Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

When you drop a box of unwanted items off at the local thrift store, where do they go? Probably across the country--or even halfway across the world--to people and places eager to reuse what you don’t…

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