Goodwill Industries of Arkansas

I bought 2 pairs of pants that fit ok and look alright on me. For $ 4 each. That’s as much as anybody can ask from a thrift store, I think. The dressing rooms were few in number, just 2 or 3 that I saw, and very dingy, not at all clean, but they did the job I needed them to do. I picked up some drinking glasses for 50 cents to $ 1 each. I figured hot water & dishwashing soap would surely get rid of whatever microscopic things that may have accumulated in them from any former owner. As the other reviewer mentions, it is across from the college, and not extremely well stocked, but well enough. The lone employee (I really couldn’t figure out who all were actually working in the store), was friendly, smiled, was cordial & helpful, at least as I needed him to be. I mean, you don’t go to a thrift store and expect any or much individual attention. The other reviewer sounds like he usually shops upscale places, and this definitely is nowhere near upscale. But you aren’t paying upscale prices either. The cashier did let me know the other Goodwill Store, up close to Best Buy, is much larger so I’ll try that one next. As far as this store being ghetto, well, it’s not as ghetto as other areas in the capital city. I was safe enough. No panhandlers begged me for money, & nobody tried to mug me. The really good areas in LR are further west.

Not all Goodwills are made equal. Little Rock has three of them. One of them is a great spot for shopping; it is huge and well-​stocked. That said, it is a bit more expensive. Then, there is this one, the worst of the three. Walking in, there is this odd smell that is very difficult to place. Is it smoke? Is it peanut butter? Is it chocolate? Is it the combination of all three? Probably. The patrons are ghetto, the area is ghetto, the workers are ghetto. It is right across from UALR, so you might think that it is well stocked from the college, but they have nothing to offer. We walked out of there with one book. Nothing else. For many, that might not be strange. But, today, we took the Arkansas Goodwill tour, stopping by about a dozen stores throughout the state. In no other Goodwill did we spend less than $ 25. I wouldn’t want their stuff if they gave it away for free. Pass on this one.