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Salvation Army
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Category: Shopping Centers [Edit]
Neighborhoods: Northeast Portland, Central Eastside200 SE Martin Luther King Blvd
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 235-7806
5 reviews for Salvation Army
Great thrift store that puts the Goodwill and Value Village to shame. I found myself spending over five dollars a shirt at the Good Will and Value Village......I realized I could buy a brand new five dollar shirt at Ross.
This Salvation Army is great because the average price for a shirt is around $1.00 - $2.00. This makes WAY MORE SENSE for a used clothing store.
You can also find household appliances, shoes, furniture, sporting equipment, bedding.....toys...books, CDs and VHS.
The Salvation Army, simply put, makes getting rid of all my old shit really easy. In stark contrast to Good Will and others, when I show up at the Salvation Army with a shitty old book case, I don't have to wait in line, I don't have to work really hard to get an employee's attention, and I don't have to do all the heavy lifting myself. The folks who work here are friendly, helpful and eager to make this whole old shit donation process as easy as possible.
There's a catch, though. While the Salvation Army is a great place to get rid of old shit that nobody wants, giving them your old shit lends support to an organization that discriminates against sexual minorities, tacitly supported apartheid for decades, and spends much of its donated resources proselytizing to otherwise well meaning, non-Christian folks in Third World countries.
To reconcile these conflicted interests, when I get rid my old shit at the Salvation Army, I make sure it's *really* shitty. So shitty that I can't even get rid of it by putting out on the corner with a "free" sign and posting it on craigslist.
The good:
A great wooden kitchen table for only $40
Lots of "alone time" with the clothes, since you'll probably be one of three people there.
The bad:
Annoying location, big store, but not such a huge selection, and even though it's fun to work for your thrift store find, not this much!
The ugly:
The neighborhood- not so hot. Bring a friend.
Christen is totally correcto - the furnishings area is large and in charge. The rest of the selection is lacking. Its a very small store, especially compared to the other warehouse places nearby.
I have the feeling this place doesn't quite have the volume of donations, or the turnover, that the nearby Goodwill does. And being older, it's a little more run-down. But that guarantees a somewhat more authentic thrift store experience (a rare thing these days, if you ask me): the clothes rack is not picked over, so you can find some truly strange and wonderful stuff. A large home funrishings section -- good for stocking up on dishes. Most of the furniture I've seen here has been a bit dated and pricey, but it's still a location worth checking if you need a new couch or dresser.
