Island Thrift Store

Despicable.
I am a veteran «thrifter» of about 30 years. The current trend of these «big box» not-​for-​charity thrift stores like Unique and several others that have been popping up in the past decade — and I would have NO ISSUE with this if their prices were cheap /​fair or reasonable.
They are not.
This was my first trip to Island Thrift in Huntington Station. This is smack dab in the center of a lower income area & they are fully taking advantage of that. Let’s see now (and I am NOT a religious person) — if there was a «judgement day» and one of your crimes was taking advantage of people who are DISADVANTAGED… well I guess you’d go to hell? Right?
Prices I saw in Island Thrift today:
1) a basket of dirty or broken iPhone cases –you know the one with the glitter and rhinestones and other tacky shit glued all over– $ 4.99 & $ 5.99 !
2) Men’s jeans (Levis and no-​name jeans alike) $ 12.98 a pair. If you are a savvy shopper you can get NEW Levi’s for about $ 24.00 .and «no-​frills» jeans for $ 14.00 from Wal-​Mart .
3) crappy old drinking glasses $ 1.99 (ones that probably came from the dollar stores in 1998)
4) ugly old wooden table with stains, dings, gouges etc. $ 80.00
5) bag of 4 random FREE perfume sample vials (that were handed out for free at department stores) $ 5.00
78% of this store is garbage dump worthy.
I fell crappy now that I actually BOUGHT something on the way out. A small empty 6×8″ shadow box frame in new shape for $ 1.99. (these are good for displaying old toys and small collectibles in).
90% of what’s here is clothes from the 1990s anyway. No reason for anyone to shop here at all.
(And you know you’re thrift store is a piece of shit if I wind up leaving with a single $ 1.99 item only!)
Boycott & hope it fails.

I’ve visited almost every thrift-​store on Long Island, so I have a basis for comparison. This place is okay. Not great but okay. Bigger in size than most stores but very unorganized. The racks are over-​stuffed which makes shopping harder than it needs to be. Prices are okay, not great. Some items are over-​priced but they have day-​long discounts on certain items (marked by color-​tag) which are good (like 50% off). Serendipity is the hallmark of thrifting so include this store in your travels but don’t have high hopes. You might or might not find a treasure.