The Blessing Box Resale — Local services in Denison

Update. Finds are still there. The prices have increased and appear to be aligned more toward retail discount and discontinued prices for the good stuff.

Not sure how inflation hits a merchant that has products with 100% margins.

I'm a merchant too. I sell retail.

I love this. It's still the best around. Yet the basket size didn't increase, the basket value did and as did my anxiety.

Meaning my target $20 budget was a $50 sale.

A tip and a hope. Most of us are impulse buying or looking for targets of various categories.

As a merchant. The goal is to get us on the first pick up. Setting it down is natural but if it's priced right and you are staying busy.(5 to 8 customers inside for a shop this size) There is real threat to loosing the item to someone else watching you shop. We do this instinctively and as merchants we capitalize on it by getting the customer to attach to the product instantly. We pick up the items with our eyes first. If pricing is standardized by category, location or color coded stickers. Our eyes can shop more efficiently and wind up to a mentally aerobic rate. Diminishing our nature to be reserved in purchases with risk.

Along with the bait and catch, standardized or simplified pricing that is not tied to the item itself makes sorting and pricing much more efficient.

Like a stock market. We can speculate a price point for anything but betting on your instinct in sales only works sometimes. Multiplied over hundreds of transactions, the odds are you are loosing more than you gained more then you gained enough to offset the majority of your open and staffed hours.

We have a void in Denison with the dollar tree now costing $1.25. A branding nightmare for the sake of a substantial increase on margins of products who likely have not been impacted enough to justify a storewide increase.

No other store would raise prices on everything to cover the cost of 2 new employees.

They likely do not need federal requirements for insurance access.

Long 3 star small business lesson for raising prices relative to Amazon.

We know it's donated.

The real win in thrift in the end is carbon reduction through reuse,repurpose or retain.

What you want to see in a thrift store is full at open. Empty at night. Refilled by morning and sell the rejected items in mixed bulk mystery boxes by category.

We will buy it all....

I like the fact that I get a punch card for every $10 I spend they punch the card it is the most clean and organized thrift store I've ever been to way cheaper than Goodwill and the clothes are well-organized and a lot of clothes still has tags on them and really nice clothes I love the DVDs$1.35 each or 10 for a dollar it even has a couple of chairs where you can sit down and look at the great selection DVDs and records and VHS I love the vintage antiques and the lamps and everyday items are use in the kitchen the guy up front is very curious and friendly I'm always greeted with a hello and a smile great prices on all the items and they are supported by many charities I bought my niece a beanie baby cat for her birthday in July and I have bought many DVDs and kitchen items and many vintage antiques love this place all the workers are very friendly and courteous I give this thrift store a 30 star review ⭐❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️✝️🇺🇲 July 9 2024 I love the blessing box...

If you’re making a list of places to thrift, I’d honestly skip this one. I’m sure the clothes are priced decently, but I never look at that. Whoever prices the “collectables” is out of their mind. Just because it’s listed on eBay for a price, doesn’t mean it sells for that. They also don’t know new vintage from true vintage or antique. They certainly can’t tell if an item is authentic or not. I know it goes to a good cause and the staff is always super nice. However, we have plenty of other faith based thrift stores around here that actually price like thrift stores. Leaving it three stars just for the staff. I used to go there all the time, but I won’t be going back. Not worth my time. Still praise them for whomever they serve in the community.

It was honestly the coolest place around when it...