Savers

For many years -- especially grad student ones -- Savers was my go-to for scoring good stuff at cheap prices. That is no longer true. Their prices are excessively high. For example, most of the sundresses I looked at were between $10 and $15. I could buy a new one online or at Walmart for the same price! I was curious to see if the inflated prices applied only to clothing so I checked prices on housewares, shoes, etc and the prices were also high. What's going on? Suddenly thrifting is "cool" and so they decided to jack up prices? I'm happy to support local charities -- and Savers purports to do this -- but I'm done with companies who can't control their greed and their self-serving ways. I hate to say this but I'm fed up and done with Savers. Friends and family are equally put-off by the rise in prices and so I hope Savers realizes that they are going to lose business if they don't reduce their prices.

I ONLY DONT LIKE IT HERE BC THERE ARE NO FITTING ROOMS otherwise, it’s a great location. Open late. Usually good stuff (but it’s always random at second hand places.) Clean. Next to a bus stop. Plenty of self checkouts and pretty helpful staff I just think it’s super important to try stuff on. I wasn’t able to get any pants here (what i came for) because I couldn’t try them on.

I stop by here weekly hoping to find a bargain. They are rare. Buyer beware: many items are broken or otherwise not functioning. Relatively high prices compared to Providence and Warwick locations. Finding staff for assistance is both elusive and challenging. I went recently and had to wait several minutes for staff to open a locked cabinet so that I could see two Blink cameras. I attempted to look up the prices online to see what they were going for. The lady behind the counter sat down yet seemed both annoyed and upset at me for looking up the price. After I checked Amazon, eBay, and Google, she got fed up and put the two cameras back in the cabinet and locked it. Keep in mind this is a thrift store with no return policy. In other words, if I over pay on an item and later discover it doesn't work, I can't return it. Because of that risk, I prefer to pay less than ebay (ebay has a money -back guarantee). In any event, I don't appreciate being treated like a nuisance when I'm a loyal paying customer. Shame on Saver's.