I was this close to getting 3 piece nad stereo today at Salvation Army

I saw what looked like just a NAD CD player for $99.00. I thought that is to much. I noticed that it said 3 piece stereo. I couldn't find the other parts. I found a NAD tape player, but no receiver. I asked the workers what happened to the receiver. None of them remembered selling it. They said that they would have noticed that it said 3 pieces and not sold it separately. They had workers checking other parts of the store where they think maybe it could be. They checked the back where they get donations. The one worker said he guess they sold it for some reason. I think that a worker may have taken it since no other workers remember seeing the receiver end up at the checkout. I have read that thrift stores have a high rate of theft sometimes with workers. some former workers and customers said that they whitnessed managers taking nice stuff home free. I read a story the other day about a man accidentally donating a engagememt ring at goodwill. One person wrote a comment saying that he saw two workers fighting over who should get his sports jerseys that he donated. He said that he will no longer donate things to thrift stores after over hearing that. The store said they could make the cd player and tape player 74 bucks instead of the 100 cuz the receiver, but I felt like that was over priced. He argued that it is this price cuz the name. I said that is at least 20 or 30 years old and it might need replacing soon. He said that's why it's sold as is. I said I can buy used cd players on ebay for 30 bucks. I told him that I didn't want it. Something fishy happened to that receiver. He sure knew a lot about it being a nice brand. It makes me wonder if he took it.

has this stuff ever happened to you at thrift stores?

That sucks that they didn't have the pre amp. I still think that worker was acting suspicious and took the NAD when nobody was around. He seemed suprised when asked to go look for it.

I don't know how else to explain it since the two other workers at register work a lot when i go in don't remember selling it.

one of the goodwill locations here check workers purses before they leave the shift. I guess theft use to be a problem at that location. I saw them do this a few months ago at the checkout while workers left shift. I am not sure if all goodwill locations do this.

Thanks whoareu99 for giving me that advice. I was so upset the day that it happened. I had been checking 4 to 6 thrift stores up to 40 minutes away and my town two to three times a week. I did this for about 8 months. I felt excited when I thought that I had finally found what I wanted. I will not let it eat me up inside anymore.