THRIFT STORES GO BEGGING?

BEEN TO YOUR LOCAL THRIFT STORE LATELY?

You may have noticed that the racks and shelves look a bit sparse. That's not just because more people are shopping at thrift stores but also BECAUSE DONATIONS ARE DOWN.

According to the management of one thrift store we went to, donations are down because now people are selling their things rather than donating.

And we notice that garage sales on lawns seem to be happening more in neighborhoods where the people who donate live!

BID TOMORROW FOR RARE BOOK SOLD BY SOLDIER IN NEED OF MONEY

Click now and hear about this auction... a seven dollar copy of THE FEDERALIST PAPERS now many be worth $100,000 !

"The divorced father of three was 16 when he bought the 227-page book in 1990 after his mother spotted it among book stacks as they browsed at a South Bend, Ind., flea market.

"Harlan's high school history class happened to be discussing "The Federalist" — also known as "The Federalist Papers" — that same week, so he knew the book was special.

"The two-volume set was published months after the Constitution was drafted in September 1787 in Philadelphia. Its collected essays helped rally support for ratifying the document that provided the federal government's framework, said Mark Dimunation, chief of the rare book and special collections division at The Library of Congress." -Rich Callahan