Jones 8 years ago
Work promotion from the mid-80s.. Mgmt asked for ideas that would save the company a buck a day (BAD). At ours (General Cable), if you sent one you got a sponge dollar, five got you this mug. Guess you could buy a package of personalized useless junk from some imprinter.
#217
I Can Understand Why The Dog Looks So Upset. I Mean Someone Made A Bird House In His Stomach
#218
Thrift Store Art
#219
Found In A Local Goodwill
#220
In Case You Couldn't Tell It's A Banana Holder
George Kavakas 8 years ago
Ok.... This is a very common product... Especially with children's lunches.
#221
Well Hello Demon Child
#222
We Actually Purchased This And Listened To The Artist On Spotify In The Car On The Way Back. Every Second Was A Goddamn Treasure. Go Listen To This Hot Mess Of Not-Really-Moose-Related Rambling
#223
My Lips Don't Tell Lies
#224
To The Father, Iwata; The Son, Miyamoto, And The Holy Spirit, Reggie: Amen
#225
Gotta Get Pumped For The Weekend
#226
Those Thrift Store Figurines
Analyn Lahr 8 years ago
He was walking along, whistling a jaunty tune. All of a sudden, mid-whistle, he got a great shock.
#227
Keeping It Classy At The Thrift Shop
#228
My Dad Bought This From Goodwill, Apparently “For The Frame”. Sure Dad, Suuuure
#229
No, But I Found Your Tray. You Left It In Plain Sight At The Salvation Army Store
#230
Dang! He's So Hot
#231
A Sign To Hold Up When You’re Leaving Your Workplace On Friday
#233
That Would've Been The End Of My Thrift Store Fun
#234
I Didn't Know I Needed This Hat In My Life
#235
Not Sure What I'm Looking At
#236
Goodwill Find - I Always Wondered If Walter White's Massages Are Goo
#237
Grabbed This From A Thriftstore In My Town Right Before They Went Out Of Business
#238
Found In A Thrift Store
#239
Oddly Specific Abandoned Eldritch Horrors In A Jar
#240
Anyone Need Any Legs?
#241
This Is Arguably Me And My Friends’ Best Thrift Find Ever
#242
The Only Tree I Want In My House. Not Real Money Tho
#243
This Thrift Find Is Meant To Hold Your Wine. Or Other Oblong Objects
#244
Tried So Hard To Figure Out What This Was For. Still Don't Know
#245
“Coat Hanger”
#246
Thrift Store Find
#247
Found While Treasure Hunting In A Thrift Store
#248
Ominous Airbrushed Spongebob Asking If You’re Ready For The Holy Spirit I'm Assuming
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What do you think ?
Shauday Smith 8 years ago
It's like everyone gives their gag gifts to Goodwill where they then get adopted to loving homes. #blessed
Hugo Raible 8 years ago
Could be a fake package. Like this one, which unfortunately does not exist for real: https://www.amazon.com/Prank-Pack-Wake-Bake-Griddle/dp/B00A0RIXZW/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1534841255&sr=1-6&keywords=gag+gift+box
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It's like everyone gives their gag gifts to Goodwill where they then get adopted to loving homes. #blessed
Hugo Raible 8 years ago
Could be a fake package. Like this one, which unfortunately does not exist for real: https://www.amazon.com/Prank-Pack-Wake-Bake-Griddle/dp/B00A0RIXZW/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1534841255&sr=1-6&keywords=gag+gift+box
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