St John Boutique Community Shop — Local services in Christchurch

Do NOT visit their Christchurch store while we are at Level 2 as it is very unsafe. They have no changes to the store layout to make it safe to move around. For example they have the shoe display crammed in the same space as they had the changing rooms. Even when I waited for people to get of the way to so I could safely visit part of store people were coming within a metre of me. I felt very unsafe. To compound this I looked for a register and didn't find one which made me feel even more unsafe. I was eventually able to speak to somebody I assume was senior staff member who told me they didn't need to register people and was totally closed to the idea of changing the layout of the store. The other businesses in the area have put a lot of work in to make their stores safe for level 2 while St John Community Store doesn't seem to have...

My son was passing this op shop and they had a pile of fabric so he thought he would buy it up for me to use to create something with over winter. He is quite innocent and does not know one fabric from the next. Lots of the fabric was bundled up and bagged so you cannot open it as such. Have just gone through it and most is stained and greasy and dirty and cut up clothing hidden in the piles. Basically you would not be proud to dump it in the red bin where the bulk has just gone. What a dirty dishonest sly thing to try and sell people...

Best stuff in Christchurch by far! Constantly replenishing stock for fresh goods seemingly on the hour. Love my cash going to my favourite voluntary...