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| - So I came to this Red White and Blue with high hopes of thrift store mecca, and I will get to how I left empty handed and in tears. First, I'll walk you through my experience.
This place is pretty large, and relatively clean, with a nice parking lot. The racks are packed with clothes - and I mean, hard to move the hangers because there is so much stock, which can be a pro or a con depending on how you like it. I found it a bit cumbersome since although the clothes are organized by type (dress vs. blouse) there is NO size separation. In a place this huge, it takes quite a long time to find what you're looking for without the size separation. But, I'm not one to abandon a bargain because I don't want to look around (after all, that is what its all about), so I gave a good 30 min-45 and got a handful of garments to try on. (I would typically spend a few hours, but I was trying to spare a friend not as keen on secondhand garments). With my carefully extracted finds I searched in vain for a fitting room, never to find one. After asking the staff where it was, I had to take a seat and leave my jaw dropped for a while because THERE IS NO FITTING ROOM!
I couldn't take this fact into my brain, and although there were some household items I wanted to go back and buy, I was too upset to continue. (Sidenote: yes, I can understand how this can work for the RWB, but imho it is unforgivable, and I wish there was at least some warning before spending my time searching for a bargain when I couldn't even see if it would fit).
I would recommend this store if you are looking for something specific secondhand especially for dishes, or older electronics, or even beauty products. There was even a used Nikon SLR with a wide angle lens ($200 though)!
But if you plan on buying a sundress, and don't plan on stripping down in front of your fellow thrifties, you'd better be confident in your purchase. RWB is just like any other thrift store, and you can't return or exchange your items, so you'd be out of luck and out of money.
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