The Thrifters

Amanda is back to talk about the steps she takes to find out, as certainly as possible, what era her vintage finds are from. There is a lot out there on the Internet and social media. What avenues are helpful and what can lead you astray?

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

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Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin Macleod




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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

We don't know about you but Amanda is feeling some burnout. It's been a lot of ups and downs in the vintage selling business lately. This short episode is a reminder it's OK to pull back sometimes and give yourself a break.

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin Macleod

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

This is a contination of Amanda's thoughts on how her own vintage business is doing in 2023. And she offers her encouragement for all the other resellers out there.


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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by MacLeod

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

This week Amanda takes a minute to see how her vintage business is doing in 2023. What goals were set at the beginning of the year and how's it going so far?

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey


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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

This week Amanda breaks down some options for storing your vintage clothing and some solutions she has found for making things as easy and organized as possible (for her).

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

Washing clothes. This subject may sound kinda dry (ironically) but knowing how to bring vintage clothing back from "the dead" can mean good money from pieces that others have given up on.

In part III of this series, Amanda puts a button on the subject of laundering vintage clothing. And this time it's all about removing stains. What products have worked? What techniques are too harsh? Amanda gets into it all.

Product Links:

Folex - https://amzn.to/3qBEXKh

Amodex- https://amzn.to/3WUZZj3

Grandmas Secret- https://amzn.to/449pHTt

Carbona Collection- https://amzn.to/3P4hTxF

Whink Rust Remover- https://amzn.to/3P4d5bS

Synthrapol- https://amzn.to/43ulDNj


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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

There is one thing that won't show up in photos but can make vintage clothes unwearable (and unsellable!) Stink.

What do you do with clothes that are great except for the fact that they smell bad? Some funk can be delt with easier than others and some might be best left behind. This week Amanda goes into a deep dive on deeply disturbing odors and techniques for fighting them off.

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

This week, Amanda is back with some very valuable information on a step that is often essential before a vintage seller can photograph, list and sell: Laundering!

What steps does Amanda take first? What's a last resort? When should you Abort Mission?? There's more to cover in future episodes but this is a fantastic start.

Links to products discussed:

Orvus


Blue Dawn


Restoration


Retro Clean


Folex


Oxi Clean


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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey



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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

This week, Amanda wraps up her series on sourcing vintage clothing. How to find and network with the right kinds of contacts, both on-line and out in the real world.

You can make private buying appointments with people who run local estate sale companies or with that person who just complimented your outfit at the grocery store. It’s all about asking the right people and Amanda has some fantastic stories about the different ways she’s ended up having private access to sought after treasures.

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

Podcast produced by Ben Walker-Storey

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey

This week Amanda shares some thoughts about how to get the most out of yard sales, garage sales, church rummage sales and so on. How to make it clear you are looking for clothes. How to find the stuff that others missed. Should you bargain? Amanda even gets into how people so often get it wrong when running a sale.

It's time to hear stories about Amanda’s best and worst experiences following those cardboard signs toward what could be Treasure! Or a pile of junk. It's probably junk. But Yard sales may just be our best chance at finding amazing, vintage gold for a steal of a deal.

Join Amanda, Friday evenings for her Live sales!
https://www.facebook.com/VintageLiveSales

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The Thrifters podcast is 100% commercial-free. Your generosity is greatly appreciated though! If this podcast has brought you some value you can "buy a coffee" for Amanda! Contribute any amount you feel good about. No subscription necessary.

buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters

Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram
Irreverentfinery on Etsy

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The Thrifters Podcast comes to you commercial free and is supported by listeners like you! If this podcast has brought value to your life and business, how about sending a little something Amanda's way? Buy me a Coffee is like a tip jar. No subscription necessary. Thanks, we love you!
buymeacoffee.com/thethrifters
Thank you for your support!
Amanda sells Live every Friday at 6pm Pacific - VCA on Facebook
Follow Amanda @Irreverentfinery on Instagram IrreverentFinery on Etsy
Edited by Ben Walker-Storey
Music by Kevin McLleod, incidentals by Ben Walker-Storey