Salvation Army

I support this location, staff and products they sell. They have 50% days on Saturdays. For thrift shoppers such as myself, they is awesome. I have found many great items such as clothing, furniture, artwork and trinkets. I’ve been coming to this location for years now and have developed a rapport with the staff. Please support this Salvation Army by donating items of value… not garbage that will only deplete resources like man hours and disposal fees that can serve for a better purpose.

I’ve always loved giving to the Salvation Army since most of their dollars go straight to those in need rather than to overhead.
In Miami the staff I spoke to over the phone were very nice and outgoing. I was shocked to be frank b/​c Miami residents aren’t known for friendly anything.
I scheduled a pick up online, super easy, I do recommend that.
And I called ahead to confirm it once, I gave them a detailed description of the furniture. Dimensions and its use. «no problem, we’ll take it.»
So I hire a couple of guys to help me move it out of my storage area and have it ready for them.
I call first thing in the a.m. and they gave me a 3-​hour window (not 2, but hey who has to be specific when you take the day off from work to donate?), which is fine and they arrived right on time.
Kid driving the truck takes one look at the furniture and says no. What do you mean no? It’s a really nice piece of designer furniture and custom made. Apparently, and news to me, they don’t take custom made furniture. I guess they only want cheap furniture. Honestly I think the kid freaked out about putting in the truck which honestly was no biggie given that we’ve moved the furniture from four houses in two states and I’ve even helped lift it myself, and I’m a petite woman.
So why do they get two stars? Beware of donating furniture b/​c apparently its at the discretion of the driver and if you get one who doesn’t want to work to carry it… there you have it… You took a half day off from work and whatever other inconvenience to try to help and if your donation happened to line up to any other event (which it usually does), like making room for another piece of furniture, moving etc… it’s going to cost you by trying to be charitable.
No more donations to Salvation Army for me, for furniture that is.
IT IS a GREAT organization so keep donating just may need to rethink the time/​value proposition of getting stood up for \furniture donations.

Guys, first of all, stop using salvation army as a trash service. They are legit a great organization that either sells your stuff to get money to help poor/​homeless people or gives your stuff to poor/​homeless people. This is unlike Goodwill, which is a for-​profit business that pays minimum wage and the CEO makes $ 5million a year. I’m not religious, but they do good work. Support these guys with your donations and business, and drop things off when you can.
I go here every time I’m in Miami visitng my partner, both to drop stuff off and take a look around. I’ve probably been here 15 times and have never had rude staff. Sometimes they are busy, but again, relax, they are doing good work. It’s well organized and if you give them a minute, they’ll even check the back if you’re looking for something specific. My partner’s apartment has 5 good pieces of furniture/​lamps from here, as well as a whole bunch of dishes (one soak in bleach kills anything if you’re worried) and clothes. She loves it. Nothing wrong with a for-​profit business (except Goodwill bc they treat their worker’s like crap), but it’s always good to support these guys.

I made a quick stop in here before III Points at Mana Wynwood and picked up a Barcelona sofa (needed cleaning, but excellent price) and a few albums. The store was well-​organized and the staff was friendly and happy to negotiate my couch purchase — several reviews mentioned an attitude, but that wasn’t my experience at all. There’s a free parking lot across the street, with an attendant. (Also — there’s also a guy who seems to be a regular who hangs around inside the store and will offer to deliver your furniture for you if it doesn’t fit your vehicle. I live in Orlando so that wouldn’t have helped me much but if you’re local, that could be useful.)

Bad smell, quite expensive, I wouldn’t say rude rather that you feel invisible as you ask them question and they ignore your or forget up return with information. Also no nice pieces

Typical Salvation Army. It was very clean and organized. Considering it being so close to the «hood,» not as ghetto fabulous as you would expect it to be. I didn’t find anything to purchase here but, not a bad place to browse around if you’re in the area.
Please Note: The main parking is a lot across the street from the main entrance. There is no need to pay for parking if you’re coming to shop here.

They are very rude and treat you with an attitude. They keep items for their personal «purchase» by the cash wrap sort of hidden I seen an older lady placing items in her bag while working so don’t ask for those items as they will claim that are not for sale however they are marked with a price and may have just gotten out of the stockroom. Horrible Customer service. Watch out when cashiers are charging you they will over charge you or fail to hand you your paid items this type of incidents had happened more than once. I experience these issues many times the above are not isolated incidents. When I donated they just ask me to toss the items and that’s it No thank you no paper work. Manager are MIA or as the cashier claimed their is no manager on duty. The people who work on the furniture are nicer they ask you questions and try to sell or offer help. Overall Very Sad place. I will suggest you take your donations to a church…

I go there for antiques, super cute things. Hardly any outfits.
The older lady in the front desk is VERY rude. I tried to donate a very nice stereo and she had an attitude. Turns out I never donated, I would rather donate to a family than give them a penny!

Donating a 49″ TV, 18 speed bike & some miscellaneous items. Anyway shouldn’t their widow of time for pick up be 2 hrs at most?

This review is regarding furniture donations. Long story short, I took off from work to be at home for a furniture donation. The guys came and signed in and immediately left. Security told me. They never called. Eventually, after I began to wonder where they were, I called and they told me they were waiting 45 min and left. They said they tried to call twice but never did. DO NOT wait for them to pick-​up furniture. With so many needing help, there are much better ways to donate furniture.

The Salvation Army, much like the Goodwill and other thrift shops, is one of those places whose walls hold treasures untold. This store, located in the heart of Wynwood, has countless goodies safely hiding out inside.
I hit up the Salvation Army in an effort to get some picture frames to refurbish and use to frame some artwork that I already have (cause we all know how expensive custom-​framing can be!). The Salvation Army definitely delivered. There were tons of shapes, sizes, and colors of frames to choose from. I ended up with a couple small ones, a couple big ones, and one I hoped would fit an awkward-​shaped poster I had. All for about $ 5-​$ 8 a piece. Talk about a steal!
I also had the chance to browse through their selection of used books, and managed to snag a couple gems — a Carl Hiaasen novel among them. The books ranged in price from 99 cents to $ 3 (at least that I saw).
The Salvation Army store also has tons and tons of clothes to browse through, not to mention furniture (bedroom sets, armoires, entertainment centers) and appliances (anyone need a microwave?).
It’s also a donation center, so expect new goodies all the time. Remember, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. I can definitely attest to that — my apartment looks awesome with my newly framed art!