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Texas woman spent $1.25 on a Goodwill jacket worth hundreds, reveals her best thrift hauls

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A lady who stated she just lately purchased an L.L. Bean jacket for $1.25 at a Goodwill retailer that’s price far more than she paid for, is sharing her expertise as an avid thrifter who finds high-end objects for much less.

“That inexperienced shade has simply been tremendous on pattern by way of the winter and thru the spring and summer time,” Baylie Gerik, 25, a haircare and skincare community marketer from West, Texas, instructed FOX Enterprise about her buy, which she confirmed off in a TikTok video.

In that very same journey to a Goodwill Outlet Retailer in Fort Pierce, Florida, Gerik ended up discovering two different inexperienced puffy vests for a similar low value of $1.25, she stated.

“The puffers are actually on pattern as effectively, so I used to be excited to search out these,” Gerik stated. “I keep in mind they have been on the backside of the bin and so they have been extra thought of most likely a classic type. I’m extra of a contemporary reseller, however the inexperienced puffers, in fact, the inexperienced could be very on pattern. I used to be in a position to promote [them] fairly rapidly.”

Gerik stated the L.L. Bean puffer jacket she purchased is price $249.

The price of related L.L. Bean jackets can vary wherever from $40 on eBay to upwards of $200-plus, in line with Google Purchasing search outcomes. 

Gerik stated she ended up promoting the jacket to another person for $20 on Instagram.


 Baylie Gerik, a 25-year-old haircare and skincare network marketer, has a shopping addiction that turns profit.
Baylie Gerik, a 25-year-old haircare and skincare community marketer, turned her love for second-hand procuring right into a worthwhile aspect hustle.
Baylie Gerik/Fb

Gerik has been sharing her “hauls” on TikTok and stated she has been thrifting for so long as she will keep in mind.

“My mother all the time took me to consignment shops and thrift outlets,” Gerik stated. “I began reselling as my first job once I was 15 or 16. I used to be promoting on the app referred to as Poshmark. And that’s once I first began going to the Goodwill Outlet and digging by way of these bins and began simply selecting issues up, studying about manufacturers, studying about developments.”

Right now she has a thriving aspect hustle discovering high-end garments at Goodwill Retailers and reselling them on her Instagram web page the place she has developed a following of greater than 12,000 individuals.


Gerik said that although the green jackets weren't her typical style, she knew she would be able to turn the jackets for profit relatively easily.
Gerik stated that though the inexperienced jackets weren’t her typical type, she knew she would have the ability to flip the jackets for revenue comparatively simply.
@bay_shops/Tiktok

The shopper found L.L. bean jackets, which usually go for upwards of $250, for $1.25 at the Goodwill store.
The consumer discovered L.L. Bean jackets, which often go for upwards of $250, for $1.25 on the Goodwill retailer.
@bay_shops/Tiktok

“I primarily promote on Instagram due to the truth that I can actually domesticate a neighborhood moderately than on Poshmark and eBay,” Gerik stated. “On these, you don’t get to know the individual. It’s simply very a lot transactional.”

“So with my Instagram web page, I truly get to know the individuals, their kinds, what they’re on the lookout for,” she added. “I can truly exit and store for them.”

Whereas Goodwill could have some nice offers, Gerik stated Goodwill Retailers are the place the actual steals could be discovered because it’s the touchdown place for objects that don’t promote on the Goodwill shops.

“Plus overstock donations,” Gerik famous. “Generally they get so many donations at common shops they are going to ship [them] straight to the outlet and it received’t ever hit the ground. After all it’s important to dig for it, however it’s a very enjoyable expertise and other people get offers once I get offers.”

Each Goodwill Outlet costs issues in another way, Gerik stated. Whereas touring for her husband’s job, she has lived in three completely different cities over the previous yr.


Gerik says while Goodwill stores have great deals, the real finds are at pay-per-pound Goodwill Outlet stores.
Gerik says whereas Goodwill shops have nice offers, the actual finds are at pay-per-pound Goodwill Outlet shops.
@bay_shops/Tiktok

Gerik then resells her finds on her Instagram web page.
@bay_shops/Tiktok

“For instance, the Waco [Texas] one after which the one which I went to lots final yr in Florida, have been ‘pay by the pound.’ You mainly simply dig by way of these bins and refill your cart and you then go and weigh your cart at checkout,” Gerik stated. “Usually, if it’s below 25 kilos, it’s round $1.40 a pound.”

Gerik at the moment resides in San Diego, California, the place on the Goodwill Retailers she will buy 15 objects for $25, she stated.

“It’s fairly the expertise since you’re simply digging by way of the bins and never going by way of racks,” Gerik stated. “Nothing is organized. You’ll come throughout some very fascinating issues. You simply form of have to drag out each merchandise, have a look at the tag, really feel the standard.”


According to Gerik, the prices of clothing at Goodwill vary by state.
Based on Gerik, the costs of clothes at Goodwill fluctuate by state.
Baylie Gerik/Fb

Gerik stated considered one of her greatest finds was a pair of designer boots — again when she was simply 17.

“I went right into a Goodwill and I discovered a pair of $600 Tory Burch boots,” she stated. “They have been from again when the taller driving boots have been in type. I acquired them for $2 and I keep in mind that that was  my first massive discover. They weren’t my dimension, however I keep in mind at 17 years previous I made like 100 {dollars} off of it, so I used to be actually excited.”

For Gerik, deciding how a lot to mark up her objects for resale is simple, she stated.

“I pleasure myself on giving others’ offers if I discover offers,” Gerik added. “I usually solely mark up 2-3 occasions, whatever the value I paid. Most of my Goodwill objects I promote within the $8-25 vary.”

However Gerik stated she doesn’t promote every little thing she finds.

“I’d say 80 p.c of my closet I’ve discovered at Goodwill or different thrift shops prior to now two years,” Gerik stated. “I actually love discovering issues like Free Folks and Lululemon and issues which can be full value within the retailer. That’s the kind of factor that I search for myself. And you’ll find fairly a little bit of that in case you take the time to dig.”

“I am going thrifting possibly 4 occasions every week,” she added. “So I’m all the time looking out for issues that I’ve seen on-line and I wish to purchase.”

Although she didn’t begin thrifting to promote a sustainable life-style, Gerik stated it’s one thing she’s making an attempt to study extra about.

“There are numerous resellers and other people within the thrift neighborhood who’re all about sustainability,” Gerik stated. “Earlier than I began entering into reselling, I used to be somebody who was shopping for lots on Amazon and Shein and locations like that with out understanding what goes on behind the scenes and the way these merchandise are created. I really feel like it is crucial and it’s vital for lots of people, although it’s not initially why I began.”

Gerik provided recommendation for others who wish to give thrifting a attempt:

“Simply go on the market and do it,” she stated. “It’s actually, actually enjoyable. It’s thrilling to go in with no expectations. And in case you’re not eager to thrift your self, look into the secondhand on-line Instagram, Fb neighborhood. There are such a lot of sellers on there who you may observe to see what sorts of kinds they share. They offer the offers, too.”

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