Ragstock

A great place to pick up zany clothing items, as well as some very good every day selections. A few trips around the store (they change the location of things often) usually yields several gotta have it pieces. The Halloween pickings are also great, especially so close to campus. I’ve gotten everything from club wear to prom dresses to kimonos here.

I’ve been here a few times, and have always come in for either a costume idea or a ‘cheaper’ ugly sweater (I know… not sure how that is a ‘thing’ to charge extra for ugly sweaters).
Ragstock is a mixture of used and cheap quality clothing that is passed as «vintage», you will find stuff here if you take the time to look. The clothing is not really quality (like finding a gem at the Salvation Army for instance). The clothing is typically lower quality for cheap.
Worth a look through, might find something interesting. I’m all for used clothing, always great savings to be had, and good clothing to be worn.

I really like the stock in the Ann Arbor store… but they seemed to be prejudiced against carrying any size XL t-​shirts for men or any XL shirts whatsover for men. I’m not talking «Big and Tall» or oversize, or baggies, I’m talking the BASIC XL size that has been the norm for my entire life in the United States of America even when I wasn’t fat and middleaged… (I’m in my 40’s and have ALWAYS wore XL as an adult, as do most normal size males I know). This is really a fatal flaw in their stock… I understand that the smaller tighter fits are what the young people and hipsters like… the target demographic… but come on now… is it really necessary to just plain not stock an entire normal mainstream size? For this reason, I rarely buy any shirts here, even though I like many of them and would… if they stocked a normal XL size. It’s as if they want to target that thin emaciated youth look… but last time i looked, not ALL youth are walking around with skeletal Adam Lanza arms and features.
It’s odd… but they even seem to phase out or just not carry… the XL size in RETRO CLOTHES from the 80’s– 90S that were XL SIZE TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POPULAR SIZE IN THAT ERA. These shirts… especially the 80’s hair metal rock t-​shirts, the product shirts, etc… all originally came in XL sizes too… but Ragstock apparently has taken it upon themselves to just plain not stock that size. It’s like cultural revisionism via size. If I traveled back in time, apparently no one in the 1980’s and early 90’s was a big enough human to fit into a giant’s clothing size. Apparently, we’ve all only gotten smaller since then.
I noticed this «size prejudice» (not stocking any XL) in the pants too, but it is harder to quanitfy, and especially have noticed it when they promote the tiny «Japanese baseball jerseys» seemingly made for tiny tiny persons (which is another thing… please hold the cultural stereotypes… but geez louise they things are tiny… I couldn’t even find one to fit a 10 year old boy… how does their constant promotion of these reflect on size prejudice? Did they somehow find a way to mix the size thing with a cultural stereotype???), and in their unwearable jackets (that is, unless you are a petite small child man or trying to find an outfit for your role as a Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz play for the 4^th grade…).
.From start to finish, all their male clothing appears expressly curated and designed only to be worn by ectomorphs.
No wonder the stock hangs around and around until they mark it down… there just aren’t this many tiny small rail-​thin people in town to support such a wide variety of miniature clothing.
Ragstock, I’d dearly love to purchase some of your clothes, but I don’t feel like spending 6 months in Gitmo concentration camp or on a desert island losing muscle mass from protein deficency to do so. Stock some damn XL size tshirts, already.
This would be a good store if you drink alot of Ensure and need to watch your electolytes from system collapse, or if you are seeking doll size clothing and shoes, but if you’re a man with a normal interest in, I dunno, physical fitness and weight over 150 lbs, you most likely will not find much that fits you.
you’ll love the place if you find a men’s Small a roomy, baggy fit in a t-​shirt.

This place is sells a combination of thrifted items and random cheap crap. I don’t buy stuff here too often, but you can find goofy clothes for holidays and parties, like light-​up Christmas tree necklaces, bouncy shamrock headbands, ugly sweaters, and lamé metallic leggings. I think everything is final sale, but I could be wrong.

I first fell in love with Ragstock when visiting their location on Belmont in Chicago, so perhaps I’m a bit biased, but the Ann Arbor location just doesn’t compare. I bought a Groupon to use earlier this year and I honestly could not find anything worth purchasing. I ended up with a tank top and bottles of nail polish that I really didn’t need. In general, most of the merchandise in this store is over-​the-​top (too trendy?). The vintage clothing can be fun to peruse, but a lot of the newer stuff appears to be cheaply made. What will keep me from coming back, however, is the staff. Very rude and unfriendly. The opposite of what you’d hope for in a retail shopping experience. I’ve stopped by a few times to give them another shot but it’s just not worth it anymore.

I’m only giving this place 3 stars because there aren’t so many places you can get cheap clothing within walking distance of campus. But bear in mind that you get what you pay for – I’ve purchased a few of their solid fitted tees, and the shirts have started coming apart after just 2 washes. TWO!!!

This place can be great, if you are willing to look through it. I like the looking through the vintagey stuff but I can’t say I’ve bought any of it yet. The accessories seem to be good prices also. But basically, you have to be really careful about prices here because some stuff is at a great price and some stuff is at a so-​so price.
One thing I can say is just don’t buy basics here. They have a lot of t-​shirts, leggings, etc, but a good chunk of them are Forever 21 brands with a 2 dollar mark-​up. In fact, I saw the sweater I was wearing there today for 9.99 when I bought it for 7.99 at the Briarwood f21 two weeks ago. I also see a lot of Kohl’s brand stuff that isn’t a huge discount off of what it would be at Kohl’s, but that doesn’t seem to egregious compared to actually marking up.

Worth checking out. Good prices, good selection of stuff you would buy in a vintage store, plus cool gloves, hats, other accessories… As far as the quality, you get what you pay for so don’t have high expectations for durability

I’m afraid this may be another instance of me overrating a place because it fills a void in Ann Arbor (in this case, *reasonably priced* second-​hand and vintage clothing), but oh well.
I just got an amazing sheep’s wool sweater here for $ 8 that was marked for $ 100. Like some of the other reviewers have said, some of the stuff here is poorly-​made, overstock from cheap stores, etc, but there are many gems lurking behind the front racks.

I feel like I waited months for this place to open and it’s finally here!
On one hand I’m always thrilled to find a new place to buy cheap basic clothing & this is THE PLACE for that sort of thing. I picked up a bunch of v-​neck thermal shirts for a steal — any basic cotton item you can dream of (shirts, camisoles, leggings, yoga pants) can be found here for a fraction of the price of an American Apparel lookalike. Organic cotton knee-​high socks? $ 7 for a two-​pack. Awesome
On the other hand I was bummed to see that the quality of clothing wasn’t super consistent. Yesterday I grabbed a pair of fingerless stretchy cotton gloves for a few dollars & upon opening the package realized the package contained two right-​handed gloves. The guys working today were super understanding & gave me another pair without really any hassle, but I put them on, left the store & 2 blocks later realized that the button had fallen off of one. Not awesome.
A lot of the new clothing was brands that I’ve seen in the clothing section at Meijer if that gives you a sense of the quality.
Still, I’ve never seen a place with such a selection of WEIRD vintage items for dirty-​cheap prices. Leather boots & jackets, a wall full of kimonos, a wall of $ 3 – 5 sunglasses, a million Bill Cosby sweaters & so on made this place really worth telling my friends about.

It’s about time we got another inexpensive store on campus. I’m torn between giving Ragstock three stars and four stars but it’s more «a-​ok» than fan-​worthy.
They have a mix of new and used clothing for both men and women. The new clothing is inexpensive but also seems to be cheaper in quality too. I wouldn’t say it’s not worth getting but most of it wasn’t my style personally.
The used clothing is what I went for and the only thing I didn’t like was the prices were kind of odd. brand name jeans in great condition were nine to eleven dollars, which is much cheaper than other selective resale shops. but then some other items like ugly sweaters and dresses were more expensive. The selection isn’t too large but hopefully once they clear out the halloween stuff, they’ll expand the used clothing selection.
another bonus — the staff were helpful and friendly, which can be rare sometimes in used clothing stores. i would definitely recommend stopping in — it’s an interesting look-​around even if you don’t buy something. i’ll be going back and i’m definitely open to bumping this place up a star if the selection comes to better suit my wants (though i did end up buying a cheap scarf), and likely the wants of others who love a good find in a used clothing store.