2nd & Charles

One of my favorite places to get lost in! Anytime i have extra cash i come here and spend a fair amount of time picking out my purchases! The staff are always friendly and ask how I’m doing but are not over bearing and let me roam as i please! I always enjoy coming here! =)

Me and my wife go here once a week, the store is really nice and the staff are all nice. They have a pretty large collection and always new stuff coming in but always seem to be missing console controllers for ps2 or 360. The prices can be high sometimes but never so high that you change your kind, gameboys can be as low as $ 25 or $ 30, and pokemon games are about $ 30 each too, but that’s some of their most expensive games. I recommend any fellow nerd/​geek to atleast check the place out.

Don’t go here unless you wanna lose an hour of your time and get offered next to nothing. Took at least 20 high value comics, some 360 main titles, and vintage collectible toys and was only offered 13 $ spent more on gas just to get there. I wish I had 2 more hands so I could give this place 4 thumbs down.

They have a big selection of all kinds of books, but have of the time you spend trying to find a book. They are not in any order that I can tell. Sometimes you can find an author with most of their books but then you’ll find the same books in a different genre. Also some books have good prices but not always. Mr K’s have lower prices. By like 2 $ usually. If you’re thinking about trading in for credit at 2^nd, you won’t get much.
They offered me 6 $ in credit for a whole bag full of books and DVDs, I took them to Mr. K’s down the street and I got 34 $ for what they could take. I’m not saying 2^nd and Charles is not a good place to shop for books I’m just saying it’s not my number 1 anymore.

Really cool place. Lots of used books, retro & new video game consoles, new & used books, movies & music. Friendly staff.

I am not sure where the other reviewers shop, but this store is great. The staff is always helpful. All comics are already bagged and boarded are usually in excellent shape.
Like other stores, they offer a variety of ways to save money. Their survey rewards are quite generous.
Keep up the good work 2NC!

It took them over one hour to evaluate 10 books, then they only offered us $ 7 (we trade books a lot, and they weren’t bad books). The store was way too hot, so it was uncomfortable to be in. The check out process was exceedingly slow too. The person in front of us got to the counter and said «I forgot to get a few items». The cashier went to get the items and make the rest of the line wait rather than setting that sale aside and serve the rest of us while the customer continued shopping.
Slow with terrible customer service… please remind me not to go back there.

I really like the concept of a place with movies/​music/​books all into one. Sadly, stores like these are dying, but it is refreshing to see a «new» place like this. I had never heard of this company before and came back to visit the Upstate. I came right when they opened on a Saturday and the people who worked their were really helpful and nice. They helped look up a book for me. I found two books for $ 5 each! They were both used, but looked practically brand new. I would have to admit as a collector of movies, some of the used movies that I saw were a little higher than other places were I can get the same movie. However, some of them were decent/​normal priced! I will be back when I visit again.
Hey 2^nd & Charles– ever thought about the Charleston, SC market or surrounding area? I would love to have one here.

This is my first review, so I apologize if it’s not «up to par» with other reviewers.
I have shopped at 2^nd and Charles several time now, and I find it to be an awesome store to find deals on the things I like. I am really into classic games at the moment and they always have a huge variety of ps2 games. Aside from that, they have a ton of old comics that are great if you’re looking to build your collection.
They always have deals such as buy one get one free on books or movies and if that isn’t enough, they have a bin of free stuff outside of their store which if you’re lucky has some interesting books and CD”s at random.
The prices range from really cheap to questionably expensive. O a couple of occasions, they will have three copies of the same game but priced different. I once bought a game from there and picked the cheapest priced one and assumed that it was perhaps cheaper because it was missing the instruction book but that wasn’t the case as everything was included. Another time, they had a book on sale in the store, but the same book was outside in the free bin section. Why they did this, is beyond me.
Still, this store has something for everyone and even though some things are a bit pricey, it’s worth checking out at least once if you’re in the area.

Stopped in here after I heard thru word of mouth about a place that sells old school games and systems. Game Cavern on Wade Hampton had a nice little shop but it was limited in their product. To my surprise when I got got to 2^nd and Charles their Library of games was extensive. You could find some used games and systems as old as Atari. But they also sell some new games for Xbox one/​Ps4 and anything in between.
But let’s not forget they sell many used books, movies (dvd and Blu-​Ray), CDs, guitars, and comics! You can really spend a whole day here jus pursuing thru their collection. The pricing is a bit inconsistent and albeit a little confusing at first. Some of them will have the pricing on it still from when they were sold at another store. Have to make sure you carefully look at the 2^nd and Charles price at the bottom.
A bit misleading but it could just be me:) Great alternative to sell your stuff for cash or store credit. I don’t know about the customer service being poor as it was said in some other reviews. But all the people here have been so friendly and helpful. All and all still a fun place to checkout. Just don’t expect the best prices in town :/

I came here right after going to Mr. K’s used book store. This place is very over priced for their kids books. I can buy the same books for cheaper at Barnes and noble. Their prices are ridiculous and their customer service is very poor. They are selling used books for full book price. Wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

I came here because it was close to Mr. K’s Bookstore, and I wasn’t quite ready to go home. I’ve been to a few 2^nd and Charles before, one in Augusta, one in Atlanta (Kennesaw, specifically), and now one in Greenville. And it seems like each one I go to gets worse. The one in Augusta I rated 4 stars. While the pricing was a little more expensive than I’m used to, I found some graphic novels I’ve been searching for a while, at half price of the original. Kennesaw’s was a three star experience where the only thing I got were a few free books in the bargain bin (they were vintage dinosaur illustrated books – pretty sweet!), so I can safely say that this is a «Meh… I’ve experienced better» bordering on the «A-​Okay» side. Since this one fell beneath both of those experiences, I’ll rate it as a 2.5 experience, which I guess I will generously kick up to 3 stars because I got a good deal on a Pop vinyl figure.
While this place has tons and tons of books, it seems to favor quantity over quality. The managers aren’t the types of people who read, it seems, and they just go out and purchase every book they can get their hands on. I was here for over an hour and I browsed the entire general fiction section and I found ONE book in the entire store that interested me. ONE! They sell both new and used books here, with a focus on High Schoolers’ required reading.
It’s a hollowed-​out bookstore that has absolutely no charm, no quaintness, and (the most important thing in a bookstore) no soul. There’s also no consistency with pricing (as almost every single reviewer mentioned), but not only is this the case for records, it’s also the case for some books. If you are looking at records, go somewhere else! They have a decent selection, but the prices are laughable. Largely up to whoever is pricing that day, you’re likely to find three of the exact same records… for three entirely different prices. Yes, I saw that while I was there. You can also get new records here for about a 10−20% markup of other record stores. Even Urban Outfitters has cheaper records.
PROS:
They had a lot of Pop Funko vinyl toys while I was there – Ender’s Game, Game of Thrones, X-​Men, TMNT, etc. most were about $ 10, which means some were cheaper than you could find at other places, and some were more expensive. Just do a bit of comparison shopping.
Selection of records, books, movies, and games. But it’s more of a quantity over quality thing, though.
Near to Mr. K’s Bookstore.
CONS:
Things are just not in a logical order. Records aren’t in their proper place, sometimes books were placed with an author’s first name, the Pop Funko vinyl toys were scattered throughout the store and not together.
If you want to laugh, check out the record prices. You’re likely to find multiple prices for the exact same record, and you can’t expect any kind of pricing consistency there, either.
The staff doesn’t know what kind of products they sell! I heard someone ask if they had any Doctor Who stuff and the staff member said «No, all of it was bought up at Christmas.» I passed an ENTIRE table dedicated to Doctor Who on my way out of the store.
Slow service. There were two registers open, and the line was about 12 – 15 people in front of me and about 5 behind me.
It’s a soulless corporation akin to Walmart. Even Barnes ‘N Nobles had a soul (or maybe the coffee smell made me think that… Well, at least Barnes had a huge selection of books.)
THE VERDICT:
While essentially every business is here to make money, at least at some of the smaller bookstores, you get a friendly staff, large selection of books, and the knowledge that you’re giving a new home to an old book. They’ve scrubbed out all the dust, charm, and quality of a small bookstore and replaced it with their shining, plasticized model. But by all means, come here if you’re looking to browse something popular or crappy (they had a lot of Harry Potter and a lot of Twilight), just don’t expect the staff to care about you. At least they had a nice selection of Pop Funko vinyl’s (albeit, scattered throughout the store and not together). If you want to find a bunch of books, you’re better off at Mr. K’s.

Huge space with low expectations. I walked over to the used CDs and noticed the strange pricing. Various price tags that read 4.88, 7.62, 8.29, and so on. Where the hell do they get these prices? I felt like I was walking into an Amazon pricing store. The CDs were not alphabetized. If you found a Depeche Mode Cd it was found somewhere amongst the the Ds but probably next to Terrence Trent D’arby. I was hardly able to find anything so I just gave up browsing. No goody goody I found a treasure and good deal from what I did see, unless you want to purchase a Jesus Jones or No Doubt Cd for 5.48. The used vinyl were the local bad classic rock you see at a yard sale. The new vinyl goes anywhere from 25 to 50 dollars. Just like everywhere else. I looked around to spot an interesting find of a Smiths single This Charming Man for 28.00 next to a Johnny Thunders for 48.00. I don’t think so. The store could be so much more. You won’t find any hidden treasures that make you go AH HA in this store. Unless you want to pay forty six dollars and eighty three cents for it. If I wanted to shop at Amazon, I would have stayed home and paid shipping.

Was excited to find this place on vacation. Was disappointed that I received very little credit, but what I was more underwhelmed by was pricing. Yes, there were a ton of $ 1 comics, and they had some comics that were quite collectible, but the «nicer» books were graded without much concern for condition. I did find some nice tpb’s, but it was a bit of a let down.

EDIT (8÷22÷2014):
I had high hopes for this place coming to Greenville. I read other reviews of other 2^nd & Charles locations and I was excited.
It’s known for selling used books, movies, records, CDs, and even retro video games. Sounds good, doesn’t it?
Not the greatest used media store I have been to. A thing I hate is that I hear employees get to «price games at their own descretion». The prices are often average or slightly higher than what you can buy them for online. I saw a copy of ‘Yu-​Gi-​Oh! Forbidden Memories’ on the PS1 for $ 28. You kidding me? I got the game at the same Now I’ve realized $ 50 for a complete copy of ‘Super Smash Bros. Mêlée’ on the GameCube is actually normal (if you saw an old photo I just removed: P).
I don’t know about the actual books and movies, but as far as video game collecting goes, save your money and if you can drive up several miles, go to the Video Game Cavern in Taylors, or even Mr. K’s down the road.

Terrible customer service — I had a sack of newer books and they did not take anything. One girl had terrible attitude with customers — I WILL not go back there EVER! Thank goodness there are other choices. And just for the record, the other store DID take all of my books.