The Salvation Army

Went here during the week over lunch. The parking lot was packed, so cars parked in the street and wrapped around the building.
The store is a bit dated and dirty, but I saw that they are moving to a new location being built down the road so hopefully things will improve.
There is a lot here and in general the clothing is organized really well. I saw a decent amount of homemade and 60s/​70s clothing.
There are only two fitting rooms and with the level of traffic, the wait was try on was three people deep. I found some good items, but this thrift store experience took a lot of patience.

You can always find something at Sally Ally, just know you’ll have to wash it several times! Parking can be a challenge depending on when you go, but where else can you buy jeans for $ 3?!

I walked out after 10 minutes. It was hot and smelled like B.O.
Why would I buy anything that was housed in such conditions?
I’m a thrift store shopper but this place was gross.

I got a «Complaint Department, Take a Number» Hand Grenade coffee mug and a Flopping Bass trailer hitch cover (lights up and dances when you tap the brakes) for a combined total of $ 6. So that’s three stars all by itself.
But, despite being cleaner, though smaller, than the Seven Nation Army up on Central, and having relatively perky staff, I can go no further. Lots of miscellaneous clutter and basically garage sale non-​clothing wares at five times the garage sale price. Clothes that are not Ladies’ clothes as ever are beyond hit or miss. The furniture was particularly overpriced. (The best option for used furniture by far in the area continues to be the Re/​Store (s) run by Habitat for Humanity. City Mission has the best electronics and small household items. Garage sales are better for toys. The Book Barn is better for books. And the back of my closet is the best source I’ve found for used clothing in my size.)
Again, I should not be writing these reviews during garage sale season, I suppose, but aftermarket sales outlets are apples to apples (and you will never find the same apple twice) so, there, I said it. The Salvo is overpriced.
I have an idea for a reality show, where two people — let’s say, either newly divorced or just out of college or something — are given a pile of stake money. They each have to furnish a house entirely, furniture, appliances, forks and knives, décor, you name it. One of them has to shop only at Thrift Stores, and the other one only at Target. The winner is judged based on the resulting apartment’s liveability, completeness, and style. And there’s some kind of bonus points awarded for every dollar they save out of their Stake budget.
What title would you give to that show?

Love this S. A usually everytime I go I always find something I love, they have a great selection of clothes, CD’s, games and other knick knacks.

I love this Salvo. Every time I go, I always find that one thing that I just HAVE TO HAVE. Usually it’s some ridiculous housewares item, and this place never ceases to deliver them.
This particular Salvation Army seems to have way more in the clothing department than anything else. I often hit the jackpot in vintage-​y dresses and fun t-​shirts and have found a few awesome pairs of shoes, too. One particular awesome find, however, was a full-​sized couch, dark red in color with gold eagle emblems embroidered on it, for a whopping $ 10. On the next visit, I scored a New Kids on the Block DVD and a Girl Talk board game. Amazing!

A pretty good S.a. Good clothes selection, but low on housewares and furniture. Don’t forget family Wednesday’s where everything is 50% off except the incoming color! Be warned: there will probably be a crazy long line!

This is a pretty good salvation army, there is a pretty decent selection of clothes, although its not the biggest selection. I did find 2 pairs of jeans that I liked on the first go so thats pretty good. There really isn’t a huge selection of anything, but it looks like theres a pretty decent range of all things. Its definitely worth a stop by if you enjoy going to thrift stores.

we love this sally’s. it is the place to go when you are not sure what you are looking for but know it will hit you. we came to see if we could find a suit for kenz for graduation (and no, i wasn’t too cheap to buy her a new one but this seemed cooler and guaranteed to be more unique). we found a few other really cool things as well — i actually found a great jacket for myself and 2 pair of very nice work pants
better than the stuff is the ppl tho. i love watching the other shoppers. there was really funky mom/​daughter team that had found some very cool sh*t. oh! also there were some very conveniently placed holes in the walls of the dressing room to hang the clothes on! they thought of everything.
a side note: they have different specials for different days. like sunday was yellow tag day and all of the yellow tag stuff was half off… so that means half off of like $ 3. how can you beat that? plus if you end up getting something you really don’t like or need when you get it home, you can just donate it again and get a tax write-​off.
warning tho, it is easy to drive by as if you are coming from the river direction there are very big and bushy trees that cover the sign. so start looking on the left side after the animal hospitals.

Since number 700 was so negative, I’ll come back with greatness.
This salvy probably won’t be frequented by many people on the Unilocal community besides Andrew J., but hey, it’s one of my favorites.
Upstate Salvys are like a goldmine of crap. A goldmine of poo if you will. This salvy is really dusty and I sneeze a LOT, the ceilings are low and it’s not as big as the one on Hoosick Street in Troy but hey, the concentration of poo goldmine is spectacular. Look out for those red tag sales.
Debating whether to buy a yellow shirt with a rat cooking something on a grill with the slogan «2002: the Great Ghetto Shakedown» is one of the best things that could have happened to me, even better than a college degree.
I used to make it a point to get here every holiday season, but have gone less since college ended. Here’s a sample (yes I do by legit shit sometimes, except that plaid suit never really tempted me enough):
«Sexsi» it’s a pepsi logo shirt but says, Sexsi.
«World’s Greatest Dad»
«Super Dad» with superman logo. Yellow medium.
«Wanna Have an Affair? Your Place or Mine?» Herbert’s Caterers shirt, pink.
«Yo, Candy Now» Halloween (Samhain) shirt. It gets candy. All the time.
«I Don’t have a life because my daughter plays AAU basketball». AAU is a league for teens.
«Support Afterschool Programs» An old lady in Washington Square Park agreed in 2002. I went to such a program through elementary school. It was fun and productive and safe.
«Cabbages and Condoms Thai Restaurant: Our Food is Guaranteed Not To Make You Pregnant» I swear this place exists.
«Go Coconutty with Me» Captain Morgan shirt.
«I have the Warm Touch» company that sells Patient Warming Systems.
I bought a shirt for my friend for his bday, it was a purple xxl that had a drawing of kids playing with block toys and such and said, «Let’s Talk About Pre-​School». risky.
A Jagermeister shirt.
That’s just a sample. Those days were great. I felt like a girly girl after breaking the bank on Madison.
Oh and one time I was short a dollar so this lady decided to purchase one of the shirts i wanted under her purchase because she was a senior citizen and got the green tag discount. when I gave her the discount price in the money I had left outside, she refused. It was the sweetest thing that ever happened at this Salvy, and the cheapest and most guilty I’ve ever felt.