15 Red Flags You’ll Find While Thrift Shopping in Arizona

I love thrift shopping, especially when I score something cool for pennies on the dollar. If you plan to set out on a thrift-store-bargain-hunt, make sure you're getting a good deal - not just someone's cast-off garbage.

The Spruce advises caution in your bargain hunt. If you're not careful, you might run across a few eyebrow-raising oddities. Here’s a peek at the “sus” side of secondhand shopping, plus three popular spots in Arizona that are worth the hunt.

Why Is That Thrift Store Lamp Staring at Me?

Arizona thrift stores are full of cool items you can repurpose to fit your lifestyle. Be careful, though, not all that glitters is gold!

Check out this list of possibly haunted, definitely weird items other Arizona thrifters have run across: Are These the Weirdest Arizona Thrift Store Finds?

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Which Arizona Thrift Stores Are Serving Up the Weird and the Wonderful?

If you’re ready to roll the dice on a velvet Elvis or mannequin pieces, start with these Arizona favorites:

• Gracie’s Thrift Store in Tempe: This place is huge. You could spend a whole day here and not see everything. Gracie's is a four-story labyrinth. Bonus: 50% off every other Saturday.
• Savers in Phoenix: This is one of my favorite thrift stores. You can find them in Tucson, but the one in Phoenix is like the Disneyland of thrift stores.
• Blessingdales Thrift in North Phoenix: Shop for a good cause! This place feels like a department store but is priced like a yard sale.

There's nothing quite as satisfying as shopping for a good cause: Want to Help Animals? Shop These Amazing Arizona Thrift Stores

Whatever you do, be careful. If it's strange, weird, or too good to be true, don't buy it.  Before you go, check out my list of 15 Thrift Store red flags.