Bin Stores in Elgin, Illinois

"Honestly, I want to tell people to not shop here so I can find all the really good deals, but this is one of the best stores in Elgin-area. The owner and staff are incredible people who care about their products and customers. They make sure that people are safe and that the shopping is as structured as possible with rules to make it fair for everyone. This is a Treasure Bin Store. It's returns from Amazon* laid out in long bin like tables, mostly unsorted. The owner and his family run the store well and have instituted rules that..."

"Treasure hunting as I call it is not for everyone. You have to go through the bins to find your treasures. There are shoppers that open boxes and throw the contents around. There are shoppers who let their kids run through the store tearing open boxes and playing with toys. That It makes it very difficult and frustrating sometimes to shop. I generally go on Saturday when it's $6 day. The bins are refilled several times a day. I have found: garbage disposals, cabinet hardware, clothes, beads for jewelry making, computer items, just to name a few. Staff has always..."

"Imagine a space where you usually spend at least one hour digging through piles of previously used and returned Amazon merchandise and there are no toilets. Same toilets that are provided in stores where you spend 10 minutes buying what you exactly want. When this business opened a couple years ago I used to be able to find really good stuff in the piles. Not anymore. Right now most of what's left goes away Friday morning where a long row of buyers lines up before opening. Most of them are online resellers, ahem " neighbourhood entrepreneurs "eager to make a..."

"Same problem as all the other bin stores. You would think they'd figure it out by now. You have people coming early in the morning, dropping off placeholders so they can come cut in front of everyone before the stores open. Here's a solution. Block the place holding flat out. Don't allow them to do that and make them physically be present to be in line. These people ruin everything. Your resellers make friends with people and feel like thats enough reason to cut in line. People who are not family members just casually cut in front of everyone. If..."