Sandy’s Consignment Boutique

As an avid thrifter I have good and bad things to say about Sandy’s. One big positive: they stock quality items. So, if you’re looking to buy, you’re going to be able to find some decent products. However, knowing when Sandy’s has sales is key– otherwise the items are overpriced. I can buy a dress at Forever 21 for $ 12.99 and see it used on the rack at Sandy’s for 10 bucks. Thus, being in the know about sales is integral for success.
Sandy’s has a rewards punch card as well as a text discount service– I recommend both.
As far as selling, they are going to be very picky about what they take. This said, they give a pretty fair price for items in my opinion.
My biggest beef with Sandy’s: the super-​cute clothes on the mannequins aren’t for sale.

I was very pleased with the selection of items and the prices. I came looking for a summer dress and left with 5 items, all totaling under $ 60. Everything is very good quality and organized in a nice way that was easy to navigate. If you come here, I suggest giving yourself a good hour to browse and try things on, because there’s such a huge selection and the sizes can be kind of tricky with consignment items because there is a wide variety of brand names and styles.

I have been a Sandy’s patron since high school (12 years ago). I regularly visit to buy and sell and always have a pleasant experience. Today, Sandy and her staff went ABOVE and BEYOND with incredible customer service and genuine care during my visit. I had an emergency situation and they dropped everything to help me, walk me through it and ensure my son and I were ok. It made me proud of the city I live in and the small business owners who support it. I will continue to buy and sell at Sandy’s and I encourage you to do the same. Lighten up people, life is good!

Great place for designer shoes! My feet are a size nine ½ and its supee hard to find heels in my size. But rhey have an amaZing and organized selection! I definitely love this place.

Just went this week for the first time. There are good and bad things about Sandy’s. First, the good. The store is clean, organized, and does not have the dingy smell that many of these places have.
The ok… they have a good selection of women’s apparel, though very, very few plus sized items. The men’s selections were less impressive, and the items for older kids were horrible.
I went here because one of the reviews said that they had tons of storage boxes. I saw NONE.
We also brought about 100 items in to sell, including 5 separates that still had price tags on them, each costing around $ 50. They didn’t buy any of that. They only wanted some used children’s swimsuits from old navy. We got $ 19 for just a couple of pieces.
Overall, this is a great place to go if you want clothes for your teenage or college daughters. If you have a purse addiction, this store is also for you. Otherwise, this is an easy pass.

Having taken items over for my daughter on several occations, I was shocked by the treatment I & a friend of mine received recently. I have never puchased any type of clothing there before only home furnishings. So I only know that for the things I looked at during a preconsultation trip to check out the clothes, we brought new, still with tags clothing, never worn, from the spring season 2 months prior to the visit. So I know the clothes weren’t overused, & older style as the young woman stated who took a look at the items we brought in. unless she thought by saying older, that meant she figured I was too old for their demographic. We both had brought in resort wear, all size 4 thru 8 (not bathing suits or undies) but stuff we had impuse puchased on vaca & really didn’t need because it was too young looking for us personally. I also had 2 pair of name brand shoes (9 west & Steve Madden) never worn, still in boxes. The only thing I can figure is that if you but on the questionaire that you are not a student, they dont give you the time of day. Alot of the stuff I saw already hanging there had stains & looked used, sio I have no clue, unless Sandy herself is reliving her childhood though the store & thinks she has a mission to compete with Platos Closet. Maybe I am old fashiod, but I believe in treating people with respect when you speak to them & not using rude behavior hidden behind a cute bubblegum popping teenage face to insult someone due to their age.

Love this place. You’ll never know what you find I’ve found $ 100 plus pieces for $ 15. I once took in clothes and shoes and got $ 180!!! One of my favorite best kept secrets of Gainesville. Always take my friends from out of town here!

Short and sweet
The most ridiculous prices on mens clothing. You can you get a lot better or same quality of clothes at Ross or Marshalls and be able take it back you’re not happy with it. un attentive staff. They make you feel like you might be making a big mistake buying from that place if you’ll ever have issues with your purchase.

I was shocked at the prices of the furniture at Sandy’s. For consignment, it just doesn’t make sense. You can go to Leonard’s or Furniture Kingdom next door and buy NEW furniture for half of the price! I visited a few consignment furniture shops in Gainesville and found some great deals and helpful service. A friend of mine recommended I try out Sandy’s Consignment Boutique, so I drove out to browse through their inventory. The majority of the furniture was scuffed up (and the dim light made me feel like they were purposefully trying to get away with more cosmetic damage), yet still had price tags indicating only a small knock off from the original NEW prices! I even checked the West Elm website and found something new at West Elm that was $ 799. Sandy’s had priced it $ 599 and it was dinged up and the drawers were wobbly and didn’t close easily at all. I simply cannot understand shopping for furniture at Sandy’s if you could just drive down the road to another shop and get something antique and beautiful for less than $ 200.

Super friendly staff and great prices on name brand jeans. PLUS a bargain bin eith itens that are just $ 1

I’ve never really had a pleasant time here. Selling or buying. They do have lots to look at. But not everyone is pleasant. If you try to sell things there you get told that the clothes are not the style they are looking for (eventhough it matches other things they have or are more current than what they have). They don’t pay much when they do buy from you. When buying, I agree with other reviews that their things are overpriced. I purchased a cute sweater dress from there once, got it home and after wearing it I could smell the body odor from the previous owner. Not such a cute dress anymore. There are other and better places to go with less general hassle.

Disclaimer: I got really burned by this place a couple of years ago.
I used to shop at Sandy’s a couple of times per month for shirts, shoes, and purses. I was pretty happy with how I was able to go get a purse or unusual sneakers in decent condition in my budget. Things used to be pretty tight for me, so it was really nice to be able to go get things that I couldn’t have afforded at full price new.
However, I had an absolutely horrible experience there that prevented me from going back forever. This was a couple of years ago when they were at their old location. I went in to buy black work sneakers for a food service job that I was thrilled I’d just landed. I had next to zero funds to buy what I needed for my work uniform, so I headed to Sandy’s because I had faith I could find what I needed at a price I could afford. I found black work sneakers for $ 10, and I bought them. Like I do with every pair of used shoes that I buy, I washed them before I wore them for the first time. However, the shoes had (brace yourself) water soluble adhesive holding them together, so when I opened the washing machine, I found an oddly forensic display of every individual component of the shoes plastering the inside of my washer.
I piled the separated shoes into a plastic bag and headed back to Sandy’s to exchange them for shoes that wouldn’t dissolve on contact with water. When I got to the counter and explained what had happened, the store clerk impatiently asked for my receipt. I told her that I didn’t remember getting one, and she told me that she couldn’t accept a return without one. The funny thing was that she herself had been the clerk that had rung me up the day before for those exact shoes, and she remembered me, but she was still harping on the receipt thing!
I asked to speak with a manager, and the clerk disappeared for ten minutes. She came back with no manager, but told me that the manager had said that the shoes «were in good condition when they left the store» and that I would not be offered an exchange or refund. I told her that they had, in fact, left the store with water soluble glue holding them together, which was NOT a good condition, and that I was lucky that I didn’t discover this while mopping at my job. The clerk just repeated what she had just told me.
At this point, I actually teared up because people around me had started paying attention to the whole situation. I had to explain that I didn’t have very much money, that I needed the shoes for work, and that it wasn’t really an option for me to buy another pair of shoes. I told her that I just needed to exchange them for different shoes, and that I didn’t need a cash refund. The clerk said nothing, so I asked if I could speak to the manager, and she said that I’d have to wait. I was pretty much crying at that point, so I just left the bag of what had been my shoes on the counter and started walking away. I told the clerk that there were several other pairs of the dissolving shoes on the shelf, but I doubt that they ever took them off the floor.
This experience left me feeling humiliated, pushed around, and awful. The staff and management had no interest in making things right with me, and in fact demonstrated a willingness to put me through public distress before extending the least amount of fairness or decency. This happened years ago, but I still feel upset when I think about it. I’ve never shopped there again, and I can’t help but wonder at Sandy’s shortsighted handling of that situation. I would have continued to shop there to this day if they had treated me fairly, and so would my partner. Neither of us goes back anymore because we can’t stand to use our money to support a place that treats customers badly.
I have no idea if they’ve gotten better with customers since then, but I’m not willing to go back and find out. All I can say is make sure you get and save your receipt, and if you have a problem with faulty merchandise, don’t count on Sandy’s to make it right.

I can’t comment on the old location but I love the new location. I relocated from VA BEACH to Gainesville 2 yrs ago and I have been looking for quality thrift stores ever since. I am glad a friend introduced me to this place. Great quality selection of clothing, shoes, accessories, and home décor. They will even give you cash for the items you donate! (I got $ 19 for 4 shirts) Don’t get your hopes up though… they will not accept every item you turn in. They can be very picky (hence the great clothing selections). But if you want to get a few bucks for the old Express blouse or Forever21 bracelet from a few seasons ago… this is a great place for that! I find something unique every time I visit Sandy’s. Definitely one of my favs.

The new store is spacious with a great variety!
Buying~ Lots to choose from and decent prices on the clothing. However, the houseware (pictures, furniture etc.)is WAY over priced.
Selling~ You can wait anywhere from 20 min– one hour while they look at your clothes etc. to buy. They can be generous at times and then sometimes, I dont understand the thought process as to why they wont buy certain clothes. I have had them tell me they are not in style anymore or they looked worn… hmmm. Its weird because I have taken shirts in that I have only worn once so I know they are not «worn.» I would rather them just say we dont want to buy them!
Overall, they buying experience is good. If you are a female between 15 – 35 and you can find some trendy clothes that wont break the bank. They carry a lot of forever 21, charlotte russe, american eagle. etc… Also, you can find a good selection of used coach purses.

I love the new store. Spacious and more room for furniture and household goods. I wish they would separate out some of their clothing by brand rather than color. They have some great upscale items mixed into the racks.

I have been shopping at Sandy’s for over 10 years. I have always found the staff to be very personable and very knowledgeable about the current trends. They know me by name there and I always feel welcome. They have relocated their store to a much larger location that is absolutely WONDERFUL. The décor and spacious interior is such a better shopping experience. From small beginnings, to a currently large and beautiful shop they have now, I am proud to say I am a Sandy’s shopper. Sandy is one of the original consignment store owner’s in the Gainesville area, and she and her co-​owner, Tabitha are an amazing team that have grown their business with the loyalty of their customer’s.
They supersede what a consignment store should be and I would recommend anyone going to shop there! :) Happy shopping!!!

Definitely the best consignment shop in Gainesville. Friendly staff and lots of great items to search through. Great selection of everything from clothing to furniture to little household nicknacks. Favorite thrift store to shop at in Gainesville by far.

One of the best consignment boutiques I’ve ever been in, and definitely the best in Gainesville. They usually buy half of my things, and for a decent price, unlike Plato’s Closet, which offered me two dollars for my wool blend peacoat! I feel that their furniture is pretty pricey, but everything else is affordable. Very hard working and friendly staff. The store is well organized, and has a broad range of items (they even have kitchenware, baby clothes, and high-​end brands). Their only flaw is their crappy and limited shoe selection, but I’ll take one drawback over everything else! I visit Sandy’s on a regular basis for good deals. Be ready for a scavenger hunt!

I’ve gone to Sandy’s to sell and purchase clothes over the last couple years, so I’ve divided this review into two sections.
Selling: They are very picky about what they purchase; if you bring a lot of items that they end up not being interested in, it’s not unusual to catch some attitude from the staff. One visit last year left me feeling rather insulted as the lady looking at my clothes made some comments to the effect that the styles I had weren’t very good. As I’m familiar with the types of clothes they sell, I make it a point to only bring in items I think they’d be interested in. It would be nice if I routinely didn’t have to deal with attitude from their staff during this process.
If you plan on taking your clothes in to sell, don’t expect them to look through your items quickly. Sometimes they are quick (10min) and sometimes it can take up to an hour before they’re done. They used to do store credit or cash, but I believe they only do cash at the time of this review.
Buying: They have a small selection of over-​priced furniture, a large selection of women’s clothes and a rather small selection of men’s clothes. I’ve purchased a variety of shoes, pants and trinkets here over the years, but find it hard to buy in quantity as the men’s selections are limited and the prices seem inflated. On occasion I’ve found the need to return an item (why do clothes always fit better in the dressing room than when you get them home?), but have had difficulties returning items. The staff is suspiciously good at forgetting to provide receipts with purchases, so make sure to ask for a receipt in case you need to return an item. If you have to return an item, they’ll give you the run-​around until you give up and leave. Ironically, I’ve tried to sell back an item that I purchased just a week before and have been told that it’s not a style they carry.
There are plenty of other consignment stores in Gainesville that have better prices and staff that aren’t rude. I might swing by in a year or two to see if they’ve learned how to treat customers correctly in the off chance that I can pick up some overpriced clothes.

Sandy’s is the mecca of Gainesville consignment. I have brought my mom and sister here and they demanded we go back the very next day!
Sandy’s is on 13^th street next to Lowe’s/McDonalds. I got to say, the parking lot SUCKS and I have parked at the golden arches before and walked over though their signs expressly prohibit it. I looked at the width of the lanes, though, and concluded no tow truck was even going to be able to fit in to tow my sedan away, so w/​e…
Sandy’s is pretty large and has pictures, furniture, china, books, DVDs, jewelry, toys, and CLOTHES. Lots and lots of clothes. All the stuff here is mostly what you can expect to find in a department store… nicer end items. To be honest, I have only bought 2 – 3 things from here: a CK maxi dress for $ 12 (it’s gorgeous, I love it so much), a banana republic skirt for $ 9, and a wallet that I have got many compliments on for $ 3. Everything is in good condition, nothing smells, ample fitting room space, and lots of sizes of clothing. Their dress selection is the best in Gville, my sister got a few of them last time she came to visit.
Overall, get to Sandy’s if you haven’t already… you’re going to find something you like and at a good price too.