Goodwill

My coworker and I come here about once a week to get away from our florescent work environment. There are workers constantly bringing stuff out and keeping things color coded. The selection is a mix of mall brands, boutique, Euro and hipster. I’ve scored some vintage pieces as well as current.
Vinyl finds for everyone, and books in abundance. I’ve picked up bar signs for a friend in the past so come weekly for your own! Last week I saw a woman purchasing the most beautiful Victorian cast iron cookbook stand with filigre designs. Deep inside I wanted to fight her tooth and nail for it… but I’d like to come back… and make it back to work also. My gawd it was gorgeous.
There’s expected foot traffic from the area (South Wedge/​Swillburg) and the bus stop steps away. Backpackers are asked to put their baggage in the lockers provided. Though they do not lock, bringing your own lock is encouraged.
My only complaint, and it’s a pet-​peeve that applies to all businesses, is the lack of attention and regard for customers. As of late, the day time crew are too busy gossiping or shouting to each other across departments, EVEN whilst cashing people out. This is a MAJOR no-​no for me and beyond rude. But as I’ve said before, the rest of the crew keep things organized and neat which is commendable.

I’ve been here a couple times looking for clothes and I usually leave with something worthwhile. Although the store is on the smaller size, it still carries a good selection. They have a little bit of everything from toys to dishware, but the main focus is clothes.

One of my favorite destinations when I am in town visiting family who live nearby. It is clean, well-​lighted, and pleasantly free of that characteristic stale thrift shop odor. The merchandise is carefully chosen; not dominated by the useless clutter dumped by someone cleaning out an elderly relative’s house.

I think this place is awesome. I live in NYC and the thrift stores are expensive. So when I am in Rochester for work, I def make time to stop by here. There was so many clothes barely used and still some had tags on them. I got these cute retro pumps for 2 $!!! People in NYC have even complimented them.
The staff was nice and helpful.

I come here for inexpensive ironic grandma hand-​me-​downs. I think that makes me an asshole but whatever. Some of my best hipster gear comes from this place.
Donate your old stuff here to keep the circle of life going.
It’s big and has books/​movies/​household stuff/​accessories in addition to clothing
The money goes to a good cause– Rochester’s ABVI.
Get an employee to let you into the fitting rooms.

I am a man of thrift stores and cheap items. You would think that I would love every Goodwill as much as the next but each one varies from being borderline repulsive to a junkman’s heaven. I’m not expecting any of these places to be super clean and neat but with this one, it was not super clean and neat, just like I expected.
To my sadness this is qutie a small Goodwill, being located in a strip mall outlet and the selection is quite lacking, mainly in the electronics aisle with the media area actually being quite a good size with a large collection or cassettes, records, and I think their were a few LaserDiscs in a box for about eight dollars a disc.
As it goes without saying, the home «junk» was all clamored on shelves not in any order and all were randomly priced. It takes about ten minutes just to dig through to find anything specific that you want unless it’s just in plain sight and it’s playing the invisibile game. That true? It is for me.
There is no horrible odor or strange people here so with my love of thrift stores and this being the closest location to home, this is one Goodwill I will always be happy to return too.

I like this little Goodwill shop. It is very neat, well organized. I spent a couple of hours poking around and picked up a very cute and gently used pair of shoes for my 7 year old (a high end brand that would have been about 60 bucks new, I know since I bought her a similar pair at Nordstrom last year!) for 3.99. So that alone was worth it! I also picked up a couple of shirts and sweaters for me. I saw a really cute wool jacket, but I just couldn’t bear to try it on given that it is a 75 degree day — I shall surely regret it in another couple of weeks! In all, I left spending only 20 bucks… can’t beat that! Ah, the thrill of the hunt…

Yay, a consignment shop with a dressing room! I thought this place was full of hidden finds. I saw decent prices and a lot of professional clothes. So if you needed second hand clothes for work, this would be a great place to get them. The downside is that since they are all from donations, it may not have your size. They have shoes and dress shirts. I saw games, baking equipment, and also dresses. The prices were all affordable and the quality was pretty good. The ladies who work here were nice and helpful.

As a young female shopper, I have a hard time finding anything that has appealed to me here. I have been into this Goodwill on a lot of occasions, it is smaller than the Goodwills in Henrietta, Brockport, Victor, etc. I normally peruse and if I find something I am lucky… BUT
For my male friends: Lots of great clothing options. If you need a suit, or dress clothes for work they have killer brands for you. I nabbed a brand new suit here for a friend that fit him like a glove for 7 dollars. They also have lots of nice ties and shoes.
Keep in mind that all goodwill locations have a color each day. If the tag of the item you pick is that color the item is half off.
So shop, and then pop into Boulder for a coffee :)

This is a great little store and it serves a good cause. It’s part of the AVBI (Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired).
To donate, you can donate goods there in the back and it’s super easy. If you have never donated, give it a try. All you need to do is pull your car around back to the donation area. You don’t need any appointment, just a willingness to give. They give you a receipt that you assign the value of your donation based on your valuation.
If you want to shop they have a nice balance between clothes, books and merchandise, typically glassware, cooking, light appliances and what-​not. The turns on the merchandise are good, it usually rolls over every week (of course some things never move). I almost always find something there.
Prices are very sensible for a thrift shop. They know the stuff is pre-​owned and used, so the prices are fair. It’s not huge, so you can usually stop in for a few minutes and see if anything is in there for you. What you get is mostly clean and working. If it is in bad shape, it doesn’t make it to the floor.
Give it a try. There is lots of parking and it’s a safe friendly place with some good deals.

Amazing store!
–CLEAN
–AFFORDABLE
–MANAGED VERY WELL
–EMPLOYEES:
The employees are knowledgeable about the items on the sales floor,& when the back room door is open you can hear the employees having a wonderful time ENJOYING THEIR WORK EVERY DAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND RECYCLE, HELPING OUR EARTH!
**Unlike many thrift stores in the Rochester area,
There are no pills, rips, or stains on any clothing on the sales floor.
They are the best in making sure **only the best items go out onto the sales floor. **
They also have a GREAT SELECTION of AFFORDABLE:
–furniture
–books
— records
–accessories
–clothing for infants, children, women, and men
–goods for your kitchen, den, bathroom, and any other room in your home that needs sprucing up.
* — — -GOODWILL GIVES BACK 100% TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND THE ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, unlike another thrift store that has come into this area recently. — — — *
GOODWILL RECYCLES EVERYTHING!!! :
–All items are RECYCLED if they cannot be sold. This includes housewares as well as clothing items.
–They even Recycle the cardboard boxes and plastic bags that donations arrive in!
–Come here to * Properly Dispose of American Flags *, as they have a special program for that.
–Come here to properly recycle chemicals you don’t know what else to do with.
–Come here to recycle ANY Electronics that aren’t working including but not limited to old typewriters, computers, cellphones, house phones, old appliances, power tools, etc.
NO OTHER THRIFT STORE OFFERS THIS AMOUNT OF RECYCLING. OTHER THRIFT STORES SAY THEY RECYCLE BUT END UP TOSSING ABOUT 80% of what cannot sell or does not sell. All electronics are tossed if not working and all plastic donation bags and cardboard boxes find their way to the dumpster in these other thrift stores.
BOTTOM LINE: DONATE & SHOP at GOODWILL STORES to
–help your community
–get everything recycled properly
–shop in a store that has quality items at a great price
–purchase gently used items to give them a new life with you!

This place was one of my first Rochester thrifting experiences. It’s right down the street from Boulder Coffee, so after grabbing a cup, I often found myself strolling down here.
What the other Unilocalers said about this place rings true. The store is very organized and clean. They even have dressing rooms.
Clothes are pretty cheap and they often have a decent selection of books and vinyl records to browse through. They do seem to price things based upon the brand… so anything that came from Target seems to be heavier on the price tag.
Shoe selection is a little bit sparse, but organized by size (which few thrift stores seem to have the energy to do).
This location also has color sales and other sales around holidays. Lots of parking. This is also a donation drop-​off location.

My husband and I just swung by here when we were up visiting friends. The place was very well organized, clean and busy. There were many brand new items with tags on that Goodwill had bought that you can snag for $ 5 or less. A great thrift store!