Waterfront Rescue Mission Thrift Store — Attraction in Fort Walton Beach

Waaaay over priced for a thrift store. Please remember, all your items are donated. Not dipped in gold.

Add: They used to have really big .69 sales very often. In which they would put items in back area to load up on. (I used to frequent this sale and provide clothing, blankets ect to people in need, out of my pocket thru my employment) since management change ( i was told) they 1st, do not go out of their way to put items in 1 location.. They do not mark their shoes w color tags any longer ( so no .69 sale) and the week leading up to their sale theythey put the color on 50% off. When the sale does start, there is rarely any finds. I can buy clothing at walmart for less than the shirts cost there. Then again, most thrift stores in the area are over priced for the junk they are selling. At least clean stuff off or something. There is a couple staff that are ok, that being said.. Most are terrible and act like its a trouble to assist w anything. Last...one more stand in line for 30 min to ck out, ill be done with the store. Not to mention, the last 3 times ive been asked to round up my sale to donate.. When i reply no thank you.. Now they dont have the change in the...

Leaving a review again so maybe you guys will get the point. My last review about the prices being too expensive was responded to with words to the effect of "the proceeds go to charity so that's the reason why our used items are priced higher than stuff that you can buy new." Y'all have completely missed the point of what a thrift store is supposed to be. People who are wealthy enough to buy used items at a premium price are not going to shop at a thrift store - if they want to donate money, they'll just donate. Who in their right mind would purchase used items that they can buy new for cheaper? The point of a thrift store is to provide low prices to the community members that need them and then take the proceeds from that and donate it to charity. Also, I heard sales are going down the toilet and that y'all are throwing away dumpsters full of stuff because it won't sell within 2 weeks. This is unethical to create such waste when it would be more likely to sell if you priced it lower. You're creating waste and robbing a community of what it...

Expensive. They seem very greedy. We have shopped there for Halloween costumes and we found these cute Disney princess shoes that was in a huge bin that was labeled $2.50. They noticed that they were barely used and Disney, and the lady went to find someone to price them and said they were $9. I told her they were in the bin labeled $2.50. She said they just hadn’t gotten to label the items in the bin. We passed on them.

I went there today and found a hockey jersey for my son but it was $30. I found out that most thrift stores are trying to compete with resellers. It’s terrible. Most of our jerseys and shoes are from thrift stores. They are being greedy. They literally are getting stuff for free and making 100% profit. Resellers are their customers and so are us normal people. Such a disservice. It’s not the fault of resellers because they are your customers not your competition!

I will not be donating my things to Waterfront Fort Walton Beach anymore. The vibe there is off. A very bad...