I had a buffalo exchange store credit and we decided to stop by on our way home from Salem. They have a great selection of unique pieces for both genders, including some higher and brands. Prices are OK, but definitely not a thrift store experience. Downstairs has more footwear, other clothing, and some cool vintage pieces. There's a fitting room for you to try on your fines before purchasing. The luxury and super high end brands are behind the counter. I ended up buying Shacket and a cute keychain/purse, pal. I had enough money on my credit to cover everything, but merchandise credit can't be applied to tax, which was a bummer. So I have a dollar left on it! Lol. Street parking is available, and it's located in a cool college town with plenty of other restaurants and small shops. If I were in the area again, I'd stop by here. read more

Buffalo Exchange - Trying some pieces on. - Women's Clothing Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Sunday thrift day! We visited Buffalo Exchange's Brookline location for the first time a few days ago & had great success foraging, so we decided to give the Davis Sq. location a gander today since we were lurking around the area anyways. This location is quite large, with two floors of clothes + goodies. Prices are fair. I found that this Buffalo Exchange has more fast fashion pieces compared to the Brookline store, so I would say that I had more luck at their other location. I didn't find much that caught my eye but will definitely visit more in the future. Hopefully next time I will have more luck haha. Parking can be found on Elm St; Meter parking spots! read more

Buffalo Exchange - They have two floors ! - Women's Clothing Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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Good selection of used clothing and accessories. I was there to sell some of my clothes; they took a small portion for a quarter of the price. Not sure what the selection criterion is... read more

On route around Boston to find good thrifts. This store def has different style of clothing and less selection of shoes I personally target, more females shoes at this location. There are two floors, so you can check out downstairs too. They seem to be constantly buying and the staff were nice and trucking around bins to put pieces out on the floor. Didnt find anything personally here but the shop is overall clean and organized. In a busy area parking on Sunday was a breeze. read more

Buffalo Exchange - Women's Clothing Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

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I love to shop there, especially for my cuff bracelets. The staff are wonderful extremely helpful and attractive

They must be joking offering 9$ for the 600$ luxury item with the tags still on!!! Omg!

Lily was amazing. Helped me and my mom find lots of cool stuff. Please check it out and ask for Store Manager Kenny.

I prefer this location to their Brookline one, but it's still fast fashion galore. Otherwise, it's neatly organized, with dressing rooms on the lower level. The employees were friendly, and I was able to sell most of the clothes I brought. read more

Serena was such a lovely help with outfits--dressed me up and out--best buffalo in massachusetts

the staff was really nice and efficient , i don't take anything personally if they don't want to buy clothes it's up to their discretion but i felt robbed after i got home. i was paid 17.50 when they bought a brand new dollskill dress with the tags on that's worth $80 a $60 unworn skirt and multiple other items they also tried to offer me $20 for a $200 brand new juicy one piece which equals to like $12 i'd make from the sale with their weird percentage system lol i took it back. i honestly wish i didn't sell my nice items to them and severely regret it. it was over an hour drive there and back , i had to haul my big bags in on a 11 minute walk due to the lack of parking , i think i spent the amount i made in gas 1000% not worth the hassle the seller experience is nice but unless you want to get robbed maybe choose somewhere else read more

Have found some really lovely pieces here, but only on occasion ! Will say that the collection is more fast fashion than one would hope given that it's a consignment store The women's sections are also quite disorganized / their clothing racks tend to be overly stocked The men's section seems to be less fast fashion oriented and offers better vintage options Decently friendly staff ! read more

Really cool people and pretty nice finds. They gotta be hiring these employees based on their fashion style lol

Not to be confused with Buffalo Sexchange, which is where you can get your gender re-assigned. It's a consignment store, unfortunately, not a re-assignment store. Oh well. Pretty cute consignment shop in Somerville close to Boston which has a lot of hipsters coming here and it's not cheap - but then neither is anything in this area and if you get over the pricing, they actually have some really cool stuff - especially for people that live in these neighbourhoods and want to be cool and trendy. Definitely one of the better consignment shops in the area that I've been in, although I haven't been in that many. Comprable to some of the ones in Brooklyn actually and in terms of prices as well. read more

Buffalo Exchange - Let's exchange numbers. Mine is a Buffalo number. - Women's Clothing Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Good selection. I will say a lot of the clothes appeared to be donated by stores who couldn't sell it as they were new and the exact same, but would rather have them here than a landfill! Big selection. Didn't totally understand the organization but that's what makes it fun! read more

This review is for selling only/closet clean out. I've been back again in January 2021 and March 2021. The process is different now, they will go through the clothes at the store at the time of your appointment. They've been backed up with appointments before so i had to wait 30 min until they looked through my bag. The first time they went through the clothes in front of me. The second time, the girl said she would call me over when she would go through my items as there was bag in front of me; she never did. I told her I would be browsing on the same floor and it was not busy in the store at the time. I had to ask another worker when I saw my bag on the floor and there was a sticky note noting I got about $20. Masks are required in the store. They are very picky on. I just try to sell what I can and donate the rest. read more

I sold merchandise at the Somerville location yesterday. The manager Hope assisted in this selling process. She was very kind, attentive, and knowledgeable with the store policies and processes which I was interested in. If an item was questionable she would kindly explain with reason. I must say Hope and the entire staff are very welcoming and friendly. It makes it a pleasureable experience when shopping at this location. Hope leads by example which we need more of...especially in the retail world today. read more

I am a big buffalo exchange fan and this store was fantastic! Serena was a positive energy and a joy to speak with and help me around the store. So many great items to choose from. Will definitely be back! read more

Such friendly staff!! Been coming here for years. As a queer man who loves to play both sides of the clothing store binary, I appreciate Buffalo Exchange's encouraging funky vibe. Helps me creatively stretch both my "passing" wardrobe as well as my rainbow unicorn romp looks. Went in today to find a sexy playful fierce femme outfit for a party coming up. When I asked at the register for assistance creating a look, Sophia asked on-point clarifying questions and then sent me to Serena, who gave me some clear empowering suggestions about skirts, both style and sizing, and set me loose. Such a pleasure! read more

Buffalo has taken a fair amount of my clothes helping me rack up probably ~$300-$400 in store credit over the years. They explain really well why they won't accept some stuff. There were a handful of times they took nothing and that is absolutely normal. If you're going to sell here have zero expectations. Don't get all butthurt that they didn't like x or y as all the low ratings mention. It's usually a hit or miss but that's how shopping goes. The people that work here are nice. I will say that the prices did go up. I did find a cute dress that was unfortunately stained and tried to get a price reduction. Only got $2 off. I don't think management is encouraged to negotiate prices. If this was not a chain it might have been differently. read more

Incredible service! Serene was gorgeous perfect awesome amazing and super helpful. She literally did a live fashion show for us!

had a fantastic experience with Serena, who was super kind and helpful! the clothing variety was great. although buffalo is a bit pricey compared to other thrift stores, it was curated very well and I wanted to try on half the store. this is my new favorite location, staff is amazing, and I WILL be returning!! read more

Read before you waste your time here‼ Great sesspool! what a horrible useless waste of tax money space and revenue to keep that dump in business! there was stains all over the floor. Somebody asked to leave and go outside and throw up in front of customers ass I was told there was going to be a 20 minute wait when it's really a 24 minute wait what a horrible place on earth they should've just puked on me. I would've just felt the same way like everyone else that walks into that sewage! and that's the real reason you have to wear a mask because this place is so disgusting that you have to wear a mask to deal with these idiots! then they tell me to go to another store, they treat me like I'm almost as ugly as they are business! because I feel like a toilet plunger for walking in that place! I will never go there ever again! YUCK!!!! read more

They recently added a new vintage shelf in the middle of the store with a variety of clothing. I usually get tired of looking through different racks of items but this rack prevented that (it also had the cutest stuff)! read more

This is a review for selling. It's as bad as all of the other reviewers say it is. You will not be the exception, you will be the rule. I have never encountered people as bad at spelling names and emails and taking down phone numbers on the phone as the associates here. I made an appointment to drop off clothes and was sent an email confirmation. When I dropped off clothes, they somehow had lost my email and made me tell them again. When they never emailed me as promised, I called them again, and they claimed they hadn't had my email address. I'm not sure how. I dropped off around 40 very nice items including top brands like of jeans like sevens and citizens. I received 20 dollars. I think they lost my account and just sent me a random amount. Impossible to verify because they won't tell you. Save your time and just donate the clothes. You'll feel better about yourself and you won't have to talk to them on the phone. I would have paid 20 dollars to not do this. read more

While the selection at Buffalo Exchange left something to be desired, the service was amazing. A worker who was stocking the women's section downstairs - Gloria - went out of her way to help me and my girlfriend find clothes that suited each of our styles. She was attentive to our needs and used her knowledge of both the clothing they had in inventory and fashion trends to find us articles we were excited to purchase. read more

loveeee love love this buffalo exchange, kenny is the tits, he's so helpful and kind:)) this buffalo exchange always has what i'm looking for and more xxx u cannot missss her read more

Buffalo Exchange - this cool guy - Women's Clothing Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Brought in a lot of relatively unworn items. Only thing they wanted was a pair of jeans that was embroidered all over with mushrooms. This pair of jeans had a tag on for $198. They offered me $20 and told me they didn't want anything else because of the "condition". As I mentioned previously 90% of the stuff was worn once or not at all. This was actually a humiliating experience because I would never try to sell anything in bad condition as I am a decent person with standards. Anyway, don't go here to be treated poorly by the unfashionable people they hire. They literally sell stuff from target and refuse free people. read more

This review is for selling only. They are really choosy about what they take. I came here with some clothes that Raspberry Beret had rejected, hoping that Buffalo Exchange would take them, and they looked through all the items and didn't take a single thing, saying that they only take items that are representative of current trends and demand. The buyer was pretty nice when dealing with me, but she was a little weird about it when I asked if I could look around while waiting my turn. She said that if I wasn't physically sitting in the line then I'd lose my spot (insert eyeroll emoji). read more

I was there yesterday there was a line to sell clothes a woman walked in . And she wanted to sell also she insisted about being help before anyone waiting in line to sell because there was quite a few people in line waiting. And she didn't want to wait in the long line . But the man the the counter told her come up when there was already people waiting and n line to be next. read more

This review is for both buying and selling. Selling: the staff is too preoccupied with gossiping about who's getting fired downstairs (looking at you, guy with orange-dyed hair) to pay attention to any items that they are "examining". Claimed they don't sell sneakers when examining a once-worn, perfect condition pair of adidas shoes. Completely ignored multiple new with tags lululemon and madewell items. (I had bought them pre-COVID and then gained a bunch of COVID weight, so they really hadn't even had a chance to be worn yet.) Buying: maybe it's my age, but I found the excessive amount of cropped tops and sweaters to be frustrating. I understand that's what's trendy right now, but there were practically no normal length tops or sweaters to be found. This may be fine for students and the like, but some people like to be able to look in thrift stores for work-appropriate clothing. As others have mentioned, the stuff that does make it on the floor is often either overpriced ($28 for a forever 21 denim jacket?) or in poor condition or both. Bottom line: it's clear that the store is being run by a bunch of college-age kids who are less concerned about what customers want to shop for and more concerned about chatting it up behind the register. read more

Five stars for buying, more like 2-3 for selling. This review is on the selling. There's no system so when 10 people walk in, there's no space for a line leaving everyone confused as to who's next in line. There are five chairs so you can sit while you wait unless there are more people there to sell (like today). They really need to come up with either a numbering system where you take a ticket when you walk in to sell, or put tickets on bags with people's names and phone #'s and they'll call you when they're done or almost done with your stuff. I didn't expect to sell much out of my huge duffel bag, but I sold even less than expensive. Some were rejected based on wear, which I understand, some were rejected because they're looking for the latest trends and apparently my stuff wasn't trendy enough. I can't really argue with that either, but it doesn't make you feel like you have great taste, and waiting in "line" for 45 minutes was kind of a waste. TLDR: They give you 50% of the selling price if you take store credit (I'll take it) or 30% of the selling price if you want cash, but don't accept most items. read more

This is a review for selling. Do not go there. It is a complete rip-off. Beautiful spring sandals and shoes presented this am in Somerville after much ado about registration, phone number, email address, text reminders and the like. The amount offered was ridiculous. I accepted it so that it would pay for my meter and and cup of coffee at Diesel! I agree with Alexandra's review. Just give your stuff away to Big Brother/Big Sisters or wherever you chose. You will feel good, they pick up at your place, and they thank you. read more

Never sell at this location again! It said on the website that they want sweaters for the fall, brought sweaters to the store and was told it's still summer and they don't want sweaters. Out of 30 items they only took and make made me waited for over 40 mins. Very disappointed. read more

The girl was new and poorly trained. Didn't even look at my clothes. Brand new sneakers purchased the day before described as "worn". Will give it one more try, but then I think it's back to Offerup. read more

Used to love this place-- was always a perfect spot for affordable finds on unique and fun clothes. But had a bad experience yesterday that was just enough to make me boycott it forever. Bought a dress here for a friend for $12, and asked the cashier if I could return it if it didn't fit her. She said yes, but it would be for store credit only. No problem! So I left Boston to visit my friend in NH and gave her the entire lot of the $60 I spent on clothes for her, and the one dress didn't fit. So once I got back from NH and tried to return the dress (tag still on), the manager said no because I was two days past the VERY short 5 day return policy. She said "we are a small retail store and have this return policy so that we can stay in business." They are a chain and have stores all over the ENTIRE country--- it's not a small independently owned mom and pop! I didn't argue with her. If she wants to lose a regular customer that spends hundreds of dollars a year at this one location plus all the clothes I sell there... That's fine. Customer service is EVERYTHING to me, and to turn me away over a $12 credit/exchange showed me how much I was worth as their customer. read more

Ok, at this point even the buying experience here has deteriorated. I have like $100 in store credit from selling, but this store is stocked with such trash that I'll probably never use it. It's impossible to browse without triggering an avalanche of clothing because the racks are overstuffed, and besides the ultra cheap brand names (which I acknowledge as par for the course with a place like this), the clothes are simply in unacceptable condition - pilling, torn, stained, and smelly. For a brief moment I thought I found a simple, long-sleeved collared shirt in decent shape...but in the dressing room realized it was missing multiple buttons. Honestly, if you're willing to search through piles of questionable clothes, go to Goodwill (and I say this having a genuine appreciation of Goodwill - you'll find great stuff at great prices, it's just a needle in a haystack situation). Or if you're looking for something slightly higher-end and want someone else to curate the selection, try Swank Seconds. But Buff Exchange is just a hot mess. read more

I've been coming to this Buffalo Exchange for a few years. I don't always find something and that's okay. Out of the 3 secondhand stores in Davis (Buffalo Exchange, Thrive, Goodwill), BE is definitely the most organized and my style. Prices are a little higher than the other two. Items are sorted by size (thank you!!). Some items do get misplaced so you might want to do *some* digging, but it's a lot more manageable imo. Bring your own bag! read more

I came to Buffalo Exchange with two duffel bags full of clothing items (pants, shorts, shirts, dresses), shoes, and purses, most of which were very lightly used and some of them not at all (hence why I was selling them...). A large portion of these items were also well known brand names. They spend not even 5 minutes looking through the entirety of the two bags of items and told me that they were not going to buy even one of those items. They are literally selling tie dye tshirts but will not buy back even one item that I brought in. Personally I find it hard to believe that you could come to a reasonable conclusion on all of these items, 45 in total, in the span of maybe 5 minutes if I'm being generous. If I didn't know better, I would say that the people working the store didn't want to be bothered to use any amount of integrity or work ethic to thoroughly evaluate the items they were given and decided just to toss aside the whole collection. It's not my fault that the store is busy, but as someone who has worked through busy shifts in customer service, you still need to put your best foot forward and do your job properly. And just to add a final comment, they weren't very nice either. After telling me they were going to buy no items, I was obviously surprised, so after taking my time to respond in a calm voice and ask why I was met with snarky remarks. They need to get over themselves, they are literally selling tie dye tshirts yet they cannot buy a pair of once-worn dress shoes that frankly looked exactly the same as shoes I saw on the display rack. If anyone from this store actually reads this, perhaps the woman who claimed to be helping me who apparently was the manager (completely useless at that), maybe you could try not to be so terrible to people trying to better themselves financially and be able to put a bit more cash in their pocket. This is the nicest I know how to say this; the fact that this is an online public-viewed review is why I have not said the more harsh and true things I would love to say. read more

I suppose it is convenient that you can drop in anytime to give them clothes, however I think it would work better if they set up appointments like other consignment shops, because on busy days like Saturday you end up waiting in line for 20+ minutes, especially if you're standing behind someone who is giving up piles and piles of clothing. Also they didn't even accept my designer Chloe dress... like the dress retailed for over $800. I guess my mistake for thinking it'd be worth it to take to Buffalo Exchange. read more

If you want the sweaty unwashed skirt worn by a college student the night before, then this is your place. I also don't think all the staff there is the Epitome of fashion. They should not be picking out clothes to buy and resell. Eek.This place used to be better quality and have nicer things. read more