Family Thrift Store

They simply do not understand what merchandise they receive as far as donations and therefor they do not price things properly.

A lot of great styles, large selection, dressing rooms, clean for the most part, cheap stuff but… SHOES?! TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE for a freakin thrift store. Come on!!! You are a thrift store with second hand items for people who can’t afford retail price at the mall n such. Never been to a Salvation Army that charges $ 20 for boots. Usually $ 4 – 8 at most of them. Would recommend going to the one on Cicero if you are in the area. STAY AWAY IF YOU ARE ON A BUDGET! Will burn a hole in your wallet.

Like most city thrift stores, some departments here are perpetually wiped out. But clothes they have, and separated they are! If you don’t know the layout it can seem confusing for the ladies at first, but they are s-​m to the right, lg+ to the left. And then divided in to categories, and then divided in to colors! And then there are multiple dressing rooms, with seats, and hanger hooks, and mirrors! This is why you pay more.
I’ve had extraordinary luck over the years finding everything i ever came in looking for, and of course many things i wasn’t. A pair of vintage Miley Cyrus blunt rolling, i mean lap study boards come immediately to mind… I’ve had particular luck with lamps and earrings, here, too.
Of course they have the obligatory sales color tags, and when you do buy, your receipt is always good for for 10 or 20% off the following sunday. They regularly have special sales when Everything is 50% off. Their firm stance on not allowing other people’s adorable children to run freely through the store combined with better than average music always makes for a calm peaceful atmosphere, a veritable oasis of thrift.

Hubby and I originally intended to pay a visit to the Unique Thrift Store in Washington Heights located in the far south side of Chicago, but the store appeared to be closed permanently. Well, since I dragged him along for some thrift shopping in the south side, let’s complete the journey with other thrift stores we haven’t hit. The Family Thrift Store in West Lawn was one of the target locations.
As I’ve mentioned before in my reviews on their sister locations (Logan Square and Little Village), this chain has good selections on apparel. The clothing departments for both men and women were fairly organized, yet they ran out of the gas on cleaning up the back of the store. Be aware of the children’s toy department; kids were treating it as their playground. I guess that the entire department turned into a «Chuck e Cheese’s,» without serving pizza and pops onsite.
Overall, thrifting does require lots of patience, perseverance, and time. It sounds like thrifters are solider-​in-​training. Growing up in a military family, I have what it takes to survive in thrifting shopping.
In the ends, we scored a pirate scarf/​bandana and a Chicago Cubs jersey, all for $ 6 and some change. Hubby was lucky that he picked an item that was qualified for half-​off since it was a pink-​tag item (today the blue-​tag and pink-​tag clothing and shoes were half-​off).
The cashier kindly informed us that on Saturday, March 28^th., the entire store will be half-​off. Fortunately I work most Saturdays, otherwise I can go crazy with thrift shopping.
They do accept most major credit cards, but it’s easier to complete all transactions with cash at thrift stores. You really don’t need a lot on hand though!

I do not like this place. High prices, exceptionally boring selection.

Love the fact that this place is very organized… they have clothing in plus sizes which is great for me.
Love the sales they run like 50% off days… must check this place out.