There's often more than meets the eye, and thrift shoppers take that to heart. One lucky person was stunned to find out the retail value of their purchase after snagging a unique candle holder at a local thrift store.
"So excited when I bought this candle holder today for $4. Then I googled it at home," they wrote on Reddit.
The photo shows a porcelain candle holder with hundreds of tiny dots and holes. The piece is fairly unassuming, but the second slide reveals its retail price: $1,903.
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory is a premier pottery manufacturer, and its porcelain pieces are entirely handmade, which explains the price tag.
Not only did this thrift shopper save almost $1,900 on a candle holder, but they've got a beautiful, handmade art piece and an incredible story to tell.
These thrift store success stories aren't uncommon, either. One shopper found a brand new Moccamaster coffee machine for just $37, saving over $300. Cameras, cookware, clothes — you name it, and a thrift store somewhere has totally got it.
Shopping at thrift stores is a great way to have fun while saving money. According to CouponFollow, thrift shopping can save you an average of $1,760 each year.
Mending, thrifting, and donating your old clothes are also good ways to reduce your carbon footprint. By donating clothes, you're extending the garment's lifespan — reducing the demand for new clothes — which decreases our resource consumption.
New clothes cost valuable resources to make and produce excessive pollution. According to Decathlon Sustainability, "the production of a single T-shirt requires 2,700 liters of water."
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Cheaper clothes 🤑 Commenters were shocked to find out the candle holder's true cost and debated whether the shopper should sell the expensive art piece.
"You have a good eye," one user said.
"Beautiful," another Redditor wrote. "A good piece to pass down to your family or a relative — with a cute story with it!"
"This is one of those things that's so pretty, but I would never think to even investigate if it was worth something!" a third user commented.
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