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💬 Reviews and Featured Shops: Get More From the Thrift Trail
Two small features on the Thrift Trail make a big difference: the shop reviews and the Featured Shop. Here is what they are and how to use them.
Read what other thrifters say
Each shop card has a Reviews button. Tap it to see what other visitors have said about the shop: what to look for, when to go, what to skip. The short note on each card summarizes what public reviews say about the shop in general, and Trail reviews come from real visitors like you.
Leave your own review
After a visit, tap Reviews and add yours. A good review is specific: what you bought, how the staff were, how the prices felt and the best time to go. Skip the personal complaints and keep it kind. A review helps the next thrifter plan their shop.
The Featured Shop
Each day the Trail spotlights one shop with a gold star. It is a way to put a different local business in the spotlight and a good starting point if you do not know where to begin. On Saturdays, the featured shop is Poor Taste downtown.
Support the shop
- Tag the shop when you post a haul.
- Leave a review on the Trail and on Google.
- Tell a friend.
Why reviews help
Reviews tell you what a shop is really like: whether the staff is friendly, whether prices are fair and what the selection is like. Your note helps the next thrifter.
Quick answers
Who sees my review?
Other visitors to the Trail.
How does the Featured Shop change?
It rotates, with the spotlight shown by a gold star.
Thrift tip: Reviews are most helpful when they include the day and time you visited. Shops vary a lot by day.
Find the featured shop on the Chattanooga Thrift Trail map and open its reviews.
Plan a route through Chattanooga area thrift stores, vintage shops and antique malls, ordered around their hours.
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