Forman Mills

The Forman mills in Lansing is kept up WAAAAY better than this one. clothes are kicked and dragged around the floor and the employees clearly aren’t in a rush to clean things up before customers arrive … like for real… lint and dirt and swept up under the clothing racks???

Forman Mills is really a «bric-​à-​brac» or «knickknack» mills. If you don’t mind this part of town being a bit shady, I would say pop in every once in a while since that place just sells random merchandise.
We found our nephews’ and my brother-in-law’s Christmas presents at their toy department. As we were wrapped up with our shopping trip here in FM, a fight broke out in the back of the store. CPD officers were on site with the manager on duty. Customers really could care less because the line to checkouts was LONG. Nevertheless, all cashiers were available and many registers were open. The line was moving rather swiftly.
If you are paying with a credit card, ensure to have a valid government-​issued photo ID ready. Any retailer cannot take the hit with contested charges and suffer from much shrink due to operational errors.
It is what it is, ladies and gentlemen. You will see some random soda spills on the ground and unfinished coffee cups lying on the shelves. Workers are gonna concentrate on busting shipments, and managers are gonna call police several times a week to keep the store in check. I personally can stand shopping at Forman Mills, as long as I know what to expect.
There’s additional parking at the lot on the corner of Lamon and Le Moyne.

Customer service here is atrocious! Manager Ben was extremely rude! His attitude was appalling! Ford city location. Assumed i was there for an exchange and when i told him i was there for a refund he started throwing his head around and rolling his eyes and huffing and puffing. Then he stormed off and yelled he was going upstairs. I asked for a manager and they told me he was a manager and called security. What?! Unbelievable! Worst service ever. Must not b the first time this happened seeing as soon as they saw i was unhappy a security officer showed up. Ghetto!

I was looking for school uniforms
I didn’t fined nothing I like it
Huge store
Cheap clothes for the family similar like rainbow stores quality
And kind expensive $$
I think kmart, walmart target have better prices on evrething

huge selection, cheap prices but beware: I’ve never seen a worse checkout process.
count on at least 15 – 20 minutes to pay.
sometimes there’s not enough workers back there, sometimes there’s more than enough, either way it doesn’t matter — it’s like they’re contractually obligated to move as slow as possible and never, ever smile or say thank you.
it’s also confusing as to where you go for returns vs where you go to pay for something; an employee will bark at you if you’re in the wrong line, and it’s pretty common for people to cut in one line if the other one’s too long (and it always is).
overall, an F for customer service.

The prices are great for families, perfect for kids and teens. The racks and selections are outstanding. But I have one major issue with this place. They take forever at checkout. I understand a little wait. But waiting until you have literally 30 people in line to add more cashiers is counterproductive and bad for business! HIRE MORE CASHIERS!!!

I like coming her because you never know what your gonna find for a great price, however it is over crowded with clothing that are misplaced in various places and clothing are indeed thrown on the floor and there is always like 1 or 2 cashiers open when its flooded with people. The customer service is decent and the check out lines are horrid… But it does have great clothes!

Huge selection I was able to find a couple of pairs of pants a shirt and a hoodie for under $ 50. Great deals.

After hearing for the longest about the low prices, I decided to check it out. I went twice to give it a chance. Yes, the prices are inexpensive, but the selection is not the best. The ads claim there is a wide variety of clothes, but both times I went to the Austin neighborhood store, I didn’t find what had been advertised. In other words, it’s not much there for adult women. However, I recommend those who have small kids at home or work as nurses/​nurses’ aides go there — they carry a lot of clothes for those groups.

I am rating the Villa Park store!
The store itself has some very nice clothing that I loved! HOWEVER! Today I went to the store to exchange some of my husband’s shirts and everything went well until I found these pair of pants that were under the 50% off rack along with ALL the other same kind of pants. When I went to the register to check out, the cashier told me they were not a red tag price! So the cashier asked some other associate to come and check the price to make sure they were under the red tag, I even walked over to the rack where they were and the associate said «yeah, they are under the red tag» but the other customer service helper refused to take that answer! She called the store manager and the store manager said no to giving me the pants for the sale price! UM… EXCUSE ME! YOUR ASSOCIATES ARE THE ONES THAT PLACED THE PANTS UNDER THE SALE RACK!!! What was even more embarrassing was that there was customer in front of me waiting for something and even she kept saying that they should give me the pants for the sale price since it was under the rack! The cashier kept telling me they should not be there! WELL OKAY! DO I WORK AT THE STORE? NO! MAYBE THEY NEED TO TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE YOU SHOULD NOT FALSE ADVERTISE CLOTHING!!!
I loved the store but today has seriously made me angry! Never tell a customer that they are wrong when even your own associates are proving to you that I am right!
Horrible service today and I am sure those customers that were standing by me agreed since they left!
I am definitely going to be writing a complaint letter to the store!

I’m reviewing the villa park location. It Isn’t on Unilocal yet, anyway what a huge store. Watch out when you walk in, there’s a security tower righ in the middle of the walk way when the automatic double doors open. Poor layout. Hate to admit it, but I almost walked into it.
Seems that the clothing they carry in villa park is targeted to a certain race of people. Should carry more sporting brands like Nike, Adidas, UnderArmor, Puma, Polo. Not everyone likes ghetto-​wear clothing Sean John, SouthPole, Rocawear, LRG…
Every clothing item is pretty much defective in some sort of way, mostly in underwear, socks & T-​shirts. You’ll find a cut tag, a black X on tag less T’s or stamped «irregular». This is because the manufacture rejected the sale of their produced item. Look closely at a shirt that has a cut tag, a sleeve may be 1 cm longer than the other. That’s why it’s so cheap. If it doesn’t bother you then you’ll get a great deal.
The store is messy and the staff seem to make prices up at check out. I bought socks and t-​shirts for work. Some of the things I purchased didn’t have tags. What a nightmare. They’d bring up something that looks alike and charge me that price, kind of wierd? The managers I believe are in black shirts and look as if they came from Reno 911. I wouldn’t even feel comfortable using a credit card. Yeah the store just gives me that feeling.

Let me start by saying that this particular Forman Mills location is
not in the best part of the city.
It is located in the area known as Austin, located in the shopping center
at North Avenue and Cicero.
And, what I had heard about them was that they were on the same
order as a Burlington Coat Factory or a Marshalls so I felt I needed to
check them out for myself.
This location is huge, warehouse sized actually with so many departments
of merchandise, Mens, Womens, Childrens, Shoes, Domestics and a small
Housewares Department as well.
And, okay, I have to admit that I found an XOXO Handbag which I loved
because it was kind of furry and I like furry things so I looked at the price and
it said $ 15.00 and I couldn’t believe how inexpensive it was.
I also bought another handbag/​purse, black leather with fringes because
I like fringes too and that one was a couple dollars more but so completely
worth it.
This store has a huge assortment of clothes for the munchkins in your family/​life,
all at surprisingly low prices.
Actually they have a really great assortment/​selection in every department
from what I saw.
I definitely think that it’s worth the time to look through these departments
because you will find some great deals and you will definitely save some bucks here!
Nice store associates on hand today as well, very courteous and pleasant.
So, in ending, I am pretty thrilled with what I found today at Forman Mills,
and yes, it may be out of the way and you may need to be able to spend
some time looking through the merchandise but it’s my guess you will
find something great.
I sure did.

Ok. So the store itself has items that are in good condition for a great bargain price. However, I regret having to use the bathroom in this place. I could not hold my urine any longer, so I rushed to the bathroom, my aunt and I, and had to have an older lady that works there enter the code to let us in. She was a pleasant African-​American lady but when I tell you her response to what I saw in that bathroom you may rethink that opinion like I did. I went into the bathroom, and I reached for tissue, they were all out. Luckily, my aunt was in the other stall with tissue so she passed me some. But, as I reached back and looked on the other side of the wall, feces was spreaded everywhere! i do mean everywhere! It was sooooooo disgusting. and it really ticked me off. I understand the prices are cheap, but if you are going to lock up the bathroom as if you had it built in gold, please make sure its sanitary first. The worst bathroom experience in a public place in my life!!! I will never ever use a bathroom in this place again! I told the woman after I came out that feces was all over the walls in there. She chuckled! You work there… either clean it or do something about it. as disgusting as it was… if that was my place of employment and a worker came to me and said such a thing. I would definitely do something about it. But, I guess she didn’t think the same. Also, the lines are too long… the employees are not fully aware of their products and aren’t really good at helping indecisive customers at all. By me coming in not knowing what I want, this should have been a huge selling point for them​.instead​.it was an epic fail. Geez! I’m lucky to have given them a 2. If this review was solely based on store appearance and customer service, they’d be getting a 1.

They may have some good clothes under the piles and racks of outdated b.s. this store is great for retired men that wanna look young

If you can get over the guilt that almost everything in this store is priced as low as it is because it’s almost all from China, then you can find some major bargains here.
As far as mens’ clothes go, they have tons of basic things. Button-​down shirts and jeans are all gigantic sizes.
However, prices are just a little bit more than a thrift store, so for some items, it’s worth it. Unfortunately, some displays have items in giant piles, such as for hats, gloves, socks, scarves, etc.
I did score a Thinsulate hat and glove combo for $ 6, six-​pack of Hanes socks for $ 4, and almost bought a pair of orange Sperry Topsiders for $ 29.
Keep in mind, this place is also cheap because everything was bought in bulk. It’s warehouse-​sized, and I am grateful I came at night when crowds were thin.
The location isn’t that great, but if you’re out driving on Cicero Ave or North Ave, it’s worth a stop.

Biggedy bam, mutha flowers! I found the «new AJ Wright» (god rest its soul) and it’s the obnoxiously red and yellow painted building on the corner of North and Cicero Avenue!
This store opened a few months ago and it looks so strange from the outside –like a big warehouse that would sell industrial materials or something. I had been afraid to go in there because the neighborhood is a bit rough in them thar’ parts, but it was my boyfriend’s birthday and I wanted to treat him to a gift. He too is mourning the loss of his favorite store (AJ Wright) so I was hoping to give him a double bday present –the hope that he has found an equitable replacement *and* an actual gift. He acted as my bodyguard and we braved the deary, rainy elements to venture out to that part of the city.
I was actually really impressed! It was very AJ-​Wright-​ish but actually kinda better because it wasn’t all chaotic and disorganized. They actually had a bunch of cute stuff. Tons of cute T-​shirts, jeans, purses and (ooooooh snap!) ladies, –I found my funky shoe place once again! –And I’m embarrassed to say I added two more pairs to my ridiculous collection!
The crowd was cool too. There is a well built (and handsome!) security guard in the front and a bunch of regular old people –lots of families, diversity. I even got a compliment on the shoes I was wearing by one of the sales clerks (I made sure to credit –you guessed it –AJ Wright). It was a great experience! Cashier Tammy was very nice too and even alerted the Supervisor when I asked if there was a damaged merchandise discount (there is-​10%) since the shoes in my size were a little beat up but I still liked them! Total damage? $ 38.93 for two pairs of shoes and a funky belt.
So glad I checked it out! This could be a dangerous habit being on the way home from work and all but I’m gonna try to resist the daily temptation! (But, of course, give in once in a while!!! LOL)