November 2023 by Andy F.
No one wants to give low ratings to a church, but as a "thrift store", it fails tremendously when compared to other thrift stores and Savers/Goodwill/Salvation Army. I understand the popularity of vintage and secondhand items, and all proceeds do go to the church, but the pricing has become more and more ridiculous that I wonder if they even sell anything besides the truly unique items. Quite a number of items are priced near or more than the price of it brand new. An example is a very used Cooke Street Aloha Shirt from Costco. NEW at Costco is $19.99. Here, $15. Starbucks Ceramic Tumbler $28. Here, $19. I feel the people pricing the items follow eBay prices, or checks how much it is brand new, and then goes from there depending on condition. It's like those people at garage sales where they get super upset and offended when you bargain, and they start telling you how much they bought it for, how it's "barely used", how "high" quality, how they spend their "hard earned" money, and etc. Then in the end, you just give a polite smoke and kindly say, "okay, no thanks." It's the same as here. Just take a look, and then "okay, no thanks. Bye!" It's hard because there are a lot of unique items and do want to give support, but it's not thrifty!
