Thrift World

I love this thrift store and go about once a week. It is true that it’s a little more expensive than others, but first) they usually have the best selection of quaint items and second) they are a for profit enterprise, not a scam masquerading as non-​profit, paying the management execs over half a million a year while exploiting a vulnerable labor pool at less than the minimum wage, and paying no taxes.
Sorry about the mid-​review rant. I have found things at Thrift World that have never appeared at their competitors, in part because Thrift World snatched them up FROM their competitors first. Here’s how it works – in addition to the donations individuals drop off, Thrift World buy goods by the pound from other organizations which need the money more readily than the goods. A lot of charities receive donations of goods they cannot use or warehouse for long. Win-​win as far as I am concerned.
My thrifting interest is primarily NOT in clothing, shoes or toys, and I have made some astounding finds for a reasonable price. They have the most broad ranging selection of any of the stores and better lighting. I don’t know WHO sold Goodwill that stupid lighting design with those dreadful fluorescent pendant lamps that cast a dim gray pall all over everything while simultaneously loading up row after row of shelves that the light CAN’T penetrate, but Thrift World leaves in place the warm long fluorescent tubes that properly illuminate, from the time the place was a grocery store. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

I may be bias. So whatever. I’m just going to say thift world is not so thrify to me. Prices are too high for a thift store in my personal opinion. But I’ll go just to walk around and waste time. With the hopes that I’ll come across something priced appropriately to buy…

I’ve been coming to this location for years now, and have to say I’ve found quite a few worthwhile things. I mostly browse for clothes when I thrift, and Thrift World’s prices have slowly started creeping up in the last year or two — now you’re looking at about $ 3.50 for shirts and $ 5+ for jeans/​pants. No $ 1 impulse buys here, folks. Plus they have a couple racks of «quality» name brand clothes going for upwards of $ 10-​$ 15 a pop. No thanks on the super faded Ed Hardy button-​up — do I have to remind you that this is a thrift store? But if you’re looking for dishes, coffee mugs, etc., well, this place has a huge selection of miss-​matched kitchen nicknackery for super cheap.
The inventory turnover here is pretty high, so if you stop by every few weeks you’ll always have plenty of «new» stuff to browse through. I dig that.

The VHS tapes are 2.00 making them more than Goodwill but everything else is always a decent price and I usually walk out with great finds. The woman that is usually working is always nice/​helpful even if she is not overly friendly.