Badly Organized Chain Thrift Store
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Because shoes are always on my thrift store shopping list, I prefer a store that saves me time in this department, and because Value Village, like Volume Shoe Source and other discount stores, organizes by size, I’m able to go straight to the shoes most likely to fit me and glance around for the four to six pairs in the style I want. Good Will, for some reason, organizes by style and color. This means that I often have to try several sections (though I’m usually open to different colors and styles, I have no say in my shoe size), and, once there, try on everything I like that seems to approximate my size. So when I’m shopping for shoes, which is usually, this one waste of time is reason enough that I prefer nearly all other thrift stores to Good Will.