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    ARC Thrift Stores

    3.2 (51 reviews)
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    Closed 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Monika B.

    Idk honestly. I love the lay out of the store buuuut the prices are kind of high for having received everything for free. I mean the picture in my review is of a used maraschino cherry jar and it was $1. Made me laugh but then I instantly thought...for real?

    Today we had a bad experience with an employee (supervisor), named "Sonny" He was so rude and not helpful at all, did not greet us, slammed my items on the counter, had an attitude the whole time and did not even wrap some fragile glasses, that we were buying. This was also not the 1st time he acted this way. Other than this guy everything is good at the Arc. No complaints. Please get rid of that rude person.

    Isaiah G.

    Came here on because I was passing by. This place is in a large shopping center. It's a big place and very well organized. There are a lot of things and you can definitely find a few things. There was 3 baby carriers for $4 each. There were a few things here. Definitely worth stopping by.

    Fantastic jacket I used to make my own Ring Leader costume for Halloween (jacket - ARC, trim and paint hobby lobby) less than $20 total.
    Susi H.

    Love, love, LOVE this ARC and his Woodmen/Academy counterpart. The 2 best ARCs in the Springs. Organized, pretty clean (this is second hand, don't expect retail styling) and AWESOME DEALS TO BE FOUND. This store as well as the Woodmen/Academy discounts 4 of his color tags (50% off) each Saturday for all, each Monday for Military and each Tuesday for Seniors. They do this with ALL of their items, to include formalwear (the ARC on South Academy does not) so there are great deals to be found her for formal gowns and for Halloween costumes. When you walk into the store on those days, just look around (registers, racks, wall displays) for the posted sign that tells which 4 colors are on sale that day. Green tags are never on sale (they are usually locked inside the curio cabinets). Items arrived that week are not on sale, they will go on sale the following week...so the 4 discounted colored tags cycle thru all the time. They organize their items as best as possible. The volume of stuff that comes into these stores is mind boggling. Some stuff is rough, but there is a lot of very kindly pre-owned items to be found. I regularly purchase cashmere sweaters, silk blouses, designer brands, leather accessories, formal gowns and off course TONS and tons of items to be assembled into halloween costumes and accessories and props. See photo of 'Ring Leader' jacket I assembled from a great quality wool blazer I got for $2.50. You can return items purchased within 10 days if you have the receipt. You only get store credit, but sometimes it's useful as on Saturday the lines for the dressing rooms are very long and I often take clothing home to try them on. I always use the store credit within a month or so, as I am here on o weekly-biweekly basis when I have time to browse. I am addicted to this place. Absolutely love it.

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    Good variety and good deals on 50% off day, otherwise prices can be high. Gets very busy on Saturdays when most items are 50% off

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    Steve was SO helpful with my furniture loading and went above and beyond helping me! Would recommend

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    Great selection & well organized! Senior discounts on Tuesdays! Clean changing rooms & bathrooms.

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    Huge selection, semi-reasonable prices, and, unlike Goodwill, they still have a senior day worth checking out!

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    Don't know what you're gonna find, Saturdays have crazy sales if you want to save even more money!

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    Very nice people that work there at both locations Austin bluff and academy always a pleasure

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    3.2(16 reviews)
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    Some of the items in there were priced higher than they were originally purchased for. Other than…read morethat, the store was clean, the staff was friendly, and everything was organized fantastically. The clothing was in great shape also which was so great to see.

    *Uptown Cheapskate* * This is a Cheap consignment clothing…read morestore located off of North Academy Road in Colorado Springs, Colorado. * DO. NOT. SHOP. AT. THIS. STORE. ...wanna know why? ...maybe hear my story a little, and hear what happened to me yesterday morning, you'll either understand or disagree, which you have all rights to choose either. Worst case scenario: you spent 5 minutes or less reading a real recent review of a clothing store. I hope this helps at least one person. STORY TIME: This 'clothing store' had a couple cute things I've bought in the past, and before yesterday, I had NEVER seen them completely deny all clothes from ANYONE. I've watched more than two homeless people come in and all their old, dirty, wrinkly clothes were accepted. The last time I came in, my Mom had come in with maybe 12 pairs of Hollister or Abercrombie or BKE (ALL good name brands and ALL clean) jeans all brand new never worn, and the human at the counter didn't take any of them, not even the ones that still had the tags on them. Why? Oh, they told my Mother that *every* pair she had brought in 'aren't stylish anymore'. Yeah, um, I'm gonna leave it at that. BUT, YESTERDAY MY DUMB AS* tried to give them a second chance after they completely disrespected my mom in a line full of customers. OK, SO, I've bought things in the past two years since they opened. I was actually one of their *very first customers* when they opened their store two summers ago. (40$ super old D&B Wallet, 28$ old pair of Vans sneakers, etc.) In the last year especially, I know it's been a financial struggle to survive for literally almost everybody on Earth. Obviously, including me. If you love your clothes and take care of them, you are just like me. I love cute (and sometimes very expensive) clothes. It is my weakness and downfall, probably always will be. I love my favorite name brands and the items from their collections or fashion lines. That's why I take damn good care of my things and honestly it's REALLY hard for me to get rid of the really nice stuff I never really wore because I didn't want to mess it up. On that note; I have accumulated so many beautiful things over the years that simply don't fit me anymore, but STILL look and feel BRAND SPANKING NEW. Yesterday morning I walked in (was not greeted) and it looked like they had just about finished a homeless lady's 3 black trash bags stuffed full of damp and dirty looking stuff. A girl comes up to me and takes my bag of beloved items and says she will call me up in 20-30 minutes and give me an estimate or what they will or won't take. About 7 minutes later, I hear her call me up to the counter. I happily walk up; because I had started a dressing room and was getting ready to try some jeans on and actually buy stuff. The girl told me "Ummm Yeeah we just can't accept any of these items because of their quality". I think my eyes almost popped out of my skulll. "Umm, Yeahhh. Can you simply show me even one item that your store wouldn't accept because 'of their quality'?" I asked with curiosity. She pulls out a black/grey/blue snakeskin printed silky tank top. "This one." She says. "What's wrong with it?" I asked. She said "The print, we just wouldn't sell that here." She snapped at me while chewing her gum. "So, you're telling me, you guys cannot or do not sell anything that looks like snake skin?" She stayed SILENT. I pulled out a lavdender dress with lace at the top that had never been worn before. I asked her, "What about this one? can you tell me what's wrong with this one?" She just stared at me. Then she stared at the dress anf started going inch by inch over the whole thing, doesn't find anything wrong, so she looks at the tag. "Oh, we don't sell 'No Boundaries" here." She snarled at me. "So, you're telling me that if that tag wasn't there, you would take it?" At this point a very face pierced person with hot pink eye shadow came in and said that I had to leave. When I got into the car, I looked in the bag and noticed, more than half of the clothes were still folded and put the same way I had left them. I had a pair of 'Miss Me' jeans & a pair of 'Rock 'n' Revival' jeans that she obviously hadn't even seen or unfolded. She didn't even look through my effing bag. And IM THE BAD GUY who gets kicked out for being SO CONFUSED? like WHAT?????? If you don't want to deal with basically rude wierd human robots, do yourself a favor, don't waste your time. Sincerely, L.S. p.s. sorry I typed this really fast so if you have any comments or questions please feel free to reach out!

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