I happened to finally have a few minutes to check out Thriftology today. I've driven past this…read moreintriguing place several times and today I was on foot and went in. I was greeted by a nice friendly man who gave me some info about the place and pointed out that the majority of the items are in the back rooms. This place is deceptively large. It's a bit messy in the back but there is a little bit of everything here. He also told me some items were new and didn't have prices on them but to ask if I wanted to know. I'd rather have items labeled so I can see if it's a good deal or not. I hate to ask each time I look at an item. Overall, it's a small business in a sus part of Seattle that frankly needs some more legitimate businesses. I even found a cool little Squidward stuffie that I purchased. I'll be back one day to check it out again.

Good selection of stuff if you know where to look. There is music blasting at the entrance and on…read morethe left side of the shop. It's a little chaotic but I feel it lures the shopper in. As you walk through the store there is a room which often has 90's jams on. This room has more clothing and on the left side there are kids toys and sometimes bikes. It does feel like an estate sale/goodwill outlet vibe as some things are organized but also kinda random. The layout reminds me of a flea market in an another country. Unlike Out of the Closet and Lifelong in which you know the exact price of a record or a vintage binocular here you have to ask. I think this is part of the thrill of the search but also asking yourself how much you want to pay for this. Service is good and staff are chill and laid back. If you're around Lake city I would encourage stopping in. It's a nice refresher from the dated xxx shop next door, drug deals happening outside, and fentanyl slumps you see.

it was a good experience, though prices are increasing remember who you're selling to not the richread more

great place fir donations, you can drop off various items call ahead to be sure they are accepting…read moreyour specific donations

I'm not stranger to thrift stores, but Value Village/Savers stores. This one in particular is…read morelarge, well organized and well run. They have a large staff working the floor and the back constantly stocking and organizing clothes and items. The store is pretty clean and for a couple hours before the store is open the entire staff is working hard to get the store ready to go. Let's just say I have the inside scoop. I've scored some cool stuff here in my visits. Nice drinking glasses, and a very good condition lamp all for decent enough prices. Some of the tags are a bit overpriced, including buy 4 books get 1 free? Really? Should be more like BOGO on those seeing as how they have a small library accumulating and not a lot of it moving. Most thrift stores have a tough time maintaining order with the swarms of folks that roll in. They do a pretty good job trying to keep that in order here. Besides the kick on some of the prices, I wish they had at least one manned register. It's all self-checkout here. Good store overall though.

This store wouldn't take back a defective can opener or do an exchange. Said they can't "test" all…read morethe items. Looks like we won't go there again. If you get home and the item doesn't work, you should be able to exchange it. What you could do now is offer to make things right and take back the can opener that doesn't work for an exchange--not even a refund. But see, you can't even make things right. Wasn't the opener free for you? Did you have to pay for the opener? How can you keep someone's money for a defective product you sold? What kind of business does that? Your response is completely inadequate. Tried to talk to someone about it but got shut down and told they don't have a store manager to talk to.

Since my last review, things at this store have gotten worse. On a lot of levels. There are tons of…read morepeople who full on run, sprint and power walk (which is not walking) upon the doors opening each morning at 9am sharp. The managers say to everyone "please do not run, walk only, be kind to others, blah blah blah" yet the stand there at the door and the registers and let them do what thy just loudly asked them NOT to do. I don't understand how anyone runs in this establishment. There are no emergency situations like earthquakes, power outages or fires that warrant running at any time of being in the store. People are going to get hurt! One of these people is a young college child, his name is John. He runs every day to get to the piles of music cd's on the shelves so he can find the high dollar ones to re-sell on ebay and amazon. He used to be a high school track star and has almost twice fallen down taking a corner too sharp. Yet the managers don't say a word to him to slow down, or kick him out for 5 or 7 days like they do to others in the store who constantly are always pushing, shoving others, or being rude and obnoxious. This young child John, 2 days ago as I went to grab some cd's came right across my whole hand and knocked them out of my hand and tried to pick them up as if to steal them from me! I told him to back off and if he ever touches me again that I would put him on the ground as self defense. He rudely badmouthed me and told me "too bad so sad". The very next day, he did it again but this time he tried to take the 4 cd's I had just grabbed to look at right out of my hands! I bit my tongue, but on my way out I pulled aside one of the managers who I thought would listen and try to do something about. He told me the next day (today) there would be a manager at the front door to confront and talk to him as he entered as well as another manager in the back to make sure he wasn't bothering others. Well neither thing happened and this knucklehead just sprinted in the store again and right by the manager 5 feet from the cd's and she didn't say anything to him or the others who were on a full on running sprint marathon to pick the aisles clean of the new items put out overnight. Korenna and Ingrid are the only female managers at this store. Barry, Nate, Joe and Joel are the male managers. Joe is quite honestly the only one who listens to customer complaints and sticks to what he says. This review along with another letter is going to be written to the LDS Mormon President as well as the Washington State Labor & Industries department.

Four fitting rooms -not managed by staff, you have to knock to know if in use. Lots of options…read moreattire wise. Three full round racks of jeans (that's what I was looking for) plus some on the end of a few square racks. Sizes aren't easily identified so you have go through them all to find what you want. At a glance around, the racks are labeled and things are color coded. Staff wasn't overly friendly, but perhaps they were tired as it's the day before a holiday. Overall a successful trip and will return if I need a cheap item! The jeans I got were $6.61! Yay! Also they're only open weekdays so that's a thing to work around.

Lots of blouses to chose from. Definitely for older women. Not much of a men's selection. Baby…read moresection is very limited. The women suggest I go to "Small Threads" for baby clothes.

We love ECA!!! We came in on a Saturday at the end of the month. Their location is clean, well…read moreorganized, and they have great inventory. You can see everything in 10 minutes (although there is no reason to rush when finding treasure). I was impressed by their pricing and their excellent service. They also have different sales each month. I can't wait to return and find some more treasures. But they are absolutely worth the visit!

Yes, yes yes I would say come there. I have the best rafting that I've seen. I would say go to the…read moreSalvation Army make a donation and join the Thrifting program that they have their excellent store and they provide excellent service to people in our area. Thank you Salvation Army for all you do I would give you 100 stars if I could. Oh, and by the way, you have the best volunteers and the best employees.

This is a donation truck outside Fred Meyer. I've donated twice including today. The men are always…read morequick to get up and help you unload. Mostly i hand them boxes and they put it on a cart. Tjru don't reach into your vehicle as far as I've noticed to help unload in that way which is fine with me. They do offer a tax receipt if you'd like one.

Everything is so overpriced. Do they forget that all the stuff they get is free? Used shoes for…read more$45. used punching bag for $55 or you can buy a new one for $50? One 15 pound weight for $25 If the owner's gonna respond here and say we need money to keep up with operating costs. I would highly suggest lowering the prices and then you're going to move more inventory. Stop trying to rip us off. Look for garage sales don't go here.

Went here as part of my enjoyment of thrifting but also for my job developing for work. Why can't I…read moreenjoy a little thrifting while trying to get my folks hired? I spoke to the manager who actually more attentive and pleasant than the Redmond store managers. The lay out of this particular Goodwill is ok, the shoes are kept up organized. They have a power strip ready to be used to test out electronics and though I know it's hard to keep the children's section tidied up, it was surprisingly organized. The highlight of my visit here was that I found some good condition Jordan Proto-max 720 sneakers in my size. I'm not a giant sneaker head...just a tiny bit and could tell before looking it up it was a steal. After doing so, I was right - $29.99 but they go for over $130! They may be dead stocked at this point. Needless to say, these were scooped immediately.