The Storm Cellar - Moscow, Idaho

Daniel S.

Lots of good items here. I didn't feel like it was worth the trouble to bring my clothing here, even the pretty expensive and only-worn-once pieces, because I wasn't offered much for them. They offered me a little more if I accepted store credit, so I did that and gave the voucher to my friend. There are a lot of nice women's clothes here, and she seemed pretty happy with what she bought!

Deleted my previous review & the reply because we all deserve a chance to be kind. 🙂

Timber

This store is nicely curated. There’s a decent selection of vintage items and some sample sale, lightly used goods.

I found myself wandering and not finding very many vintage items in my size (XL and +) but there were at least some.

There’s a cute little selection of indie-made greeting cards, new hair clips and claws, and some little trinkets like candles, posters, and pillows as well.

The sales girl who rang me out was wonderfully kind and we had a sweet conversation.

Honestly, I walked in hot and cranky and left feeling uplifted and having thoroughly enjoyed my shopping experience!

X X.

I paid around $75 for a piece labeled “vintage,” then found out when I got home that it was a fast-fashion piece released in 2023. I feel ashamed for overpaying and spending that much without doing my research. Buyers should be able to trust vintage clothing stores like The Storm Cellar to tell the difference between true vintage and fast fashion, and to be honest when labeling pieces as vintage (as opposed to modern vintage-style items).

Morgan W.

nice employees, items are well curated but can be a bit overpriced. they definitely value having name brand items, so if you are in the market for those then this is a great place.

but selling clothes with them can be difficult because they only do by appointment only and a limit of clothes (not like other places where they take walk-ins with no limit). the max they give you per trip is $40 cash or $80 in store credit. again only brand name stuff and trendy clothes/accessories will get picked so anything less will be denied.

overall a nice shopping experience but it’s not like a thrift store with low prices

edit: i sold my clothes there a few times and it was the same ($40 cash/$80 store credit) every time regardless. even a barely used patagonia winter coat ($300 new) got chosen and they wouldn’t give me more for it

R B.

I sold high-quality name brand items at the Storm Cellar regularly for years. The people who pick through the clothing are rude and are not transparent about what items they intend on keeping. I was rather burned the last time they took 8 items, including a brand new Italian leather purse, and they paid out $20.

What do they buy instead? The Storm Cellar in Moscow has recently changed their business to buy last season's fashion from brands like Lands End and Free People in wholesale quantities. Their consignment is mostly Fast Fashion now (think SheIn and Forever21).

The staff who works there (and has for years) used to be polite and they seemed to like their work. Now? They're way too cool for anyone who comes in. No hi/hello/thanks.

Amber H.

I used to love the Storm Cellar, I could always count on finding something and going there was fun and explorative. The vibe has changed. Sure, there are quite a few designer tags, but a lot of the clothes are not very appealing or are blah. More importantly, though - they don't bother to acknowledge other humans. No "hello," not even a glance or acknowledgement that you've taken the time to walk through their door, much less, "how are you today?" Or, "thanks for visiting!" In fact, they don't even steal a sideways glance. It's been that way the last 5-10 times I've visited. The male co-owner was always a little cold, hard to get a word out of, and definitely not a genuine smile, but now they seem angry. Even if he's not a people person, he needs to set the tone. You're doing what you love, enjoy yourselves, love the people who keep you working! No one smiles, no one laughs, and if they do it seems forced and rigid. And, the appointment to bring things in? How about tagging a bag with a phone #, examining the items, following up with a text/call and giving 48 hours to pick any up or forfeit it? Not everyone schedules their life 1-2 weeks out around the S.C., for example someone who works in the area when they're on call for their job. I walked in once not knowing about their new appointment policy and had ONE pair of boots - the girl was sitting on her stool, there weren't any clothes on the counter in front of her, but you'd have thought I walked in and gut punched them, it was the biggest inconvenience that I didn't follow their new policy. Since Moscow is a turn-over town the tone they've set may work for them, but if not for the changing population, this wouldn't be a sustainable business practice.

John S.

My family and I really enjoy shopping here. You never know what great deals you're going to find!

Mariah F.

After getting no information as to what kind of items they were looking for, I stayed up till 3am going thru all my stuff washing folding and pressing. Washing all shoes etc. I finally get two heavy totes loaded up and got to Moscow. The farmers market was in session so I had to park forever away and carry these very heavy totes in. The girl barely smiled and said to come back in 20 minutes. 80% of my items had literally never been worn. There was a wide range of variety. I came back to see she accepted like 4 things of the 80 plus items. Of corse one of them was a never been worn knee high pair of boots that cost $300. I got $30 for all 4 items. For hours upon hours of preparations to try to adhire to a store that doesn’t have a phone . I’d never been there. I don’t live in town. I cried the whole way home. It was all a big waste of time. Luckily a different place took my items last minute and said that she highly doubted the girl even looked in the box of clothes. I tend to agree as everything was pretty much in the same location I had it. So she must have just glanced at the shoe bin.