Love this thrift store ever since I discovered it. Nice selection of things and everything is…read morepriced well. During COVID-19 they rearranged everything and it looks so nice and clean in there. Always has been great sales also I love how late things are together. The cooking books are by the cooking items. The children books, clothes and toys are all together. The craft items and books are together

St. Joseph's (formerly St. Vincent de Paul) Social Care thrift store has been one of my favorite…read morethrift stores for as far back as I can remember it being there. The people who work there have always been super nice and pleasant, and the prices are reasonable. It's off the main drag so it's kind of a "best kept secret" in Grand Forks. Thrift stores typically aren't long on ambience, and as far as merchandise obviously they don't control what they get, so I look at two factors when deciding if I like the store: charitable impact on the community, and service to the customers. St. Joe's Social Care is particularly concerned with the fight against hunger, so your purchases support the food bank and also help to pay for lunches for kids whose families struggle to afford to feed them during the summer when school is out. For service to the customers, St. Joseph's rates highly due to the logical arrangement of their merchandise. Recently they rearranged their sections and gave the book department its own almost-like room. One thing I greatly appreciate about the St. Joe's book department is that, unlike most of the thrift stores in town, they do a great job of keeping the books organized by subject. Also in this area are the vinyl LPs, several crates of them, in fact. You stand a pretty good chance of coming across a Mantovani album, and an even better chance of finding an Andy Williams or Anne Murray album. Unfortunately, the LPs don't appear to be organized in any way, unlike the books. Since they changed the orientation of the clothing racks, there is actually more room to comfortably browse the racks, and as we all know, the more comfortable it is to browse, the more likely we are to do so, and the more time we spend, and the more stuff we buy, and the more money the store raises for their charity. So that change probably made a greater difference than they may have realized. The one surprising change they made, which I would not have advised and which I do hope they reconsider, is that instead of keeping blazers and other such jackets separate on their own rack, as they used to be, they are now mixed in with long-sleeve tops, so if you want to look for jackets you have to push along through all the tops. It wasn't helpful. It's the only reason I gave St. Joe's four stars instead of five. They'll earn the fifth star after they give blazers their own rack again. Other than that, it's a neat little store, where one can find some wonderful goodies and support an important cause. Disclaimer: I have not been paid or compensated in any way for my honest review of this business.

The Captains have done an absolutely spectacular, sterling job at revamping and reorganizing the…read morethrift store! Wow! What a difference! I love going there! Thumbs up to you, Marsha and Eugene Ware!!

Will not go there again. Went there about 9:55 and the door was unlocked. A store employee started…read moreyelling at us to leave since they were not open yet. We did not really check for hours on the door we assumed with the door open the store is open. There are polite ways to ask us to come back in 5 minutes. You do not have to be rude to a customer. I supported the store above other stores in Grand Forks as a dear friend used to manage a Salvation Army store in another city.

I used to love this thrift store but the new owner has things priced a little high for me. She is…read morevery nice and friendly and fun to talk too usually. $5 for a used book. A lot of things I looked at were $6.97. She was having a sale the last time I went which was good. She has spent a lot of time organizing so it is easy to find things which is a great bonus.

An organized thrift store although not a ton of merchandise here. Have scored a couple cool…read morethings. Not s ton of clothing compared to other stores in GF. Prices are good. I miss the Arc make believe room. That used to be great for finding fun stuff. I wish there was a vintage rack for clothes.

Nice place with various home and clothing items. I loved buying all of my items (sweatshirts,…read morebowls, glass Tupperware, shirt) for a great price. The only Price I didn't like was my orange sweatshirt that was priced at $14.99 which I could have just bought new at that price. The other sweatshirt was $4.99 for the same material so it was confusing. Even At Plato's Closet they wouldn't be charging so high for name brands and this is not even a name brand. I also bought a Gators T for boys at $4.99 which I also thought was a bit much for a thrift store. But I like it anyway so I was willing to pay. I also loved the Pyrex glassware and another glass container along with 2 amazing orange soup or casserole like dish bowls. Just really solid and pretty for only $2 each. Overall a nice experience! And for a good cause. And I love recycling. So good for budgets and the environment.

One of my favorite shops in GF. They organized a couple years ago and so much more organized now…read more Prices are reasonable. Usually different tags are on sale 50% or 75% off. This color goes across all departments which is nice. They get a ton of new merchandise from Target (orange tags). These are occasionally on sale usually special times. My only complaint is that they have nicer jackets hanging near ceiling and it is a pain to ask staff to get them down to see price. If they would put a tag on the bottom of the jacket on the outside I think they would sell more. I also wish they had a vintage rack.

This place hasn't been open for a very long time. Every time I came here for an entire week they…read morewould be closed. They don't post their opening hours or the next time they will open, which is extremely inconvenient for me since I have to drive far. The last time I went my family and I were parked outside of the building and saw the closed today sign. So we decided to look up different antique shops close by and were waiting for two minutes in the parking lot. During those two minutes the owner or someone who worked there opened the door, stuck their head out, and rudely told us "We're closed!!" We felt unwelcome and she was very angry for some reason and had no respect to tell us when they were opening up again or asked if we needed help, just a "go away" attitude. Will not be coming back.

Loved it! My new favorite place to find one of a kind pieces and for a reasonable price! I feel…read morelike they have something for everyone young and old. I am in my twenties and on a budget and found plenty of items that I loved and were in my price range. The only downside is they are only open 4 days a month, I wish they were open more often!

I'm a frequent Goodwill shopper. The good:…read moreThe Grand Forks Goodwill is well stocked, clean and runs an efficient drop off. The bad: #1-this is one of those rare GWs where all sales are final and they don't even offer in store credit for untested electronic equipment. (I bought an "untested PC keyboard") #2-on my visit, the store manager (shorter blond woman in her 40-50's) unfortunately forgot how to interact with customers. Started off by out-loud proclaiming, "I'm not in the mood today!" then coarsely and in a pseudo-confrontational way, pointed out,"All sales are final!" I guess when you're the only GW in town, that's how you treat customers??

The selection was good but the employees were not so great. I get wanting to leave right at 5 when…read moreyou close up but it's incredibly rude to rush customers out the door BEFORE closing time & gossiping amongst your other coworkers. Literally following behind you to lock the door when the time was 4:57.

Poor customer service. They sell items then a week u bring them back and try to resell and they say…read moreits too old, they pick stuff to buy that looks aged and out of style from people they know.

New to area so stopped to check it out. Great recycled clothing. All name brand and extremely…read moreclean. The store is very organized and the customer service is great. You can tell they LOVE their job. If you are looking for inexpensive good quality clothing this is the place. They even buy your gently used clothing for cash or credit to the store. Check it out!

Don't shop here. They sold me a broken swing as working then refused to return my payment for the…read moreitem hours later. Their solution was a store credit...now why would I want to purchase another broken item here? Wow, horrible customer service!