The bin store model
How a bin store actually works
Browse mixed items from major retailers. Every item in the bins costs the day’s price, which drops daily from Saturday to Friday.
Start to finish
Four steps to shopping the bins
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The truck lands on Saturday
A full truckload from major retailers hits the floor on Saturday morning. Thousands of items, mixed cases, overstock, and customer returns that were never opened. The bins are at their deepest they will be all week.
Come before noon if you are hunting something specific.
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Everything goes in the bins
No shelves. No categories. No labels. Electronics end up next to cookware, and cookware ends up next to toys. You dig with your hands — that is the point, and it is why the pickers who kneel down usually leave with the best finds.
Wear something you can kneel in. Bring a bag.
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One price for the whole store, every day
Whatever you pull out of a bin costs the same as everything else in the bins that day. There is no per-item pricing to argue about. Saturday it is the highest price, Friday it is the lowest, and the ladder resets when the next truck lands.
The ladder is posted on the pricing page every day.
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Nothing gets added back midweek
We never top the bins up between trucks. So as the week goes on the bins get thinner and the price drops with them. By Friday you are sifting a much smaller pile — at the lowest price of the week. That is where the real scores hide.
The best finds go first. The cheapest finds go last.
The weekly price ladder
Every item in the bins costs the day’s price. New stock arrives Saturday; prices drop each day until Friday. These are in-store bin prices; online lots and clothing are priced separately.
Tomorrow’s price: $4 per item.
| Day | Price | Note |
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| Saturday | $25 | Restock · Premium Restock Day |
| Sunday | $20 | |
| Monday | $15 | |
| Tuesday | $8 | |
| Wednesday | $6 | Today |
| Thursday | $4 | |
| Friday | $1 | Last Chance |
At the store
What to bring, and what we do for you
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Bring a bag
You will fill it. We do not provide carts for the bins — hands and arms only.
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We open anything
Boxes stay sealed in the bins, so you can see exactly what you are buying. Ask us to open it.
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Test before you pay
There is a testing station for electronics and anything with a battery. Test it there, not at home.
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Free onsite parking
Pull up, dig, load the car. The lot is right outside the door.
How to dig well
Five habits of people who leave with the good stuff
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Come on Saturday morning for the widest choice, or Friday for the lowest price.
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Get down to the bottom of the bin. The pile refills from the top and the heavy things sink.
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Check a bin you already walked past — bins get moved, and stock gets redistributed as people dig.
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Bring a friend and split up. Two people cover twice the floor.
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If it has a battery, test it at the station before you pay for it.
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