Beacon's Closet Park Slope

Every time I come in here I leave with something super cute! I was a little wary to come in after reading negative reviews about the staff but I found everyone to be pleasant. I got a damson madder dress (WITH tags on) for 44.95 and a free people dress for 14.95! Love this location. I think the selling experience might be what’s drawing the negative reviews ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’ve never written a review but here I am. Honestly when I arrived I wondered why there were so many bad reviews, the ambience was nice and the selection wasn’t too bad either. But then I encountered the staff, and I understood quickly why. A woman who ‘helped’ me at the dressing room was incredibly rude and entitled telling me to, “keep the clothes organized” when I was shopping. Like I’m sorry I’m carrying ten different pieces of clothing and I can’t line them up perfectly in my arm. She just said everything in the most impolite and unprofessional tone like I was a bother to her. It actually ruined my whole experience and I did not feel welcome. I think I will stick to other Beacons Closets.

Selection is just ok, you’d probably have better luck at goodwill tbh. Perfect place if you want to put a Halloween costume together. The vibes were off, staff was rude with one girl with multi colored hair even rolling her eyes when we approached the back of the store. We ultimately decided we didn’t want anything and made our way to the front, my niece tried on some sunglasses and the Zombie shirt fellow found himself right back at the door to watch us leave. Curious to see if he did this with anyone else, we walked around the area and the “security” didn’t make his way back to the door after several people walked in. Unfortunate situation, we were dressed for lunch, no excuse for that. Save your money and go elsewhere.

I’ve been a loyal Beacon’s Closet customer for years, but my recent experience was absolutely unacceptable. The staff was not just dismissive, but openly rude, making me feel like I was inconveniencing them for simply trying to sell. I brought in high-quality brands they claim to want (Zadig & Voltaire, Agolde jeans, NBD dress), yet they didn’t take a single item. Meanwhile, their racks are full of worn-out Urban Outfitters pieces and other out of style clothes that I wore in 2016 that they HAVE given me money for in the past. Management needs to seriously evaluate their buying process and their employees’ attitudes. Treating regular customers this way is a quick way to lose them for good. I have talked to other friends in the Park Slope area about my experience here and they all agree about the terrible attitude of the staff. You will be better off selling your stuff on Depop or Poshmark, or even just donating it to a charitable organization like St Mary’s.

I’ll start this review by saying that I’m not new to secondhand shopping or thrifting, as a native New Yorker in her 30s I have been thrifting for well over 15 years. My family and I (4 black women) walked in to this location after lunch this past Saturday afternoon and were greeted by a tall man in a Zombie shirt standing by the register who made his way to the door and began to play security. My girls and I looked at each other knowing that was no coincidence and began looking through the racks anyway. We all have Apple Pay so we left our handbags in the car for our walk and only one of us had on a small crossbody purse. Selection is just ok, you’d probably have better luck at goodwill tbh. Perfect place if you want to put a Halloween costume together. The vibes were off, staff was rude with one girl with multi colored hair even rolling her eyes when we approached the back of the store. We ultimately decided we didn’t want anything and made our way to the front, my niece tried on some sunglasses and the Zombie shirt fellow found himself right back at the door to watch us leave. Curious to see if he did this with anyone else, we walked around the area and the “security” didn’t make his way back to the door after several people walked in. Unfortunate situation, we were dressed for lunch, no excuse for that. Save your money and go elsewhere.

Mediocre selling experience. I’ve sold at multiple Beacon Closet locations both post and precovid. Sometimes I’m lucky and the whole bag is taken, while sometimes I return with a full bag. It totally depends on the buyer’s personal style and the further away you are from restocks drop date, the more likely they are buying. Beacons closet has a buying price guideline. They are not high unless they are branded, but even so you will not be making a profit with selling here. The park slope location does not offer text back service, only verbal quotes for when your items will be ready. Quotes are often inaccurate so be prepared to wait. All Beacon Closet locations will not sell the items until you have signed off on them. I have asked to taken back items that I felt was priced poorly. The Park Slope location has the selected sold items in a pile, so it will take some time and effort to find the items you decide not to sell. (Pro tip: the greenpoint location will keep all your sold and unsold items together, and can show you each item with the corresponding price tag so you can sign off on) I would highly recommend on sellers to take inventory (roughly) of the items you bring in, to prevent any accidents of items being taken without documentation. The written description list is not always very detailed. Also recommend taking photos of the number on your cash bills with the receipt before leaving the store, incase they are ever fake. Hope this helps anyone who is considering selling here or other locations!

Dont waste your time going to this store to sell your items. I had all new summer sandals never worn and some clothes items with tags on them and they did not want to buy it. The only person who was nice was the security guy at the door. Horrible consignment place.

I visited this location for the first time today. The store was not too crowded, which was nice. After some indecision, I ended up purchasing an item that I really liked but for the fact that it was missing two key buttons. I’m disappointed that the staff did not agree to lower the price after I pointed out this defect. Additionally, they said that sewing on buttons would be easy for me to do but that they could not because they were busy. However, the staff at the back counter were just standing around waiting to purchase items. Overall, this store has some nice pieces, but the staff are rigid and unhelpful. They should act warmer towards customers trying to buy items.

So this was my first time at this establishment. I was there upon opening so it only took less than 20 minutes for them to rummage through my two bags. I wasn't told what they preferred and a lot of my items still had tags on them. I had brand new bras but it doesn't look like they resell them. It would have been nice to know that in advance. Seems they also don't take graphic tees which were brand new and I caught the staff actually making fun of my inventory, which I found very rude. They only took a few items from me but I can't complain about the price they refunded me. I was surprised most of my clothes were a no go because everything was in great condition, some never being worn. I did go through some of their clothes and there was hardly anything that matched the quality of the clothes I brought in. Oh well.

Great thrift finds, mostly for women. Inventory goes fast - they buy new stuff all the time. Friendly, helpful staff!

Okay I'm not sure why this place has a lot of bad reviews lol and it made me extremely nervous . But I really loved it here . The space is very organized . I loved the selections I got two pieces . When coming in did the girl seem like it would hurt to say hello yes but I don't even bother with people in thrift stores . Especially beacons . Everywhere it has a certain attitude to it so I ignore them and shop . But I got a nice dressy top for 24 bucks and a sweater for 15 bucks . I feel they have a very good selection of clothing even for us plus size babes . Will be back

found the cutest cowboy boats and vintage coach! always leave happy with my finds! Need to stay away from here so my pockets can heal.

Throwing another similar experience to the groups of people baffled at the buy back experience. Beyond the terrible attitudes, it's been over a year and a several visits since I found something worth purchasing on their racks. Look elsewhere.

Yeah, I have to agree with the negative reviews on here. I just brought an an entire spring cleaning closet worth of clothes from my aunt in finance who gave me Burberry, Chanel, French designers, and more. Everything in this bag was from Saks, Neimans, cashmere, beautiful sweaters, etc! They did not take a single piece. I don't feel like driving all over the city so I just donated it, but I got the sneaky suspicion that they are going to pull everything out of that donation bag and sell it. Even the girl helping me put the clothes in the donation pile was taking a second look and said "I don't know who went through this"". I can safely say I won't be trying to sell again here, that's for sure. On my way out, all the clothes they were selling looked half as nice as as the stuff I just dropped off, so something is fishy. And I agree the store looks dirty and feels like a Salvation Army so I hope they go out of business.

Lol i never thought to look them up on Yelp for the purpose of reviews (i only checked today to confirm hours), and wowwww these are bad reviews. I live in the neighborhood and only buy clothes second hand (climate change loves a consumer of new goods, friends), so i shop primarily at the vintage spots in north slope regularly, beacons being one of my main haunts. These are my thoughts: - it's not true that it's only grandma vintage, or only paisley polyester. I haul. Every time. Work clothes, hang out clothes, girls night clothes, costume party clothes. Shoes & boots. There are some real vintage disco glam gems that would absolutely fail today's flammable garment safety requirements, but honestly, the entire middle and back sections have a higher proportion of known brands, like madewell, cos, Zara, jcrew, theory, steve Alan, banana republic, adidas, Patagonia, etc. Better designer labels are usually on the front circular rack. Jeans are always a mixed bag (but I've picked up rag & bone, helmut lang, superdry, and vintage Levi's denim). - Prices are higher than they are for equivalent goods in jersey city, Cleveland, Chicago, or Austin, but that's NYC ‍ - things are not sorted by size or color, that's true. The jeans/pants are loosely organized by size, but only very, very loosely. Everything else is really a crapshoot-- so it's one of those things that's best done on a day when you have time to poke around and enjoy doing so. - great for sizes 0-12ish in women's, with some 14s-16s; 24-36 in jeans/pants. Larger than that and the odds of finding things you actually like drop dramatically. - resale is ... best reserved for those who are ready to just let go. Advice: don't go in there if you remember what you paid for a given item. Don't go in there with attachment to the value of your things. Go in there when your body has changed and you have nice clothes you will never ever wear again. Go in there when you're downsizing your apt or moving in w someone and literally cannot fit your clothes in your home anymore. Go in when you can get to Beacon's but not Salvo's during open hours. Go in when you want to get $23 in store credit for clothes and shoes you paid $230 for but want them to handle the donation of whatever they don't take. Go in when you're ready to let go, but maybe want enough credit to buy one cute jacket and maybe a hair clip. If you do go in and don't like the vibe, there's another solid choice across the street and a truly great vintage shop a block north (and that one has a really great mission. They don't give store credit or cash for your things - just a tax donation form- but their mission really is awesome). There are several more shops worth checking out further south as well. But if you do go in and have time to spend hunting through racks, and aren't attached the idea of getting a high return on clothes you're selling, you might just score. I almost always do.

I always find amazing pieces here. The layout is color coordinated and very easy to access clothing, shoes and accessories. Plus they sell new small items like candies, socks & small household items. Beacon's Closet is the place to go for serious consignment store shoppers.

The store is spacious and has a huge selection of clothes to go through. A lot of designer pieces. Get there early because there is fierce competition to get the good stuff. Only reason why I gave three stars was because of pricing. It is on the expensive side- I feel they're more resellers than thrift store. if you wanna spend big money here become an employee, they have a 50% employee discount. Otherwise, it's nice for one or two pieces but not a haul

I find Beacon's Closet to be a mixed bag when it comes to thrifting. Loves: + My friend sells here often and is usually successful. + The random knick-knacks (e.g. candles, oven mitts, etc) at the front of the store are very cute. + Walk-in selling appts are allowed. Not so love: - Store is not as well organized as other thrift stores. They are organized by type of clothing but not by size. - I've been here a few times and I usually see older items, like the vintage throwbacks to your mom's closet. There is surely a crowd for this but it does not make the mark for me. Overall, I believe Beacon's can be good and is surely some people's cup of tea. For me personally I would rather hit up Buffalo and see their more modern and organized racks.

If I could give this rude establishment 0 stars I would. How do you move into a historically loud neighborhood and "shhhh" someone?! Go to h3//. A group of 4 of us came in, ofc we are going speak to each other. We were followed around the store but I wasn't interested In anything here. Everything was overpriced. Do not go here. Why would I buy this nonsense?!

Don't recommend selling to Beacon's Closet. I brought in 2 big bags full of clothes all it like new condition some still with tags. They only bought 6 items which is okay, I understand they're looking for certain items or styles. The 6 items they bought, I originally purchased for around $300+. The items were an Aritizia dress I only wore once (originally $110), an Abercrombie top (originally $65 and still with tags), a pleaded skirt from Express (originally 59.90 and still with tags), and English Factory sweater ($80 and only worn once). I don't remember the prices for the 2 items. For these items they estimated a total retail value of $60 and I could choose between $18 and change in cash or $30 in store credit. Really doesn't seem worth all the work it took to lug my stuff to the store and wait in line for them to appraise. I would've been better off posting items on Poshmark. I hope this review is helpful to anyone thinking of selling their items to Beacon's Closet.

LOVE them!! Incredible prices and superb finds. Staff is super friendly and helpful and inspire me with their sense of style and their professionalism. A gem!!

This is the second time I've come into the store and the second time I have felt watched my whole visit. Being aware of stealing is part of the gig in retail, great, here's a solution; get a detector for your door. Put security clips and tags on your clothes and accessories. I feel deeply uncomfortable in your store and won't be returning.

Be prepared to not get your stuff back. Last week Thursday at noon, I came in to drop off items to see if they would be purchased by the buying team. When I returned, I was told that they didn't buy anything, but after 20 minutes they couldn't find my items and start looking at the camera footage. Turns out my items had been given away to a mother and daughter without my consent, by accident. It's now been over a week and I still don't have my items, And I'm really upset because the items did hold value, but they're not in season. Today I called and asked for the owners email, and they gave me the store email. Completely absurd and unprofessional, for an establishment who made a business from folks trusting them with their belongings for this to happen. And to be told that after a week and a half they hadn't had the time to contact the folks the items were given to. Please save yourself the trouble and DO NOT BUY AND SELL HERE.

I am in agreement with the majority of negative reviews left by others dropping off clothes. Something feels off about how they sternly reject a whole bag of clothes (mine included new zara with tags! Unworn steve madden boots!) but eagerly push you to donate... I read another review saying to go in with the mindset of getting nothing. So I was prepared but still let down. I ended up donating and having a strong suspicion that they will pull certain items back out to sell, especially after looking through their racks. But what gives me peace of mind is that they do *hopefully* donate to the quality charities on their website. I hope my new and lightly worn clothes go to someone in need rather than the landfill.

Tried to sell a bunch of in season, designer clothes in great condition yesterday. They did not take ONE thing which is offensive on its own but then they asked if I wanted to "donate" everything. I'm starting to suspect that if they don't like your vibe, they'll deny your clothes and then shame you on top of it. This place is grimey as hell and so are the people who work there.

I would give this place a zero, but that's not possible. So I give it a one. The person at the cashier didn't say a word to us and had an extreme RBF. I felt very uncomfortable and it was just not a welcoming experience. Do not recommend.

The absolute worst. I'm doing another de-clutter and I took all my less valuable clothing to other places, but I figured I'd try *one* more time to get something for my valuable clothes and shoes. Once again, the entire experience was awful. I just feel abused and violated whenever I submit myself to their buying process. Never, never, never again. Oh, and I figured I'd buy some LPs with my meager credit and it was "sorry, that's the only thing excluded from store credit." So I took the measly (and I mean seriously measly) cash. I know I'm not alone in feeling abused by this store, but somehow it always feels personal. Save your dignity and donate whatever you have to actual charity and people doing nice things for humanity. [I never write reviews but this is like journaling, which psychologists encourage to help you recover from trauma]

So I've been coming to this place for the past few years and have really grown to like it. They always have awesome stuff. at great prices. I have brought things into trade and granted they don't give you as much as you would like but that's the way it goes especially when it comes to me finding something super awesome at a great price. I recommend anyone who has free time to come by and check this place out. Great people. Always something new.

Pretty disappointed. I had a number of items that were nicer and better condition than what I saw in the store and they barely took any of it and could not say why. They told me when I got there that they were buying for spring which was the majority of the items, so I expected to get a couple items back not almost all of them. Most disappointing I brought my items in nicely folded in a bag and they returned them shoved back in and crumpled. Cashmere sweaters just balled up.

I am convinced that to work at every beacons closet you are required to have terrible customer service & be very rude. every time I come to this location the staff are so rude - especially when selling. I brought in sweaters, shoes & mens suit jackets & button ups. they didn't take anything & when I asked why they said clothes were out of style, fast fashion & in bad condition. very confused because some things hadn't even been worn. as I look around the store I see dingy clothes & stuff from SHEIN. this is like the 5th time I've tried to sell things here with no luck. maybe I'm just not fashionable. I wouldn't take that as hard if the staff were a little more friendly. every time I leave there I feel like shit. won't be going back to probably any location, they all seem the same.

Concerning selling your used clothing, the buyers are EXTREMELY selective, even for designer brand items. I've found that selling at this location is not worth the effort or wait time.

Been shopping here for years and the last year has really been a bust. Not even an impulse buy. Dropped off 2 big bags of seasonal great merch today (used to be fashion stylist CA/NY) and the guy choose 3 items. I said to myself, this is why the merch is so unappealing to purchase. They definitely need new buyers or educate them what folks want to buy. What a pity. Used to he great store.. PS The guy just shoved the merch in the bags. I had to refold everything.

Came in this establishment with my other 3 friends, I hung back and observed. They followed one of my friends as she looked at hair clips and sunglasses - why would we steal used items?!" They also "shhhh'd" us, can guarantee there was a nicer way to ask us to have a lower conversation in a group. Super tired of performative businesses gentrifying BK And pretending to be "down".

Brought in a HUGE bag of awesome stuff to sell. About half of it was really cute vintage, and half of it was name brands. They didn't buy one thing, and I'm honestly not sure if they even looked through my bag! Some of the women behind the counter were also pretty rude -- they were too busy talking to each other to greet me. Don't bother selling here.

After reading all the negative reviews about clothes being rejected I decided against lugging the summer clothes here I want to sell. But as I was going there anyway to look for clothes, I decided to bring two pairs of jeans cut-offs, both in really good condition and clean. I gave them to the lady who filled out a form and told me it would be a half an hour wait. So I looked around the store, but alas, everything was very garish and old-fashioned. Vintage, yes, but I don't want to look like Minnie Pearl. So at the end of the half hour wait I went to the window and was told it would be 20 more minutes! And this was when I was told before there was only one person ahead of me. Well, I don't have all day for, if I'm lucky, a few bucks, and figured at the end of the 20 minute wait they would tell me it would be more waiting, so I left. So thankful I didn't bring all my stuff. Extra star as the ladies were nice at least. And doing their best to keep everyone masked. (Even the moron who took off her mask, entirely, right next to the "Must Wear Your Mask At All Times" sign.)

Just had the worst experience, not even talking about the TWO hour wait to sell (mind you there were six people behind the counter but only one seemed to be working, the other five appeared to be watching YouTube videos.) buyers kept pushing their friends ahead of me untill I said something and then buyer did a really fast look at my bag of new designer closed and passed (I wouldn't have cared if she actually looked at the items.) seems like it's under new/poor management. Go literally anywhere else. I wish I could give zero stars for the the lack of any professionalism.

I came in to sell some items (which were in great condition!), and I was asked to wait for 45 minutes so they can detect my clothing. I came back to the store and they haven't even begun working on it and asked me to wait an additional 10 minutes. No biggie, the store was busy and I understand having worked in retail previously. After 10 minutes, they basically denied almost everything I brought in to sell. Meanwhile you should see the DUSTY shoes they have. Yikes! On top of it, most of the staff members are extremely rude hipsters who think they're better than everyone else. I wanted to let one worker know how many clothes I had, since I had two big bags, and her response was, "You don't need to tell me how much." I'm sorry? Yeah, hard pass on this store. I wish I could give it a zero, honestly.

If you're into the vintage look, you'll have lots to go through and discover some really good finds. I like to come check out their jewelry, earrings, sunglasses, shoes, jackets and accessories.

One stars for being a thrift store in park slope, but it's a really bad one. Virtually nothing plus size, a ridiculous selling experience (was told it would be "an hour" upon coming in and three hours later my things were "next up" - then they bought one bag and asked if I wanted to donate the rest), rude employees. It's not the end of the world, but it's not a great experience.

I would not recommended going to this location. I came to this store hoping to sell clothes. I left while they were going through the items (big mistake) and came back. They claimed that my items were not good enough to buy but noticed some clothes were missing from my bag. So they took some this but decided to not pay me or ask if I wanted to donate. If anyone continues to go this location of Beacons Closet, make sure to keep an eye on the staff and get paid what your owed. I hope no one else gets scammed like me.

Over priced rude workers and nothing really vintage about them. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Save your money

I brought two bags today. One with clothes and one with shoes. Shoes were all in good condition. A pair of high heels that were worn once. Came back 40 minutes later and lady said nothing was accepted. Which was fine, but she quickly added that if I did not want to bring clothes back, I can donate into the big black garbage bag behind me. When I looked, I saw a woman taking clothes out of the big black garbage bag and putting clothes on hangers. Is the donation to Beacon's closet??!

This was probably my 6th/7th time selling in Beacon. They've gotten from bad to worse and their idea of customer service is atrocious. Walked in to a pretty packed store yesterday. When is that not the case at this location? I had two items to trade, both brand new with tags. One was a beautiful print dress from Anthropologie and the other from Zara. Very trendy items that are currently in season. I was offered a measly $23. That's bad enough considering tag value for both equalled $215. Sigh I found two very boho skirts and didn't need to try them, it was love at first sight. One red with embroidery and front pockets will be perfect with a pair of Tom's or Converse for concerts and the other a royal blue pleated number from American Apparel. Total cost $21. I was scanning the place for some jewelry when I noticed this one worker was all on top of me asking a million and one questions that were completing unwarranted since there were other folks who actually needed her help. My voucher was gummy displayed so she knew I had sold items. I get it that they get quite a bit of shop lifters. Hence the camera shots displayed all over the store. However, that doesn't excuse them making me feel like that's my intent. I can't stop society from racially profiling me but I sure as shit don't have to patronize businesses that do it. P.S. the shop lifters pictures didn't reflect my ethnicity ironically.

I went into Beacon's today looking for some pants. I took two pairs into the fitting room, and didn't notice until I had already tried them on that one pair of black jeans had a white-ish stain in the crotch. Ladies know what I'm talking about. This is unacceptable, especially considering how picky they are about accepting items. Nastiness! This location is just down the street from my apartment, but I don't think I'll be returning any time soon.

Ok, okay. It's like the Godfather 3 saying goes, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." After all these years, I still try my luck here once in a while and sometimes they take several things. Plus, the owner/manager has always been nice, which is rare in Brooklyn.

I don't really like thrift stores because they smell funny and I don't like hunting for gems. I wish I was cool with an eye for that kind of stuff, but it just isn't fun for me. I generally end up finding something I think may be ok and hating it later. I came here with three large bags of clothes to sell. The woman who took my ID and info was nice enough, but the others seemed disinterested and caddy. They did not accept one item. I am not personally offended, but I won't be trying this again. It was a nightmare to get the clothes together, keep them somewhere out of the way until I could sell them, strap them to a granny cart and lug them to the store over two subways and many stubbed toes and bruised legs, just to have them accept not one thing. I had leather boots and other things I thought were ok, but I guess I am a big, unstylish dud. For selling, they have very specific items in mind and I am not convinced they even look through everything. Unless you live very close, it isn't worth the hassle, just throw the clothes out or donate them to begin with. The staff is not super pleasant and they seem more concerned with inside jokes and closing early than helping. For buying, I saw a couple cute things but I would just rather shop online to be honest. For how picky they are to buy things, their selection isnt amazing.

Nope. I've bought a few rush accessories here and a skirt for a couple engagements. The staff is never pleasant but whatever. This last time I brought in a few items see if they were sellable before I donated them (to a better place where I know people in need will be helped) and the girl who looked at my items had the attitude of being above everyone, included a woman behind the counter helping. Her rudeness emanated before she even opened her mouth. She judged me before looking at my offerings. I never knew appraising people's used crap was the holy grail of jobs. Any how she mumbled a few things and offered to buy a couple items for an few bucks and donate the rest. From others experience with this place, they resell your items for hundreds of percent over what they pay you and whatever you leave behind doesn't always get donated. The employees will get first dibs. I guess they make money so who cares if they're a bunch of jerks. They'll never get a hint of my presence in that store ever again.

I tried to sell here with the best quality stuff.I came with a car service and they did not take one item.I had $.500 Tory Burch shoes, that my daughter wore 2x and other expensive items.But I should have known because all the stuff they sell there look as if it came from a dumpster.Don't waste your time buying or selling!! I certainly won't waste mine!!!!!!The staff also looked like wanna be hipsters of the worst kind! The place is dirty and smells like mildew.... horrible experience... won't sell or buy ever again!!

Never again will I come here. I've always donated clothes here. I walked in this time with my large bag, one woman answered and said sure and put the bag out, the other woman stopped her and said "I'm sorry we don't take donations" because it's "way too busy of a Saturday to be taking clothes in our basement" I told her I've always donated here and she said they probably "let you donate but told you not to come back," which is also completely false. Terrible woman and service, won't even accept donations for the poor.

Beacon's us great. But beware! If you sell here, STAY AND WAIT TO PICK UP YOUR MONEY THE SAME DAY. I've sold here quite a bit, and should have known better. But yesterday dropped a bag full of brand new stuff (tags still attached) by a desirable label. I asked if I could pick up the cash the next day and was told yes - anything not purchased would be donated. No problem. Went back today and was given $9 measly dollars. Of course the person behind the counter couldn't give me any information about what was bought and what was donated. Just told me that because I left everything that wasn't purchased was donated. It seems pretty clear that the people working there yesterday knew that I wasn't coming back the same day so they chose to 1) Not buy my stuff and 2) Help themselves to it after closing. Like I said, it was 90% tags-attached brand-new stuff by a desirable label. The kicker was they refused give me a copy of the receipt because they knew I felt like was ripped off and wanted to complain. Be careful. Watch them go thru your stuff, and Wait for your money.

I brought a bag full of items, around 20 things. Everything was in good condition, and there was plenty of things with nice brands. They didn't take a single thing, and most of the items clearly hadn't even been unfolded or properly looked at. Many of the things on their rack were less valuable than what I had brought, and many things were listed for far too much for what they were. I wouldn't recommend selling your items here.

This place SUCKS. I graduated from The Fashion Institute of Technology in 2013 and have advised en vogue celebrities on what to wear. I currently work in design and must stay on top of all trends. I am also a compulsive cleaner, with Virgo rising, paying GOOD attention to detail, including every thread in ANY garment. I throw away any clothes or bedding that pills or fades. Maybe that's my problem -- my clothes are too clean and in shape for this shabby place? From a customer perspective, I was concerned about a job posted a few years ago for someone to remove bedbugs from Beacon's Closet clothes in Park Slope. The few times I've walked in to shop, I've always been disappointed. I bought one NICE jacket there, but all of its buttons were missing Most of the clothes in Beacon's Closet in Park Slope look ratty and most shoes and jeans look crusty. The good stuff is usually damaged. For a wedding in England, I was hoping to find some stuff here, but ended up finding MUCH better things -- even TWO fashionable hats -- at The Cure in Manhattan near 12th Street. From a sellers perspective, they never take ANYTHING. I have clothes that have been in fashion between 1970 and today. I am practically a hoarder and take VERY good care of my clothes, even successfully sold many on ebay or just gave them away to happy friends. According to Beacon's Closet's Park Slope employees, over 500 of my items are unwearable EVER. This is all determined by employees in under 30 minutes. I suspect they don't go through everything. I reckon they see a few dresses in a bag and make the quick assumption everything in the bag is the same. The first time I went I figured it was an off day. My friends and neighbors who took some of the clothes -- I even saw a neighbor wearing one of my blouses out at Blue Print in Park Slope -- and were SHOCKED nothing was acceptable by Beacon's fashion *experts.* AVOID AT ALL COSTS, unless you had one too many drinks at brunch and want a good laugh. You really need a drink or four in you to deal with the stench of trying on some of the horrendous garments in here.

This place is really a joke. You go in to sell your PRETTY MUCH BRAND NEW CLOTHES and then come back to see if they took anything but come to find out that they haven't even opened the bag and get a "unfortunately your clothes doesn't match our standards" lol Sorry Levi's doesn't match your standards? Madewell/ Jcrew doesn't match your standards? Then get hit with the if you wanna donate it your more than welcome to nah I'll go down the block and donate it for no money. Won't be back here again.

It's been a long while since I came back here but a friend really wanted to go... ok this time you walk into a girl at the cash point just staring at you.. no greeting just a stare. The assortment is still mostly vintage which is great but I noticed nothing is over a size XL (and good luck finding that). So I asked a very drowsy looking employee "do you guys buy in plus size vintage or designer?" She said straight up said No unless it's "REALLLLY SPECIAL" ... so to my plus size girlies sorry but beacons must be out of touch. Overall customer service is judgmental as hell, assortment is boring (this location only) and they hate body types outside of a sample size. I did purchase a Johnny Was dress that was priced wayyy too low for $20 and resold it for $95 on Depop.

This review is for selling only, as I had such a bad experience, I decided not to look around and purchase anything. I usually sell my items out of town because as I'm sure most sellers have experienced, it's a little more difficult unloading pieces in NYC, so I already came to this location not expecting to sell a ton. I brought a large suitcase and an Ikea bag worth of clothing and shoes. Keep in mind, this is still much less than what is their "maximum", and most likely less than what the average person who sells often would bring. I was told to leave the items and my name, and to come back in twenty minutes to pick everything up. I've never had this happen before. At every other place, you're usually present while they're going over your clothing so you can see what they're taking and for how much, but I thought, ok, maybe they're busy. 20 minutes also doesn't seem like a lot of time for all I had, but I thought maybe they had several workers go through it at once to speed up the process. Sorting through clothing to bring, finding parking in this area, lugging all of these items - it's a process. Unfortunately, this establishment did not give any thought to that. They barely went through my items. They took about 5 things (I have no idea what they were), but while going through my items I noticed many like new designer pieces, many vintage Levi's in excellent condition, new dresses from Free People, etc. that were still perfectly folded and untouched as when I brought them in. It's almost as if they picked out 5 things and decided that was enough. How frustrating to go through the motions of bringing everything here, only for them to not even look through your items! I will never come back here to sell again - which also means, I won't come back here to buy. Don't waste your time and go somewhere else where they at least give you the respect of actually looking at the items you brought in.

Yet another one star review for this laughably pretentious establishment. The gals who work here are a bunch of snotty, self-important, triflin' b*^~#~s. You work in a SECOND HAND RETAIL STORE. Get over yourselves. Oh and it's totally a scam. You could bring them the most pristine, beautiful, name brand items and they will reject them then offer to "donate" them which I'm certain just means sending to another store to sell and make a profit. Terrible people, even worse business ethics, particularly despicable in this economy when people are struggling so much. I'll never set foot in one of their stores again.

PREJUDICE!! Don't sell your clothing or spend your money here if you aren't white! Every time I go to Beacon's Closet I experience the same prejudice, stuck up, sub-par service. Ive watched white women and men get assisted with excellent service, while everyone else is overlooked, given sub-par service or secretly being watched. I've came with others and said nothing to them; (as to not create bias!) only for them to conclude, once exiting, to my constant observations. All of them varying in ethnic background! Fucking pathetic. They might as well stick a whites only sign in the window! Today, was my last time experiencing this bullshit of a store. I caused no ruckus, quietly left (despite my dismay) & hopped on yelp. I hope this can assist someone else!