College Mall

It's kind of a miracle that many decades later the College Mall exists and is filled with…read moreoperational stores, despite the general plague that has beset so many malls throughout America. Unfortunately, we walked by many many so many of these stores in our somewhat feckless attempt to find a slice of pizza, which turned out to be in the food court, but which was not easy to find because they do not seem to believe in maps. Once upon a time, every mall in America had giant airport-style maps near every entrance that showed all the stores and said "you are here." No longer. Instead, all the helpful things like that have been replaced by QR codes, and said QR codes ALSO do not lead you to a functional map. I hate the QR-ification of American more generally, but coming for the mall maps is really too much. And so may ye all be cursed to wander the streets of the mall, with no perception of the way forward or the way out.

Bloomington Antique Mall

3.9(35 reviews)

2.3 mi

This is a huge antique mall in downtown Bloomington - very cool place and absolutely GINOURMOUS…read more Prices are actually very reasonable and some of the sellers offer 20-50% discounts. I didn't end up purchasing anything but I enjoyed walking around and looking at everything they offered.

Lots of stuff. 3 floors of it. But it was all priced way too high. Like two to three times higher…read morethan it should be.

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The Indiana Shop

4.0(5 reviews)

1.8 mi

Nice selection of IU t-shirts and sweatshirts. Their hats stink. The prices used to be better, but…read morethey're increasing. It's next to Nick's so that's a bonus. :)

What a great shop with a huge selection! Great location too next to Nick's English Hut and one of…read morethe most photographed sites on the IU Campus..Sample Gates. They have everything here...clothing, mugs, key chains, photos, etc...even the sweet Candy Stripe Warm-up Pants. It they don't have what you're looking for here, I'm not sure where you can find it. The quality is great and I found the prices reasonable. You can drop some serious coin here and I had to check myself a few times. It just gives me another reason to come back.

IU Superstore!

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Tradehome Shoes

4.2(9 reviews)

Was researching shoes for an upcoming 5K and needed GREAT shoes. I read an article that said go to…read morea store that specializes in running shoes. I didn't think we had a great store like that around, was going to try brands I liked that I knew they carried. I was so wrong! This place was far and above my expectations and exactly what the article mentioned. I spoke to a gal that was extremely knowledgeable about the two brands (Hoka and Brooks) that I was interested in. I explained what I wanted/needed, she made a few recommendations. I made the selections and she brought out several pairs of each. She had me sit and actually put the shoes on my feet! Made sure they were the proper fit, laced them up and had me walk around the store. It was incredible, I was over the moon with the store/clerk and the shoes were epic. It has been 4 months and the shoes rocked the 5k and are now my daily shoes.

customer service was great. very attentive. but sold the same foot. wanted the shoes to wear the…read morenext day to holiday world but cannot. splash and safari is a no go with 2 left feet. :(

Indiana University Surplus Store

3.7(3 reviews)

0.8 mi

I can say from plenty of experience that IU Surplus provides accurate and straightforward…read moredescriptions and photos of the items they auction. They are also extremely consistent in terms of disclosing defects and condition issues. They are pretty flexible about post auction logistics, and don't mind helping load items as long as it's within reason. Overall, IU Surplus is the best seller I've dealt with on any of these liquidation sites. I've done well with them over the years.

Todd is the biggest man Karen ever! I would venture a guess 90% of the stuff that is sold in the…read moreauctions and in the store is for resale. That is the purpose of the store. 6/08 They kept my brother out of the store and banned him from buying because he happen to tell them that he was reselling stuff. Todd has some crazy Karen like misguided absurd rules to Remedy some kind of perceived and fictional unfairness. He is a nut. He will do something crazy outside of his job and get fired eventually. I quit shopping there myself hquite a long time ago after what I outline below... Was treated horribly due to sheer ignorance. Have spent thousands of dollars here and will not be giving them another red cent. Todd will make a deal and then complain about the deal he made the next time you come in. He's a low life deadbeat with zero integrity. The auction system, govdeals, is old and inefficient. Its probably because of cronyism. Its interface is from 1996 and its policies are obtuse. You can tell they have no worries they will loose the IU contract. They refuse more than 3 bids from any new user for an arbitrary amount of time. I bid, won, and picked up 3 items and still had my bids refused. I think they are funneling equipment to one specific party and are actively keeping new users from elevating the price of the equipment. I would speculate someone connected to govdeals is buying a very high % of the valuable equipment and allowing the public to bid is a sham. I can think of no other reason to use such an old and terribly inefficient process. They need to find a REAL auctioneer or online auction process. Send everything there and close this store. This is what every other university in the state does and hopefully someone at IU will wake up soon. Close it or find a real leader. Preferably an honest one. I just went and looked and GovDeals has had 39 BBB complaints in the last 3yrs not counting mine. Their accreditation status, REVOKED. Definitely

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Rally House College Mall

4.5(2 reviews)

I stopped in to buy my IU National Championship sweatshirt but unfortunately they didn't have my…read moresize in stock. To be fair I think I picked one of the more popular styles since the embroidery was one of the more subtle styles as opposed to the more loud or brashly decorated shirts. They did have a ton of various selections of t-shirts and sweatshirts plus all of the assorted accessories such as mugs, glasses and so forth. The cashier did go out of his way to look up in their computer system to double check my size of sweatshirt was indeed out of stock in the back and not just on the rack. I did pick up a IU National Championship can holder, a.k.a. Koosie, and some IU coasters for my truck cup holders which are great inventions as they absorb the dripping sweat from drink cups and cans.

Great store! The best selection of IU gear in Bloomington. It's located inside College Mall in case…read moreyou're using Waze to get there.

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Target

3.0(40 reviews)

Target is not a supermarket; it is a general purpose household store that only recently started…read morecarrying a small selection of foodstuffs. Pointless to criticize a store for not being what it doesn't pretend to be. I have shopped there for 15 years and always find what I want easily and quickly, and at a good price.

Honestly, one of the worst Target stores in the country. Rude and extremely unhelpful staff. I can…read moresee why target is losing Billions.

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Dollar Tree

1.7(7 reviews)

0.3 mi

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They are not polite at all! Store is just a mess! No customer service exists anymore! Cashier…read moredidn't even speak to me or anything. She rang up My items laid my bag on the register, and that was it. She continued to have conversation with some guy that was up there that had a key lying out in the middle of the floor.

It's pretty junky in here! I know, it's a dollar store, I get that. But when I can't even walk…read moredown half the aisles because of open boxes of stuff (restocking I guess), something is wrong! Checkout can is decent - they do run two lanes most of the time. Check it out yourself and post a review!