Value Village Thrift Store

This VV was extremely spendy for a thrift store. Small, limited select & spendy = not a great place to shop.

They don’t test electronics, and there’s no refunds.
I spent $ 30.00 on a stereo for the welding shop where I work. There were no speakers to test it, but it powered on, so I bought it. Turned out not to work. No sound.
They did bend their policy to give me $ 30.00 in store credit, but that doesn’t change the fact that I didn’t have an extra $ 30.00 to waste, so I still have no music in my shop thanks to them being incompetent, not testing, and selling junk for good money.
I will not shop there again.
Ever.

I love Value Village! Even when I’m thrift store shopping, I’m still looking for MORE of a bargain. I shop at VV when they have their 50% sales. My only gripe is that the 50% off sales don’t include housewares. I prefer VV over Goodwill by far, generally the prices are a bit less.

Thanks for having a big sale today I got both of these books for $ 2 total. I needed them for my doula clients. Anywhere else they would be $ 8 or more

Unlike Erin H below, I AM the authority on thrift stores. I like to find bargains, I don’t mind searching to find them. But I have standards!
I need my second hand stores to be clean, well maintained, laid out logically, and have a big selection and the stuff being sold can’t be gross. Value village usually meets all of those standards. I almost always find something I knew I wanted or didn’t know I wanted. The employees are usually really kind. It’s less expensive than goodwill, they have daily 50% off tags and other storewide 50% off sales for holidays. It’s not the best selection for household items, and the art and magazines are always ridiculously dated. But I’ve found amazing stuff here.
I have the best luck with toys, trinkets and baby/​kids clothes.

Nice clean store, good prices and the employees have always been willing to bend over backwards to help you. Wrong side of town for me so I don’t get over here very often but if it was closer I would stop by all the time.

I came into some money recently for my birthday. Being an avid thrift shopper, I decided what better way to spend that money than an epic thrift shopping spree! Usually I stick to Goodwill, Friends of Felines, and the Humane Society thrift store downtown. However, having money to spend, I decided to expand my horizons a bit and try someplace new. I’d heard a lot of good things about VV and so I chose this as my new destination of choice.
The first thing I noticed upon walking into the store was an odd odor. Now, as I said, I am an avid thrift shopper. I am very accustomed to the usual thrift store smells of dust, musk, and bodily odors. However, this was something different. A sickly sweet. It took me a good five minutes to pinpoint the smell: vomit. I don’t consider myself to be a snobby person, but shopping for clothing in a store that smelled like puke put me off a good deal. However, I persevered, determined to see for myself what all the hype is about.
As for the clothing itself, I found the selection to be pretty lacking. There were some things I thought were okay, but after an hour of combing through the racks I only came up with two items I thought were decent.
And this leads me to the prices. Holy crap was I misled. «Value» Village? That’s almost laughable considering they priced well-​worn jeans with holes in the hem at $ 14 and a plain off-​brand mini skirt at $ 5. Sure they have the markdown half price of the day per color code, but a lot of the stuff wasn’t worth even that.
In the end, I am giving this place one star because I did manage to find two items which I thought were decent enough to cough up the absurd price for. But overall, my experience here did not impress me and I really do not see myself shopping here again in the near future. Guess I will be sticking with my tried and true places after all.

Oh, I don’t know if I’m the authority on thrift stores. I rarely enter them because I greatly dislike digging through bins or pushing hangers all over in search of an item I might like. In general, I consider all thrift stores to be horrid places.
That being said, this one is pretty standard. Not Goodwill standard – they’re too corporate – but standard for a place that sells used goods.
It’s entertaining at least for the fact that they have the ugliest art of all time. I also found a fake Gucci purse here (the tag inside said ‘Made in China’)

Dirty dirty dirty. Nice staff though. And I don’t go here often, because 1. I don’t want my car broken into 2. I have to bathe immediately upon entering my home upon return. They do have a TON of clothing. But I just imagine crabs or lice crawling all around.

Who needs Goodwill when there is Value Village? Truth be told, its virtually the same type of inventory /​idea with a different brand. Ultimately, its a green business that capitalizes on the idea of recycled clothing for profit. If buying new clothes isn’t required for a seasonal wardrobe, then coming here for a potential deal isn’t a bad idea. There are some treasures to be found here, from retro wear to the occasional Halloween costume.
The parking lot is shared with a large K-​Mart and is located in what feels like a shady corner of Salem’s Highway 99. If shopping here isn’t your thing, then donating to the store makes for a good cause and can be applied to your taxes in the form of a write off.

Value Village is a super swell place for a poor college kid, much like myself. It is a very large store with much to offer (versus much smaller second hand stores). It offers movies (VHS, yeah, I’m old school) for $ 2.50 and most t-​shirts are under $ 4.00.
It has a great inventory, plus it’s cheap!
The only thing I wish, is that I wouldn’t have to come in every other day to grab a good find. But it’s worth it! I have some sweet gold shoes that I’m pretty sure are from 1982, thanks to Value Village.
It’s also a great place to go if you are looking for cheap appliances (that work), furniture, props (for theatre), or costumes.
Fabulous place, really. Friendly service too. .. . and they are always hiring (at least that is what their sign says).

Great used clothing store! Highly recommended!