Out of the Closet - Berkeley — Attraction in Berkeley

went to see a show at the Greek this weekend ( 7-24 ) a 5 hour drive for us . i went cause my family wanted to support this thrift store . place had a decant selection of stuff, people were nice , reasonably easy parking an accessibility however the lady forgot to add one of the items my daughter selected and left it off to the side, my daughter didn't notice an i paid there over priced 90 dollars for a few outfits an left. when she got to the motel , she realized there a missing item ,we went back the next morning to get the item before we drove home and was told " if it was still there , its in the pile in the back from yesterday waiting to be sorted " and were told that no one would go find it even after being asked a few times by my wife an daughter . bear in mind the dress was distinctive in both color ( red ) an design (long,plain,slinky dinner dress , lots of fabric )and was left because of a mistake of the sales lady .... the treatment was kinda of a disappointment to my daughter after she made sure i went out of my way for her to shop there and support them and after the price they charge for the free...

(one issue.. since I often get there late - the folks working there turn off the hip music track one hour before closing and you can feel the bad vibes, frowns - and brusque reminders of closing soon - seems they want everyone out asap. w/o the music the place becomes two-dimensional)/////. You get the hand-me-downs from well-dressed college kids. Albeit sizes favor the svelt young things, i.e. small. Well organized compared to other outlets. I was especially tickled by the way they organized the many books.). They keep them by the color of the outside of the books - red books w red books, etc. How fun. - There's a lot of music CDs if you are willing to pry them from the piles, and look behind for the hidden stacks/ prices are still lower than the SF outlet, but the clothes are often stained. And half the women's clothes are mixed in with the mens it...

Managers play discreet games with the jewelry and personal contacts they have already pre arranged to get first dibs. Didn't know that was company policy. But I guess since the donations are free some people take it literally that way. Basically empty showcase play games with replenishment and have personal contacts walk up to greet at donation department than establish meeting somewhere inside of store to give buyers not customers the equal right to shop and treasure hunt. Very obvious and pretty insulting to people who faithfully donate and shop at locations.... Non profit? How do you share on yelp? People beware even though this is an ongoing problem and not fair to...