Think Thrift

One of my favorite thrift stores. They have dressing rooms (although there are only two of them), they have a rest room and they run amazing sales. Every holiday they have 50% off all clothes. I get so many compliments on the clothes I find here. Highly recommend this store!

How annoying is it to shop in a place that doesnt:
A) have fitting rooms
B) have a place to sit and try on shoes
C) have a rest room
D) only accepts cash and charges you 2.50 to use their atm machine?
E) overpriced merchandise especially for the area
F) has a stupid sale with so many exceptions that by the time you work yourself through the store you are so annoyed you forget it…
Example: .99 red items only below 9.99 over that 50% and only clothes… (Never saw a red ticket item!)
This is 1 of 5 thrift stores within a 15 mile radius. They dont get it. They compete with Goodwill (same plaza!!!) and they meet or beat each and every criteria!!!
Its ok if you have nothing better to do…

If you’ve got the idea that you can sell your clothes at Think Thrift and make money, forget about it. You’ve probably seen their bus stop signs encouraging you to bring your stuff in but what they don’t tell you is how much they pay. Are you ready for it?
25 CENTS A POUND!
Think about that. The average t-​shirt weighs less than half a pound– 12 cents for you. A pair of jeans weighs about 2 pounds– 50 cents for you. Boots weight about 3 pounds– 75 cents in your pocket. Brand names and retail value don’t count, it goes strictly by weight. I took in 19 pounds of good stuff and got a whopping $ 7.50. Covered my gas and the Coke I bought on the way there.
The paltry amount they pay for their inventory is even more shocking when you see the prices they charge in the store for what they just paid pennies for. A t-​shirt averages for $ 10. Jeans are up to $ 20 and good boots can go as high as $ 60. I certainly don’t begrudge them for trying to make a buck, but this is just stingy and greedy.
The sales staff are mostly terrible with a few exceptions. The beefy blond tan guy who was at the counter basically treated customers as though they were bothering him. I realize this is standard in South Florida but I still can’t accept it.
Remember that when you donate your unwanted clothes to a charity shop, you can fill out a tax form claiming the value of the items (the price the shop will sell the item at) as a deduction on your tax return. So instead of getting 12 cents for a t-​shirt, you can claim the $ 10 the shop will price it at. In the end it’s worth it to get a nice tax write off rather than helping the shady people at Think Thrift make a buck off you.

We stopped in to see if there were any items we can take advantage prior to visiting our preferred spot-​Goodwill. The items were displayed and easy to locate. However, we experienced an interesting check out. The store representative checked us out. As we checked out, we were asked to remove the hangers from the clothing. While we removed the hangers, the gentleman who was sorting and replacing the hangers on the rack went further to ask us to sort and place all the large number of hangers on the rack. I was appalled and could not believe hos request to a customer. Summary, he expected the customers to remove the hangers from clothing, sort the hangers, placed the hangers on rack, pay for the items, etc. Shall we mop and sweep the floor as well?
I will never recommend, visit or even speak of this store ever.