Gig Harbor Goodwill — Local services in Gig Harbor

I've been coming to this store since it opened. I am very much of a thrift shopper. But in the last year or so, they reorganized the store, hiked up the prices, and the clothing section is miserable now. Allow me to elaborate: I am not a small gal. The plus sized section used to be clearly marked and on the left hand side of the clothing area. The size markers on the rack separated the 1x, 2x, 3x, etc etc. Pants were separated as size 18, 20, 22, 24, etc..... since they rearranged, the plus size area has moved and is not clear. You have to hunt for it. ..over in the middle right of the clothing racks. Shirts now have a very small marker that basically clumps all the 2x, 3x, 4x and up together. So you have to hunt and look at all the labels. You find something you like...oops thats a 4x and i need 2x. or vice versa. Plus sized pants are now 18+, so as you go through the rack...you might be looking for size 20 for example. You get something like 18, 22, 18, 24, 20, 20, 24, 18, 18, 22 and so on. They don't bother sorting the sizes and its been like this over a year...yet all the "non-plus" sizes are clearly marked. The Port Orchard store is so much better! Or any of the Tacoma locations or Silverdale. I got so frustrated last night I vowed never to go back, though its always been my favorite time-killing haunt when my son has sports practice and I used to always easily find things. I won't go back, and I will tell my plus-sized friends to avoid it as well, and exactly why. (Though some have already told me they have the same issue. I will encourage them to mention it here for sure.) The store is also quite messy and disorganized. I'm done with GIg...

If I could give this review zero star, I really wish I could give it zero star. The reason why I am, giving this place one is because there is more cons then pros that I can think of. The cons of this GoodWill: There is no public restrooms, no public fitting room, the place does sometime looks messy and it looks like a junkyard (that mean this GoodWill is sometime disorganized), there is good stuff at this GoodWill sometimes but they overpriced the good items, there is mediocre and not so good stuff at this GoodWill all the time but they still overpriced those items as well too, and if there is no price tags on any of the items at this GoodWill the cashiers will spit out a random price for that item, (when the cashiers spit out a random price on that item with no price tag at this GoodWill that mean the item is as is and non refundable and returnable. This happened to me yesterday when I brought a heated seat cushion for a car from GoodWill for $3.99.), some of the employees are not friendly, some of the stuff from this GoodWill does not work or fit you or it has missing pieces, or it has horrible smell on the item, or it in horrible condition, and lastly this GoodWill sometimes have horrible smell in the whole...

Compared to North Tacoma and Port Orchard.

I left with bug bites on my arm, assuming flea.

Going through the racks of clothes is a legitimate upper body workout. The hangers are so over-stuffed onto the racks that it's quite difficult to pull single items out. When you free one, it will certainly be partially intertwined with another garment. It's impossible to skim over the racks because you can't actually see items due to the overcrowding.

I did appreciate the presentation of the name brand clothing at the entry to the store, but not enough to ever go back. Also, the books were well-labeled and lots of them.

The games/puzzles were Tetris-ed into a too-small shelf, but worth the unpacking to find a few great deals. Again, Port Orchard is larger, with more shelf space dedicated, and easy to browser through the games section.

The employees I interacted with were all extremely helpful, polite and a general pleasure.

Overall, I do not recommend for clothes shopping. Port orchard is superior for it's clothing organized by color and ability to slide hangers on the clothing racks. Port orchard also has fitting rooms. North Tacoma had a great selection of clothes, but no fitting rooms, and mostly...