The staff and volunteers are friendly and helpful. I love going here the last 7 days of the month. Every item unless otherwise noted is 50%off in the whole store. They have a large variety of things. The shop looks small but they have so much and it's clean.
My 1st time I spent 65.00 but it would have been 130 at full price. (Loved it),
2nd time, 55.00 (I would have spent 110.00- bang- DEAL.LOL) I was followed by I think the owners mom??? There was a man and women working the counter and a cute doggy running around. I get it, I am a Native woman, if I go into any store I am usually followed just because of the color of my skin and my beaded jewelry. Thier were only white ppl in there. She didn't follow them. I'm sad that I am use to it. That's OK tho, I still got my stuff and I didn't steal anything. I would never do that. It always stings a little but it happens to me all the time, truly because of what I look like. I am sure the reply will try justify this. It's OK. No worries. i don't steal and I'm a happy, positive gramma, who loves a good deal. I have found it.
Yikes, I have read reviews... I think the prices are great and the quality is awesome.
The 3rd time, I got a sterling silver with blue stone inlay bracelet and earring set for 17.00 - it's AMAZING. They didn't follow me and I even took a card to maybe volunteer. I spent 60.00 ( would have been 120.00. I got banana republic jeans, levi white jeans š(no stains and they are perfect) and J brand black pair of jeans. 2 shirts for my grandson -Adidas Twins shirt and a bright white sleeveless summer shirt - one for 3 and the other for 2. Dress for my granddaughter for 2. Shirts for my husband and Nike sweatshirt for my son- practically brand new!
I used to do youth work and work with educators of color and Native Americans at the U of M and Dept. Of Education. The money goes to a place that is important to me.
So. I am going to to continue to explore this place once a month after my doctors visits. I don't know about the bigger places sometimes it's not clean and the clothes are hit and miss on quality. They mark up prices on the things they think are quality as well. Those rarely go on sale. It's a fun place to find a treasure & it's 6 minutes from my doctors office. I Love it. -
Bringing the grandkids: My grandkids are 2.5 and 5, I dunno about taking them to this place. It's so small. Lots of things that may fall ( the could get hurt) or they could unintentionally break something. It's probably wise to leave the kiddos at home for this place. I would worry about them, I'm sure they've had a few kid tornadoes rolling thru thier small space. It would be too tempting for my grands to touch everything. Lots of cool stuff.
Lol- i was adding to my review and I already got a reply on my 1st post. I wanted to add more after I seen some of the negative reviews. The only hurtful part was the lady who followed me around thinking that I might steal something. Yikes- lolššš. Otherwise it's got the goods! ( sorry in advance about typos and grammatical errors. It's a long review, on a non working or school for me day...no time for that, just wanted to add more...
Ā Ā Ā Read moreI would like to start my review saying that I bought hundreds of dollars of glassware and vintage housewares for my vintage business and personal entertainment at this store. To the point of some of the store staff started calling me "the glass lady". I have never encountered any issues and loved the friendly faces and genuine friendliness of the staff. Today's absolutely unprofessional behavior of the gentleman running the store and the awful shopping experience made me reconsider my patronage. I come to the store with my two children who get to pick a toy or two, while I shop. They are very well behaved, disciplined and polite. Today they saw an old telephone and picked up the receiver. The gentleman at the cash register told them it was a real phone and they cannot touch it. My kids are curious, and have never seen an analog landline phone before, so they asked why there was no dial tone. He snapped at them and said - go ask your mom. I made my way to the front of the store, curious of odd behavior, and witnessed the following - my son asked the gentleman if he can have a sucker from the candy dish, and was told NO. NO!?!??! I was a little surprized at the harsh responce to my 9-yo polite ask, but stood on the side observing. My son put the sucker down and started browsing the wrapped candy, looking what other flavors they had, when the man shrieked - "Get your hands out of the candy dish, don't touch the candy" (verbatim - I am writing this review as I am sitting in the car in front of the store). I jumped, it was so unexpected and rude. I put my basket with the glass I have selected down, walked up to my kids, and quietly told them - let's go guys. We walked out and will never be back. I will never recommend this store to anyone else.
The following thrift stores in the area have polite and friendly employees, and excellent selection of vintage merchandise at very competitive prices. Chaps on Cliff and Rt 13 Goodwill of Apple Valley Savers of Apple Valley Goodwill of Eagan Unique of Burnsville Salvation Army...
Ā Ā Ā Read moreI had a wonderful experience. I was staying at the hotel across the street and noticed this thrift store. I didnāt bring enough luggage to bring anything extra home, if I bought anything I would have to ship it home. I go into this store and I was greeted right away, it looked clean, had a clean feel, I noticed the sales and started walking around. The prices for clothes blew my mind, all great quality and super affordable and in great condition. This day, all the clothes were half off and super affordable. I live in California, it is very difficult to find an affordable professional wardrobe. At this store, I was able to buy a box full of clothes for a little under $60. That is the price of one nice outfit in CA. It did cost another $60 to ship it home, but even then, it still saved me a couple hundred dollars. Mike at this store went way above and beyond to make sure I found everything I needed, when I told him I had to ship everything home, he found a box in the back, packed up all my clothes I purchased, taped it shut tight and told me exactly what I needed to do to ship it home cheaper. This was the best experience I have had at the thrift store in a long time and I grew up shopping at...
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