Unfortunately Jaffrey does not have a great (or even GOOD) clothing consignment shop. Chloe's Closet (now closed) is over-priced off-brands and junky, the Thrifty Bear is over-priced mall-brands. RIDICULOUSLY over-priced. I've been here a few times. Now I GET that there aren't really any "malls" near Jaffrey so they think they can charge a premium for "mall brand" clothing but COME ON...... It's USED clothing!! I guess they used to be ACTUALLY "thrifty". I have a friend who has lived in the area since her daughter was born & when her daughter was a baby (7 years ago!!) she would leave the store with a bag-full of clothing for $20. But come on. Now?? $12-20 for a pair of used maternity jeans?? I don't care if it IS name-brand. They're used!! I've never brought anything here to consign because, well, they over-price everything & are ridiculously picky about brands. I don't think I've even actually ever bought anything from here, now that I think about it. I've just been in a few times & been unimpressed.
I went here begrudgingly with my mom & she found a nice dress (the kind you'd wear ONCE to a wedding) with a PEN stain & the woman would not budge on the price. Seriously??? A PEN stain?? & if the pen stain wouldn't come out???? How about tell the person who wants to consign it to have it dry-cleaned & not bring it in stained, instead of trying to pawn off stained merchandise on a customer?? Ridiculous. Not impressed.
(Parking on street & behind the building)
EDIT NOTE - was in here recently. It hasn't changed. It's still cluttered. Too small, trying to be "everything to everyone" & thus failing because there's not room in such a tiny space for mens, womens, childrens, maternity, AND formal wear. There's only room for a handful of kids items in each size, so the selection is very poor. As small as the store is, it should be organized better but I was looking through the kids clothing & the sizes were mixed up. read more