The Salvation Army Thrift Store

Name: The Salvation Army Thrift Store
Address: 1582 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1H8, Canada, V, Canada

3.7/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact The Salvation Army Thrift Store

Address :	1582 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1H8, Canada
Phone :	📞 +9997
Website :	http://www.thriftstore.ca/
Categories :	Clothing store , Non-profit organization , Charity , Consignment shop , Donations center , Vintage clothing store ,
City :	V

1582 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1H8, Canada

Best Non-profit organization in Canada

L	Liam James Weir on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Excellent customer service. Great staff. The new guy at the back, a Filipino guy. I think Roberto is his name. Super guy, very professional, polite. Respectful. More need to be like him. Lots of treasures.
R	Rachel Lai on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I was highly disappointed with my visit to this Salvation Army. The items are very over priced compared to other Salvation Army thrift store locations in the Vancouver area and the racks are overflowing with inventory. If items were priced according to market value, they would sell much more easily. On top of that, one of the staff (maybe a female manager) at the cash desk was very rude. She didn’t process an exchange correctly and as soon as I politely asked her about the discrepancy she became defensive and acted like it was my fault that she had made a mistake. She was overly skeptical of me as a customer and scrutinized each price tag on the items I was purchasing. If you want to discourage return customers, this certainly was the way to do it. I agree with a previous reviewer that the staff at this location are costing it money.
C	Coby Hiccups on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Well a least your money spent here goes to charitable causes unlike that other "village" place.
g	gregles on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Many things are sorely overpriced. And I bought a wall clock that didn't work. I tried to return it, but they wouldn't accept the return. All sales final. However, they used to accept returns on electronics. In many ways, you don't save anything at all buying from here. It turns out that I could have had a brand new wall clock, same size, cheaper elsewhere.
K	Kelly Yu on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Always have nice stuff, always overpriced. There are no diamonds in the rough here. Anything with good brand or has any street value will be expensive here.
D	Dan Dover on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I can't even get in! There is a sign that says please go to the back if you are in a wheelchair. When I go to the back, somebody says that they can try and help me get in, but they still say it is too narrow. I don't want to blame the person at the back, though, as she is probably only working as someone who accepts donations and not someone who is in charge of that store. However, it is very deceptive to tell wheelchair users that they can go in via the back door, but then when they get there they are told no, again, you can't get in. Pull yourself together! Imagine if this was you one day, and you are trying to access your own store.
L	Lola Lucky on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have been visiting this store for the last 8 years, it has always had a good selection of clothing at good prices, as any other thrift shops. But in the last year the prices have come up to the level above the high end Consignment stores like Turn About. Selling Zara used jacket for $75, you can get the same new on sale at Zara for $40. Heavily worn sheepskin coat for $400. Most likely a fake Céline bag for $350. Scratched RayBan glasses for $110 , and so on. QThe staff is incredibly rude. They run this store as a private shop for personal profit, not a charity store. I have witnessed some good clothing and other quality items being taken by the staff from the storage room through the back door and loaded into private vehicles, when I asked to have a look at the jacket with Armani logo - she told me it was not for sale. Seemed quite suspicious
E	Emily Back on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I used to come to this Sal Army on a daily basis, for over a decade too now. I knew the manager by her name and vice versa. However their prices are becoming more and more unreasonable. Everyone I know who shopped here has stopped coming for this reason too, you guys need to do something about it. I mean nearly $400 for Dior heels that you don't know are authentic or not? I looked at a Chanel boy bag there once that was clear as day fake and they were selling it for an insane price. I’ve seen several other things that are very evidently fake. You realize West Van is full of Chinese people with 1:1 replica designer from china right? I get it, but I might as well go to eBay and have authenticity promised or money back. Also if you’re charging that much, you think it would make sense to have a renovation. I just can't seem to find a reason to come to this location anymore unfortunately