ampHoteric
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Thrift stores
So this last week at Goodwill I found a 400ml beaker, a 600ml beaker, a 250ml erlenmeyer, a 400ml wide mouth erlenmeyer for a grand total of $2.67 and
a 52nd edition CRC for $2.99.
What are your thrift store finds?
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happyfooddance
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That is amazing. I wish I had a similar thrift store find to share.
I do know, however, of a Halloween store that buys cheap boro beakers and erlenmeyers, and they are super cheap right after halloween when everything
goes on clearance. All about $1 a piece. They are not quite as good as pyrex but they are close.
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Texium
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I've gotten a lot of nice old chemistry books at Half Price Books. Normally they're a bit hard to find, but one of the ones in Austin had an unusually
large number of them. I assume they mostly came from the same place.
Unfortunately I haven't had any interesting glassware or equipment finds locally.
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ELRIC
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Wow. Talk about some people’s luck. The only thing I ever find at goodwill/salvation army are chem text for $1.00, sometimes 50 cents. I do find
acasional interesting glass for cheap, but never any lab glass. And I thought I was the only one that went to thrift stores for chemistry related
material....
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Brom
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I had my first thrift store find a few days ago when a friend of mine picked this up for me for $6
They said they have a lot more so I'm going tomorrow. It is only about 35 miles from me. If I get anything good I will post it here.
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I have a ton of uranium glass from thrift stores. I would sell it if anyone wants some. I have a few small plates and a large dish.
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I went to the antique store today and they had quite a bit of glassware but the prices were ridiculous. $30 for a 2 neck 500 ml flat bottom boiling
flask! I bought a graduated cylinder, 2 funnels, and a pair of tongs. I will stick with getting my glassware from Dr. Bob.
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Today’s find was a test tube rack with 4 large test tubes. This was for 4$ at a charity store. This store has been good for me in the past with
several great finds of late. This includes volumetric flasks, glass tube, burettes funnels and a large chromatography column.
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I wanted a nice piece of Depression era uranium glass for my element collection. I picked up a couple of saucers at the local markets. I did not
have my UV torch with me so I could not test it. They turned out to be not what I wanted.
Similar thing happened at a garage sale recently. I picked up a lovely art deco style jug and tumbler set for a couple of bucks and it also failed to
fluoresce. It was pretty to look at but we don't need more clutter in the house.
I took both purchases to the local antique shop and they gave me some cash for them. Well below normal selling price but they have to make their cut
some how. I then found a nice U glass dish that glows a vibrant green under UV light. Bought that and walked out of the shop. Once I tallied up
purchases and sales, the whole exercise cost me three bucks.
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Today's find, $1 hard case 3 ring binder clearly marked "material safety data sheets"... This can do nicely 
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That looks like a great find
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Which part of the country are you in where you find nice glassware at thrift stores?
I never had such amazing luck!
Is it just a general feature of big cities/university towns or maybe tech hubs?
I have seen some nice boro glasware at antique shops but they were more expensive than new!
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I picked up a copy of Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach (Stuart Warren) for $1 on my weekly VHS run friday
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to an antique fair yesterday i found a guy selling a few glass venturi aspirators, on ebay they are sold for around $24, but him sold them for €5
each  i bought 2 of them.
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