Salvation Army

Love this place. It’s a good cause. Donate your stuff and buy things you want and or need. Never know what you’ll find.

Scheduled a pick up for Dec 10^th. When I got home from work the items where still in the driveway. A few hours later I checked again and the items were still in the driveway. So I checked the SA website to see what had happened… It showed the items had been picked up… How could that be when I am looking at the items in my driveway? If SA isn’t able to make the pickup it would have been nice to get a call to let me know they needed to reschedule or why they didn’t pick my stuff up.

I love thrift shopping! Dang it, I can’t help myself. So many deals, so little time. I was on this side of town doing an interview today, and saw it on the way in. When I was driving home afterwards, I decided to stop in and see what they had.
The store itself it neat, clean and extremely well organized. No funny smell, lots to look at, plenty to choose from. They have the usual assortment of clothing, couches, furniture, small ticket items like candles and coffee cups along with the usual selection of mens and womens clothing, shoes, handbags and the like.
But here’s where they lost points with me. For starters, like. Penny Lane X said, their prices here seemed high for a salvation army, and oddly priced at that. Prices for some average tops were like $ 3.42, $ 5.42 and so on. Usually their more like $ 1.99, $ 2.99, etc.
another example-​I saw a Menorah there that was cute, but it was $ 45! really? I can get a new one in better condition for that price or less. Then, I was talking to some other ladies there, and there were these odd glass things like hung on hooks, and we couldn’t figure out what they were. They were so odd. Those for $ 50. All 3 of us stood there and had no clue what they were for. Confusing and odd.
Plus, there were such limited dressing rooms, and the few things I wanted to try on, the rooms were locked. Even though there was staff there, I couldn’t seem to find someone to open the doors for me, so I just put my stuff on the rack and left, sadly.
Overall, aside from the odd, and at times expensive pricing, overall a nice thift shop in a crappy part of town.

Long ago, Salvation Army used to be the place to go when you thought of «thrift stores». Sadly, this place is WAY overpriced for being a thrift store. I have chatted with other random people who thought the same thing about this one — way too expensive! :(
I don’t know who is pricing this stuff, but they are out of their mind, probably watching too much «Storage/​Auction Wars» or «Pawn Stars» thinking that everything is worth a ton of money.
Goodwill is just up the street on Grand and has better prices.

This has been the first Salvation Army I have gone to since I’ve moved to AZ and OMG it’s great! I’ve been to several Goodwill’s and thought that they were just ok. Once I came here I asked myself why I hadn’t done it sooner. I did notice that some of their furniture was a bit pricey, but everything else was a good shopping experience.

I just love the Salvation Army & Store. They make donations easy and pick-​up a breeze (They pick-​up at my house and on MY schedule!).
Every time I want to donate something, I just go online and type in a pick-​up date. Then they come and get the stuff and leave me a donation receipt. They make it so easy to give back to the community and really help me out a lot when I am cleaning out the closet or house.
If you want to donate clothing, furniture or anything, they will take it… and you just have to use the online «Schedule a Pick-​Up». It is so easy and quick.