Thrift Store Shopping - Not What it Used to Be

I used to shop at thrift stores all the time in High School and College until the market changed and it seemed that the prices of new items on clearance were the same as thrift store prices. I think what happened is thrift store shopping became cool so they started to charge more. Case in point, here is a new skirt someone donated to Goodwill that they purchased on clearance for $3.97 and Goodwill has marked it $5.49. You think they could have at least taken off the Old Navy price tag first. Oops!