East Coast vs West Coast Goodwill Nerf Hunt

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[FoamFett]

Being from the DC/ northern VA area I could’ve given you a heads up on the goodwill situation. The best reason I could tell you for why you almost never see East Coast Goodwills nearly as stacked as those here in the PNW is that folks over there favor independently selling and trading their blasters because the cost of living is so bloody high (with wages being laughably low in comparison to WA at least) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -the Foam Mandalorian

[jerfsjourneys]

I've always been impressed by your goodwill runs and I'm also on the west coast, in California. All the ones I've been to in Northern California and the couple in Southern California where I live now, have looked more like Baltimore than the PNW.

Also not the first time I've seen blasters with a crazy mark up. When I did live in Northern California and we finally got a goodwill in my city the blaster were all priced very cheaply and reasonably. Then we started buying a bunch of them and goodwill noticed and slowly started raising prices on them to where it was almost not even worth it anymore

[fortyeth]

Hi Captain, that was a good and enlightening trip. You did however sound very grateful to be back home to the point where I thought if you had seen a Vulcan you would have bought it!

[GeneralFlagg]

That perfectly illustrated the difference between the coasts. Every time I get the chance to get out west I try and bring back as many blasters as I can lol.

[CRNerf]

Eye opening. Thank you for the video.

[camoyuki]

I love that every Goodwill has a maverick- at least in the Seattle area, lol

[olivermensinger]

Yep. This is what those of us in California have to deal with. My only significant haul from a goodwill was an eight dollar zombiestrike longshot with the 12 round mag.

[benlam]

I went thrifting the Sunday before the 11th hour at Maryland and got a really nice haul. Picked up a working venom wrist blaster, 2 demolishers, a disruptor, a Rampage, a rapidstrike, and a first order rival stormtrooper blaster. Entire haul was less than $30.

[galaga]

What I've noticed in my thrifting experience as I'm going to college on the east coast and I grew up on the West Coast is that Goodwills are better in the West whereas the independent thrift stores are better in the East.

[pigfish]

rocky mountain region, our thrift stores are pretty alright. sometimes barren, sometimes overflowing. never a dull store!

[NorthstarAtlas]

next time you're on the east coast, travel around a neighbor hood till you find a garage sale. Theres not a drop in the good wills, but you can bargain your heart away in someones yard

[Crowe]

Honestly i think another reason that west coast goodwills are so different is because with how urban the east coast is, compared to the west coast, there are more suburbs in the west coast where people have more room for stuff like nerf, maybe that is

[shirakotakamotogd]

4:17 WOAH WOAH WOAH DONT DISCOUNT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 2 ROCK BAND GUITARS THERE! That’s crazy I can’t every find those at my goodwills

[draken]

Good vid Capt. Imma shared this with my boy, Phil. He finds ALL the things in the DMV.

[TheRamblerMan]

Late watching this but I have to say, I love watching your thrifting videos but this one was so satisfying. Having someone with great thrifting just like, experiencing our bad thrifting feels so validating. 😂 I will say, there's a sweet spot in northern Virginia with some good Nerf thrifting. They're usually non Goodwill stores but they're there. Other than that my best luck has been flea markets/yard sales/Facebook marketplace.

[Bleenga]

FML. Yup, welcome to the East Coast. This is the same story as what it's like in New York City. And it's not a fluke, it'll be like this more often than not. I wish I knew why it was like this, but as it is, it makes me want to cry. Lol.

[Ditto-iidk]

Here in Indianapolis I'm lucky to find ONE goodwill that compares to anything you find, and most importantly the goodwill outlet is only awful when you have a bad back like mine

[wanderingbear]

Recently went on a day trip from Pa to West Virginia with the wife and hit 5 goodwills and 2 goodwill outlets. found 2 Kronoxen, a small smattering of buzzbees, nothin else. the only nerfy thing i got was a nice little hand bike pump for a titan build at some point.

[cameronbarnes]

It's the same here in the Cincinnati area hardly any goodwills have nerf.

[artemistherin]

Same up here in Maine, most don't even have a true isle for toy section, just a 12 ft section of shelves, and I haven't seen any nerf at my 2 local ones in years. On the plus side I've had very good experience getting stuff on Facebook marketplace(hard to find blasters for reasonable prices and bulk lots) so there's that at least.