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2nd favorite place to clothes shop
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17-05-2016 06:47PM#1
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makingmecrazy wrote: »Is it only me who considers TK Maxx to one of the 7 circles of hell?
All of that trawling threw rails upon rails of mixed up clothes?
Its like an overpriced jumble sale
If you know your sizes then it's no worse than anywhere else, easier in fact because all the stuff of any given size is lumped together like God intended.0 -
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+1 on the Charity Shops . It's not all old dead peoples' clothes , most have Designer names at a fraction of the price in retail shops.Often brand new with tags also.
One in town here has a sale on tomorrow , Happy Days
Guilt free shopping and helping a good cause also , win all round .https://forumofgames.com/
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+1 on the Charity Shops . It's not all old dead peoples' clothes , most have Designer names at a fraction of the price in retail shops.Often brand new with tags also.
One in town here has a sale on tomorrow , Happy Days
Guilt free shopping and helping a good cause also , win all round .
A sale in a charity shop kinda defeats the purpose surely?0 -
makingmecrazy wrote: »Is it only me who considers TK Maxx to one of the 7 circles of hell?
All of that trawling threw rails upon rails of mixed up clothes?
Its like an overpriced jumble sale
Some people, for reasons that defy me, like doing that kind of thing.bubblypop wrote:The amount of clothes I've given to charity shops over the years....
You don't wear stuff till its worn out?0 -
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Some people, for reasons that defy me, like doing that kind of thing.
You don't wear stuff till its worn out?
I have friends who would spend an entire day in a TK Maxx, going through rail after rail, rack after rack.
That's their thing. I couldn't do it.
I take more of a ninja approach to shopping 0 -
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makingmecrazy wrote: »Is it only me who considers TK Maxx to one of the 7 circles of hell?
All of that trawling threw rails upon rails of mixed up clothes?
Its like an overpriced jumble sale
Funnily enough, I love charity shops but can't handle TK Maxx at all for anything other than toys/homewares. The clothes are just too jumbled up and stuffed too tightly on the rail. Charity shops, which also have similar stocking issues of lots and lots of different items on each rail, make sure the rails aren't over stuffed and make sure that items are as 'like with like' as possible. So are generally pleasant to browse whereas TK Maxx takes real dedication. Fabulous for unusual kids books though, especially Busy Books and jigsaw books which are likely to be missing pieces second hand.0 -
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I found charity shops great in England, but always found them a bit pathetic over here (and with a weird smell). From my more limited experience since I came back, they seem to be improving though.
They are great for finding slightly odd clothes that I like - gypsy skirts and ...er..how would I describe them, sorta velvety faux-medieval ...screw it, hippy clothing! People get given them and it's really not their thing so they get quietly sent off to charity shops in brand new condition. S'great.
Also good for jeans. I hate most of the 'orrible stretchy slimline jeans that Penneys and Dunnes seem to sell at the moment. Charity shops are pretty good for finding jeans made of actual denim rather than..elasti-crap.0 -
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