T J Maxx

Great customer service. Lady at jewelry counter today was very helpful and knowledgable. Cashier was also very personable and helped me address a smudge on a dress with her manager. Good shopping experience.

Good selection of items, like any other Tj maxx really. But only a handful of times has it been pleasant with staff. You will definitely feel in the wrong for shopping there.

I was blown away by the service at this store. I went in for a couple of decorative chairs from the home section that I had seen the day before. When I searched around further, I found several more home décor items that worked well with the chairs and decided to get them all. The store manager, Glen, could not have been more helpful. He saved me over a hundred dollars by recommending opening the store credit card. When it came time to fit the items in my car, he patiently helped me maneuver them to get the most out of the space in my small sedan. It was hot out and he was wearing a shirt and tie, but he never complained and actually had a great sense of humor. I thought I was going to tjmaxx for great prices but I ended up with great customer service as well. Totally unexpected and greatly appreciated!

This place was great but it seems like every time I come here I enjoyed it less and less. I went tuesday night at around 8 and to return. There was hardly anyone in line except for a lady in front of me. There were 4 girls manning the registers. The girl at register 11 was the only one working and the other 3 was talking to each other. The girl at register 11 was still with the lady that was in front of me and saw that none of the girls were paying me any mind, she spoke up loudly that (camille?) will help me. I don’t think I will be back shopping around this time anymore.

Love this place. I always buy something when I’m there. I was able to find some great cycling gear which were hidden in between the other things. I wish they had more!

Decent selection, nice staff, the lines aren’t too long. You get what you pay for, you know?

From the outside and quite frankly the traffic of this plaza, I am always worried a trip to this TJ’s is not worth it.
But every time I go in they have a ton of stock and an awesome home goods section. It is one of the better TJ maxx stores in the area.

very well stocked TJ

This is the third world TJ Maxx. It isn’t gross or ghetto, but there is a huge class disparity. Either you buy the high end stuff, or you are stuck with the cheapo stuff. This TJ Maxx has started to carry a lot of high end brands like Kate Spade and French Connection, but they really have neglected to keep middle of the road brands. Either you get Paige jeans for $ 70 or Lee jeans for $ 15. No in between.
They do carry a nice selection of beauty products, I once scored a $ 25 bottle of Frederic Fekkai shampoo for $ 12. Decent home selection, but there are better in the area.

Great place to shop at for a few reasons:
1– Great quality products
2– Affordable prices
3– Good customer service
4– Clean and neat comparing to other Tj maxx stores
5– Always bringe new products
I always shop there. You’ll definitely find great items and superb quality but you gotta search for it.
It is definitely not the store that you can go and pick up what you want right away. But it is the store that you enjoy walking through and pick up great deals.

I don’t mind shopping here, but come here for very specific things and I don’t mess around with browsing the aisles. I have had good luck with buying work shoes here. I found a pair of brown leather Cole Haan dress shoes for $ 30.00. I also buy gifts here, they have lots of items to make your own gift basket. They also have good deals on winters hats and gloves. The downside is that the checkout line is pretty much always annoyingly long, so be warned.

When shopping at TJ Maxx, you have to go in with the right attitude. If you are there to do something quickly, or to have a fancy shopping experience, you are going to be disappointed. BUT, that said, if you are there to get a good deal on something, and if you are a little flexible on what you need, this could be the place for you!
For example, I was able to get great «green» non-​stick pans for my kitchen here. I also have gotten $ 10 men’s leather winter gloves. Also $ 20 comforters/​blankets, etc. $ 5 Timberland 3-​piece baby outfit. $ 40 Born Clogs. There’s also some high end lingerie if you are willing to pick through the racks. The list goes on!
Basically, you have to shop patiently and carefully. The kitchen and home section is really quite good. I always try to stop here before buying sheets or kitchen stuff elsewhere, because the prices just can’t be beat. The lighting isn’t the best, but no one ever tried to pretend this was a luxury store. The dressing rooms are all the way to the left sort of where you come into the store. Use them to avoid having to do returns. The line moves pretty fast, but might take you 5 minutes of waiting if it’s busy.

Great buys — but the associates couldn’t be any more hostile and unfriendly, and I’ve just learned that, despite buying Christmas gifts WITH gift receipts, if you bring any of these gifts back with the gift receipts, you can only get store credit, NOT a refund. Buyer beware.

This TJ Maxx is all about the Runway section… as am I. There is usually a great selection of Theory pieces (perfect for work) at half-​off and always a rack full of designer jeans (Joe’s, Seven, etc). Come frequently to find the architectural Escada jacket (MSRP 1600, mine for 175), Nanette Lepore holiday party skirt (MSRP 200, got it for 75), and photo-​printed Versace shift dress that sadly didn’t fit me. I actually cried in the dressing room over that one.
The housewares selection is small but strong. I’ve seen Le Creuset appear on occasion, and it’s a good place to find mid-​range kitchen tools for the price you’d pay at Target for something flimsier.
Docking a star for their terrible return process — there is a separate line for returns that’s not completely obvious and if you want to return something and buy something new at the same time you need to do it as two transactions.

I’m known to be a bit of a TJ Maxx connaisseur (not the most elegant of enterprises, but hey – you should see my sweet accessories!), so I’ve sampled the wares all over Boston and – dare I admit? – in many US states.
There are tricks to shopping successfully at TJ. Some of these are universal (avoid going on Sunday or Monday, as stuff is usually picked over; Thursday is often the best for new deliveries; you’re better off looking for classic pieces vs. trends, since trends are often over by the time they arrive there), and some are site-​specific.
In the case of the Fresh Pond TJ Maxx, you’ve got the advantage of the Runway section (lots of chi-​chi designer jazz, especially good for sizes 2 – 6) BUT you have to contend with what seem to be horrible staff-​wide practices. I have been there several times at night, and while the store is meant to close at 9:30, they always turn the lights out over several departments at around 9:10 — 9:15. Just BOOM – black. Get ready, because the woman who works the dressing room already hates you, and is annoyed and disgusted by your profligate tryings-​on, at any hour. (Of course the later it is, the more trouble you’ll have; she once tried to refuse to let me try stuff on because it was 9:10 p.m.) Now, ladies, you and I both know that we can off-​and-​on in no seconds flat if needed, and after about two hours of culling the store’s worthwhile pieces, I was ready to throw down with anyone trying to come between me and a mirror, no matter how unflattering.
Perhaps the most obvious indiscretion is that (again, several times, always at night), the staff seemingly turn the heat WAY up to try to like smoke people out. It’s unlike anything I’ve experienced, but again, it’s happened several times (in spring/​summer, no less).
So, moral of the story is this: The Fresh Pond TJ is good for designer finds and for browsing, not good for housewares (see my review of the Assembly Square Homegoods) BUT you’d better try to accomplish what you need to by 8:30 or so – otherwise you’re sitting on a ticking time bomb.

Update: They stopped tying their shoes together with plastic ties!
TJ Maxx has a focus on Bags while Marshalls has the Shoes. This location has an especially great bag selection and terrible shoe selection.
I love the bags because they always have a very large selection of higher end leather bags. This is by far the best TJ Maxx I have been to for bags. Twice a year I try to pick out a new bag to use for the whole season and I always find one here! I get so many complements and people think I spend hundreds on my bags even though I normally only pay $ 100 or so for each! (Remember I carry the same one every day so $ 100 isn’t THAT much.)
Insofar as shoes, they tie their shoes together with plastic ties. This only started about a year or 2 ago and I asked the girl in the shoe section why. (How in the heck can you decide if a shoe fits with only one foot squeezed in next to a tie?) She said this is to keep the shoe section clean. I still buy shoes here, but I recommend going to Marshalls if you are looking specifically for shoes.
This location also has a high end «Runway» section. I shop the designer jeans. The rest is still to expensive for my budget!
My favorite sections include bags, jeans, winter coats (when you hit it right after the first shipment), and the home section.

I don’t like department stores as a rule. That goes for Filene’s Basement to Saks Fifth Ave and everything in between.
However, I do like a bargain. TJ Maxx is the perfect place to go if you have some time to hunt for good deals. (Guys: best place for underwear!) I bought a pair of Sevens jeans for $ 75!

Good for local browsing if we dont feel like driving to the mall… get your shopping fix over with and save some gas! Its convenient because we can go to the Blockbuster and pick up a movie, Cambridge liquors, Whole Foods and Petco… all in the same shopping complex…
Some pretty decent finds… its fun browsing through clothes and home items even if we dont need anything. If you need something real fashionable real fast, then go to Macys or some other department store.
TJ Maxx is better when you have time to go hit-​or-​miss shopping and want to feel like you got a good deal stumbling across some cool clothes or random items for the kitchen or home. Its good for stocking up on some basic clothes items like underwear or socks.

Who doesn’t like to shop at a store where you star singing their jingle when you walk in, and then keep singing it while dreaming later that night, only to wake up singing: «Tee JAY Maxx, You should Gooooo!»
There are so many purple (and purple metallic) purses at this TJ Maxx. It’s also interesting how they keep all their jewelry in a glass case, where you have to ask to be shown the $ 9.99 earrings or the $ 250 necklace. There’s a little «Off the Runway» section stocked with ruined Marc Jacobs dresses, 2005’s Seven Jeans, and lip-​stick stained Dolce clothing. It’s a fashion graveyard, and made me feel sad that people who do try these clothes on don’t bother to not smear their face-​full of makeup on them.
I walked around here last night for almost 2 hours, mostly looking for a coat. What I walked out with were two candles, a silky bathrobe, and a spatula. All for under $ 40. Not the most practical winter attire, but at least I will smell great.

T.J. Maxx stores seem sorta seedy to me. Not sure if it’s because displays are often picked over, the place looks bare-​bones or something else entirely, but I’ve stopped going for the most part. Also doesn’t help that their consumer data was exposed by hackers… I let these things slide for my recent trip.
One thing it is great for is random home goods: Not the top-​of-​the-​line stuff, but that bathmat you don’t want to purchase for more than $ 10, the storage bin/​organizer you don’t want to get for more than $ 8 or the giant candles you don’t want for more than $ 5. You can get all that here.