The Salvation Army

I actually love this thrift shop compared to most of the others in town. I leave all the time with way more than I intended. They are all generally helpful here and have a lot of good items. I typically can find the best «dress» clothes here out of the other stores if looking for nice mens or womans dress shirts relatively cheap. This place doesn’t have a good selection of womans swim or dresses so if looking for those, may want to head elsewhere but for day to day clothes, you won’t be disappointed, especially if on a budget.

I have deep roots with the army and unfortunately not impressed with this thrift store front. It’s not terrible and the staff is helpful generally speaking, but what they have in stock and what they charge for is significant enough to notice from this thrift store to UGM or Value Village, the later two being better than Salvation Army in selection and price.

I contacted the Salvation Army around the 10^th of October to advise them that the company I work for wanted to adopt a large family for Christmas. Not only for Christmas, but if we had a family early enough, we would also provide Thanksgiving dinner for them. It is now November 17^th and we STILL don’t have the name of a needy family and their «wish list»!! I have heard promise after promise that someone will be in touch with me, and NOTHING!!! Oh sure, I call, it’s all flowers and apologies however, WE STILL DON’T HAVE A FAMILY!!! Surely there are needy families in Spokane! I mean, I see enough disadvantaged people standing on the street corners! There must be families that need help. Who does «Toys for Tots» help? Adults? Disgraceful!

If you want to pop some tags and only have $ 20 in your pocket then I suggest you go there on a Thursday because you can find things for a quarter if you are looking at the right tags. If you are looking for your grandpas style then you are sure to find it here. I don’t know much about wearing the fur fox skin, but I do know that this thrift shop is the place to get good deals.

This was stop #2 on our Thrift Store Tour of Spokane. They actually have two different spaces – the one in front is your standard thrift store. The back door, however, leads you to the premium goods: crystal stemware, formal dresses, kids toys, and so on.
Prices there were a bit high, so we did most of our shopping in the regular area. They were having sales on certain tag colors, plus when you went to pay they drew out a bingo number, and whatever number you got was the percentage off the total purchase! My sister got 64%! Totally sweet.
They had something I’ve never seen in a thrift store before – a silent auction case. Using some complex algorithm kept secret from the general public, they choose some items to be put into a glass case and numbered. If you want one of the items, you go ask the cashier for ‘the book’ and write down your bid. A month later, it could be yours!
Sadly, since I knew I wouldn’t be back any time soon, I didn’t place a bid on anything. Guess someone else will be the winner of that weird figurine.

salvation army as an institution makes me a happy, happy girl. :)
On Thursdays, you can get certain tag colors for a QUARTER. I always walk outta here with a bunch of worn crap that I fall in love with.
You know what they say, «One person’s junk, another person’s treasure»