St. Louis and Metro East sourcing guide

Before you buy or bring items in

Confirm shopping and donation hours separately. Ask about current intake rules, returns, fitting rooms, accessibility and loading when your trip depends on them.

Inspect condition, alterations, maker marks and missing parts. Compare recent sold items in similar condition and include fees, shipping, preparation and your time before setting a buy price.

Use the sourcing checklist and profit calculator. The pins are approximate address matches; directions and travel-time estimates do not guarantee an entrance, parking or opening.

MERS Goodwill publishes a 14-day return window with exclusions. Check the operator policy, receipt and tags before relying on a return. Do not assume outlet exceptions or apply one chain’s rules to an independent shop.

New map positions combine 49 Census address-range matches and 14 named business-map matches corroborated against shop sources. Pins are approximate locations, not verified entrances. Creve Coeur retains a postal ZIP discrepancy; Clothes Mentor and Green Goose shopping hours remain unconfirmed, and Crestwood/Ellisville Savers have conflicting weekday opening times.

ReFresh’s current address is 1220 N Lindbergh Blvd; its former Brentwood location is closed.

Miriam Switching Post is on hiatus, and May’s Place now sells within Green Shag rather than its old standalone storefront. Neither is counted as a new separate stop.

Shortlists use published, mapped shops. Check current operator hours before leaving, particularly holiday weekends, heat-related warehouse closures and buying-counter restrictions.