Community Threads

Love this store. Organized and clean first of all. Decent selection of clothes for all groups. A lot of house hold items and nick nacks. Game section is awesome. Some sports stuff. A lot of books decent prices.
Kick nacks are great too. Many Pinterest potentials here as well. Have fun

It’s your typical thrift store but with a little more morals and a little more jazz. I do like what they stand for unlike the typical goodwill or whatever those other one’s are named (it’s super early in my world right now, lol).
They are non profit and all the money that they make is donated, but get this, the whole staff are made up of volunteers! How great is that and it’s a great way to give back. The location is very spacious and it’s actually bigger on the inside then how it looks on the outside. The staff at the counter are very friendly.
Check them out, you might find a hidden treasure or a pot of gold and if you do please share! I am always a Unilocal away.

Bright and clean, and I always find an armful of must have items.
This is a thrift store, and it’s wares are entirely dependent on donations. If you don’t find something you liked this week, there will be more inventory next week. No two items are the same, and items move rapidly.
My favorite sections are:
Knick knacks: tons of pretty little things to collect and cherish.
Jewelry: They have several sections of jewelry, and I like to pursue it to grab a couple cheap necklaces.
Purses: Tons of great finds here too
Shoes: Note — there is a boot section at the back. Lots of lightly used shoes, for fantastic prices
Clothes: — very nicely organized by color and size. You’ll find a large selection.
The only con is that this place is a little more than say, Salvation Army. This place is cleaner though, and the volunteer staff is always friendly and helpful.
Anyway, check it out! I love this place.

Found some great baby clothes here! Baby clothes are organized by size and gender– way more organized than the bins of kids clothes at goodwill. Clean too! Definitely worth a visit! Extra perk– they support awesome organizations!

I like that all tops are the same price. I found nice cashmere sweater for 3.99! It’s worth looking through vast racks of clothes.

I drove over on my lunch break. I would have rather gone elsewhere. The lighting is terrible, the prices too high, and the clothes are way out dated. I won’t go again.

I visited this store again, and I still think it can be a bit expensive, especially for «juniors» style clothing. However, I was sort of was wishing I could transplant this store to Vancouver after this visit. I am not quite sure how I am going to get my new rolling closet ($ 20) to Whistler, but I shall do it, eventually. There was also a narrow shelf that would be great in small space (always useful), and another cute dress that was 10 dollars.
It is always hard to rate thrift stores because the merchandise is so variable, but I definitely think the strongest areas here are in the furniture, housewares, art (which is nicely displayed so it doesn’t get damaged), and dress departments. (However, I did not look menswear and I only glanced at the children’s department briefly.)
I also noticed this store sells mattresses. They looked new, but are, apparently, recycled. They claim these are as clean or cleaner than new mattresses. They are made by a company with «Chicago» in the name (I hope it’s local). I didn’t quite understand how you would judge the firmness, which the most important part of mattress, but it was intriguing. If I was looking at buying a mattress in this area, instead of in Vancouver, I would consider it. I think the soft surfaces are new and the hard elements have been recycled, but I not completely sure. I have never considered a «used» mattress, but a «recycled» one might be a possibility. I like the idea anyway.
They also seem to be having a lot of sales here on my last visit. The only issue is it is that a little hard to keep up with these sales unless you like their Facebook page or give them your email. Usually, I am not really into thrift sale items, unless I want the item in question anyway, I’m not buying it. Since the «juniors» and «moderate» brands are more expensive here though, it actually may make some items more appealing to me.
I still wish they would get rid he pricing system, because used Old Navy is not the same as used Ann Taylor, but it is a pleasant shopping experience. The place also get points from me for the recycled mattresses, because that is really different. It’s definitely worth a look, if you like thrift or resale stores.
It’s on the same street as the Salvation Army, Goodwill, and Lucille’s. Rand Road in Arlington Heights is turning into a small thrift store row. If you like books, you can start further a little further up the road in Palatine and hit the Half-​Price Books too.

Great thrift store that I gladly drive out of the way for every month or so.
An extensive furniture/​housewares and clothing selection with highlights that include: a well-​organized jewelry area including a whole wall of vintage clip ons for 50cents to ²⁄₃ bucks, lots of glassware sets in addition to singles, large kids area (including clothing and furnishings), a discount area in back with two rows of goods severely discounted.
Store is huge and extremely well-​organized.

It’s big, with spacious dressing rooms! Prices are set and not too shabby for the cute selection they have. Thank the lord for no thrift store smell! I left with a few cute pins, a deck of cards to decorate my wall with, and some tights for a cosplay. I will definitely be coming back!

I stopped by this place after seeing the great reviews on Unilocal and they didn’t disappoint! Their selection is great, the prices are very fair and the employees/​volunteers were all very friendly and helpful.

I really enjoy shopping here everything is nicely organized and the people are very friendly.

i am very new to the world of thrift stores. Have been coming to this location mainly for donation drop offs and have ventures in browsing
right after. While now that Community Threads took the place over from Salvation Army the place is brighter and looks better.
However, my main «beef» with this location is their «tested» item stickers on household, electronic and toys. My daughter has picked up a few toys from there and none of them have worked once we brought them home and put batteries in them. My last toy purchase was a Bopit. The battery compartment was so mengled that we could not even put batteries in them. How is it that they could have «tested» this item then? Their policy is boldly displayed at the cash registers «No refunds/​No Exchanges»
i did comment on their facebook page and they promptly took my post down, but they did send me a message stating that certain items need batteries to work. Wow, how did I make it through life without knowing this!!!
Their «designer» section is just silly! Since when Lord and Taylor’s own brand qualify as a designer? $ 8.99 for a well used, streched out Ann Taylor sweater?
Their kid’s section is very limted and items are in very poor condition. Their houseware items are very overpriced (close to HomeGood’s prices).
So, skipping this store from now on!

Great service and clean store. I was looking for some furniture and the selection they had was of good quality.