Goodwill - Arden Hills — Attraction in Arden Hills

I'm leaving this review because I really love buying clothes at Goodwill, but I haven't been able to lately due to new changes. I went clothes shopping during my last visit, found some items I was interested in and went to use the dressing room. The dressing room wasn't there anymore! I put all my items back except for a shirt I was sure would work with me. I thought I could just buy the shirt and return it if it didn't work. Sure enough, the shirt didn't work so I came to return it. Turns out they only do store credit. : ( Sooo not helpful! They gave me my money back for this time, but I felt so defeated. Buying clothes at Goodwill is one of my favorite things, but I just can't do it anymore due to these changes and I'm really sad about it. To buy clothes at a thrift store you NEED a fitting room. It's just essential. Or at least a really good return policy. I don't know if this is a decision at all Goodwill's or just the Arden Hills location, but I hope it changes. I'm not leaving this review as a Karen, I'm leaving this review as someone who really likes goodwill and wants to keep buying clothes there but now I literally can't. If someone from Goodwill corporate is reading this, please bring back the...

I don't look at the clothing and can't speak to that but, besides media, other items don't seem priced to sell. Besides media, pricing is not as bad as Savers but not as good as Overflow Community Thrift (just north on Lexington at 96) or Mythrift at Rice and Larpenteur. For media prices, Overflow is better, mythrift and goodwill are comparable, and Savers is way worse.

I come to this goodwill a lot - at least once a week - because it's so close. I usually look for books and DVDs. There's good variety of books but the inventory is stale and browsing can be a nuisance, because you'll see the same books for months on end.

It would be nice to put the newer items on dedicated shelves. I've donated a lot of books to this store and, although they are in as good or better condition than what's on the shelf and generally of comparable (or better) desirability, I don't see them put out and I frequent the store enough that I should. I suspect that as long as the shelves are full they books donated are sent to some central location and sort for...

This place is a real waste of a trip, for real. Whoever prices things at this store is greedy and ruins thrift stores in all honesty. They have the audacity to charge $40 for a jacket that someone personalized, $20 for used jeans, $8 for pans with no lids. It’s actually quite amazing how badly Goodwill’s like this are pricing themselves out. Their inventory comes for free, so if they want to price things like that, people just won’t buy it. We can get nicer brand new things for cheaper at target/Marshall’s. Left the store with nothing. A message to management, nobody comes to goodwill to spend $20 on a gross dirty pair of shoes or used jeans!

Don’t donate here people. There are plenty of great charitable stores in the area (hidden treasures, new day) that aren’t full of...