Let's pat ourselves on our collective backs for keeping things out of landfill!
And people in smaller communities, don't give up. My grandniece just found a near-new good carry-on sized roller bag at a thrift store in sparsely populated eastern Oregon.
Another dodge for good pickings at the big rummage sales is to volunteer to work them. Who do you suppose gets first pick?
With the added bonus of feeling good about the volunteering?
My work travel days are long over
, but the above sources keep me in cheap knitting yarn for long flights.