Thrift shop finds?  

I had to leave 3 choice pieces at a thrift store today!
I just do not have the space to bring anything else home, and it's really frustrating to find good stuff and not be able to buy it.
There was a very cool Heywood Wakefield desk, for $45. And a matched pair of teak square side tables with laminate tops (no marks, only writing I saw was "teak" on the underside - those were $15 each.
And I had to leave them there!!

Storage an option
Although I collect mostly, occasionally I run into such a
find that I can't pass it up. I have rented a small storage
space and keep the finds there. I sell via craigslist or ebay after doing the research. If storage is cheap enough
I would consider it.

I'm too worried about the "out-of-sight-out-of-mind" phenomenon
Also, it seems to me that it's a buyer's market right now - I just don't understand the huge, massive disparity between how some things sell for practically nothing, or don't sell at all, but yet when a high-end retailer or auction house sells the same item, it goes for thousands.
What am I missing?

Lesson learned.
This weekend I was lucky enough to find an Arne Vodder desk, the unfortunate thing is the chair that came with the desk was sold separately.
Even worser is I had the chair in my hand, was looking at it but decided I had ENOUGH chairs...well this taught me a lesson you can NEVER have enough chairs. I went looking for it hours later, and then I see someone had it in there cart. Oh, how it hurts...I also found two plexi chairs...CHEAP.
Note to Riki: It takes time, believe me my thrift stores are FULL of 70's crap nobody wants, I found this desk hiding behind a hidious table. I haven't been to a thrift stores where great find are just there its like a treasure hunt, you just never know what you will find. I go because I enjoy looking at what I call a graveyard of junk (mostly), not because I'm poor and cannot afford to purchase new, there is more to it. Keep on searching if its a passion of yours, you will find something you just never know.
Case in point, I went to a thrift store today, came home with a Texasware plastic plate that is all.

dashes
Some people like to be able to say that they bought their Wegner dining chairs, or whatever, at Such-and-Such auction house. It's worth it to them to pay more for the whole ambience/prestige thing. Buying on Ebay or Craigslist is not nearly so special, and it can also take a lot more patience and persistence, which costs you in ways other than money.
I once got to see a really wonderful collection of antique Christmas stuff in the home of an older woman. It was museum quality, really nice, unforgettable. I asked the collector if she went to estate auctions and she said no, she and her husband much preferred to buy from trusted dealers. Auctions were too hectic and noisy for them. I don't feel that way at all but I can understand how she felt. It's all about what you're willing to put up with to get what you want.
Me, I like the hunt.