Time for a rummage! (TK Maxx)

Member Name: machar

Product:	TK Maxx
Date:	23/10/01 (541 review reads)
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Advantages: great clothes, cheap prices, never know the bargains you might find!

Disadvantages: have to be prepared to look, some tacky stuff!

I love TK Maxx - absolutely adore it! It's an adventure every time you go there - never knowing what you might find. I'm waiting with intrepidation until the 1st of November when TK Maxx eventually opens in Aberdeen. Until now I've had to put up with having to visit the nearest store (Dundee) which is over an hour away!

I've had a sneaky peak at the new store and it looks fab! - two floors of clothes to rummage through. The way it works is that TK Maxx buys in old stock, last seasons designs and slightly faulty goods. Everything is placed in sections - firstly either men, women or childrens. Then the clothes are further subdivided. The womens wear is divided into tops, knit wear, skirts, trousers, jackets, leisure wear etc and they are all placed in sizes.
This is the best place for picking up cheap designer clothes. In amongst the racks and racks of clothes you can find everything from Calvin Klein to Jasper Conran to the odd piece of Armani! When you think what you can pay for a Calvin Klein jumper in a trendy clothes shop - why bother when TK Maxx sells it for a quarter of the price? Okay you don't get a fancy bag but you do get a bargain!

The one thing that some people don't like about the store (including my mum) is the way the clothes are organised. Because TK Maxx by odds and ends, you don't get every top in umpteen sizes and umpteen colours. You must be prepared to flick you way through a lot of clothes!! I lived in Edinburgh for 5 years and was a regular at the 2nd hand clothes shops so I can flick my way through 50 tops in a very short space of time. You have to be prepared to look! Another reason that I can get through so many clothes is the fact that I only wear 4 colours - really saves time!

Every time I go to TK Maxx I always find something that I need. I never seem to buy things for the sake of it - it's always exactly what I was looking for!

Not only does TK Maxx
have clothes but they also do accessories and household items. The household area can be a hit-or-miss. They do lots of ornaments, candleholders, pictures etc. but some of the stuff can be a bit tacky! However, sometimes you can pick up some lovely crystal etc which is excellent for presents.

All in all TK Maxx is a bit of an Aladdins cave - you just never know what you might find at a bargain price!

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