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Meticulous work: George Cooke, 55, will soon have this toaster in working order again and one of many bargains waiting to be picked up at Goodwill's sprawling retail store.
Meticulous work: George Cooke, 55, will soon have this toaster in working order again and one of many bargains waiting to be picked up at Goodwill's sprawling retail store.

Meticulous work: George Cooke, 55, will soon have this toaster in working order again and one of many bargains waiting to be picked up at Goodwill's sprawling retail store.

Date4/14/1987
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0126112F
      Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
      Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
      Teskey, Frank
      6/13/1972
      Real bargoons: Goodwill Services has opened a new downtown store at Jarvis and Adelaide streets and Elizabeth Zwicker, who visited it found that the bargains are as good as ever
      Real bargoons: Goodwill Services has opened a new downtown store at Jarvis and Adelaide streets and Elizabeth Zwicker, who visited it found that the bargains are as good as ever
      Bull, Ron
      8/1/1986
      Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
      Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
      Beaty, Keith
      3/15/1982
      Bargain hunters: Thousands of shoppers jostle in the Eaton Centre yesterday to snap up Boxing Day bargains offered by stores
      Bargain hunters: Thousands of shoppers jostle in the Eaton Centre yesterday to snap up Boxing Day bargains offered by stores
      Stawicki, Andrew
      12/27/1992
      Bargain hunters: A happy Rhonda Watson, 15, from Bobcaygeon (left) and aunt Brenda Walker, 20, of Aurora stand outside a downtown store with $200 worth of Boxing Day bargains
      Bargain hunters: A happy Rhonda Watson, 15, from Bobcaygeon (left) and aunt Brenda Walker, 20, of Aurora stand outside a downtown store with $200 worth of Boxing Day bargains
      Slaughter, Mike
      12/26/1986
      They're doing their Christmas shopping early, Crowds of eager shoppers, looking for bargains in cards for Christmas, 1974, thronged stores today. Some(...)
      They're doing their Christmas shopping early, Crowds of eager shoppers, looking for bargains in cards for Christmas, 1974, thronged stores today. Some(...)
      Bull, Ron
      12/26/1973
      Birthday bargains for a song, Isobel Grundy gets a special song from Doo Doo the clown today as she lines up to spend her birthday bargain-hunting at (...)
      Birthday bargains for a song, Isobel Grundy gets a special song from Doo Doo the clown today as she lines up to spend her birthday bargain-hunting at (...)
      Loek, Dick
      10/28/1992
      A not-so-trivial pursuit. There were bargains galore for those lined up yesterday at Mr. Gameways' Ark on Yonge St. above Wellesley St. The fun factor(...)
      A not-so-trivial pursuit. There were bargains galore for those lined up yesterday at Mr. Gameways' Ark on Yonge St. above Wellesley St. The fun factor(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      2/1/1984
      The markets of Mexico such as this one in Mexico city are treasurehouses of bargains in these days of the devaluted peso
      The markets of Mexico such as this one in Mexico city are treasurehouses of bargains in these days of the devaluted peso
      Bryant, George
      10/1/1976
      Fishermen tend to their nets on the Algarve coast in Portugal, one of Europe's great bargains
      Fishermen tend to their nets on the Algarve coast in Portugal, one of Europe's great bargains
      Spremo, Boris
      6/4/1988
      Yardstick of customer faith is measured by the foot, Harry and Lola Roth, who operate Lola's Shoe House, one of Metro's few ramining Independent shoe stores, have a longtime faithful cilentele and many mail-order customers across the country
      Yardstick of customer faith is measured by the foot, Harry and Lola Roth, who operate Lola's Shoe House, one of Metro's few ramining Independent shoe stores, have a longtime faithful cilentele and many mail-order customers across the country
      Mahler, John
      10/30/1992
      New again: Sarah Vansinclair, 11, of Toronto, finds enjoyment at lat week's toy show on a bouncing ball that will be seen on retail store shelves again this year
      New again: Sarah Vansinclair, 11, of Toronto, finds enjoyment at lat week's toy show on a bouncing ball that will be seen on retail store shelves again this year
      Slaughter, Mike
      2/1/1989