Agrace Thrift Home Store — Local services in Madison

I was in the area yesterday so I made a trip to this store location to check out the inventory. My understanding of "thrifting" is to go shopping at a thrift store, garage sale, or flea market where you'll find gently used items at discounted prices. I do realize the mission of this store is to earn money for their charity, but I also hoped the pricing would be reflective of the condition and be affordable to those who cannot purchase items new. I walked the entire store and was just amazed at how high things were marked. A leather couch with significant wear along the seating - over $500. Many of the other furniture pieces were way over-priced, too as was the wall art. If the goal is to move inventory by selling, you need to realize you are also competing with Marketplace, other discounted retail, consignment, thrift, garage sales, and even antique shops. I frequent many of these, and In comparison, find your pricing way out of line. "Sold" prices on eBay are reflective of the region, so keep that mind when you are pricing inventory in the future. East coast, for example, will have a significant upward evaluation. An added concern, I was not greeted when I came in or as walked around (even by the checkout desk) where I received no eye contact or acknowledgment from the two ladies talking the entire 30 minutes of my visit. I realize volunteers, but you...

If I could give 0 stars to this Agrace shop, I would. Their prices are comically, astronomically, high. In other words, they suck. The people who are pricing all of the FREE and DONATED items there are pathetic and should be ashamed of themselves. Everything is priced as high retail. I will never give them another donation. *Answer to their reply; I know the money raised goes to help people.....but you are a $100+ million/year nonprofit corporation that pays it's CEO over $700K, not to mention all the other executives pay. You depend heavily on unpaid volunteers. Lastly, your business is run on DONATIONS. Save your "holier than thou" BS. It's a thrift store. You choose to sell your stuff at super high, inflated, unrealistic prices. I choose to: not shop at your store, not donate to your organization, and to let people know not to shop there. There are many other thrift shops we can spend...

I visited last week when I was looking for a tv console table/sofa table. I found one & it was even better than I had hoped since I wanted a black one. I also purchased 2 black counter stools that were a great find for our home. The location was easy to get to, clean w/ plenty of parking and the staff was extremely friendly & helpful. The prices for the pieces I bought were very reasonable. They are in excellent condition & I know I would have paid a lot more if they were new in another store. Very pleased w/my find & purchase and I will return for an excellent shopping experience as well as a possible next great...