Value Village

Good when you can find the half off weekly colored tags.
I also love how organized it all is. Very easy to do a quick run through and see what they have.
I would definitely donate here and will go back for sure. I just leave a lot of things on the hanger as the value isn’t there very often. Very overpriced for a thrift store — recently found a shirt I liked priced at $ 19.99!

Shopped here today for the first time in a few months, and I was pleasantly surprised. The store was much more organized, and prices seemed more consistent than last time. Even though the store was extremely busy, service was fast, and the staff members were friendly.

I didn’t find the value in this village. Things were marked higher by them than the original price or last time it was bought… seems weird and backwards. They have a large selection of clothes and I like that their books are sorted by genre but other than that, this place is a huge let down.

It seems Value Village isn’t so big on the value part these days. Prices are borderline at best for a thrift shop and some are just ridiculous. $ 2 for a junky used paperback? Go to Adventures Underground or the Bookworm and get a nicer one with more care put into it and help a local business in the process. The cost difference will be negligible at most. Clothing prices would at least be acceptable if there were ever really anything notable on the rack. Retro clothing is an absolute rarity here. I’ve found great stuff at Value Village in other cities, even smaller cities, but this one is very one-​note. Once I found a decent sweater here and that was the sole exception. Went shopping at Macy’s in Spokane a month ago and found three sweaters of similar appeal: both places cost $ 10, just the latter were brand new and retail for $ 80 each. Come on Value Village, if you’re going to put out boring stuff the least you could do is mark it at a reasonable price.

I’m in loveee with value village and pretty much any other thrift store. You ALWAYS find something. Recently I went in and found my 9 month old daughter a doll house for 9.99 which I thought was a really good deal. She loves it & can’t ever stop playing on it (:

Overpriced with nothing vintage or anything worth something. I don’t need your 10 year old Old Navy sweater that’s been washed 500 times and shrunk two inches from the bottom. Housewares aren’t ever in good shape, and I’m shocked to see how many of them are broken or chipped.
Disappointing for a Value Village.

Location and selection are average, however this is a thrift store and they are way overpriced. I have actually purchased the same brands on sale for a lower price at the store, new, for what Value Village wanted more for. There are better bargains at consignment shops around town.

If you haven’t been in here for a while, it’s time to come back. I recently resurrected my sewing machine and needed some old fabric to see if I could still sew a straight line. I grab a $ 5 and head on down to Value Village, begrudgingly, on a Sunday afternoon.
I walked in with out really looking where I was going (so I’m a text-​while-​walker) and soon realized I was lost in the store. I start looking around. Suddenly, I notice this place has reorganized. There are signs. There are no clothes on the ground. It smells… less disgusting. This place has cleaned up!
Clothes were organized according to size and type, spaced out perfectly on racks. In a quick glance down the women’s jeans section I found brands everywhere between Mudd and Calvin Cline. Jeans that are in style, to boot.
Their kids clothes selection is tidy, clean, and nice. Their shoes look well kept, no longer taking «yard work shoe» quality shoes.
Their hand baskets have wheels on the bottom of them for gods’ sake. I mean how cool?!
If I had more than a fiver on me I would have done some shopping. I grabbed some old sheets (neatly folded, clearly labeled, on a nice hanger in the right section) and headed on up to pay. Once there were more than two people in line, the nice cashier called for back up. When I handed the lady the things to check out, I complimented her flat out on how great the store looked. She seemed to actually beam with pride and told me they had been working extremely hard on making sure it stayed that nice, even through the week.
The only down side I found on my quick trip is that some of the jeans were priced with a much more «Consignment Shop» price tag instead of a thrift store price tag. Maybe it’s just the increase in everything that’s been going on, but this place isn’t a jeans and a t-​shirt for less than $ 8 kind of joint any more.

A lot of reviews have been a bit negative for this location. Sure, you aren’t going to find a ton of designer clothes when you move away from bigger cities, but I’ve found some real steals here. I’ve visited four of the nearly dozen Seattle locations and found far less for quite a bit more $$. In fact, it seems that the price of simply average items goes up as one moves into the city.
The stores in Seattle were already picked through by the local hipsters, while at this location in Kennewick I was able to find at least a couple presentable items of clothing.
Of course, most of it was junk T-​shirts that said embarrassing things on the front, but if I have a couple hours I will come to this store just to see if there is something valuable that someone else has missed. Believe me, at a location like this with such a huge stock, there MOST LIKELY will be something there that others have overlooked.
Maybe the other reviewers have had bad luck? Luck is nice. I was impressed with this location’s decent men’s section, but there’s not much here as far as shoes, belts, and definitely not ties. Say no, no, no to the ties here, I don’t want to see anyone wearing such an affront to decency!

I’ve always wondered if smaller towns get the thrift leftovers. In this case it seems to be true. Also, do employees pick through the designer items before they arrive? How do they determine which regional store gets what kind of items?
I used to be opposed to thrift stores and would never step foot in one until a couple of years ago when I wanted to try out a new style inexpensively. I located a couple of shirts that I thought were inexpensive and mid-​range quality. Since then, I have visited the store occasionally and spend 2 – 3 hours looking through just about every men’s garment on the rack.
Conclusion:
Pro’s: Weekday is uncrowded (Monday’s), Doesn’t smell, Fun to hunt for a bargain.
Con’s: Most items are lackluster and cheap brands, Hardly ever find designer items (why?).
Compared to other Value Village stores this one is the middle of the road. I have visited Portland, Redmond, and Yakima stores. This one is mediocre. However, I saw excellent review for the Redmond store and felt that was one of the worst I had ever seen.
My big question is, where do the designer clothes that I know people donate end up?
Oh, and as far as comparing this to the Tri-​Cities Goodwill. GoodWill has really cheap brands and often stained.

Yeah, yeah, it’s pretty pointless to go to thirft stores in the boonies. You’re not going to find that magical item of clothing. All of the clothes here seemed to be raunchy & gaudy stuff from The Gap, Old Navy, or Montgomery Wards! I need to hit up a real thrift store in the city!