Treasure Hunt Deals — Local services in Elgin

Imagine a space where you usually spend at least one hour digging through piles of previously used and returned Amazon merchandise and there are no toilets. Same toilets that are provided in stores where you spend 10 minutes buying what you exactly want. When this business opened a couple years ago I used to be able to find really good stuff in the piles. Not anymore. Right now most of what's left goes away Friday morning where a long row of buyers lines up before opening. Most of them are online resellers, ahem " neighbourhood entrepreneurs "eager to make a quick buck. The advertised "truckload " and "restocks" " all day every day" that follow are 99% odd useless items with funny brand names, returned because they did not meet buyer's requirements. Some of them repacks from old batches. Right now though you rarely can find something cool almost like advertised " truckload " content was " filtered" before Friday restock. If any valuable items are left, are promptly collected by store's stuff either to put them in " raffles" or in " lives" but not in bins. Oh yeah...those " raffles " . Couple of years ago was raining with PS5, Iphones, tablets, Apple watches most of them won by customers that had faces covered with mask in the pictures. Once the masks were gone, so the high-ticket " raffle" prizes, coincidentally or not. So if you are in mood to dig through piles of returned stuff , you can magically see through sealed boxes to know what is inside them-because you are not able either to open them to see what's inside ( you can take them at the " test " desk where it turns out you can't test electrical items) and to hold your bodily functions for hours, that's the place to go. No, you can't scan the return codes on the box to see what's inside like they say and is a " criminal" offense to open the boxes like the audio records say. Can you find stuff to worth buying? Yes. All the time. But your chances of finding a PS5 or an IPhone tucked inside are abysmal. No matter what the " lives" or Facebook...

Treasure hunting as I call it is not for everyone. You have to go through the bins to find your treasures. There are shoppers that open boxes and throw the contents around. There are shoppers who let their kids run through the store tearing open boxes and playing with toys. That It makes it very difficult and frustrating sometimes to shop. I generally go on Saturday when it's $6 day. The bins are refilled several times a day. I have found: garbage disposals, cabinet hardware, clothes, beads for jewelry making, computer items, just to name a few. Staff has always been very helpful and goes thru the store reclosing and taping opened boxes. The table in the back is very useful. Take your unopened box to the table, open it, check the contents, retape it close and put it in the cart provided so it can be restocked. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because there is no public bathroom. You have to drive to Home Depot to use...

I've been going for several Wednesdays now and I love the place. I asked one of the store associate's what she was having for lunch as she was carrying a tray of food and she asked me if I wanted to try some and I said sure. She passed me what looked to be an apple turnover; but, it was filled with ground taco beef instead. It was delicious, thanks for sharing Carmen. She is usually the cashier and is always so pleasant to me. One of the managers-older gentleman gave me an extra item for free as he stated it was Customer friendliness day. Another manager-younger person let me use the rest room. As I'm a technology geek lot's of treasure found there for a mere $1. To enjoy the experience you must be willing to spend 3-4 hrs there going threw all the stuff. I realize it's not for everyone, but I love the place❤. That's why they call it a treasure hunt. A dedicated Treasure...