Buy-Rite Thrift Store

I felt I had to leave a review after reading some of the previous negative experiences. Today was my first trip to Buy-​Rite, and I was nervous due to the comments about rude employees. I have a large service dog, and really didn’t want to be hassled. I walked in and an employee wheeled a cart over to me with a smile and said «We have a cart for you!». Nice! I then swung by to look at the designer purses. I spotted a Dooney & Bourke crossbody, but the price wasn’t visible. Another employee walked over from the jewelry counter and offered to show it to me. It was a little rough looking, but she told me that it was marked down in red to $ 19.99, and anything marked down in red today was an additional 25% off! Sold! She then nicely offered to hold it behind the counter and invited me to shop around, then come back to her counter to pay for all my purchases at once! Very nice! I dug in and quickly filled my cart with items from the HUGE variety of styles and price points. I tried to stick to the red markdowns for that extra percentage. The store was crowded, the other shoppers were kinda rude, but nothing deal-​breaking. On to the fitting room. There’s a 3-​item-​at-​a-​time limit, but the very sweet fitting room attendant allowed me to hang my other items on the outside of my door, which made it much easier for switching out. She made sure there would be enough space for both me and my dog in the fitting room, and briefly chatted with me about him before returning to her super-​busy tasks! Super nice! I returned to the counter to pay, and only waited 2 minutes before being helped. I was rung up efficiently, and with very pleasant small talk about my selections. Again, nice! Another male employee at the door offered to take my cart for me. Wow! I then set off the security alarm, went to the closest register, and only waited a minute or two before a very polite male employee checked my purchases, found the tag, apologized, and removed the tag, while asking me how my day was, etc: very nicely and professionally handled! So all in all, I received excellent service from *every* employee I interacted with, got some great deals, and that Dooney & Bourke bag looks like new after a quick cleaning with some leather cleaner! Great experience, good work Buy-​Rite!

I agree with the poster who liked the store better when it was on Tully. This is the sister store to Superior Thrift in Stockton. I think of that store as more like «Superior PFFFFT» This store has adopted Superior’s over– charging policy for the little junk we used to buy because it wasn’t a big deal to worry about. By over charging on everything I looked at, I consider «worth /​need» and pass. Stuff that was .99−1.99 are $ 4.99. Little insignifigant stuff, you might pick up for a joke or gift. They are marking up books like they expect each one to end up on «Antiques Roadshow ’ and be worth a quarter of a million. I’m not willing to take a chance on a skinny book that would have been .99 cents a few months ago here, to the new $ 3.99. They don’t care how damaged it might be and forge ahead with overinflated prices. Same as
«PFFFT» store, I’ve left empty handed many times. They have lost the sure-​to-​find– cheap treasure draw. I’ve skipped going in, figuring I won’t find anything anyway.

I have been thrift shopping ever since I can remember, and Buy Right is by far, the BEST thriftstore in Modesto, in my opinion. They usually have more name brand clothing items. but they also have a lot of granny style clothing too, so you have to go through all the bad stuff to find the good stuff! Price wise, they are about average. For a name brand shirt/​tank (Hollister, Aeropostale, etc) is anywhere from $ 1.99-$ 3.99. Somettimes if an item has been there long enough, they will mark it down to a discounted price. There layout is horrible. I hate how everything is unorganized, but other than that, I LOVE this place!

Yes it is always crowded with strange people! And there is alot of crap! But it is worth dealing with them!
I have found really nice women’s designer jeans before that were only $ 3, and for little kids who are always growing it’s good place for clothing shopping, jackets under $ 5 and pants/​tops for under $ 2 pretty good deal! yes you should check everything first make sure it is in good condition all sales are final! They always have unique glasses in kitchenware as well which I enjoy looking at everytime I come… if you are looking for furniture the Stockton store has much bigger selection its rare to find anything decent in that dept at the Modesto store.

Thrift Store shopping is my passion. This store carries furniture, nic nacs, jewelry, dishes, books, toys & clothes. New merchandise is put out each day. I have found Banana Republic, Coldwater Creek, Ralph Lauren, Gap, Old Navy & Loft not every time yet often enough to keep me coming back. My friends are amazed at my finds. The prices are great most clothing items are less than $ 5 Sure beats the prices at the thrift stores in the bay area. Certainly worth a trip. A note on previous posts regarding the customers. I find that a smile goes a long way. Good luck & happy shopping.

Dumb as dirt customers, crappy layout, and overpriced items. It’s totally joyless shopping here, which is the opposite experience of the original Buy Rite. You can’t even peruse comfortably as dumbasses are blocking aisles with their shopping carts and saying «excuse me» and even elbowing won’t make em budge. Not that there’s anything worth buying anyways. Total Wal-​Mart crowd.

This seems to be the new place for this store. Not much to see here. Just a lot of shoving, pushing etc. You know, people looking for that one super bargain which eludes them the longer they look for it. I’m a people watcher and love to watch and see the expressions on people’s faces when they find that 1.99 item which is only worth 59c. Oh well, to each their own.