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milescowperthwaite t1_jcow6mg wrote

Reply to Ahhhh… Tonka, the prime example of buy it for life toys. Found for $12 total at the Goodwill, bound to bring me years more enjoyment. by marktherobot-youtube

I'm beginning to have second thoughts about shopping at places like Goodwill. My income has gotten much better and I don't need to find bargains anymore. I've begun to wonder whether I am taking an item that a lower-income person might need or enjoy. They can't afford to shop elsewhere, but I can. We're told that the money goes to services, etc for the poor, but I now believe that I shouldn't buy toys, clothes, shoes from Goodwill because I might be taking something a poorer person needs more than me. What if some low-income mom with her last $20 walked into that store to get a birthday gift for her son, but I just walked out with what she could have really used? I could have bought it elsewhere, even the internet. Am I wrong?

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Kane-Aloha t1_jcoufij wrote

Reply to Ahhhh… Tonka, the prime example of buy it for life toys. Found for $12 total at the Goodwill, bound to bring me years more enjoyment. by marktherobot-youtube

I remember as a child, I was at my grandparents house, and we went to the attic to grab a new plate set out of storage. While up there I saw a large yellow tonka dump truck and brought it down with me to play… shortly after I noticed my grandmother taking pictures of me playing with the truck on her phone, and she said you look just like your dad at that age, and that’s his truck. So truly these toys last for years!

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Running4Britton t1_jcop8ek wrote

Reply to Ahhhh… Tonka, the prime example of buy it for life toys. Found for $12 total at the Goodwill, bound to bring me years more enjoyment. by marktherobot-youtube

I never thought about it until now… but wow those are well made. Somewhere there exists a picture of 2 year old me straddling that truck, riding it down a grassy hill. I rode it everywhere I could, and where I couldn’t I hauled all of my daily necessities and pushed it. Lots of good times we’re had with that Tonka truck.

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Fairycharmd t1_jcoojx3 wrote

Reply to Ahhhh… Tonka, the prime example of buy it for life toys. Found for $12 total at the Goodwill, bound to bring me years more enjoyment. by marktherobot-youtube

The very first gift I bought for my grandson was a metal Tonka dump truck. We used it for some of his Christmas pictures the first year and this year he’s sitting in it wanting to be pushed around when he’s not trying to drive over the dog or a sister or anything else. Here’s hoping that they make them like they used to and I don’t have to go track down Nylint truck.

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