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    Stuff Etc

    Stuff Etc

    2.9(9 reviews)
    29.2 mi
    $$$

    I consign and shop at the store in Waterloo, Iowa. It is clean and the staff is always friendly…read more It's a great place to make money selling unwanted items and score fantastic deals there. I love that they look everything over before they accept it for consignment to ensure your purchase is in great condition. It beats shopping at our local Goodwill any day!

    Short version: Stuff Etc. is a decent enough consignment store, and I'd love it if the prices were…read morereasonable. Unfortunately, since everything is second-hand (or third-hand, etc.), the prices here are pretty high - sometimes more expensive or within a few dollars of what you could get it at a big box store. I love how clean they have things, and I like their huge space (that allows for a large selection), but I find that I have to be super careful about prices here. Long version: My love of consignment stores comes from being able to browse shelves and find awesome items for cheaper than I would be able to buy them new. In some cases, I might have to buff or clean the item because of its used status, but usually the large price break is worth the extra work. For example, I bought an end table at a consignment store in town for $5, and some gentle cleaning, and it was ready for home deocration! Now, this is the problem with Stuff Etc. Despite being a consignment store, the prices are extraordinarily high. To give them credit, they do a good job of cleaning/dusting any items that are put out (which is something other stores or thrift stores may not do), but at a certain point, you might as well go shop at a big box retailer instead of buying second-hand for the price. The prom dresses I browsed, which didn't seem to be any type of brand name or anything, were between $150 to $200. For a secondhand store, that's pretty pricey. Oh well. I was hoping to strike it nice in the furniture department. Oh. $100 bookshelves. Apparently not. Even the chairs were over $100. Purses started at $20 for non-brand-name items. (As a note, they do offer delivery for furniture!) The salvation seemed to come in the housewares, trinkets, and books sections. I wasn't expecting magic after the rest of the store, but these sections are priced pretty reasonably (maybe a bit high, but still reasonable). Books tend to be between $3-6 each. A lot of the bowls/plates/cups were $3+. I ended up buying a set of plain white ceramic plates for $7 - which, while not great, is probably a couple dollars savings than what I could have gotten at a big box store. The employees seemed friendly enough - though the check-out process was slow. The only cashier on duty ended up calling up a second cashier, and things went a bit more quickly, but their registers don't seem particularly streamlined to the check-out process. It probably doesn't help that people end up purchasing a lot of clothing here, so that stuff can be hard to checkout. In terms of the building, it's actually pretty large, and there's a pretty huge selection here compared to other consignment or thrift stores in the area. The items are relatively well-organized, and it's pretty easy to find what you're looking for. Items are clearly marked, and everything I purchased rang up correctly at the register. While the place isn't sparkling clean, there doesn't seem to be any dust or clutter (aside from the front-ish area where they do their take-in for consignment items).

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    Ferndale - antiques - Updated May 2026

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