Fabulously Frugal

Stopped by for the first time today and was pleasantly surprised by the nice, clean store! I picked up 10 tea cups and saucers for under $ 30. It was ½ price off day which comes once a month (lucky me!). As I walked through the store I was happy to see neat, clean shelves. The clothing was $ 1.00 apiece. Most of it was in very good condition. Prices were what I normally see in other Thrift Stores. They run the store to benefit the Snohomish Senior Center and are in a prime area with good parking.
I will visit again when I am over this way.

The store has many things to offer, but it needs a drastic cleaning and ordering. I would suggest a 75% off everything and basically start over. Make certain people in charge of areas… one keeps the fabric in order, one cleans up the purse area,…clothes are only $ 1 a piece, but if it has been there more than several months donate it elsewhere or give to food bank. I’ll try it again in a month, but for right now it is not on my list of places to shop. Instead of getting more on the floor clean up what is there.

I will agree with the previous review that some of the stuff in this thrift store is over-​priced, but not everything. I was actually able to get some really good deals here. My wedding was in Sept 2013, and I spent a couple months prior to the wedding looking for various items we needed. I found some really cute, reasonably-​priced decorations, serving utensils, etc. I also (unexpectedly) found my wedding dress there. It was brand new, $ 70 and fit perfectly without any alterations. Overall, I’m pretty happy with this little thrift shop.

I was unbelievably excited to see this thrift store going in… I love to thrift shop and am somewhat of a connoisseur. Unfortunately both times I’ve visited this place it’s been a big belly flop.
The first time I took note that the prices were quite high, and for items that were, for lack of a better word, junk. I left without buying a thing, which just isn’t me! I figured I’d return to visit after they’d been open a while and see if they got better stuff in.
So I visited last week, late on a Friday afternoon. I was maybe walking around three minutes, noticing the same high prices and junk, when the lights were turned out and an old lady, who I assume is the proprietor, yelled «WE’RE CLOSING PEOPLE!!!» Well fine, I hightailed it out of there. What ever happened to polite? A simple «Ladies and Gents, I’m sorry but we are closing, we will be open tomorrow during these hours.» Fabulous? Haha, no.