Something Old Something New

For how big this place is and the location, I was expecting WAY more. The entire store smelled of cheap plastic (probably because of the 500 pairs of off-​brand sneakers that made up about 80% of the inventory) and the selection was scant. I’m not even sure how this is considered a thrift, vintage, or consignment shop, as there was nothing second-​hand in here. Just a bunch of cheap, poorly made junk. Don’t waste your time.

The owners are assholes and have no form of professionalism.
After going to Cheesie’s (⁵⁄₅ would recommend), we were on our way home and noticed all the tacky signs on this old thrift store. So, yeah, the signs look shitty and nearly every one has a spelling error, but that doesn’t determine a business! Right?! Well, I didn’t realize that I was walking past the owners smoking outside (leaving their store unattended with customers inside) when I exclaimed «Wow! Everything is spelled wrong here!» and laughed as we walked in. No harm intended.
After looking around for a good half an hour– finding absolutely nothing worthwhile– the male store owner decided to call me out. The conversation went something like this:
I’m reading a sign to some old boots they have for sale (signs are meant to be read). He snarkily asks me if I’m checking his sign for spelling errors. I actually wasn’t– like I said, spelling errors doesn’t make or break a business in my opinion. I ignored his question because I could tell he was upset. However, he kept trying to get me to respond. So I replied saying «Hey, I wasn’t the one that spelled things wrong.» He turns around saying he noticed they used the wrong version of «your/you’re» on the door, but was it really that big of a deal? It’s not like they spelled everything wrong, right? I mentioned they had more spelling errors outside such as spelling «coming» as «comming.» Of course, he didn’t like hearing that– he misunderstood me thinking I didn’t know how to spell the word, in the process making fun of me for spelling «coming» with two ms… lol
The store itself was fine– comfortable and had some okay products. Nothing great, but it’s not supposed to.
I would NEVER recommend this place to go just because of the lack of professionalism clearly shown from their terrible signs, misspellings, and most importantly from their conduct. Provoking customers isn’t a great way to succeed.

I have passed this shop plenty of times and finally had a few minutes to stop in. The owner is extremely friendly and the merchandise is great! Levi’s jeans for $ 18 bucks and Minnetonka moccasins for $ 25! Total score. The clothes are all brand new too, with minor imperfections. Definitely stop by for some treasures. I almost didn’t want to write a review and keep this place my secret :)

Every time I shop it, I ALWAYS have a great experience. Last summer I came here and bought 3 pairs of highwaisted pants for a dollar each. How amazing. The guy who works here is super energetic and genuine. If you don’t have the cash, he will give you a deal. Sometimes he even gives away some stuff for free if you’re nice! I bought 4 halter tops for a dollar each. Everything is so cheap.
Support your local businesses!

Great deals, great customer service, great place!!! For vintage and stylish clothes and shoes! Love it!

What a terrific experience. Found this store by absolute accident and was pleasantly surprised with the AMAZING VALUES I received on BRAND NEW Nike, and Adidas Flip Flops, Leggings, Men’s Shirts for my husband, and much more. Prices were so inexpensive almost felt guilty! The gentleman behind the counter, Ron was hysterical what a character. A customer for LIFE. I can’t wait to go back again this weekend, to get some more Great Deals!
BB

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?! From the window display I thought this place would be cute. It was full of junk.

Meh. Mostly batches of «new» old stuff. Didn’t notice any resale. (from 6÷28÷12)

My brother and I have a holiday tradition of getting each other funny shirts for gifts and although the selection at Something Old Something New pretty much sucks I found a winner within the first 3 minutes I was in there.
Thrifiting really is all about luck so I guess I gotta give em a 3 cause I got lucky.

I think this store is fantastic! This is the kind of randomosity I would come across on Haight-​Ashbury in SF.
It’s well organized. They have a great selection of inexpensive shoes (mostly boots of varying styles) — some new, some gently used. Great selection of accessories (I heart accessories). Fun, interesting jewelry. Have a hoochie night planned — get your see through shirt here. Need some inexpensive snow boots? Check. Need an awesome bow tie (swoon)? Yep, they got ‘em. Suspenders with skulls on them? Done deal. I got snow boots, grippy gloves for my bike, a fun shirt and a bow tie — I was a happy lil’ camper. To me, that’s a good day of thrifting.
It’s definitely random and that’s part of its charm. Anyone who enjoys thrift store shopping knows most thrift stores are always hit and miss. I think it’s worth a pop in. I will definitely be back.

Sadly, this was the undisputed low point of our impromptu resale-​shop crawl.
Not only was the selection of vintage — or even simply secondhand — items surprisingly small, but the available new merchandise was overpriced to say the least. Not that I found anything that was even remotely worth my cash.
But I will give credit where credit is due, and as such — I must admit that if you’re in the market for a secondhand pair of Uggs, this is the place for you! Something Old boasts an impressive collection of used Uggs, in various styles and colors — and with prices as low as $ 10 (for youth sizes).
Though I’m not sure how I feel about sporting secondhand Uggs — they’re not exactly something you can throw in the washer, and it’s gotta be pretty difficult to disinfect all that fur lining.
On second thought — take your cash elsewhere and spring for even a knockoff pair of brand new, fungus-​free boots.

I liked this place.
But, I didn’t buy anything.
This isn’t a thrift store, supposedly everything is new, overstock. I found a lot of the items had holes or tears in them. It’s pretty hit or miss, there’s not multiples of pretty much anything and nothing is organized. I also felt like most of the stuff (while substantially cheaper than the suggested retail price) was still semi expensive, and could probably get better quality for the same price at Ross, or Discovery.

This is a great store. It’s not for the wanna be or actually are, hipsters, because it is actually authentic. I grew up in a small town and this is exactly what thrift stores are! Sorry you flannel clad gang, but Ragstock is not a thrift store, Something Old, Something New is.
They have extremely cheap clothing and a pretty great shoe selection, for a thrift store. Their sunglasses are extremely affordable and have held up through 2 Chicago summers!
If you want to rag on this place for smell or any other thrift store staple, then go back to the suburbs and have your parents buy your next pair of overly priced jeans.

I used to love coming to this store because if you really searched then you could find some great clothes from designer brands for really good prices.
Recently however, they’ve jacked up the prices and gotten kind of shady. I went in last week with a coupon stating that if you buy one shirt, you get the other shirt free. After I picked out my shirts, I went to the counter only to find out that this was only for shirts under $ 6! I wish I hadn’t made the trip out there. This stipulation was NO WHERE to be found on the actual coupon. I felt really screwed over and manipulated. Kind of sucks for both of us I guess, I was spending at least $ 100 a week at this place and now I won’t be returning for good.
I think the location and the brands they are sometimes able to acquire has gotten to their heads. Customers come in that store looking for bargains… and they can no longer find any. They just raised some of their men’s boots from $ 25 to $ 40 for the «premium» ones. COME ON!!!
Anyway, I am clearly really disappointed to be losing a store that I was frequenting on a weekly basis. On the plus side, it made me discover some other really cool stores! :)

For a few years after I moved to Chicago I came here a lot and wasted a lot of time digging around. For some reason this store always lured me in because I thought I’d find something cool but I never did.
Tons of shoes but none I liked. Tons of clothes but most of them super ugly. They used to have lots of Free People clothes and I remember buying a sweater once that kind of fell apart on me because of the crap quality. Tons of super large t-​shirts. Crowded and hot almost all the times I’ve been. I only like to sweat when it’s worth it and it never is here.

You wimps need to buck up!
A) It’s a thrift store.
B) It smells funny, like your grandma’s attic (see A)
C) It isn’t organized, so get ready to dig (also see A)
D) They have American Apparel items for dirt dirt cheap. Brand new zip-​ups that are $ 40 at AA are …$ 15 at Something Old Something New! Brand new T-​Shirts are under $ 6

What’s a girl to do when she finds out that the kickball color of the week is orange?!
Orange, really? I gave my only orange tee shirt to the Salvation Army a few months back so I was on the hunt for a replacement for my game the next day. Enter SOSN…
On the plus side:
–The place is big
–They have some cheap finds
–They organize items by type and color
On the minus side:
–They don’t believe in tagging, each rack is a specific price
–All of the orange ringer tees had the size tag cut out — how convenient
–There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the placement of items; I kept turning corners and finding more t-​shirts
–It smells like ‘something old’
Despite the disarray I was able to locate 2 orange t-​shirts that were in like new condition, cheap and I would wear again (Hollister and Roxy — score) outside of a kickball game.
Don’t come here to browse aimlessly, come here if you need something specific, preferably color specific. Otherwise you might find yourself slitting your writs with your house keys out of sheer frustration.

Junky place indeed. My only wondrous find was a SPAM t-​shirt. Truly, I mean a shirt with an advertisement for the wonderful bologna treat of Spam. Cost $ 2.99
Nothing else of value found. Except gag gifts.

I was walking down Belmont one day and out of the corner of my eye was this AMAZING sportcoat on a mannequin in the front window of this store. It had a funky, almost psychadelic sort of pattern to it. Shapes and bright colors everywhere. It was crazy in a vintage type way, but still modern enough to not look like it was straight out of an Brat Pack movie. It was like something I had never seen before.
SO…I went in to take a closer look. Instead of making a B-​line for the display window, I browsed around the store to check out some of the other merchandise to go with the jacket I was gonna buy. To be honest, I wasn’t finding much. Sure, I found the usual soccer t-​shirts from the 90s and the big hair band shirts from the 80s, which I love. However, any shirt with a collar was pretty moritfying and the sweaters looked like things my dad and uncles passed down from their teens. I love thrift-​store shopping and, even though it’s usually a crapshoot, I enjoy finding hidden treasures wherever and whenever I can. Like Kevin A said earlier, this place appeared to be a fashion-​reject cemetery.
So I made my way over to the display window to try on the jacket and leave the store with something. I went to pull it off the mannequin and found that it was tied/​stapled/​taped (or something) to the rest of the outfit. I thought maybe I wasn’t pulling hard enough, so I tugged a little more. This caught the attention of one of the associates, who stood upon a plateau in the center of the store, who wasted no time in checking what all the fuss was about. The lady looked at me and shot down all my dreams (OK, not ALL) and said «sorry, items in the display window are NOT for sale.»
WHAT!!! So you lure people in with your amazing window display items and then break our hearts when we find out it’s not ACTUALLY for sale? Boo! Pretty disappointing.
There is a happy ending on this one, though. As I was about leave empty-​handed, I luckily DID see something out of the corner of my eye that was worth grabbing. All the time I spent looking for a pair of leather pants came to an end at that second as I found a perfect fit hanging there in plain sight. They were in great shape and only $ 50, so I seized the opportunity and picked them up. While I’ve only worn them a couple times, I think they were well worth the investment.

The racks outside had $ 1 t-​shirts, this was my excuse. It’s hard for me to pass up a place like this. I hear bargains calling to me from the store. Good finds, buried treasure.
However, shopping here was like fishing and getting an old gym shoe, flat tire and a crushed pop can. Boooo! Unorganized, shoddy selection, strange pricing.
Much more of the «old,» much much much less of the new.
They do have some Free People stuff, but it is basically the same price as TJMaxx/Marshall’s or other discount chains. Won’t be back. Staff was strange and kept eyeing me like I was going to shoplift that t-​shirt with holes in it. Nope.