Yesterday I bought a new bathroom liquid soap for 3.99 and no word of a lie it smells ten times that price… Its like one by Aesop. So, have you bought anything and thought oooh what a barg recently? Doesn’t have to be tk maxx specific
Birmingham TK Maxx had a golden period around 2013-14 when you could consistently pick up designer clothes massively reduced. Best bargain I got was a Maison Margiela silk cardigan for £70-80, down from £500 or so. They once had a Rick Owens leather jacket for a couple of hundred, they’re usually well over a grand but sadly this wasn’t in my size.
Bought a tie a while back, nice navy one, good material, intending to wear it for a wedding. Got home to discover it had a massive lion emblem on the front, so obviously I’m not ever going to wear it because I’ll look like a kipper or worse.
Haha yeah in fairness I never bother with the clothing section as being overweight it’s just a hassle. However the homeware, shoes and beauty and bath sections get rinsed!!
The great thing about TK Maxx is that there will literally be five pairs of jeans in every store with a 31 inch waist and then four of them will have like 40 inch legs, one will look ideal at first glance, will have 31 inch leg and 28 inch leg and will look perfect and then when you pick them up there will be a drawing of a dragon on the kneecap or “DANGEROUS BOY” scrawled on the arse or something.
The food section is so fun. Always get interesting spices and stuff. And decent olive oil! Also have a gorgeous pair of clay decanters for olive oil and balsamic vinegar which made me feel so grown up
Sometimes spend absolutely ages in there looking at pointless homeware, deciding something I like and by the time I’ve got to the queue I will decide I dont need it and dump it and get the hell out of there.
I once saw a cropped faux leather jacket bearing the legend, “COCK FIGHT REVOLUTION” in TK Maxx in Barnsley. For a tenner. Not buying it haunts me to this day.
Think about 40% of my clothes are from maxx. Mainly go there for the layout, find other clothes shops really annoying in comparison. Good for xmas shopping too if you don’t know what you’re looking for