Thrift Store for The Childrens Home of Tampa

Blast from the past

charliestreasures — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:25:43 +0000

Baby Boomers do you remember these. I just put them out on the shelf.

Do you Remember these?

I remember waiting each month for these to come so I could stick the stickers on each page. This set is mint , the stickers are not glue to each page.

Around the world program $10

Memories from the past priceless

Do you remember these?

Memorial Day Hours and HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Sale

charliestreasures — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:50:47 +0000

We are open normal hours this coming weekend. EXCEPT on Monday when we are having special Holiday hours from 9am to 5 pm.

Sunday and Monday are special sale days with a coupon available in the store for $10 off a purchase of $25 or more.

So before you go out to the picnic, make sure you stop and shop with us.

Ebay Store now features .99 auctions for thrift store

charliestreasures — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:41:39 +0000

We’ve been selling on ebay for awhile now and have recently started listing our auctions at .99 to start. They’ve been going great so far.

Here’s one that’s about to end without any bids. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120569177330&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Check out the other listing with a .99 cent starting price. If you buy locally and want to save the shipping you can pick item up in the store.

Stop and Say Hi to my newest employee

charliestreasures — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:15:56 +0000

Ms Julia is my newest employee. You’ve probably seen her handiwork all over the store. Here’s here latest work although it’s still a work in progress, looks pretty good so far.

It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas

charliestreasures — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:11:29 +0000

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is coming sooner than you think

We’ve added a Christmas Section to the store. We had so much Christmas backstocked that we decided it was time to leave it out year round.

Thrift Store Safety Checklist

charliestreasures — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:43:21 +0000

As yard sale swings into full bloom, here’s a reminder ot what not to look out for in your quest.

This info comes from www.cpsc.gov website. This site allows you to search any product and see if it’s been recalled.

In a recent national study of thrift stores conducted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, an estimated 69 percent of the stores were selling at least one type of hazardous consumer product. Many of these were children’s products.

THRIFT STORES: Check products carefully before you sell.

CONSUMERS: Check products carefully before you buy.

THRIFT STORE SAFETY CHECKLIST

For Consumers and Thrift Stores

If you buy at thrift stores, here are some tips to help you make safer purchases.Cribs
Make sure cribs meet current national safety standards and are in good condition. Look for a certification seal. Check that crib slats are no more than 2 3/8 inches apart. Crib mattresses should fit snugly.

If crib slats are too far apart, infants can slip between them and strangle. If the mattress doesn’t fit snugly, infants can become entrapped and suffocate.

Clothing Drawstrings
Be sure there are no drawstrings around the hood and neck of children’s upper outerwear clothing, such as sweatshirts. Other types of clothing fasteners, like snaps, zippers, or hook and loop fasteners (such as Velcro), should be used. Drawstrings at the waist should not extend more than 3 inches.
Drawstrings can catch on playground and other equipment, and can strangle young children.

Hair Dryers
Look for hair dryers with large rectangular shaped safety plugs.
These immersion protection plugs prevent electrocution by shutting

off the current if the hair dryer comes into contact with water.

Halogen Floor Lamps
Make sure that halogen torchiere floor lamps have glass or wire guards over the bulb shield and the bulb is 300 watts or less.

Glass or wire guards with lower wattage bulbs can prevent fires that occur when flammable materials like curtains get too close to the lamp. Wire guards are free. Call CPSC.

Playpens and Play yards
Check that playpens and play yards have not been recalled. Recalled products include play yards with protruding hardware or rotating top rails that don’t properly lock into place.

Children can strangle if pacifier strings or clothing become entangled on protruding hardware. Children can be entrapped by folding play yards that collapse.

Car Seat Carriers
Check to make sure the infant car seat carrier you are buying has not been recalled. Car seat carrier handle locks on recalled models can unexpectedly release when used as a carrier outside of a car.

Infants can fall forward and strike the ground if the handle disengages.

Bunk Beds
Make sure all spaces between the guardrail and bed frame and all spaces in the bed headboard and foot boards of the top bunk are less than 3 1/2 inches. Make sure there are guardrails on both sides of the top bunk.

Children can become entrapped and strangle in the bed’s structure or wedged between the bed and a wall and suffocate.

Toy Basketball Nets
CPSC has recalled millions of hazardous toy basketball nets. Check before you buy. Children can strangle on loops or openings in these basketball nets if the nets come unhooked from the rim or have knots that slide. If children put their heads into these openings, the nets can get tangled around their necks.

Toy basketball nets can present a strangulation hazard to children.

Accordion Style Safety Gates
Do not buy older accordion-style child safety gates. Make sure that newer style child safety gates are used to keep children away from potentially dangerous areas, especially stairs.

Older child safety gates that do not meet current safety standards can present strangulation and other hazards to young children.

Bean Bag Chairs
Do not buy bean bag chairs with zippers that can be opened. CPSC has recalled more than 12 million bean bag chairs.
Young children can unzip bean bag chairs and choke or suffocate on the small pellets of foam filling.

For more information about hazardous products, contactToll-free hotline: 1-800-638-2772
Website: www.cpsc.gov

To get all CPSC recall information sent directly to you by:

Fax: send your name of fax number to 301-504-0399
On-line: visit CPSC’s subscription web page.

Consumer Safety (Home) | About CPSC | Library | Business

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, DC 20207

What do you do with all those old suitcases?

charliestreasures — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:47:03 +0000

Here’s one example of what a customer of mine in Virgina did with some pretty cool suitcases.

: Suitcase found at a thrift store

Send me a photo of what you’ve done with old suitcase and I’ll post them here.

If the furniture you want to donate looks like this……….

charliestreasures — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:00:17 +0000

Please call the trash man and not us to pick it up. What is donated to us goes right to our sales floor for families to purchase. Would you sell this type sofa to your mother? Then don’t ask us to come and get it or bring it to us. Dumpster bill alone is astronomical because a very small minority are bringing us loads of junks. Please ask your self this question

Would you give this to your mother? If the answer is no then don’t bring it to us. We are no longer accepting anything that is ripped stained or torn. Anything that is in need of repair will also be turned away. Anything that smells or is wet will be turned away.

What we will accept is good clean usable furniture items.

Thanks for donating to us.

Summer Reading Books are now here. What’s you pleasure?

charliestreasures — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:21:12 +0000

Do you like Danielle Steel? How about Fern Micheals or Debbie MacComber

I just got a ton of good condition paperback books from these authors. There are a few more but seems like these were the donors favorites. they are out on the shelves now. Pricing is 10% of the cover price so if the book is retailing at 4.99 you pay me .49. Don’t wait they won’t last. I’m not sure how many books Danielle Steel wrote but it looks like I have a vast majority of them.

New Coupon for Thrift Store at Google

charliestreasures — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:51:04 +0000

http://maps.google.com/coupons/page?oi=lbc&did=0_15132548078267562933&hl=en-US&gl=US

Follow the link above to the coupon you can print. It’s also availalbe as a phone coupon.