# Buying clothes at Salvation Army/Goodwilld - stigma?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-clothes-at-salvation-army-goodwilld-stigma/388992>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-clothes-at-salvation-army-goodwilld-stigma/388992 "2007-01-22T19:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-clothes-at-salvation-army-goodwilld-stigma/388992/61 "2007-01-24T02:30:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Zjestika]  
And I have a friend who found a Kate Spade bag once. So it happens.  
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Hm, do I know you?

I never pay all that much attention to labels or designer names, but I did find a nice Kate Spade bag at a thrift store, and bought it for $6. I was really surprised how many people commented on it, including my (MALE!) gynecologist!

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**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-clothes-at-salvation-army-goodwilld-stigma/388992/62 "2007-01-24T03:27:40Z")

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I found a Coach bag at Goodwill. I was so shocked at first I thought it was a knock-off but it wasn’t.

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