2nd & Charles

— Very large welcoming
— Overall I would go back again. If you know Half Price books it is very similar.
— Looks like they buy the gimmicky stuff that the main line bookstores can’t sell or didn’t sell all of — like Big Bang Theory magnets, diaries of various types, t shirts from diff bands, overseas quirky candy etc…
— Large children book selection
— large comic section
— there was about 50 books on cd available
— they have a lot of DVDs but not a wide selection of series DVDs
— I only saw two British series DVDs
— I didn’t find the CD or a book I wanted but I did come away with 3 books on cd and 1 book
— it is a little hard to find the diff sections once your in the stacks. There was a listing map but I only saw it once all the way in the back.
— A new store assoc did ask if I needed help and had to go ask co workers where to find the parenting section but he stated he had just started. I wish I had gotten his name, he was very nice and helpful. Unfortunately the parenting section didn’t have any books on adoption stories section and the ones I was able to find amongst the parenting section was about 4 so that was disappointing. Wish the books with an adoption theme were sectioned out like the ones on medical disorder or educational issues.

I’m rating it 3 stars because yes they have a good selection of books for my kids but their trade in offers are horrible! Brand New, sealed in box Kindle Fire HDX and they offer $ 35 cash or $ 56 store credit! I just watched a lady and her kids get a better offer on a few ps2 games. I’m done shopping here!

Good selection of comics, but the employees are quite clueless about their inventory. I asked them if they had any judge dredd comics (I collect them), and the guy told me he knew he had them, but had no idea where they went. He also told me the reason the comics are so cheap was because he didn’t feel like looking up the price of them (which could be a good or a bad thing). He did make up for it by showing my boyfriend some really badass punisher comics. The movies are almost always nasty and scratched up, but you can inspect them which makes it a little better I guess. As another poster said, the records here suck. They are way over priced for the quality. The people at the desk just watched me stand there waiting to ask a question, and didn’t even ask if i needed help. Very strange. Over all this store is pretty good, but could improve.

This review will mainly focus on their record selection. 2^nd & Charles is not the best place to go if you are looking to add a record to your collection. Usually, their used albums are overpriced and in rough shape. New pressings are usually priced okay.
Again, their used records are not priced well. For example, they were selling a dirty, moldy, scratched Harry Nilsson LP for $ 25. I found the same record in Frederick for $ 7 without scratches and I have seen similar ones in DC go for around $ 14-​$ 17 if they’re close to mint.
Records aside, they have a good selection of used books and fun totebags. I’d go back for books, but would save my money by not buying any record albums.

We love this place. We traded in about forty books for $ 17 cash or $ 80 in store credit! That’s a lot more than Wonderbooks (who only offered us $ 7, period.) $ 80 in store credit is A LOT to use in an amazing place like this. It’s the only used book store that I’ve been to that actually has books organized by author and genre instead of just in piles that one has to dig through.
All of the books are usually less than $ 10 and there’s even a whole wall of clearance, as if the prices weren’t already low enough. Also, there’s more than just books. Video games, vinyl records and DVS as well as tiny gagsets and gifts that are great holiday gifts or stocking stuffers.

I came here recently to trade in an entire series worth of dvd’s being 9 seasons and 292 episodes. When you go to the counter they place your purchase in a bin and have you take a ticket to come back to the buyout desk. It takes about 20 minutes… kind of long but hey, it can be a lengthy process and things could be wrong with your merchandise so, no big deal. After browsing the selection in the stores the games for older systems has practically no new selection of good games whatsoever, i’d been in 9 full months ago and came back to the same exact stock and selection. Anyhow, used the bathroom while i was waiting and it was clean and smelled like fruit snacks. Nice.
Here’s the bad part.
It was probably around the 25 minute mark that i had been waiting when I happened to glance at the employee behind the counter, who took the merchandise i wanted to sell. He sees me glance at him, and immediately starts a convo with his cowroker stating «It really creeps me out when people look at me, because they’re been waiting a while, you know?» To which his co worker responds «yeah its completely absurd, not like staring at us will make the process any quicker». He then continued to state «This is a good day today, you’d have to be insane to think this is slow service»
So here we have blatant crap-​talking by employees who discreetly try to tell you off if you glance at them (they must get this a lot for it to be a complaint). Hey, to be truthful, your process is quite long compared to about every other retailer who offers the same services in the area. They can’t give your prices over the phone, and the next reason why i rated 2 stars gave away why. They cover it with some «law» excuse but in actuality they have horrible trade in prices. For the 292 episode, NINE SEASON collection, they offered me a measley $ 30. I immediately rejected the offer, having wasted gasoline and time (because of their little phone policy) and left.
2 stars instead of 1 because the bathroom smelled like fruit snacks.

There are so many books, movies, games and cds. They have guitars, vinyl, and classic games such as sega, atari and the original nintendo. They even have a section devoted to buybacks. Its very clean an organized. There are carts outside for free books. The vision the owner had is excellent.
I would have given 5 stars if the associates were friendly/​greeted me. That never happens, when i first walk in or while im browsing and they pass me.