Unique Thrift Store

The three times I have visited, I left with nothing. Maybe I was spoiled with thrift stores on Milwaukee Ave in Logan Square but as much as I want to love this place due to the location, I just know it’ll be a wasted trip… how unfortunate.

Prices are WAAY too high! At least for the women’s clothing. I went in here a few days ago and majority of the dresses were priced $ 8 – 15. That is outrageous! I could easily go to the Discovery down the street or even to Forever 21 if I wanted a dress for that price. I was browsing through the women’s blouses, saw one I was interested and the price tag read $ 10! I don’t think I will ever be coming back.

This location has a three (3)-star quality of inventory, but the entertainment factor the staff provided this afternoon, was worth five (5) star!
Let Rosa J. tell you the story of what she and her friend encountered today.
We came in the afternoon for the half-​Monday sale. Obviously, there has been traffic coming and going throughout the day. As we were looking through the stuff and making our selections, the staff in the back room shouted out «b*tch» while processing shipment. Then it came with a series of commotions, items getting tossed and turned, and sounds of merchandize-​flipping. Ok, I think they might have had enough for what they could take. I’m in retail, and I understand… totally.
I got a cute, broke-​back-​mountain style espresso shirt for $ 2. I’ve been into that kind of fashion recently, so there was just another addition to my collections.
However, the entertainment didn’t stop after what occurred in the back room. The supervisor appeared to have enough as well. She utilized the PA system to announce that she was ready to go home: «all available cashiers in the front, please… Laquisha needs to go home now!» I don’t know if that was exactly her name, yet it was what I heard… at least plausibly.
My friend and I were laughing the entire time as we were waiting to get rung up. By the way, that «b*tch conversation was still continuing. So we found that it was a battle between two (2) associates, for two (2) dollars. Typically, it’s unprofessional to shout out across the hall and use such language to call each other. In a thrift store setting, well, I guess this can be condoned… somewhat…
It was very amusing… not going to lie.

half price mondays!

The shopping was great. Lots of things packed into a small store, but if you take the time to look you will find some good buys on their sale days. Be sure you go on the sale days otherwise their prices are rather high. The staff seems to be rather loud and not kept working, too much messing around! And the manager, well I saw him doing something that was very disturbing and quite illegal! Someone’s drawer at the end of the day was going to come up short! He would throw one of his employees under the bus then be honest! He defiantly is not a good manager or an honest person! Beware employees you may be blamed for something you didn’t do!

Decent thrift store. I wish the books weren’t so expensive. But otherwise not too bad.
Going to a city thrift store you expect the customers to be a tad on the different side… BUT I just wanted to share a story… I was here looking around sanitizing my heads between picking up iteams… when a lady comes and stands right next to me (totally in my bubble) taking on her phone through her ear buds…
So she is LOUD.
Not the only issue. She was telling her friend Pookie that he shouldn’t worry bout dat diarrhea cause she was sure it was from dem shrimps they been eatin.
It was hilarious and really just wanted to share… and hopefully dem shrimps finally settled in pookie s tummy.

Its a decent store but compared to the other ones I’ve shopped at this one seems really messy towards the back dark.
The employees seem friendly but the store overall doesn’t feel too welcoming.

Generally speaking… not so good, but I found more than a few St. John dresses here for $ 4 in 2004. I did ok here… but, in general, not a good store.

This is another small Unique but it does pack a punch with all the items that they have and that’s why I made sure this Unique was the first one I went too on the Monday half priced day!
I found some great towels, and aprons to use when we do our volunteering events!
I also found some great jeans that still had the tag on them!!!
You have to be willing to look in order to find the rare gems that are in the Thrift Store, I have said before that Unique is one of the most expensive Thrift Stores but if you go on the sale days you can find some great deals. I am all about the deals!
I have given this tip before as well because all Sales are FINAL!!! I wear a pair of leggings and a tank top or T-​Shirt under my clothes so I can try on pants or shirts to make sure that they fit!
It doesn’t help me to buy a pair of jeans for 2.00 dollars if I have to turn around and re-​donate the clothes I just bought!
This one is also organized by color scheme and size (not specific size) which truly does help because I have been to some Unique Thrift Stores that place the plus size with the I hate to use the word normal so I will say other sizes!
Come early to beat the rush and find the best items!

I go to thrift stores constantly to buy books for my business. The prices here are decent, the turn over is high, but it is very crowded, more so than most thrift stores. That can make really looking to be a bit challenging and forget about parking. I need to park for books. This is a bit of an issue. I might have to get a granny cart or something.
That said, you never know what you are going to find in a thrift store. You can find amazing amazing things if you know how to look. I’ll keep coming back but wish some of these inconveniences are solved over time.

I’ve found a lot of really great deals at this Unique Thrift Store, most recently including a big batch of (20) black sequin dresses for $ 90. Boo-​yah.
Who doesn’t love thrifting?

I finally ventured out to this place again after a year… still very nice and clean. The workers are super pleasant and the prices are quite fair.
Seriously who put $$$ signs for this place? You should be flogged, what a moronic move. Most of the time I barely can get to 10 dollars and that’s after getting a decent haul at any Unique.
This past visit I walked out with two awesome souvenir plates, one from Alaska and the other for Yellowstone Park. I also found two 1980s watercolors of cats with string…
Yea, I’m tacky, my home is kitsch’ed out I’m okay w/it…maybe that’s why people say it’s expensive because they actually carry older stuff making it GASP worth a smidge more than dollar store rejects that end up more inward on the thrift store tour of the city.
Anyway, I’m a fan, I will go back and they may not have a lot, but what they have seems to be a bit higher in quality than one would think, at least each time I’ve gone.

WOW! The entire store is half-​off every Monday!
This Unique is so clean compared to Salvation Army in particular. There are racks of clothes but no stale musty odors found in other resale shops. I found a new pair of shoes in the box listed on sale at $ 21.99. With ½ off Monday, I scored a new pair of shoes for $ 12!!! Score! The shoes were behind the counter under glass.

This has to be one of my least favorite locations of Unique on the Northwest Side. I do a lot of Thrifting sometimes for shows I am costuming, and on a recent production, wound up at what seemed like every Unique.
The parking lot was indeed insane, although I did easily snag a spot. That was about the only thing going for this place.
Firstly, the Aisles are paked to the gills with people, carts, clothes on the floor, etc… and the aisles are just too small to easily navigate at times. There are tons of clothes here, but, I think besides Half price Mondays, you are not going to find any good deals. I noticed that they tend to price their items here using the color coded tags that seldom, if ever go on sale. In addition, it seemed that they really were pricing most of the items very high in comparison to other Unique Thrift stores, so even on Half Price Mondays, you’re still not getting a great deal. All I wound up buying was a pair of shoes here, because they had some in a size I needed. Otherwise, I will stick with the Elston or Howard and Western stores, which I found to be MUCH better.

Well, I didn’t go into the store because I’m moving and trying to get rid of stuff. But after reading some of the reviews I was nervous about coming – complaints about the parking lot, etc. However, I went there at 1 pm on a Tuesday during the early Christmas season and found it full but not packed. I was greatly relieved to find there was a young man who was happy to take things out of the car for me at the drive-​up dropoff.
I dropped off a bunch of computer, electronic and telephone stuff so I hope someone will make a good find.

I am a regular at the Elston store but yesterday we decided to check this out. First off-don’t even think about trying to park in the lot. It was so tiny and people were doing these insane maneuvers to squeeze their giant cars in. The store itself was large, but really hard to navigate-​every aisle was blocked with carts and people. This store was almost all clothes with really small sections for books, household items and the like. There was an amazingly large section of used bras and underwear which kind of creeped me out. I mainly look for toddler clothes and the selection was very well organized but a little small.
I found a few good items, but doubt I would make the trip over there again.

Everytime I go to another Unique store, I find it much better than the last. This Unique store beat out the Uptown location by a landslide. It wasn’t crowded at all on a big sale weekend, and the selection and organization were impeccable. Name brands and rare vintage finds galore. Friendly staff. Free parking. Credit card friendly. One trip and I was able to check off nearly every item on list of hopeful thrift store finds, and then some.

This is my favorite Unique! I always find really great stuff here. Over-​crowded, messy and unorganized… exactly the kind of thrift store I love! With that said I will give you the negitives…
If you are driving don’t even bother on a Monday (half off everything day), the parking lot is tiny! Your car will stuck because someone will block you in or (in my case) someone will hit your car trying to get into a spot and just leave, no note… thanks who ever you are! Also, you better like kids because they are everywhere in there, no parental control! Running around, crying, gettin’ under your feet and junk. Ehhh.
Also, the store is ALWAYS crowded, be prepaired to squeeze yourself in between racks and random people. All part of the fun though when thirft shopping!

One of my favorite thrift stores around. Not so good for clothes, but everything else is good. Lately I have been obsessed with buying books and I like the selection here. That being said, don’t frickin think about coming here to buy up all the books I like! Also I have recently discovered they take credit cards now. This is probably the awesomest news ever to me since I can never gauge how much cash to bring to these places.

I come here because of its convenience to my thrifting partner in crime’s place on Monday’s for the 50% off jewelry (and everything else). I usually don’t find too much here other than jewelry and the occasional games and housewares. The parking lot is the most horrifying thing known to man, and on Monday the checkout lines are outrageous. They do have a really hilarious boy mannequin with a beard although this week I didn’t see him.