TJ Maxx

One of my favorite places to buy dog bowls. Why pay the high prices at a doggie boutique when you can find bowls just as cute and functional at TJ Maxx at a fraction of the cost.
TJ is also a great place to find colorful socks and pocket squares. Again, why pay the high prices at a regular retail store when you can find them here at a majorly reduced price. Shirts and pants, I’ve never had much luck here, but I keep looking hoping some day I’ll find a keeper.
Another area, I always check out is the kitchen accessories. You can always find a new gadget or gizmo for the kitchen. I already have a great set of pots and pans, but here I can always find a little sauce pan or a specialty pan at a great price. Seriously, who cares if it doesn’t match my main set of pots? I’m just using it for cooking and keeping it shut up in a cabinet or drawer when it’s not being used.
If you’re in the area, TJ Maxx is always worth a quick walk through. You’ll never know what you’ll find.
When: March 7, 2016
Why: Replacing a broken dog bowl

Departments sotres…
I think I dislike them more than malls but you know what, TJ Maxx has a diverse selection of wrapping paper. I was our running errands with my girlfriend and we stopped by here after Home Goods to check out their selection.
They had bins upon bins of classic and classy wrapping paper! Spice up your gifts this season by grabbing some from here. They have an okay selection of random kitchen home stuff but clothes wise TJ Maxx just kind of feels like chaos to me.
For someone who does like 99% of their shopping online, TJ Maxx really isn’t THAT bad.

I am taking the time to update my review because a handful of recent experiences warranted a one star review.
I returned a few items (full-​disclosure: I am a habitual receipt-​loser, that being said, I never fuss or complain and I only expect the typical store credit that is appropriate for such a return. I make a point of being pretty easy to please because I know that ⁹⁄₁₀ people are generally rude to customer service reps, and so I make a point to go out of my way to be as nice as humanly possible).
Having made minimal returns to this store, I couldn’t really remember if there was a specific place to take them. I’ve been to other TJ Maxx’s where returns are done at the very end of the line of registers, so that’s where I went. I stood behind another woman who appeared to be returning something. The registers were empty and nobody else was around, and so I just figured this was where returns happened. After almost ten minutes of standing behind her, the staff member (the bald guy who I mentioned in my previous review) finally acknowledged my existence by literally screaming at me and asked what I wanted. I said «I just want to return these». He said «IT’S THE SAME LINE AS EVERYTHING ELSE!» and pointed to the winding line leading up to the registers.
With this he let out an extremely exasperated sigh and went back to belittling to the woman returning things ahead of me.
Had he told me this, maybe, NOT ten minutes into standing there, it wouldn’t have been a big deal– but by this time, the line was about twenty people long. It wasn’t that he was terribly involved with the person he was helping or that he didn’t see me, he was just busy being a melodramatic self-​involved prick, and I guess he assumed I’d just «go away». My mistake.
When I got through the line another 15 minutes later, I could tell the woman working the register where I had landed was less than thrilled to be there (or alive? WHO KNOWS.) My returns were about $ 80 worth of kitchen items that were too large for my 1950’s cabinets. The woman at the register was beyond rude– and I know everyone has a bad day or doesn’t feel like talking to people, but this woman must have been strangling me or stabbing me to death inside her head, because the bad vibes were palpable. I asked her how her day was, trying to be cheery, and she said «I’m leaving soon.» My response at that point was «Good» followed by «because you’re ruining this day that was supposed to be fun» (that part was in my head).
After that? I walked around the store. Didn’t see anything I wanted. Was no longer in a happy shopping mood. Then I left. NBD, right?
Fast forward to yesterday, which was about three months after this last negative visit. I talked my husband into coming with me to get some curtains. We get to the register and I pull out my Tj Maxx card that had been full of the money from my returns from the last visit– An anticipated $ 80-​ish to spend. Guess how much was on that card? FIVE FREAKING DOLLARS. I thought maybe it was the semi-​conscious woman that took 30 minutes to ring up our purchases making a mistake, but nope– I just got screwed twice in a row. I was so pissed off that I almost turned right around and returned all of the $ 180 worth of crap we just bought.
Someone might be thinking «Well it’s your fault for not keeping the receipt for the total on your gift card from the previous returns!» If you’re that person, please go ahead and choke on your own omniscient bs! Sure, I’m an idiot for not keeping a piece of paper from three months ago that recognized that I had a lot of money on my gift card. Know what? I shouldn’t have to! If I kept a receipt from every transaction I made, my house would look like a hoarder lived here instead of the insanely fashionable and interior-​design-​savvy chick that I am, alright? Give me a break. I didn’t bother worrying about receipts from previous Tj Maxx purchases because I secretly liked having the incentive of in-​store credit enticing me to come back and spend more money there on stuff that I probably didn’t need. That’s how capitalism works, okay?! Don’t judge me.
I don’t understand what is happening with this store. Are you purposely hiring incompetent, angry, psychotic, racist people?
I would have killed to work at TJ Maxx when I was in high school or even early college. Who doesn’t like TJ Maxx?!
Every good business knows, your staff are the ambassadors of your business. They are the branches coming off the tree, allowing that tree to reach further and do more. When your staff are HABITUALLY rude, incompetent, lazy, or outright STEAL ($ 75???) from customers, you are asking for someone to come and cut down that tree.
I have no idea what is going on with this store or what the plan is here, but if you’re looking to go out of business, keep up the good work.
I’m not happy to have to say that my family will be taking our hard-​earned money elsewhere.

The Kirkwood location seems to have been downgraded somewhat in the past few months. If you are looking for the mother load of shoes or the higher end clothing items and purses, I would head to the Des Peres location. However, there are still great kids clothes, toys, and housewares at this location. The fact that its about a mile from my house will always keep me coming back!

I’m a Maxxinista. So, when my ‘rents decided to take me here after lunch I couldn’t say no. It’s pretty much your standard TJ Maxx experience. My goto places at TJ’s are the active wear section, jewelry counter, shoes, and the beauty section. This TJ’s did not disappoint me. The jewelry counter was loaded with Juicy Couture and Lucky. Unfortunately, there was nobody at the jewelry counter to show you anything if the bracelet of your dreams just so happened to be trapped in one of the locked counters. The active wear section did not disappoint either. I picked up a very cute pair of Marika skirted leggings. I’ve already worn them about four time and have only owned them about two weeks. I also tried on a pair of coveted Body Language leggings but they were see-​through when I did the ol’ downward dog test. Oi! So, I passed on those. The checkout line was mega long but I would probably return here if I was given a chance.

Words cannot describe how I hated going here with my mom as a child. She would drag me here and to Marshall’s and would spend HOURS shopping. Something for her, something for me, something for dad, something for my siblings… god forbid anyone feel left out of the TJ Maxx experience! When I became an adult I finally understood the appeal! And yes, my mom reminded me of it until she passed away «you used to complain all the time about going here when you were a kid… Etc, etc, etc. Now that I am an adult I can spend hours in this store. My favorite part is the aisles in the back. They have a little bit of EVERYTHING here! I went in just to buy a purse and left with two pairs of shoes, a cat bowl, and a magnifying glass (I said a little of everything). I can never seem to leave here with just the item I come in for because they have really great stuff at reasonable prices! I love this place!

I couldn’t tell you the last time that I bought clothing at this store which is what I think they are largely considered (a clothing store). I actually really like to peruse the home goods section. You can find kitchen utensils cheaper here than big box stores like Target and Walmart and you can usually find the more unique ones as well. Also, they typically have a fun selection of sauces and condiments in unique flavors from small businesses that apparently struggled to sell their product to the big boxes. By all means, if you like to hunt through the many clothing racks for deals and special finds go for it because you’ll find them, but take a look at the home goods section too and you might find something you never knew you really wanted!

Some days I go to Tj Maxx and love to browse, but other days I get annoyed by the clutter and don’t have the patience.
This last visit I was on a mission to find a dress. I knew what I was looking for and went straight to the dresses (of course I took a detour through shoes, accessories, and tops). Browsing the selection was not as exciting as it should have been. Maybe that’s because there were mostly sweater dress and winter items to choose from also because there were so many S’s to choose from and I am NOT a S! Normally I am able find a few to try on, but this visit I was not successful.
I enjoyed browsing for a few minutes, but when I couldn’t find what I wanted I had to leave. I do wish this could be a more organized store, but I can’t blame the staff I really do blame the customers for knocking things all over and screwing up the order to the racks. I found myself straightening hangers and re-​positioning items and so I knew I had to leave.
Tj Maxx I do love browsing your store, but sometimes I get too overwhelmed and don’t have the patience. I will be back again, but not until I can get over the memories from this last visit.

Crowded and full of things. You have to dig for what you are looking for but the price seems to be worth it.

Some people think TJ Maxx is just for discounted name brand clothing. But move through the racks to the back of the store, and you’ll find linens (like the sheets on my bed) and housewares, some small enough to be stocking stuffers (like sturdy sea salt and peppercorn mills). From my limited perspective, the selection of men’s clothing is not as attractive as ten years ago (or maybe I’m just getting old).

My earliest memories of TJ Maxx are from the early 90’s, when I was just a kid. I remember shopping at the TJ Maxx in the Clocktower Plaza in North County with my mom. Or rather, crying angry tears as my mom dragged me and my sister here for back to school shopping. I hate shopping now, and I hated it even more back then. For what seemed like hours, I would try on item after item that my mom picked out. Itchy turtlenecks. Ugly oversized sweaters. Stupid strirrup leggings (remember those?!). It was torture. Ugh, early 90’s fashion.
I still have pretty negative associations with TJ Maxx and it’s evil sister, Marshalls. So when my grandma suggested hitting up The Maxx (does anyone call it that? Because y’all totally should) for some housewares, my inner 8 year old was against the idea.
But it’s pretty hard to say no to grandma. It’s something about that sickeningly sweet voice that makes it hard to say no. I hope I can be that convincing in 50 years.
Anyway, we strolled in and walked straight past the clothing section to housewares. Phew. Dodged a bullet there. I spotted a small kid with his mom, heading into the dressing room, cart full of clothes in tow. I feel your pain, kid. I feel your pain.
I promise this review has a point. We head into housewares, and with g-ma’s help, I found lots of goodies — a pretty sweet mirror for the wall, some decorative pillows, a sweet duvet cover, some miscellaneous art — and it was all relatively cheap! Score.
Since this is the first time I’ve visited TJ Maxx in over 10 years, I don’t have any other locations to compare it to. Based on this visit alone, I’ll have to give it 4 stars.
Just don’t tell my mom. She’d get way too much of a kick out of it.

Junk. That’s all I found at this TJ Maxx. One could argue *all* of their stores are like that, but they’re really not. I enjoy the one in West County, but this one is so much closer to me. I perused the stored on a lazy Sunday and found absolutely nothing. And not because I’m that picky, but because literally every piece of clothing I bothered to sort through was just crap. Their home good section wasn’t that great either, just go to the Home Goods right in the same area. Skip this discount store, and if you can, check out the West County location.

If you have the time, it’s a fun place to hunt for good deals if you enjoy looking for unique items and finding a few deals.
I generally don’t bother looking at anything but the clearance racks because the retail prices are not much less than you would find at a department store. I have found a handful of great finds here, but I have also walked out empty handed more than not.
The staff are odd and slightly robotic so don’t go here if you like the assistance of sales staff. The racks are all mixed up and cluttered, I’ve often thought it resembles an indoor garage sale at times. It’s hit or miss as far as sizes and quantities. A few items are damaged, have been opened or are missing a part… so check over anything before you purchase.

The sales people here are absolutely abismal. Just terrible. No customer service skills whatsoever. I know this is TJ Maxx and I shouldn’t be expecting much, I just think that if you work in retail you should posess a skill other than rolling your eyes and sauntering around with your thumb in your ass.