So I've been wanting to start a thread about this for a couple of years now. I know that most of you are like me and probably drop some serious coinage on Disney merchandise while on your WDW/DL vacations, but I've been finding some very cool park merchandise DIRT cheap in places I never thought to look before. Okay, so I don't know if I would consider them unusual places, like my thread title suggests (couldn't think of a good title for the thread), but I can't believe I just started finding it in these places a couple of years ago, thanks to my wife. The places I am talking about: garage sales & thrift stores.
My wife started bringing me home all this cool Disney merchandise a couple of summers ago when she would hit up garage sales with her mom and sister, so I started going with them. You wouldn't believe all of the cool, hard to find stuff I am finding at these sales, and all in GREAT condition and dirt cheap. I've found Disney pictures, mugs, books, clothing (with the official WDW tags), CD's, and a ton more stuff for a few cents to a couple of dollars. I can't wait for the weather to warm up here this Spring so that we can get back at it this year!
The other place is local thrift stores. My wife and I were in one last week looking around and she called me over to the men's t-shirts to look at something. It was a bunch of WDW park shirts in my size with the tags still on them. I couldn't believe my luck and snatched one of them up immediately!! Don't know why I didn't grab them all, as they were only $3 each. But it was very cool and I was just happy to find it for $3 in my size and in that condition. Will post a picture of it here in a few.
So where are some of the places that you have discovered some true Disney gems that you couldn't believe could be had for next to nothing? Feel free to post some pictures of your best finds if you want, along with where you found it. I will be posting a few of my finds in a bit too.
My wife started bringing me home all this cool Disney merchandise a couple of summers ago when she would hit up garage sales with her mom and sister, so I started going with them. You wouldn't believe all of the cool, hard to find stuff I am finding at these sales, and all in GREAT condition and dirt cheap. I've found Disney pictures, mugs, books, clothing (with the official WDW tags), CD's, and a ton more stuff for a few cents to a couple of dollars. I can't wait for the weather to warm up here this Spring so that we can get back at it this year!
The other place is local thrift stores. My wife and I were in one last week looking around and she called me over to the men's t-shirts to look at something. It was a bunch of WDW park shirts in my size with the tags still on them. I couldn't believe my luck and snatched one of them up immediately!! Don't know why I didn't grab them all, as they were only $3 each. But it was very cool and I was just happy to find it for $3 in my size and in that condition. Will post a picture of it here in a few.
So where are some of the places that you have discovered some true Disney gems that you couldn't believe could be had for next to nothing? Feel free to post some pictures of your best finds if you want, along with where you found it. I will be posting a few of my finds in a bit too.
