Amvets Thrift Store

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I can’t say enough about Amvets Thrift Store! This is the one down the road from the Galleria so I pretend I’m going to the Galleria but I go here and save money. There store’s a little messy right now, but there prices aren’t! They have more then other thrift stores, but they dont organize cloths by color so those can be harder to browse but there’s more. They have cloths and book’s and toys and nick nacks and furniture and records and old binders. I just found a nutcracker that is so awesome a lady stopped me to say how awesome it was and I bought it for $ 3! Now that’s a deal. Barely used. Gramma buys alot of her cloths here, but I don’t let her buy her underwear here because thats kind of creepy. Best for fancy dresses, furniture, and weird finds.
PROS: Lots of cool cheap stuff.
CONS: They shouldn’t put so much on a rack because you cant browse and board games should be kept away from the kids’.

Been shopping and donating here for years. Like any thrift store you have to be willing to be patient to find good stuff. This place is huge and awesome. I was so pleased to see that they cleaned and painted their dressing rooms recently. Please keep them that way.

So after the recent thrift store thread I decided to stop in here on my lunch break just to check it out. Now I normally don’t go to thrift stores as I had the impression of them being dirty, smelly and completely unorganized. Totally not the case here. It’s big and clean, and most things seem to be arranged and ordered relatively well.
While I didn’t have a lot of time to look things over completely. I’ll say I found two really nice ties, one hand-​made, for $ 2 each. Definitely going to come back when I have more time to explore.

Golf clubs for $ 3? Sold!
Most know Amvets and this location isn’t much different than their other thrift stores.
Lots of clothes, furniture… and specifically — golf clubs! I needed a putter for an event I was putting on and Amvets did not fail me. $ 3!!!
This location is on Walden Ave pretty close to the Galeria Mall. The staff was nice and they accepted credit cards.
I’ll definitely be looking for Amvets next time I’m thrift shopping.

This was I believe the first trip into this place!
Three stars might be a bit harsh because we had a blast checking things out and the pricing was great. However, I really didn’t find that much. A couple dog toys, a LS Shirt for the grandson, and who else knows — we had more fun trying on clothes and taking pictures then we did anything else.
The store is huge — the only staff member we talked to was the guy that cashed us out and he certainly was pleasant enough — with his batman huge pin that he wouldn’t give up :)
However, the store was decently organized and certainly worth another stop!

In the afternoon, you would want to take your sick animals to PM Vets, rather than here. But if it’s morning time and your pet is sick, by all means bring them along to AM Vets! They will give them a nice little rabies shot and neuter them and you’ll be good to go! Ouch.
Personal experience: This is one of the 2 charity shops I come to very regularly. It’s my second favourite. It’s full of fantastic shirts for men that would usually cost you a ton. The prices are excellent and the service is okay. I’ve been here at least 20 times.
Amvets is an awesome charity shop. It’s full of really nice clothes, the prices are a lower than the Thrift store across the street, and you can find some real gems in here, as well as lots of really good and cheap music. It’s huge, and it’s about out of the way on Walden by Dick Road, so maybe for that reason not many people come out here. I highly recommend it.

I live in America, so I don’t have the patience to look through things to get the best deal. For this reason, I usually avoid thrift stores. However, last week I found myself in this area with about 20 minutes to kill before my dinner reservation so I stopped in here to check it out.
I was really surprised at what I found. Everything was neat and organized. The racks were all clearly marked by type of item and they were organized by size. I was able to find 3 skirts for 4 bucks each, try them on and purchase them within 20 minutes. I would definitely go back to this location. I really liked that I could get cool items at a good price without having to fight with things falling off of hangers. The staff was super nice and checked me out quickly.

Bigger, dirtier, and generally higher priced than other thrift stores in the area.
Lots of junk.
I don’t care to dig through the majority of things here but have found a couple of old furniture pieces that just needed a little cleaning for a decent price.

Well I say every thrift store should get around 3 stars because they are all pretty much the same. But this one should be called Amvets Clothing Thrift Store because all there prettying is clothes, clothes and clothes! Of course there are other items there but it’s not often that you find something useful IMO. Right when you walk in, you will smell musty clothes like crazy, and sometimes I can’t stand it. Usually when I walk in any thrift store, I never buy anything anyways. But all in all this is just another stinky thrift store.

Every time I go into this place, it seems as if there is always new stuff out! This is a good place to go to kill time or find something you didn’t know you needed. I’m always surprised how much I can walk out of this place with only $ 20 in my pocket

This is one of my favorite locations in Buffalo to go thrifting. HUGE store and a place you need to frequent often as they are always busy and always getting new stuff in. If you find something you like, you better snatch it up quick otherwise it will be gone; trust me. Amazing furniture selection if that’s what you’re in to. I find that different locations have better stock in certain sections. So the dresses, coats and furniture here are always good to go through. But, make sure you have time, because you can kill an hour or two just digging through racks and racks of timeless and not so timeless items. Don’t forget student discount day is on Tuesday and Mondays is pretty busy with the Seniors!

This is my least favorite of the three Buffalo-​area Amvets stores.
Service/​ambiance — I’ve never been super impressed with the service compared to the city location; you occasionally get a nice person but usually it’s depressed, angsty kids who won’t even say hi running the registers. The store is decently clean and doesn’t look like 1975. Dressing rooms need a little work but that’s almost every thrift store, just due to the nature of the establishment. On the upside the outside of this store is better taken care of than the city location, the space around it is somewhat manicured and the parking lot is decently taken care of.
Selection: While they have decent bric-​à-​brac and a really good selection of children’s clothes and furniture, the rest of their selection is usually not very good — this is shocking for how huge the store is. It is a very picked over location and I think the quality of what is getting donated in this area just isn’t that good to begin with. 70% of the time I find something that I want it is ripped or stained when I inspect it, and that is the only reason it is still on the rack. I occasionally find a few decent women’s wear items, but the men’s selection is especially horrible. If you want a wolf shirt with the sleeves cut off this is the place. Their shoes are probably the worst of almost any thrift store I can think of in the area, except maybe Goodwill on Delaware.
Furniture, as stated, is a big plus here (got a 50’s headboard with built in «cabinets» for $ 3) and I usually come to look at that more than anything. You can combo pack this with the dirt mall (Super Flea) for a day of pwt shopping extraordinaire.

Super massive store. My friends swear by this place for good finds. I just can’t function in a humongous thrift store like this. Visited twice, didn’t buy anything.