Potter's House Thrift — Local services in Fayetteville

I'm offended and have lost respect for this place!!! I have donated lots of stuff to this place, and have purchased even more. I have bought things that were taped shut, and been assured by staff that it had been checked, only to get home with it and pieces missing or things didn't work after I TRUSTED them. I wrote it off as a loss because I felt I was helping my community by donating. Some items are way overpriced. I understand they mark the price down, over time, but for crying out loud. . . the stuff is DONATED to them! They do not need to mark it above what you would pay for brand new items in a regular store! To top it off, what did they do today? Told me I couldn't bring my purse in! O.K. I get that some people steal. That's going to happen, part of doing business (like the fact that getting home with things that are missing pieces or are broken is part of buying items at a thrift store). People stuff things in their purse, stick them under their child in a baby seat, go in the dressing room and put on layers of clothes, poke things in their pocket, etc. Yet, I am not allowed to bring my purse into their store because they think I'm going to steal from them??? Do they stop other people from bringing their babies in, do they tell people they have to come in naked so they can't hide things under their clothing? Seriously?! My purse? I don't always have pockets and I don't want to put my wallet in a shopping cart to free up my hands to look. Also, I don't want to leave my purse in my car to get stolen. And what about homeless people? A lot of times those poor individuals have to carry all their belongings with them everywhere they go to avoid getting their belongings stolen. Yet this place that SAYS they are all about helping families and communities will probably make them leave all their belongings outside to get stolen, when maybe they only need a nice change of clothes to go to a job interview. Yep, lost respect for this place and will look for a different place to donate in the future. (By the way . . the picture online for this places (as of today) shows a lady walking through the store with her purse on her shoulder - - -might want to change that...

rediculously high priced for thrift. especially thrift whose target customers are lower income. i used to shop here all the time, but now i rarely go. five dollars for some second-hand outdated church function t-shirt? fifteen for second-hand shoes in disrepair? three dollars for two plates from different sets taped together? this is some low-intelligence pricing. potter's house has the prices of cheap thrills without the ambience, options, or quality.

i came here two days ago to try to find clothes for a job interview, but the women's blouse section had NO orange tags, and much of the clothing was stained or torn. potter's house also had and consistently has a very minimal plus size selection in all their clothing types.

it's evident that potter's house has started to have the attitude of stingy megachurches whose only goal is to...

Update: High prices do not ensure "fair". It ensures that low income people will only get the leftovers after the color tag system has cycled through and been picked over. They will never score a nicer shirt. Whereas Goodwill and salvation army actually FEEL like they are serving the community right from the clothing rack.

Over priced by a long shot! If the lower their prices, they'd sell more, customers would come back more often, and inventory would slight tick up as buyers bring their stuff since they are going there anyways. It's why Goodwill does so well. You know if it fits and you want it, you'll just buy it because the price is almost always right. We've been to five thrift today and almost every week, but if we've been to Potter's recently, we skip it because we know the merchandise is likely to...