Irving Thrift

Totally over rated by the other reviewers. It is very busy — crowded, tightly packed merchandise — mostly clothes. Not enough help! The bargains I did find weren’t worth the 45 minute wait in line to get to the check out — during a weekday. Really — save you time.

I LOVE thrift stores… clean ones… that don’t stink.
This one smells funny. OK selection of OK stuff, nothing high-​end.
Stop by if you like thrift stores and are in the area, but don’t go out of your way.

Okay., so I went thrift store hopping this weekend and «Irving Thriift» was on my list.
I never did find it though. In the same location (according to my GPS) was a place that said «Thrift Giant» so I went on in.
Won’t be going back, and here’s why:
1) 5 out of the six employees I spoke to did NOT speak English. Very irritating. Seriously… even the store announcements over the speaker system were in Spanish. I know enough to understand that shoes were on sale but I shouldn’t have to wrack my brain to translate. If it is a store that only serves hispanics, please put a sign outside to alert others.
2) Items are not well organized. Very hard to get through everything.
3) no dressing rooms. You want something? You better hope you are a good judge of size.
4) employees pushing carts of merchandise were blocking aisles creating traffic jams.
Had the over all feel of an over stuffed garage sale on the wrong side of the tracks. Not a good place at all.

Let me start off by saying this IS a thrift store. Who are we kidding, it doesn’t get any better than this.
This has to be one of my favorite thrift stores. They have a heavy selection of vintage clothing. I hate thrift stores that are stocked with «newer» clothing that you can buy new at a regular store. My main reason for going to thrift stores is going to buy pieces I can’t find anywhere else, & ofcourse the bucks saved! Irving thrift has a combo of the old & new. They also have a rather large collection of good books!
The staff is a little young, but a lot of rude. But I really don’t come here to be treated like royalty. I kind of just brush it off, roll my eyes & remind myself how much I just saved. *endless smile*

Let me first begin by saying that Irving Thrift is owned by the same folks that own Thrift Giant loacated on Harry Hines. Irving Thrift is kind of their «B» store. This location is much smaller and has no dressing rooms HOWEVER they do have a nice selection of items. Like their big sister store you can sign up and get a VIP card at this location which will allow you to get 25% off of non sale items on Sunday’s. Like their big sister location there is an excellent selection of jeans, skirts, blouses, shorts and dresses but what you will not find here is a good selection of shoes nor the other housing «accessory» items you find at Thrift Giant. Does this deter me from visiting? NO WAY! I drop by every couple of weeks to sift through the clothing and see if anything strikes my fancy. This is where i go for my «weekend» clothing. Jeans, shorts… cute t-shirts…that sort of thing. Totally worth a look.