Volunteers of America Thrift Store in Willoughby is one of my favorite places to thrift when I am…read moreEast of Cleveland. This store is large, clean and well organized with a great staff and is always fun to shop at. Every week there are two discount colors, one is half price and the other is 75% off, which makes for some great deals. Prices overall are very reasonable and the selection is very good. The store is strongest for clothes and shoes, I have found many great and interesting suit jackets and dress shirts, including some colorful tux jackets. On my most recent visit I found a high-quality mesh motorcycle jacket for $10 and a really nice pair of Rockport shoes for $2.50 with the discount. The selection is always diverse with plenty of quality brands and items. You can usually find a decent amount of items that are the discount color even in the middle or end of the week. The store also has a nice selection of electronics, kitchenware, art, décor and bric a brac. I always seem to find some interesting items and spend quite a bit of time looking around. I have found plenty of items that I would not expect. The real jewel of the store is up front by the registers, they have glass cases with great jewelry and behind them shelves with higher end items that have been donated. If looking for some higher end items this is the place to check out. VOA Thrift is a great place to thrift, shop or just check out. The store is open early and late which allows for thrifting even if you have to work during the day. Definitely worth checking out.

Volunteers of America is a new-ish addition to Willoughby's shopping plaza occupying the former Big…read moreLots space. The store wasn't my initial destination. In fact, I was planning to go to TJ Maxx. I detoured once I saw this store. I love North Olmsted location and was hoping for a similar shopping experience. STORE: The store has a lot of open space and sufficient room to roam. The front of the store has staging - cute women's fall outfits (like orange and corduroy skirts, and fall sweaters). There is also a table setup with Thanksgiving inspo. You'll also find clearance racks at the front of the store. The remaining space has clothing, accessories, sleepwear, books, home decor, and glass stand with jewelry. The store is well organized so that you can easily dig for treasure. If you're familiar with the North Olmsted store, expect for this one to be more modern. However, it has less space and inventory. Also, significantly less deals. INVENTORY: The inventory here is a mix of quality finds and things that lived in the attic for years. Some things are like new (like clutches and purses). Other things are really wrinkly and dated. The prices at this store are outrageous. The North Olmsted location has some finds for just few bucks which I can always justify purchasing. Here I found some surprising prices like an empty bourbon bottle for $5.99, clutch for $7.99, and other strange pricing. Simply put, you can go to competitors' stores around the area and procure new merchandise for less. The inventory is final sale - no refunds or returns. I will say that the book inventory here is well organized and pretty diverse. Lots of pretty good books for adults and children. You won't find best sellers but there are some recognizable titles. MY FINDS: I was interested in a few things. I was eyeing a brown purse but could not justify $9.99 for a used find with no brand name. I purchased a few things: two books, one scarf, and a beret. The scarf was Russian style and gorgeous. One of my items had a tag sale and I got a few bucks off my purchase which was nice. SERVICE: Service is not too friendly. I interacted with a few associates at this store and none were nice. The checkout associate observed me looking at scarves for a little too long indicating that probably there is some loss prevention issue at this store. I didn't appreciate that. PARKING: There is a spacious parking lot at the front of the store. At the time of this review there was construction and obstructions. If you go on weekends, there might be challenges associated with finding parking spots. The shopping area has a cluster of popular stores. I haven't yet decided whether I'd visit this store again. Probably more negative than affirmative. I wasn't satisfied with the value, quality of merchandise, and service. I might stop in the distant future to look for books.

WHAT A DUMP! Dirt floors with absolutely NOTHING of value! You could literally plow that trash…read moreunder and nothing would be lost. There's no market for what they have there, COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. Terrible representation of this area. DO BETTER.

Fun place to stop and look for vintage stuff and good deals.. venders indoors and weather…read morepermitting outdoors

I stopped by this little gem of a shop on the way out to Geneva on the lake. It's packed full of…read morereasonably priced treasures and curated clothing. The owner is sweet as pie and said that she's been in business for around 11 years now! Plan on spending at least an hour in this shop. If you blink, you'll miss something. I can't wait to go back! (Sorry, no photos yet!)

Terrible! It's unorganized chaos. She lost my consignment box! Bad business!!!! Also, she won't…read morecome to an agreement to compensate me. I'm just out!

This is a thrift store, much like 150 shops on the lake but on a smaller scale. Would not have…read moreknown since it is listed as jewelry/gift shop!!! Hidden for sure! I found out about them on fb marketplace by some girl named Lizzy. She popped up in my feed for her room Loolie B Boutique. Had it not been for her, I would have had no idea this place even existed even though I live 10 minutes down the road! I could not find much about them when I searched for them on socials. They have their own fb page, but unless you know to follow them then you wouldn't know it's here. Other than that, pretty cool hidden gem. I plan to come back here once a month to see what new treasures are in store!

I have shopped, visited this store several times... in the time frame of ober a year now I have…read morenotixed such a great class selection of antiques and collectables at such great prices... thank you

I like to donate. The store is very interesting and helpful to people who need furnishings for…read moretheir homes.

I wholeheartedly agree with Bo D's and Lynn F's comments. I've been donating and going to this…read moreReStore for years and have seen a constant decline in their attitudes and store operation since the Pandemic ended. They refuse perfectly reasonable donations. For example, I brought in 6 clean, completely working florescent shop light fixtures with bulbs and the guy manning the donation door refused them. When I asked why he said they only accept new, in the box LEDs. Seriously?! This was just this week. I've seen this attitude over the past 2 years with other attempts to donate. Inside, the store looks like a mash-up of a used furniture store, a Goodwill with books and dishware, or Olle's inventory overruns; and less and less like a house restoration store with used tools and hardware. Oh, they don't accept wall tiles and ceramics any more either. But if a shipment of trampolines or yard furniture show up, they'll sell them!

Rees is really a special little place set on a corner in quaint Geneva, Ohio. When you walk in,…read moreyou'll immediately feel like you've stepped back in time 60+ years. They have done a great job at preserving the beauty of this building and restoring it to it's old pharmacy days. The soda shop counter made me feel like a little kid. The guy behind the counter prepared an excellent chocolate ice cream soda treat. I loved walking through the back and seeing the old pharmacy section which still had old bottles, books, medicine and machines. What dismays me a little bit is that this shop is more of a novelty than a convenience. I suppose I would stop in again if I needed a gift or wanted an ice cream treat, but I don't see how the shop will draw regular customers. I feel like they could do well to include more convenient store items to appeal to the community. Or maybe they do so well with the tourists that it's not necessary! Either way, would hate to see this place close after they've fought so hard so preserve the nostalgia. If you're a fan of the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life', this is the closest you're going to get to visiting Old Man Gower's drugstore.

Cute little store with a great assortment of candy. Great mix of older and newer styles. Candy…read morealong with a traditional soda fountain...it's amazing. Add in a mix of a variety store and it's a must stop on your way to GOTL. The pharmacy museum is an interesting look at what the building used to be. It's a fantastic way to pay tribute to that business.

This is early Saturday afternoon and their site says they close in 59 minutes until the following…read moreTuesday. What kind of business closes at 4 o'clock on a Saturday and is shut down for the next two days?! I'm not gonna waste my time traveling there that's for sure.

There is a Beautiful selection of quality items, with fair prices in a very tastefully curated storeread more

Cute little furniture store. Rephrase that awesome hidden gem. Me and my friend went in just to…read morecheck it out after browsing the new rural king store. They have so much in there. GREAT PRICES on most items. Definitely a new gotta stop places on our girl's days. Its great to see things in the plaza again