Ollie's Bargain Outlet — Local services in Clearwater

Grand opening week on Belcher, this store was quite busy. We saw a combination of what appears to be special closeout items, with a base of standard stock items. Some at bargain prices, while others seemed overpriced. Like discount vacuums that can also be purchased at Walmart for less. Lots of candy and comfort food. A large area for books that was already about 60% sold out. Large section of towels. I didn't see any great bargains to get excited about. And plenty of signs about products once sold out will not return. I see no establishing a store loyalty. Because if I see a tv remote control, there's no point in going back when I actually need one because it probably won't be there. I think they should separate the closeouts from the items that will...

Ollies is my jam. It’s cheap and it’s deals all day every day. It’s not the nicest store, it’s unorganized and kinda dirty but you get past that real quick when you snag a deal you won’t find anywhere else. It’s kinda like searching through a yard sale to find it but if you put in the effort there’s a good chance it’ll pay off in the end. You may have to look under and behind unexpected things to find it but still you’re not working harder than Christopher Columbus and you will walk out of there with treasures for cheap. Worth the dig...

Yes, it's Ollie's, decent selection and decent pricing, but this has to be the smallest Ollie's location I've been in. Cramped, hard to move in. After being an Ollie's member 10 years, and going to their stores in other states, where they are much larger and easy to get around in even with the volume of customers they have, this was disappointing to say the least. They did fix the A/C so it wasn't an armpit in there like on their grand opening day. When people are 30 deep waiting to checkout in a location this small, expect more lower...