Nothing like burning hours of your life, gas money and parking fees to “save” $25 on some item you might wear once. Dream big.

These stores are miserable and not worth the negative impact on your psyche.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like DCUM will understand.


Also I end up buying sunglasses or kid clothes, does that mean I’m poor on the inside?

I don’t understand. Why would you go to a store if you don’t want to buy anything? Is this like the way people to go farmers markets to see the produce?

I still find good things at these places.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Marshall’s, TJ Maxx and even Nordstrom Rack are full of trash clothes. All of the clothes look old and beat up to me. At the very least it appears they’ve been sitting in a warehouse for 12+ months, if not a couple years.

Maybe you live or shop in a low income area. That is not the case where I shop. I bough clothes in NR last fall that were available on Nordstrom’s online.

Nordstrom’s website is massive. Of course there is a bunch of old trash on it.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like DCUM will understand.


Also I end up buying sunglasses or kid clothes, does that mean I’m poor on the inside?

There’s nothing you want to buy, but you buy things? Congratulations I guess.

Anonymous wrote:Marshall’s, TJ Maxx and even Nordstrom Rack are full of trash clothes. All of the clothes look old and beat up to me. At the very least it appears they’ve been sitting in a warehouse for 12+ months, if not a couple years.

Maybe you live or shop in a low income area. That is not the case where I shop. I bough clothes in NR last fall that were available on Nordstrom’s online.

I have $4mil, and love a good bargain.

Anonymous wrote:Why does that make you feel good about yourself?

She's basically saying Marshall's is for the poors, and she has better taste.

Congratulations, OP. Feel better about yourself now?

These places used to be good when it was unsold or overstock top quality merch. Then the clothing conglomerates just started making inferior crap products to send directly to these places and outlets. It’s all garbage Walmart tier clothes.

I’m really grateful that Marshall’s TJ Maxx and Nordstrom Rack were there in the early days of my career when I could barely afford to pay rent and to eat. In fact, I couldn’t afford it, because I had credit card debt for many years. Those stores helped me through the tough years of my career, and I never felt too out of place, even though—in many ways—I was.

I miss Filene’s Basement, where I once found a DVF wrap dress that helped me feel like I fit in, even though by wearing it once every two weeks, I’m sure it gave me away.

Why does that make you feel good about yourself?

Marshall’s, TJ Maxx and even Nordstrom Rack are full of trash clothes. All of the clothes look old and beat up to me. At the very least it appears they’ve been sitting in a warehouse for 12+ months, if not a couple years.

"Poor on the inside"? You sound awful, I hope I don't know you.

Outside of the period between Thanksgiving and New Years, I find stores like that very calming and usually walk out without anything. Sometimes, I might buy an interesting snack.

I feel like DCUM will understand.


Also I end up buying sunglasses or kid clothes, does that mean I’m poor on the inside?