[WHAT TO EXPECT]
The place is huge. Simply ginormous. But the actual place customers can access is only a small part of the warehouse. When my friends and I arrived around 4pm on a Saturday, the parking lot was mostly full.
Inside, we notice blue bins on one side of the space full of clothes. There are carts lining the sides. They are actually "owned" by the customers and they have covered them with some cloth to mark that they are taken. One family was sitting in the middle of the floor eating sandwiches. And their son was playing with a toy train set he had brought.
After maybe 20 minutes, customers were lining up next to a door and we wondered why. But it's bc people wait for new shipments of blue bins to arrive and want to be the first ones to go through them
After about an hour, workers start carting new blue bins to the other half of the empty room. Once it's full, we're told to wait behind the line (what line? we're not sure). And there are nearly 40-50 people all waiting in anticipation. I felt the impatience of all the customers and once we're given the OK, people spring towards the other end of the room towards the new bins.
For most of the customers, waiting for new bins is a whole day task. Experienced customers have brought gloves and masks. Because when you go through the clothes, sometimes you encounter underwear or strange liquids. There's dust lining the bottom of the bins.
There are some good finds if you're looking for oversized sweaters and tshirts. I did find a Madewell shirt. But name brand items are fairly rare. Most of the clothes are from Target brands or unknown brands.
There is a section for books, but they're mainly filled with outdated books.
[PRICE]
The cost for everything is amazing. I paid $2.63 for a Madewell shirt, sweater and future ugly sweater.
[What to bring]
Bring gloves! and maybe a mask but that's not super necessary.