There was a time. Back before Wal-Mart and Target supplied us with endless aisles of crappy brand new junk, in the name of saving money. When there were two types of purchases, new and used. New tended to be good quality and retail price. Used tended to be the same stuff, but a little, well, used. Because of that condition, the price was lower.
That was a time when I had less money, had recently moved to the Akron area and was glad to listen to any ideas the wife had to save some money on plates, cups, small furniture, etc. Abbey Ann's was one of the places that got some of my hard earned jack.
You have to be selective. But you can find nice stuff, at a great price. Tonight, we were looking for large shutters to use as room dividers in our house. Stopped in at Abbey's on a lark and sure enough, they had them. Exactly what we wanted. The wife thinks we paid about a third of what one would have cost new, for all three.
I do agree that the Cuyahoga Falls Ave store was the better of the two, but it appears to be closed.
Oh, and the smoke is still there.