Best thrift store in Aiken, South Carolina (SC) 2025

The volunteers at both this location and the one on Whiskey Rd are pilfering the donations for themselves. They hide good things in a bag of so-so things they are "buying" for themselves and then just walk out with it. They also remove donations from the truck pickups before they are uploaded at the stores. Also, a few (3 or 4) of the volunteers (and employees) have an arrangement with a couple local antique dealers. When certain items the dealers want to buy cheap come in (nice furniture, antiques, nice art, gold/silver jewelry) the employees contact them and make a deal. (This has involved actual cash payments by dealers to employees before and may still) ~moren