1440 Wholesale Fort Smith — Local services in Fort Smith

EDIT: Alright then, now I’m gonna put you on blast. The owners responded and instead of being any degree of professional, they left me this nasty message that they then deleted like cowards. Email I got is attached.

This just cements that I will not be back. But let’s address this, shall we? Nothing in my post is false. Some of it is opinion, yes, but it’s opinion based on what I’ve seen in the FOUR years I’ve shopped with you guys.

In fact, I’ll post photos of your old prices, and the fact that your restock days have changed from two to one. As far as my claim about you pulling the good stuff out of the bins, anybody with eyes can see that once they walk in and see what USED to be in those bins sitting neatly on a shelf with sticker prices, but I’ve attached some examples.

Come at me again and make yourself look even worse, please. 🙂

Original review follows, including the sadly mistaken part about the owner being a nice guy lol.

It’s been unreal to watch this place get progressively worse and worse as time goes on. Been shopping with them since they were off Towson. They used to have some incredible deals, some of which I managed to get. Huge items. All for $8. But I noticed things shift a bit when he announced new days/hours and just kind of brushed off the criticism from people like myself who can’t make it out to their Friday openings because of work and other commitments. Your store is cool, but not worth losing 2 hours or more of my day job.

Also in the last year or so, they got a little greedy with it. Now, bigger ticket items he originally used to get people in the door don’t go to the bins and instead pulled out and priced/sold separately. The prices went up for each day. He used to sell the pallets he got for a flat fee, but stopped when he saw some of the purchasers get really good items that he missed out on. Sorry man, that’s just the nature of this business. As you say, “some are winners and some are losers”

Speaking of which, mystery boxes are almost always duds now. We’ve bought several that have just been stuffed with the most random nonsense. For example, one we got had a bargain bin book, a Halloween tablecloth, some USB cables and some terrible Chinese phone cases. That’s it. For $50.

I used to come every week and sit at doors a while before they opened to get a good spot. Now, I barely stop by. The owner and his family are great, nice people. Don’t get me wrong. The allure of the money has just proven too great to continue being competitive and then only having a single restock day shows that the business is floundering a bit. Fortunately, this is a type of store that has a lot of competition, and that competition is...

Went on the 7.99 day and bought a few things when I got them home I realized they were broken and trash. A light with no useable plugs and a broken bidet missing most of the pieces but taped back up. My suggestion is go against the policy and open the boxes so you don’t get screwed like I did. I won’t be back. All they sell is crap!

Update to your reply: you know I wish I would have thought to look at that banner it would have really helped me make sure every single piece of the bidet was in the box right? Because that’s what you’re suggesting. Open an item I’ve never used and thoroughly go over the instructions to make sure every single piece is included? Yes. That would have definitely helped the situation. Glad to know that’s how you operate! Thank you so much for clearing that up. I’ll be sure to remember that next time I’m in there spending hours of my life to pay...

If I could give more stars I would. This is the OG of all the bin sales around. They started this lovely trend in town! My daughter and I have been going to this place since their 2nd St. days. And I must say they are still #1 for get merch, friendly and helpful staff, get buys, and hottest deals. I absolutely love this place, I'd really like to keep it a secret but I can't. I always find stuff that I need or someone needs, and most of the time I don't need it but the bargain is too good to pass it up. The older gentleman and the younger gents (possibly father and sons