Dirt Cheap — Local services in Tuscaloosa

It is a large location and we had found great deals a year ago. However this time around the place wasn't messy but nothing was organized. They have so much stuff at 90% that there are so many older items mixed in but their tags have been pulled out of the system. Then the staff just defaults to the original tag price or maybe 40% off it's a high dollar item. It takes 30-45 minutes to check out with a modest basket because the cashier has to manually input all the old tags. Most people don't keep half the stuff they bring up to the register because it's running up differently then what the signs say. One item I wanted came from a aisle of 90% items that mostly matched to the sign posted but decided to take a photo of just in case. The tag didn't ring up and the cashier just defaults to the full tag price. I told her they had a full item with this tag number that had matching signage at 90% and showed her the photo. She honored it, but they are wasting so much manpower by not maintaining their tag system. They have a lot of people on staff but when they have to manually input all the old tags, default to MSRP when it's so old and pulled out of the system, put it back on the shelf when the customer doesn't want to pay full retail for leftover returns that was proposal 90-95% off a couple months ago, it's an endless cycle of wasting everyone's time. This store is full of 90% off junk they can't sell because they aren't willing to look up the last known discount that tag was out before being pulled out of the system. Other stores so it this way but this...

After visiting again..... Waaaay lower review. Even at 90 percent off... The merchandise has paint stains and is like more than retail price. Never would I buy a 15 dollar pillow....... With OBVIOUS paint across the entire front. And that detail is consistent with what I draw throughout the store. Hardly any selection for most categories. Dont waste your time or energy here. They also dont have safety dividers or anything. They dont sanitize a single thing. They are rude. Unfriendly. And in the covid dept....... Absolutely lacking on safety and sanitary conditions.

I would give it 5 stars..... But I do agree with everyone about it being so messy it is overwhelming. I have extreme social anxiety and when I go here.... I KNOW I have to dealwith at least 20 ppl before i ecen checkout. It is a huge trip for me. If you feel odd being around a lot of ppl searching beside you in a bin... Dont go here. If you dont mind or notice folks around you.... The. You could spend all day here finding deals. Lime 90 percent off frequently!!! Staff always sweet and helpful. Its not the store itself that makes it dirty or unorganized..... Its that you gotta search for things. If you didnt have to the prices...

Although it had the largest selection of any Dirt Cheap I've been to it was also the most filthy and the employees were mostly rude and/or gross. More broken items than I've ever seen in a Dirt Cheap for sale, and I ended up coming home with something that was broken after catching 2 before checkout. There were no price stickers on about half of the items, which meant a managerial "price check" on most of our items at checkout, aka a manager walked up and shouted a number at the cashier and continued walking on. The air conditioning was broken on both visits, a thermometer for sale said it was close to 90 degrees in the store once, and the candy was literally melting on the shelves. Then they wanted $6 for all automotive accessories in a bin, including auto decal stickers that were $3 retail. Ridiculous! The worst employee ignored us and walked away from the register as we approached (and never came back), a good one was very nice and courteous, and another was nice but kept openly spitting into a garbage can behind the register. I'm sorry, but unless you have some uncontrollable medical condition that is unsanitary, and should at least be hidden better from the customer/wait until...