Mt Carmel Shop

"I've been coming to this store since I was 10 years old and always found cool knick knacks for a good price. I've been on the hunt for a few new film cameras and figured they would possibly have some here. I went in and asked if they had any film cameras and the volunteer working there showed me to a back room with a pile of old cameras. I sorted through them and found a few I was willing to buy without testing in hopes that they even worked. I assumed they would be cheap, as I've never spent much on anything at Mt. Carmel. I picked a few at random that had buzzwords such as Zeiss lens, which I know are quality lenses. When I go to check out, the volunteer working there lets me know that the woman that prices is not in and to leave my name on a shred of paper with my phone number. I do so and leave, without hearing a word for a few days. I then followed up a few days later as I was only in town for a bit. I am told I'll have someone follow up with me soon. The volunteer that originally showed me the cameras then calls me up and tells me he looked up the value of the cameras I chose (which happens to be worth hundreds of dollars, which was not to my knowledge). The volunteer plays a cat and mouse game of calling me for days on end (sometimes early in the morning) and texting me without giving me a solid price on the cameras I originally was interested in. He was looking for a few hundred for these cameras which were not tested, and had no way of being tested. It felt super unprofessional on the volunteers part. I felt excited and got my hopes up that I found a great camera to take on my adventures at a decent price, as I recently have gotten back into photography. I am bummed that it ended up like this, and I hope he makes the money he was hoping to from someone on the internet instead of someone thats been going to Mt. Carmels for years."

"Wow! Great bargains and new stock in all the time. Just picked up a brand new, high qualit,y ice pack - for a song. NYTImes Best sellers...fun clothes and greeting cards for every event. Tons of Kitchen items...lovely staff...so sweet. Love it!"

"If your joy is to rummage around in thrift shops, you might like this one. Not super cheap, but lovingly organized by the volunteers who work here. And a few treasures to be found among the typical bric-a-brac. (Bring cash!)"

"Lady at the front accused me of not having any money at check out, no matter how many times I told her that I didn't know it was cash only. Tried embarrassing me in front of other people. Besides all of that it's too pricey for a thrift shop. You'll probably find better deals at Ross."