I love Buffalo Exchange, I've been to the one in Houston and Las Vegas and they were much better stores.
I totally agree about the selling of the clothes. These people have no idea what they're doing, it's totally arbitrary and they seem to think they work for Vogue and not selling people's used clothes. I didn't care about the hipster part, that's totally affected, I'll see the real thing when I move back to NYC in a few weeks.
Went in and was just trying to get rid of a TON of nice clothes because I'm moving. I immediately hit a wall with a girl when I walked in. From then on it was no-no-no.
I brought out my expensive jeans, I mean $250-350 never-been-worn jeans and they told me they weren't in style. Except that I saw a pair of the very jeans they said that about in the 7 for Mankind store not too long ago. THE IDENTICAL PAIR. The GUY who was doing this (who clearly doesn't know women's fashion) tried to tell me a pair of Hudson (expensive) jeans were worn by pointing out LINES in the jeans caused by the hanger (I bought them and wore them twice and they then just hung in the closet creasing them because they were in between tons of other jeans) and telling me they were worn. He had no idea what he was doing. AT ALL.
The funniest thing was that he bought this dress that I've had hanging in my closet since 2008 and thought it was great. It was totally out of style. Seriously, I kid you not.
I asked him what they would buy and he described a pair of shoes that would be heels, rounded toe, etc. I pulled out a pair exactly like what he was talking about that were almost brand new, literally the bottoms were almost untouched, that were suede and he said they were old. I told him suede is a fabric that changes with the direction of the fabric. I showed him and they looked brand new. I asked him if he actually knew what he was talking about and he called over the incredibly snotty girl that I hit a wall and OF COURSE she said that there were scuffs (that I rubbed out) and that people wanted perfect items (she said that, I swear) or they'd ask for a discount. In a used clothing store. Where you buy things other people have worn.
As I was waiting to get paid for the stuff they did buy I noticed a pair of grungy boots that were trashed and a pair of white Keds (do people still wear those?) that were scuffed and dirty that didn't look nearly as good as the stylish heels they turned down. I also saw shirts and stuff in the same style as mine that they tossed aside (expensive brands, nothing I brought in was cheap). I also brought in $500 Miu Miu's (a division of Prada) that were super sexy and he said it wasn't the season. In Phoenix. Where it's hot every day. Oh, okay.
One last thing, they give you a total at the end and don't tell you how much they gave you for each items so you can't say no. That's super annoying, but then again, the whole process was.
Truly, this store is the worst. I definitely wouldn't buy anything from here. Why? I already own it. read more