Texas Thrift Garland - Garland (TX)

1 /5 Julia Suarez: Prices are outrageous! WHO in the world is pricing these items?! Items that have been donated. By the way these prices are looking might as well buy the items brand new! I was searching for a coat on a budget and could not believe the prices. $42.99 for a coat that was DIRTY and SMELLED like cigarettes. The management better take a second look around and try to help the community before the donations are taken elsewhere leaving their business in trouble.

5 /5 Marilyn “Ms. H”: Evans Senior Center stopped on a day trip. Great finds. Tuesdays is Senior discount days. 30%off.

2 /5 Carrie Duck: Ive been shopping at this location for about 3 years now. It is my go-to thrift store that I can walk into and know that Im going to spend at least 2 hours checking out all of the things that they have. However Ive noticed a big shift in the way this place has been run over the last six to eight months. They installed self checkout lanes (which have to be used by the employees) which have made the checkout less effecient for the flow, and their prices are crazy high right now. Their prices have always been good. They definitely werent the lowest and cheapest, but the store was kept clean and orderly and the prices seemed in line with everything. I went a few weeks ago and I noticed the prices starting to climb up and today the prices were just insane. I usually leave with a cart full of stuff and today I didnt buy a single item. I noticed as I was leaving the store that they had the same exact bracelet that I happen to be wearing that I purchased on Shein for like $3 marked at over $7. I took note of two other items in my photos. One was a Free People Movement jacket which was very nice, but for a thrift shop it probably would have been better priced around $20 - $25 but they had it at $75. There was also a Kate Spade bag, unsure on the authenticity of it, that was in poor shape that was also over $70. I used to go to this location every 2 or 3 weeks just to see what they had because I love to add thrifted pieces to my personal wardrobe. Im not sure that Im going to be back for a while until they figure out whats going on with their pricing. Its like if they see something that has a brand that looks fancy they jack the price way up. I realize they have changed their discount structure as well, but with the marked prices as high as they are, I suspect these items sit for much longer. Im all for making a profit, but the prices currently are way out of line. In the past I would also take a chance on an item not knowing if its going to fit because they dont have dressing rooms, with the current pricing structure that is not a risk Im going to be able to take anymore. Bottom line is, if someones going to shop at Anthropologie theyre not the same clientele thats going to try to come to a thrift store and possibly find an Anthropologie piece marked at the same price they can get it for on sale.

2 /5 Becca Holland: This used to be my favorite thrift store but since the change in ownership it has gone downhill. The semi self checkout system is very chaotic and caused them to reduce staff. I dont like that they took jobs away from hardworking people. Some of the employees had been there years and since the change in ownership, I dont see them. They also raised the prices with the new owners, they reduced the book section (one of the best reasons to thrift is to find old books) and they dont do the 50% off sales as frequently. I still find a couple good things when I shop here but its not like it was before they were bought out by a California company.

1 /5 patricia underwood: This place USED TO BE GREAT!!! me and my three daughters have shopped at this thrift store exclusively for the last 12 years, and we just said bye to it yesterday. The prices are OUTRAGEOUS. I don’t mean slightly high - I mean I can buy new items for the same or less than what is currently in this store. I know it’s under new management and they have RUINED IT!!. Here are a few examples: jacket from SHEIN - it was in decent condition but not new with tags or anything, selling for 9.99, a brand new, similar one on SHEIN is selling for 8.30, a porcelain doll that was chipped and permanently marked/scuffed on her face for … get this… $79.99!?!! What???? A halfway burnt candle for 7.99, a cheap looking, no-name-brand, made in china .. looked cheap for $25!?!! See the problem??? Like I said, we’ve been shopping here for many years and easily spend $100-$500 per month here and we walked out with 3 overpriced items yesterday and me and my girls gave our farewell. I guess it was good while it lasted, we will miss the good times! Off to find a place that isn’t price gouging and raising prices to install pointless “self” checkout lanes- they don’t even allow people to self checkout at (what is the point!?! All common sense has been lost. Farewell - we will try again in a year or so to see if they’ve figured it out by then.