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If you pay the balance off on your card each month, they make no interest, but you get the rewards. It works for me!

@makeupforfun808

5 ай бұрын

I agree! Pay it off every month and collecting those rewards money which build up fast is better than other credit cards

Years ago I used to get really nice clothing at TJMaxx. However, in recent years the quality has really gone downhill and I noticed that so much of what I was putting in my donation bags came from TJM. I quit buying clothing from there last year, I don't even look anymore. Most of the time if I'm there, I'm looking for something for my kitchen, new pillows or food. I don't buy anywhere close to what I used to in TJM pre-pandemic, it really has gone downhill.

@Sunnygal75

10 ай бұрын

Where do you shop now? It's becoming harder and harder to know where to go...

@flohough1870

10 ай бұрын

@@Sunnygal75 I mostly wear what I have in my closet. I did buy from Old Navy for a while but now their stuff is going downhill in quality too.

@Sunnygal75

10 ай бұрын

@@flohough1870 Too bad their prices don't go down with it. Men's clothes always seem to be better quality but I don't want to look like a guy lol

@fredacharbel7510

10 ай бұрын

100% agree. Now it’s all cheaply manufactured for outlets, and TJ Max is one of them.

@vickigonya9432

10 ай бұрын

I agree and I don't look at clothing either. Actually only the shoes and pet stuff

Been shopping at Marshalls/TJMAXX for over 45 years. TJ's qualify has plumeted in recent years for clothing, shoes, belts, and handbags. I have some older items from each of these categories that are still beautiful. Still find some nice things for my home and pets.

@sophiaelayne9984

Ай бұрын

"quality has plummeted" in absolutely every store...even the high end ones. Have you been to Nordstrom's lately?

This video contains great and practical shopping advice. I used to love stores like TJMaxx and Marshall's years back, but I find myself almost never shopping there anymore because it feels more and more like an outlet with cheap goods and clothing---and often, not even cheap!

I still think I'd rather have the "inferior" Michael Kors bag from TJ Max then buy a high end bag for a $1000. No way.

@hyphydan

Ай бұрын

I'd rather catch a sale and buy a higher quality item for a good price instead of trash from Ross/TJ/Michaels. Only people who but that trash are illegal immigrants and Transvestites

I loved your intro. I’ve been guilty of purchasing some of these items that you mentioned. Thank you for sharing!

I really enjoyed this video. I have drawn a lot of these conclusions for myself as well and I feel like you validated how I was thinking and feeling about TJMaxx. I didn't know about the replica bags though and I will watch that carefully at any discount store. I recently bought a Hot Tools curling iron there and when I got it home, the quality of the iron seemed inferior to my last Hot Tools purchase several years ago from a beauty supply store that catered to professionals. When I went to return it, they refused to take it back and said no returns on beauty. I've decided to stop shopping there, also since I just don't find clothing I love for the reasons you stated here.

I have purchased many things at TJmax and good quality , won't complain. I will not purchase anything just to purchase, what I buy I do wear and love.

Thanks Melissa. Darn I just purchased several "essentials" at TJ Maxx I love them though!

The Runway section in Canada is always a mismatch of very random stuff, not at all merchandised well and I’ve never had any luck there. As for the designer bags, knowing that TJ regularly takes back worn/used/fake items in the clothing category, I would skip any super expensive purchases at TJMaxx. Buyer beware.

@jgalt5002

9 ай бұрын

Also damaged and I seen something of the items cheaper in retail stores ie a dvf dress I had was more and a season after I had bought it retail .

I used to love getting my Burberry Weekend perfume for TJMaxx and they never let me down. I do appreciate these kinds of videos keeping us consumers on top of things. Thanks again for sharing your experience and time with us 💕💕

Additionally as a BEAUTY ADDICT / Expert TJ maxx is totally safe to buy beauty products BUT use common sense. Check the date, check the seal. I’ve been to WHOLE FOODS and have seen molding fruit or expired food. Things can happen ANYWHERE. Use common sense

@mossyoakmom8880

7 ай бұрын

I bought some sun screen from a Whole Foods in Laguna Beach this past May not realizing it was already expired! Make sure to check the dates no matter where you shop.

I love TJMaxx and have never had a problem.

@sophiaelayne9984

Ай бұрын

Same. Shopped there for 30 years, buy tons of designer and never disappointed!

Your videos are the best!!! Thanks for all your quality content!

These are great 🎉 like you said, it's avout following your gut and to me having lots of patience! Take the time to scour the racks and look for really good fabrics - I've found great Frame denim, Veronica Beard, Diane VF wrap dresses, Sept a Cinq blouses, etc etc but over years! Also great at times for blowdryers ( i ALWAYS break mine😂), grooming accessories, make'up organizers, etc etc.. .

Read the book “The Counterfeit” by Kirstin Chen - eye opening!!!!!! It’s about the world of returning designer dupes to stores. Details exactly how it’s done. Shocking & scary! Would love a best things to buy at TJ’s video.

As a hairstylist, I ruin clothes on the regular. TJ Maxx is a Godsend for me, because I do find things that suit my aesthetic and I don’t get too shook up if bleach gets on it. I save my money for church clothes.

@Lexibaby516

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, I go to many TJ Max and find some great deals.

@allush198

5 ай бұрын

@@Lexibaby516Me too

Good advice, the last several year’s I’ve just avoided that place for fashion…still pick up a few decor items tho.

Hooray for Skip #7. Step away from the juniors department, ladies! Don’t try to argue: NO!

I need a part two of this video!

I absolutely love Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Juicy Couture, and Coach! I feel like I get more of my money's worth with these brands than I ever could from any "high end" designer.

That Gucci tan bag you show twice is the Bree which is a outlet design and in 2019 at the outlet it was $500 I bought it I should know and it’s an outlet bag not a boutique bag

Loved this video!!

Melissa, you are so correct🎉👍🎉. Having spent my career in Retail Management , I have lived through the store brands, special purchases, limited pricing , outlet merchandise, and every scam that retailers have tried and failed on us, we are the folks that pay their salaries😂😂. Consumers have gotten so educated in the past 6 years and boy are we smart now! Thank you for showing all of us the backbone of TJMaxx now, don’t tell, but I used to work for them when they did receive the icing merchandise , a few moons ago❤️👏❤️👏❤️ Keep up your videos, You are Fabulous 🤩💃🤩💃

Yeah interested. The real price and suggested price or whatever. Have thought about this b4. Years ago. I'm already a fashionista.....tj Maxx is still awesome though! Thank u 4 the insight 🎉

@LindseyEllen-nx8lb

10 ай бұрын

Do glad I stumbled upon your Channel 🎉🎉🎉girl power and the more you know🎉🎉🎉

Love ❤️ love 💗 love 💗! Melissa, you just sounded like a data scientist 👩‍🔬. This is what they do, use machine learning tools ⚒️ to plot a Bell 🛎️ Curve , analyze the data, advise the client companies accordingly and charge a lot of money 💰💰 while they’re at it. Wink 😉 wink 😉! Lol 😂 love ❤️ it! - Amy

Love your videos

Interesting video Melissa. I really liked it. I got a TJ Maxx credit card. Sorry I did. Nothing but problems since I've used it. I've only used it once.

@montanaminck2226

9 ай бұрын

Yes the CC is a nightmare, and trying to get things straightened out w CC customer service is INSANE, DONT USE IT ANYMORE

TJMaxx's Runway is just as authentic as Nordstrom, Neiman's or Saks. I work at a very high end store, have purchased designer pieces from TJMaxxs and I can honestly say I've had no issue whatsoever.

Mellisss i agree with you that those made for outlet items at tk maxx are of a lower quality than the retail items but i have puchased made for outlet items at tk maxx and they were still autentic mabie not as good but resonably good qaulity am i correct in saying that the made for outlet items are autentic even though they are a bit lower in qaulity

T.j. Maxx change drastically in Metro NYC! Originally They Carried legitimate brands either from last year or items that were overly produced purchased and not especially popular. Now you find items that are manufactured specifically for t.j. Maxx and Marshalls.

So right on every point !

Leggings are for workouts only.

Thanks for the info

Usually I shop in Marshall’s for cosmetics and skincare,love Koress and dr Hauschka. Sometimes I buy nice Italian leather bag.

I shop at Saks Outlet store in Illinois, I looked at a Gucci wallet for $350.00 and I own 5 REAL GUCCI’S there are a tag inside the wallet or purse with a Id # engraved, the 6 wallets & purses had No authentic tag, I called over the manager & pointed this OUT, then I pulled out my Real Gucci wallet & showed her the “ Tag”! I asked her why these didn’t have “ The tag”, her lame answer was I do Not know, this was 2 yrs ago, FYI!!!

I agree with a lot of this, but i have to say i have great luck with some of the activewear. I have some yogalicious leggings that have lasted years, i wash in my machine and hang to dry😊

Bethenny Frankel talked about high end items like Gucci- her getting them authenticated. I think from Hamptons TJs or Marshall's. Looked very fancy. Naturally lol

Cool,thank you

I cannot say for sure but from my experience with the Calvin Klein brands, they’re cheap… which makes me believe they’re dupes/replicas. I usually purchase CK UNDERWEAR AND BRAS AND HANDBAGS from Macy’s but when I saw the undergarments at TJ MAXX I grabbed them immediately since it was at least 50% cheaper. Only to find out after a couple of washes, they fell apart. Same with the handbag I purchased. It was 59.99…great deal compared to Macy’s but after a couple of months I had problems with the zipper and the inside was starting to fall apart. So moving forward, I will still b shopping there but I will be buying the cute inexpensive things without high hopes and leave any designer items alone. Just wanted you to know.

Thanks ❤

Luv the lighter hair

I wonder what your thoughts are on the Martha Stewart items and decor pieces? It seems like they are genuinely overstock but I find the pieces are often slightly damaged or seconds. There were a lot of glass pumpkins from her this year and most of them had minor or major issues.

Hey maybe you know why there are so few RUNWAY Tj stores. I am lucky eough to have exactly ONE but i wish there were more as there a different things at each.

I used to find great bags at TJ. Haven’t for a few years now. They just have cheap looking ones. I thought it was just my area but maybe not.

Please make more of yhese videos. Thanks for your insite

90 degree has some great clothes imo. I live their website.

@melissabgoodwin

9 ай бұрын

which are your favorite?!

@rhondalow

6 ай бұрын

I was just going to comment! I agree about staying away from all the cheaper legging types of brands but 90 degrees compares to my Lululemons, my Beyond Yoga and Alo!!

Loved the video. I have been wondering, " hummmm??? Am i more discerning in my style choices now or is it that i have moved from a very large city ( miami) to a small one ? Or has TJX and Marshall's really changed??? I so glad others see this as well. Both of these stores used to be fabulous 5 or 6 years ago. I always value your sense of economy and style.❤

It’s a discount store. If you want to get the ‘real’ thing, just go straight to the designer store you’re wanting to have or wear. :)

@lewisflowers5757

7 ай бұрын

Girl bye

Spot on👍

1) LOVE the bell curve explanation! 2) Could there be fakes at Nordstrom Rack?

@melissabgoodwin

9 ай бұрын

Good question...

Underwear there is the pits! Cheap and does not fit. They are mostly all cotton. I like a blend.

Omg, I had to laugh at #9. I bought a colorful, go with everything top to take on vacation, and every time I tried to wear it, i felt like I was wearing a nurse's scrub! Pretty colors, though but I HAD to go ahead and donate it. There's a LOT of clothes in there like that!

I got the TJ credit card for a discount on patio furniture. I don't use it on other purchases. Cash back rewards is so much better!

@hyphydan

Ай бұрын

That is a terrible credit card. You must be financially illiterate.

I purchased a cashmere light weight sweater in TJMxx, and I don't think it is 100% cashmere, because it makes an electrical charge noise when I take it off. Which is synthetic trait. I also got a perfume that was fake, as I have immediate reaction to it, a headache, and I never have it when wear authentic perfumes. However, I also purchased very nice leather bags, numerous good quality bags during all the years I shop there. So we still love our TJ Maxx ))

That bag at 9:37-9:50 is cute!

By cosmetics online. They typically clearly in fully original packaging/never opened.

Now what to look for at TJ MAXX?

Ok that was a different way to start a tj maxx video 😅🙌

Luckily there’s no T.J.MAXX store near me Years ago there was and I actually found some decent things I still have and wear. Of course there were misses too. I found Marshall’s to be the same. Lots of junk and ugly clothes and overpriced. I’d never buy a bag in one of those stores.

I’m completely shocked. I didn’t know that these stores could sell fakes. I just bought a Kate Spade from Marshall’s yesterday, and now I have no idea if it is real or not. I’m sad and disappointed.

I’m always at tjmaxx and I never had anything fake. Got Valentino shoes and they were legit etc..

I shop in every department who cares about it I am 63 years old and I wear juniors misses anything

It’s hard to fine quality anymore, TJ Max is a junk shop now with barely any real quality clothes.

I really like my 90 degree leggings. The cost of the Lulus just isn’t justified imho. Agree there are so many uuuuugly tops but you can score decent solid or stripe tops in basic colors too.

Hello, are you saying that if we see Michael Kors or Mark Jacobs or Coach handbags at TJ Maxx or Nordstrom Rack, are fake? Manufactured Sounds like it comes from the manufacturer. I thought that they are Legit it and real... but maybe just not the most expensive styles. 🤔

@MM-px5yn

10 ай бұрын

Those bags come from the outlet stores. Not fake but lower quality.

Could you please do some more inspiration and leadership videos!

@2:18 wow my bag just more than double from what I got it for 😮

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I am writing this as I’m sitting in my wildly comfortable, extremely durable, incredibly practical Yogalicious Lux 7/8 yoga pants. Been wearing these for YEARS and I will never trade these for those thin, no pocket other brands that cost upwards of $80. I have done really well with their activewear. Now, with that said, the quality finds are few and far between as many higher end brands don’t produce the same quantity and aren’t selling overstock to TJ Maxx. The in store shoe selection is cringe-worthy and cheap. It definitively saved my ass, though after my post Covid weight gain when I wasn’t going to pay full price for clothes that were 2 sizes larger than pre-Covid.

@melissabgoodwin

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting! Do your current Yogalicious leggings compare the same to those found in stores today? Are those listed as you mentioned or do they go by another name? (I'm doing some researching for a legging video so I really appreciate the comment!)

@deeford8318

9 ай бұрын

@@melissabgoodwin I purchased so many pairs before the pandemic I haven’t has the need to buy more. They’ve héld up really well. So I can’t really comment on the newer ones. Happy to go shopping and look for some new ones , though ….

Its not as if theses shoppers dont know what they're getting. Give them some credit please. Nothing is wrong with average. Come on now

@melissabgoodwin

9 ай бұрын

Ohhhhhh... I love looking for the best quality, best deals, best fits, best brands... and sharing it all with you. No one gets to be wrong for being average, but I love sharing the best so you can look/feel/have the best! xoxo

I don't doubt that tj maxx is definitely selling RETURNED fakes. I've seen a lot of wild fable/Target or other store brands (that tj maxx doesn't sell) WITH tj maxx tags on that item. It's ridiculous how the employee's don't realize that's not a tj maxx "brand"!

I bought Biosilk conditioner and it was expired.

If you not a junior don't go shopping in the junior department thanks😅😮😮😅

❤❤

So true, the quality is not there

I don’t miss a day a week kislux This show..

I’ve never been to a TJ Max

Absolute nonsense! LOVE TJ Max! Best buys around! Shopping there is guilt free and so much fun. Always something new!

Never liked TJ Maxx. Store too messy/cluttered and I can't find anything.

The younger consumer leans away from leather and buys" vegan leather " AKA plastic Handbags and shoes. Not my preference. Preference.

All the Tjmaxx brands HomeGoods etc….have gone completely downhill. You used to be able to find unique well made pieces weather it be clothing or home furnishings now it’s all landfill crap!

So , you only have to say do not buy there anything at all.

Ok good morning i hope you're doing well so you are saying I need a science degree to buy a handbag i mean come on don't we have real problems maybe its just me stay well

Let's be honest, a bag from Gucci will never, ever, in a million years cost $ 1249.99. Nor used, nor returned, simply as that.

Their clothes look 6-7 years old and brands I never heard of. No thanks…

The Homegoods are the worst cheap crap, my Mother has all this mismatched garbage in her home.

What a buzz kill. You just drained the joy of everything I love about TJ MAXX.😢

RIGHT SO BASICALLY DONT SHOP T.J.MAXX

I think YOUR average

Sounds so selfish!

None of there bags are good

I will never line up with thousands in my wallet waiting to go into these ridiculous stores to go buy ridiculous bags with ridiculous prices no ! Save money with this company kislux