"Forrrrrrreeee Mannnnnnn Milzzzzzzzz"
(remember the ads?)…read moreI can't help but hear that whenever I see the yellow and red beckon over the flat Jersey stripmall-highway horizon!
So we were in NJ to look at/buy me a new-used car, which was a short distance from this place, and yet, and yet... I HAD to stop for my bargainz!!!
An hour and a half later I emerged, many boy garments richer!
But let me explain. For the first time I got to explore this hole-in-the-wall bargainland, from housewares, to shoes, to toys, to Palmolive in a huge econo jug, bigger than what even BJ's and Costco have!
It was 3/$10 boys tees, including the new tech wicking fabric from Under Armor, Champion, etc. sport brands. They had slub tees from Cat & Jack (Target brand), as well as polos from Children's Place and Nautica, among others. A lot of this merch is like TJ Maxx, but a heckuva lot cheaper, and then you get a lot of random brands TJ's would never carry, like some fashionable Hip Hop stuff, knock offs of VS PINK that must come from Chinatown in NYC, and randomly these British brands, like soccer (football) garments. As usual there were zillions of local sportsteam items, too.
I had ZERO issues with irregulars, seconds, or any other quality defect on any of the stuff I looked at. I know those issues can happen at these stores, but nothing I touched for 1.5 hours had any funky blemish to it.
The toy selection was okay. I Googled a few items to price compare, and most were lower, but I recommend doing this because one was cheaper elsewhere.
This was my first time going through shoes, and I think, like most of this place, it's hit or miss. There was ONE pair of Puma Vega (ballet sneakers) there in an awesome purple color with purple soles, that was so much cooler than the offerings on Amazon or anywhere else. The shoes were a size too large for me, but a good $10 less than the cheapest option online. I was so bummed because I loved those shoes. Otherwise, I didn't notice any brands jumping out at me that others would recognize. I don't care much about the brand as long as quality is decent and I like the style. But neither of those criteria were met by the rest of the inventory, so I'll hope for better next time.
There were tables of soaps, shampoos, etc. grocery store type items. Huge econo sizes of household products we all need, and use all the time. Prices were GOOOOOOD. Hit there!
They also had a crazy amount of school uniform inventory! A huge variety of colors, sizes, styles, the whole gamut of school uniform basics, for cheap!
I could go on and describe all the rest, but I'll just post photos and you can see for yourself.
Even buying an armload of stuff here will be under $20 normally, but this time I did hit $50 (just barely), and they happened to be offering $10 off $50 (coupons handed out at the door), so YAZZZZ, I got another $10 off. They're seriously giving this stuff away.
When I approached the checkout, a dad came in with a very young baby strapped to his chest, and he found his wife and said, "I thought you got kidnapped. It's been an hour! Baby's been crying. You disappear." I tried not to laugh. He winked at me like, "You know you did it too!" LOL! Yup!
My total didn't work out as I thought, too low. Apparently two Hanes sweatshirts I'd gotten for my son were reduced from $3 to $1.67, so I had to run and add more. My cashier was the sweetest young woman ever. She was totally patient with me, despite the huge line glaring at me running to get more stuff. I was quick, AND I apologized to the whole line when I came back, but got the old stink-eye anyway. My cashier smiled and I told her how sorry I was to piss off the people she had to help next. She was just gracious "Don't worry about it," the kindest soul! She made my day!
Love my F-Mills! I'll be back soon!
