Durham Rescue Mission Thrift Store

"Why are prices too high when the clothing has been used and abused?? Lower those prices to make it affordable for many with low incomes during this inflation!! Durham thrift store is not a retail store with new items for prices to be high!!! IT IS TIME FOR MANY TO STOP SHOPPING HERE so that prices can decrease!!!"

"This used to be my favorite store. No more. Today, I found the prices high and lots of stained, damaged items (trash). $7 for adult shirt, $10+ for dresses, $20+ for coats. Many dishes were chipped and missing pieces- today I found teapots with no lids, $3 electric kettle with no cord, $5 French coffee press with no glass carafe, a $20 soup tureen lid only, a salt shaker missing it’s partner, $10 dented tarnished silver tray, $5 set of wall sconces with one broken glass shade. Lovely $8 cashmere with 8 moth holes, a $8 wool skirt with coffee stains. I came for sweaters and artwork/decor. The artwork is faded and water damaged, many sweaters had holes, stains and piling but were still $8+. I always bought something in the past, today I left with absolutely nothing. You will find name brands- LL Bean, Limited, etc. but they will be high and damaged. Soooo many items that are trash or should be in the bargain bin due to damage, damage, damage. So many great non-profit thrifts in the secondhand game with more reasonable prices and good-quality items- go visit one of them!"

"The prices here are absolutely insane at this point. 99$ for a stained, worn armchair? 129$ for a small breakfast table from Ikea that you can basically get brand-new for thr same price? 100$ for a round veneer kitchen table that everyone's grandmother had in her kitchen in the 80s? Don't even get me started on clothing and shoes. You have to dig through huge masses of inventory, the vast majority is fast fashion brands that are very worn, stained and damaged and the price is often more than a comparable item costs at Target. Thrift shopping here has become very unattractive. The staff is often not very helpful and repetitive church music is a bit intense in a town as diverse as Durham. I've been coming here less frequently this year and today might just have been my last visit. It's no longer worth it."

"Huge selection of clothes, furniture, and appliances. Staff was very nice and I was able to find a dresser and pick it up later that evening without any issue"

"I've frequent this location many times & today it was total trash. I get the cause, 100% donations & everything but....I don't know who's running the show there but 90% of the miscellaneous items in the back were broken, chipped, cracked & not worth a dime, not to mention so unorganized. I was astounded to see the ridiculous prices on the "used & worn out" furniture. I've shopped at 3 different Durham Rescue Missions locations & this one, by far, is not worth the trip."