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<a title="Amita Singh" href="/topic/Amita+Singh" >Amita Singh</a> looks at a $525 <a title="Balenciaga SA" href="/topic/Balenciaga+SA" >Balenciaga</a> bag at the Encore consignment shop, Friday, Jan. 29, 2009 in <a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" >New York</a>. Thrift stores and consignment shops enjoyed a spike in business last year as financially strapped consumers turned to cheaper alternatives. But now they're the latest victim of the recession, scrambling to reprice their merchandis...