Grace Centers of Hope Thrift Store

Being from Downriver, I’m used to some of the worst thrift shops around. I was not prepared for what greeted me when I visited Grace Centers thrift store.
Clean floors, clothing organized by style AND size? Helpful employees willing to answer any of my questions? My god. What is this place?
I found so many nice things while browsing this store. I ended up getting some jeans and a necklace. My husband found a pair of brand new shoes, too. Unlike most thrift stores, this one has a well-​organized and appointed section of men’s shoes.
I only wish I lived closer. More thrift stores need to check out their competition, because as far as thrift stores go, this one is tops.

This store use to be my favorite thrift store no longer I don’t know what the reason is for this perhaps lack of donations also I find it very annoying when employees start sweeping and buffing the floor after the doors are open for customers this happens numerous times. also I wish they could lower the volume of the Christian music they play really!

This thrift store is EXCELLENT! Customer service is SPECTACULAR!!! I will recommend this store to everyone.

Everything is half off because their price tags are jacked up too high. Some things were reasonable and most things were not. They marked a picture frame for $ 39.00 — The old junky frame wasn’t worth $ 5.00 Twenty dollars half off was too much. Little things like that. Their clothing was okay, but still too expensive given the fact that you can go over to Value World and get the same stuff for less– though Value world is dirty and grimy, Grace is cleaner.
Staff is not very friendly at all. In communicating with them and even people who worked on the floor. Very unfriendly staff.
Cd and Dvd section well stocked. Lp’s smelled of urine and should be scrapped or cleaned. The furniture was so-​so, nothing amazing. Their electronic section was sad. Nothing in comparison to other places.
My shopping result:
It was nice visiting, but I won’t be back again.

I’ll be honest, the first time I went into Grace Thrift Store I turned around and walked out. It was not because the blaring cheesy Christian rock/​pop music playing. It was because of what I thought were over priced items. Later I found out the store has an half off everyday special. Not really the best marketing idea. The clothing selection is very narrow. It is clear only conservative clothing makes the racks. Great place for shopping for Grandma or church clothing. I did buy some coffee cups for a good price. Just not a thrift store that I would visit often.

As you can probably guess, I like going to thirft stores. I go to different stores for different things, this one is mostly for housewares — they always have a great selection of dishes, glasses, cups, cooking utensils and surprises. Last year, I found vintage wide mouth Ball mason jars, another time some amazing vintage coffee cups.
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS ALWAYS ½ OFF. Then some other things are 75% off. It is a bit disconcerting initially when you look at some of these prices, but I have gotten in the habit of doing the math. (Although why they don’t just mark everything with the «real» price is beyond me.).
They always have lots of furniture and appliances. Lots of good stuff, and a lot less expensive than any other thrift stores in the Detroit Metro area — and if you are looking for something particular, just come back in a couple of weeks and you are sure to find it. There is also a section for tools, and miscellaneous things that I don’t normally see in a thrift store, but which fascinate me.
They have a good selection of children’s books (not toys tho) and have a cabinet devoted to higher end stuff, but nothing has particularly caught my eye.
The clothing and shoe selections are, in my mind, sparse and not good quality. Occasionally I will find some very cool looking shirt that I know some hipster would die to have (I am not a hipster and couldn’t pull it off). If you are looking for clothes, go to the Value World across 11 mile.

Silly me I didn’t even notice the 50% off everything sign they had up…
So I was pretty happy when my total bag rang up to $ 10:
— – 1 Ann Taylor Blazer — looked brand new
— – 1 Issac Mizrahi Blazer — also barely worn
— – 2 paperback books
The quality of items was pretty good! Some of the prices seemed high, but I guess if you take into account the 50% off, it’s really very reasonable.
This location was a lot less crowded than Value World up the street.
It’s a lot better organized and cleaner too.

Okay, first, this thrift store sells big-​screen TVs. Seriously, what?
The store’s huge and well-​organized and though the prices are high, apparently everything’s on permanent sale. The clothes are kind of church-​ladyish, so I didn’t find anything I wanted to wear on the racks, but the accessories section yielded the trippiest purse of all time (printed with fly-​fishermen and studded with rhinestones). I nearly got into a slap fight over it with the friend I was shopping with. (She won.)

This thrift store is great! They have a really large selection of furniture and housewares, which is neatly organized and reasonably priced. Thier clothing is organized by size, which almost never happens at other thrift stores.
At first glance you may think the prices are too high, but for whatever reason they have everything on a permanent 50% markdown. So whatever the tag says, it’s really half that price, all the time.
A good, high-​quality «no-​name» thrift store. Try it.