Salvation Army Family Store

WOW!!! Rude, rude, rude!!! I will donate my things else where! I was told you have to have a house full of items in order to have a pick up!!! I have a brand new couch, dining set and bed room plus misc. household and STILL they would not pick up! And man the bitch was RUDE!!!

They lied to me on the phone about what they would take for donations. I had many brand-​new items and other quality donations but Natalie couldn’t be bothered because she couldn’t «directly sell it in her store». There were plenty of things that would fetch quite a bit of money for this nonprofit organization. I usually prefer to donate to the Salvation Army over goodwill, but not when they don’t honor their word.

I can’t in good conscience call Salvation Army Boutique a «thrift» store, since it’s the most expensive second hand store in my neighborhood.
That being said, if you have a hankering for designer clothes that your budget can’t sustain, this is your place. They have a fantastic selection of designer duds in very good condition for over 75% less than the new retail price. Some items are still new with the original price tags.
You wont find many household goods here, except for the collectible decorative type. Plenty of artwork too.
I think the prices were fair for the quality, and I will be back.

A modest sized upper scale thrift shop. Some nicer th8ngs, well presented and clean. Worth a walk through just in case they might have what you always wanted.

Let me just say I LOVEthrift stores, I credit my mama who always scores amazing finds resale shoppin’- she’s taught me well!
This particular SA is really close to my office (hello lunch break shopping, my fave) but I usually only come in when I see they are having their ½ off sale because otherwise its can be bit pricey for second hand. Even on ½ off days when they are really busy I still walk out feeling like I’ve gotta a good deal… hello today I walked out with a $ 200 pair of jean in great shape for $ 10 (who the heck donates $ 200 jeans in that good of shape??!) And I scored a $ 70 shirt for myself (still with tags) for only $ 5.75! Whoop!
The staff are super great too, always chatty and friendly.

What they mean by boutique IMHO is that they have the ‘cream’ of the area donations for sale at this branch of Salvation Army.
That means they have WAY less clothing (some but not bunches), children’s stuff (nil), paperback books (zilch) day to day household items (zero), Halloween costumes (zip), or the piles of cheap stuff one normally expects to find. They DO have couches, antique rocking chairs, old records, old glass, wall art, and old/​nice furniture.
The prices are pretty much what the item is worth on eBay so this isn’t the best place for resellers but it can be a good deal for a beginner collector or if you just can’t get enough old stuff.
I feel good knowing that my purchases directly benefit those that need SA rehabilitation services right here in our community. Many times this rehab involves working in the stores to gain confidence and experience needed to move ahead. The manager is quite busy, but always nice. The rest of the staff is also courteous.
A-​okay is what I say.

This is a great store, «if you know the rules of the game».
1) Sales (up to 50% off) change every week (days of sale and percent off).
2) Call before you go and visit on a 50% off day.

This is a boutique, they do NOT carry housewares, like Tupperwares, Pyrex, etc.…
FYI. I didn’t know that!!!
I’ll change my rating, once I’ve visited the store.

For the amount of thrift stores and Goodwill’s in the area, this is shockingly expensive with low inventory and poor selection. Looks like things don’t cycle very well so not somewhere you can come back to every few weeks with new stock. I would even prefer Value Village over this shop. Skip it.

Drove by this place and there were banners on the windows advertising a huge sale — 50% off. Got inside and there were no signs about the sale. I heard customers being rung up and asking why they weren’t getting the 50% discount. The sales clerks gave various answers. One said it was only on clothing. One said it was on items with tags marked ¹¹⁄₁₀ or earlier. One said there was no sale, that the banners were still up from the sale the day before (Black Friday) when they had a storewide sale. I heard a clerk ask the person in charge whether they needed to take down the banners, but they were told to keep the banners up because they were pulling people in! Wow. Talk about blatant dishonesty!
I never did figure out what was on sale, if anything, since nothing I purchased was discounted. I hope someone at SA will read this and have a talk with store management about truth in advertising.

Okay, so it’s not a ’boutique’ in the traditional sense of the word, whatever it may be. You’re not likely to find designer names in here. However, you are far more likely to find more interesting items in better condition than most thrift stores. I’ve found some pretty incredible finds — a leather and lace dress from the 80s, a vintage sequin dress, a great J. Crew wool sheath dress that looked brand new — and there’s a lot of fun stuff in the housewares section as well. Sure, there have been times when I’ve gone in and found nothing to my liking, but you run the chance of that happening in any store. Most Saturdays are 50% off all items, so get there early!

Here’s what makes this place count as a ’boutique’, best i can tell:
1) It’s small
2) Most of the furniture is solid wood, not Ikea particle board.
Maybe they really do have designer clothes. I have no idea. What i can tell you is that a surprising number of items in the framed art section were just kitch from Bed Bath and Beyond, and at about the same price, too.

— Not actually «boutique»
— Overpriced
— Good glasswares selection
— Not so good on the clothing, shoes, purses selection
I have gone to this location a few times. I will say, I am totally fine with spending a bit of extra time to find that diamond in the rough. It is a workable trait if you are looking for anything from «hobo-​shiek» to designer brands. You will obviously not find «this season» stuff but I honestly don’t know of anyone who cares about that except on TV and movies.
As far as the furniture and glassware goes, they have a pretty good selection. I went searching for glass vases that were more unique and Victorian for my wedding (they have them in spades). The price tag however, was not worth it. I could go over to Value Village or a non-«boutique» Salvation Army and spend a bit more time sifting for a fraction of the price.
I have pursued the clothing and shoes several times and for «boutique» they have surprisingly unfashionable clothing. HOWEVER I went in search of a dress for a wedding this weekend and found a Diane vonFurstenburg paisley print dress that was pretty darn cute for $ 15 dollars. I also found a dress that looked ever so Kate Spade’esque that I would have nabbed if it wasn’t white. These items were LITERALLY the only clothing items I would look twice at or ever consider purchasing. And for boutique that was the only designer piece I saw (unless you count Macy’s bridesmaid dresses with the tags still on…)
At the cash register I discovered a very interesting thing though, items that are over a week old (dates are noted on the price tag) and are HALF OFF. I kind of wish I could put this sentence all in caps and make the font 24.
So I basically went there a few times and found items I liked… that I dismissed because of the price tag… that may have been HALF OFF and I had NO WAY of knowing.
Another note, they are closed on Sundays, which is when the local farmers market is next door. I have TWICE wanted to purchase a vase for a bunch of flowers I had purchased and there store would have been my natural choice. Not open. So I went to the 99cent store and bought super boring vases.
I will say that they always have at least a dozen customers mulling around, so they must be doing something right.

I used to like to go here to look for collectibles and hidden treasures. A recent visit let me know that like other thrift stores in the area (Goodwill) the prices of items have risen greatly. The prices were just plain crazy. And the Manager of the store is completely rude. When asking about price on a item not marked they gave me a outlandish price. Could buy 90% of the items here new at the same price. Goodwill has done exactly the same thing which is why I will not go there either. I think they let «Boutique» get to them too much. For some reason Salvation Army and Boutique should not be in the same sentence. Go down the street to Union Gospel Mission they are still a good thrift store with good prices. Without the «Boutique» name…