Salvation Army

I am about to adjust my Harper Salvation Army review to 5 stars after going to a few others and experiencing what I did here!!!
No matter what salvation army you go to expect LONG waits, rude employees, rude costumers, and no sense of order whatsoever.
I get it… It’s a thrift store not Norstrom BUT just a employee to greet me with a smile would be nice!
I had pulled up a 50% coupon on my phone and went to hand it to the cashier… well she exited out of the window and I couldn’t pull it back up. So with my 200.00 order they still wouldn’t honor it!
Yes I spent 200! And was very disappointed. They should of honored it.

I’ve shopped here a few times and every employee that I ever encounter here is especially ignorant. For a place that plays Christian music, they certainly don’t act Christian. I just returned from my shopping trip from here and all I can say is that the girls at the front registers should be fired. They are unhelpful and the most unfriendly I’ve encountered to date. I will be shopping elsewhere now.
Good bye.

This is not the Salvation Army store you are looking for, keep going.
It pains me greatly to even write this because of all the great experiences that I’ve had with other stores in the chain, and the fact that it’s supposed to be helping a good cause really makes me shake my head.
I was in the area and hadn’t been to this location in like 5 – 8 years and it used to be really top notch, maybe even THE store to hit if you are looking for something in particular, because this one just had so much stuff in it.
So I get in the parking lot and the entire landscape is littered with paper and debris, so much that the lot seemed like a Jackson Pollock painting — way too ghetto for 10 mile and Van Dyke. Seriously, a broom, find one. Place should be cited.
I get inside and it was fairly busy and there were racks all over the place in the aisles that haven’t been put out yet, blocking the way between the men’s and women’s sections making it difficult for anyone to get by with a cart. I had to squeeze sideways to pass another person in the main aisle… seriously?
Aaaand. The pricing. Choose your reasoning: What halfwit was pricing stuff in this place — OR — who do you think you are?
5 years ago I could come in here and never pay more than $ 4 for any shirt on the rack, regardless of brand or condition and from what I had always garnered, that this was a place where people who had limited means could get some decent clothing for cheap and it didn’t phase the Salvation Army because it was all DONATED to them for FREE. Which brings us to arbitrary pricing and greed or stupidity, take your pick.
I am a label head. I come to these places looking for very certain things but those things still have to: #1 fit, #2 be in great condition. With the understanding that I am most likely buying Dead Man’s Pants (Thanks Michael Savage). Now I can’t usually find anything to fit me so it’s difficult enough, then to find stained and frayed garbage on the shelves is pretty off putting. Then to try to clip someone $ 16 for a collared shirt because it has a brand name one of your employees just arbitrarily decided that’s what price it should be is shameful, disdainful and dare I say not Christian.
You pay nothing for it, you put a price on it that is more than what I can go to Marshall’s or TJ Maxx and buy it NEW in a package for, and you expect me — the exact customer that came there to buy exactly those things to pay a price you didn’t invest a dime more to acquire than any other garment there.
I left with nothing and the overpriced garments you think are so valuable will be in your dumpster in a week because nobody else will buy them either, not even at half off.
Overcharging me is one thing, overcharging the poor is pretty twisted.

This is a solid Sal. My only complaint is that the employees seem to hate life a LOT more than the average Sal employee.
I’ve been a long-​time shopper of this location and it’s always good for some decent finds. I spent quite a while in here yesterday as I was looking for some clothes for my husband as well as myself, rather than just browsing furniture and housewares.
I was a tad apalled at the number of rude employees on this day, though. Lots of walking and standing in the way, rudely passing by too closely without saying anything, generally getting in the way and lots of loud/​annoying talking.
Of course I’ll be back, but in general I was a little disappointed with the overall lack of niceness and customer service.

As a bizzare little wannabe hipster, I traditionally buy three types of items here, used books, weird coffee mugs and VHS Tapes (Yes, I still own and utilize a VCR). They usually have a massive selection of books that are just thrown into a giant bin, with a few of them on shelves, and it’s five for a dollar! If you are willing to roll your sleeves up and go digging like a mad person into the bin, you can find some real gems. I’ll never forget one time buying a book online for about 17 dollars and finding a perfectly good copy in the bin about a week later. Lines can get rather long at some points and the staff moves super slow, but what do you expect from a mid size secondhand store? I recently bought a coffee mug with hearts and cows on it that says «Udderly Adorable», where else are you gonna find something like that?
I have always been a «thrifty» person and don’t mind buying used merchandise, I actually think society as a whole should buy more second hand. I frequent many flea markets and thrift stores, and by comparison, the clothing at this location is usually quite terrible, rancid smelling suit jackets fresh out of the 70s (think Gene Hackman in The French Connection) and ratty t-​shirts with the Tazmanian Devil on them. It’s a good thrift store in the area, much better than the one that recently burnt down just down the street.

It’s HUGE! I NEVER walk out un-​happy. Whats up with these bad reviews? Anyway, this 4^th of July everything is half off! EVERYTHING in the store. Give it a try, I’m SURE you will find something to make you feel like you practically STOLE it! :)

For me, a thrift store is judged on its consistency to deliver things I’d like to purchase. Unlike the previous reviewer, I can’t take the other shoppers or the general tenor of the people in the vicinity into account as IT’S A THRIFT STORE. With rare exception, thrift stores are placed in areas in which they’ll get high traffic not from hipsters looking for vintage kitsch or crafters scoring cheap materials but people who have few if any options for shopping elsewhere. And who am I to judge another seediness? It’s not like I thrift in pearls and a sweater set…
The people who work here are pleasant, if a little slow speed-​wise when ringing us up. For my friend and I, the selection was just fine: she found a very cute dress and I found two cute end tables, a break-​apart bookshelf and tons and tons of collectibles, some of which I very well may resell once I’ve lived with them long enough. Is it the most organized of the Salvation Army locations in the area? No. Did it have a selection of things I liked enough to buy? For sure. Our total bill was over $ 100 and that was post our student discount. I don’t know if I would make a special trip to this location BY ITSELF but when I’m out thrifting all day and heading to the east side, I’ll stop here again for sure.

First off, I think the address is wrong on this. It is definitely on 10 Mile just off of Van Dyke.
I live right by the Royal Oak Salvation Army, but their selection wasn’t great today, and I was looking for something specific. The girl at the counter gave me the address for the next closest location, which was this one. I am not familiar with Center Line or the area, and I think if I was I would not have gone.
I made the drive there and I knew immediately that this store was not a gem. I almost got hit in the parking lot and a shopping cart dented my car. There were a lot of seedy people waiting around outside. for no good reason. The selection was pretty bad, with little furniture. Pretty scummy.
This was the first Salvation Army out of the many that I have been to that gave me the urge to take a shower, immediately. I didn’t touch anything and got out after a quick walk through. There are much better and cleaner locations, like Royal Oak (although VERY small) and Ann Arbor (HUGE!). I hear that they are opening a Clarkston location the first week of November, and it’s said to be the 3^rd largest Salvation Army Thrift Store!
Don’t do it. Don’t do it!