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44 Weird Items That People Donated To Thrift Stores, Only For Them To End Up On This IG Page
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44 Weird Items That People Donated To Thrift Stores, Only For Them To End Up On This IG Page

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No matter if you are poor or rich, it is always exciting to get a great deal. This is probably why thrifting has become so popular. You never know what treasures lurk in the corner of a thrift store priced at a fraction of their original cost, and waiting to be found and loved by new owners.
But besides the finds that you can call 100% a win, or truly bad ones, there is a whole other segment that we could simply call ‘weird’. In this case, it is hard to say whether it’s a win or not, but it is something. And if not bought, these 'somethings' find a home on the Instagram page called shiftythrifting, where they are celebrated for their utter uniqueness.
So whether you are into thrift finds or not, we are certain you will be delighted with this list of weird.
To learn more about thrifting and its intricacies, Bored Panda reached out to Didi, founder of ShiftyThrifting, and Sarah Ramberg, the creator behind the blog Sadie Seasongoods, which celebrates all things secondhand. Read the full interviews with these creators down below.

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Black shirt with multilingual apology for president including sign language, showing weird thrift store donation item.
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Retro-style poster with a woman holding a drink and a funny thrift store donation item message.
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White mug with a humorous daughter-in-law message featuring an eagle, a weird item donated to thrift stores.
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Funny possum memorial plaque found among weird items donated to thrift stores, featured on a popular Instagram page.
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Ceramic cat-shaped tissue dispenser, a weird item donated to thrift stores featured on a popular IG page.
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Weird thrift store item featuring a doll head in a jar with beads spelling save yourself on the lid.
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Blue shirt with a moose graphic and the humorous phrase, a weird item donated to thrift stores featured on an IG page.
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Green Shrek-themed retro TV with attached remote and power cord, one of the weird items donated to thrift stores.
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T-shirt featuring a whimsical design of Bernie Sanders riding a colorful winged unicorn, a weird thrift store donation item.
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Vintage metal lunchbox featuring animated meat characters in a playful meat parade, a weird thrift store donated item.
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T-shirt featuring quirky horse characters with drinks, a weird item donated to thrift stores and shared on an IG page.
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Skeleton tangled in fake spider webs on a thrift store bed frame with Halloween decorations and not for sale signs
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Ceramic ketchup and mustard dispensers with floral designs among weird thrift store donated items.
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Green frog figurine lamp with crown and butterflies, a weird thrift store donation featured on an IG page.
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Weird thrift store lamp shaped like a baby doll with a lampshade head displayed among other donated items
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Black plaque with humorous saying about horse sense, displayed on a pegboard among weird thrift store donated items.
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Tie with unusual baby doll print, one of the weird items donated to thrift stores featured on IG page.
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Black t-shirt with red moon and Bigfoot silhouette above text promoting unusual thrift store donations on Instagram.
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Silver casket with white interior, listed as like new, featured among weird thrift store donations on Instagram page.
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#20

Odd thrift store item resembling a wrinkled orange face with cotton eyebrows and red lips on a store shelf.
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Asli Akalin
Asli AkalinBoredPanda Staff