The Salvation Army

Slightly above average for what seems to be a fairly constant rotation of stock albeit thats about the only positive thing to say here. Staff barely speaks English, the store is extremely cramped and busy. The isles are so narrow that you will be saying «excuse me» a LOT. Prices are merely average.

I should start with a disclaimer saying that I wish I was someone who had the patience to sort through racks and racks of clothing for some amazing finds, but sadly I’m not. But I had a really good experience shopping here!
I had just moved and needed to furnish
my kitchen with good quality yet affordable plates, bowls and cutlery, and I decided that this would be the perfect place. I walked in and saw a beautiful set of good quality plates, 3 large ones and 2 medium sized ones of the same pattern. The large ones were $ 1.99 each and the small ones were $ 0.99. I then found small porcelin bowls that were oven safe and bought those for another 0.99 each. I rounded up my purchase with some wine glasses, and walked away with some beautiful sets of dinner ware for less than $ 15.
Now here is the best part. As I was shopping on a whim, I didn’t have a car or any bags or transporting material for my new beautiful dinner wares, but the ladies at the cashier found a stack of newspapers and spent 15 minutes wrapping my purchases one by one to make sure nothing would break on my walk home. I really appreciated that gesture.
As far as the rest of the store, I can’t comment on the clothing and it is a pretty small place, I can see why others have had negative experiences here!

In my search for cheap clothes to work in, I headed to yet another Salvation Army. I was quite disappointed in this Salvation Army. I walked for a long time to get there and the place looked a little crazy. I did find one pair of khaki pants that I thought I liked, but ended up not wearing it more than three times to work as of now. They seemed a little pricy for a second hand store, but I got them anyways. When I got n the line, the guy in front of me was inquiring about a speaker he wanted to purchase. The lady told him the price and the guy was like, «that is way too high» (I had to agree.) He tried to offer a more reasonable price, and the lady just said no. Well, she lost the sale and the guy put down the other items he had and left. I bought my jeans and left too. Never to return…
And as always, Have Fun, but not at these prices!!!
(21÷30)

I stop in here every time I walk by and have not once found anything. I find most items at this location super over priced. (ie ikea stackable tables — three tables all sold separately and price pointed at $ 20, $ 35 and $ 40 per table… when you could buy them new at Ikea for like $ 50).
I stopped in here yesterday at around 5:50 on my way to Safeway and as I walked in was greeted with a salesperson in my face saying «we are closing. You leave.» I explained I just wanted to look for five minutes and she kept telling me they were closing and I had to leave. Really they were closing at 6 and there were still about 15 people wandering around the store. This lady however insisted I leave, and so I did.
So yeah. Three strikes. I don’t intend to return. I’ll just go thrifting in kerrisdale at the salvation army there :)

A solid three stars — not guaranteed to find a deal every time, but when you find a deal it’s a good one. Can’t beat the location and convenience for me (transit-​accessible with the B-​Line stop right out front, and decent free street parking around the sides and back of the block). I wouldn’t go crosstown to check this place out, but if you’re near the area, it’s worth stopping in to browse; hence the 3-​star review.

Have found some great items here including books and stuff for the home. I have found, however, that the store is incredibly dirty… changing rooms with dirty floors… dust, leaves, locks don’t work and in bad need of a coat of paint. Horrible music system that sounds like it is not right on the station. And what is worse is the rudeness of the staff. i have found this store to be consistently bad in this regard. Example… they hide the good stuff… i.e. Lulu Lemon wear… leather bags, etc. behind the counter in a jumbled mess. Then when you want to see something up close, they reluctantly pull out one at a time to show you… sometimes even deciding for themselves what you might like. Last night I gave up trying and told them that It would be an idea to display this better so that at least you could see what was in the bunch and the response was a rude dead silence. I would have expected to be invited in behind the desk to flip through… under their supervision, of course. What are these people guarding… Fort Knox!!! Needed to vent :-) oh and ps… please go easy on the Christmas Music… it isn’t even Dec. yet!!!

I’ve found some great deals here. 50% off day is a jackpot. The staff is a little surly

Made a quick walk through but didn’t find anything too interesting. I guess you just have to be there at the right time. Lots of people there when I went, though.

I’ve never had a ‘find’ here. And for anyone who has a slight addiction to thrift shopping, that lack of a find will deter you from returning.
On multiple visits I’ve selected a few items to purchase and then slowly replaced them on the shelves as I walk around the store. There are plenty of strange animal paintings, decorations for kids’ rooms, cassette tapes, and the usual clothing here. The sidewalk display is a nice draw and way to confirm there’s nothing you want without actually going inside.
The store has discontinued its window display sales. Originally, the window displays would be on hold until a specific date. Back in those days I’d always see a little treasure and then never actually get around to heading there to purchase it on the sale day. Now that the window-​hold-​sale is phased out and there’s nothing I can’t have, I’ve lost interest.

It’s a sad day when, despite getting sweaters every christmas since 1998, I have to actually buy one. I guess that’s what happens when someone breaks into my car to steal a bag of clothes (theives in this town are strange).
This Salvation Army looks like every other Salvation Army I’ve ever been in, maybe tending to the brighter and cleaner end of the spectrum. It’s still kind of run down looking, though. Which is understandable given the amount of traffic this store sees and the ridiculously low prices. They had some perfectly servicable office chairs sitting outside for $ 15. None of the sweaters I looked at were over $ 9. It’s standard donated material, nothing fancy, and it’s picked over pretty regularly. But they might just have something you want.