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3.0 of 5 stars.
I feel more at peace shopping at Boomerangs than I do religiously affiliated thrift stores, knowing that I fully support where their profits go. (the AIDS Action Committee!) But boo on you,...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Let me preface this by stating that I will definitely be back. I guess the only reason why it gets 3 stars is because I did not find anything to walk away with. This may not sound like a big deal to...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Like the other reviews here, I found the gems aren't really in the clothing section. They have a lot of kitchen and glassware, some random gadgets and speakers, and a lot of books. But it's rare...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been going to Boomerangs for well over a year now, both as a shopper and as one who donates. Yeah, like any place that features a rotating inventory, you can certainly go and not find a damned...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
reasonable prices, proceeds go to charity, better art than at most thrift stores
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Donating to Boomerangs is a very simple process; drive around back, unload the car, hand over your belongings to one of the helpful unloading peeps, and that's that! What better way to get rid of your...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing here really overwhelmed me with joy, but this well organized thrift shop isn't bad for books, kitchenware, and a few other random finds.As has been mentioned, the clothing is color coordinated...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The store itself gets 4 stars. Decent selection of stuff, good prices. Clothing choices are pretty dismal, but eh.The bonus star is for the staff and the fact that 2 of the 3 CD's ($2 each) I was...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Boomerangs is great for certain things, not so for others. For instance, I would never want to try to sort through the clothes to find a jewel in the rough. Just too much work. But for furniture...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
boomerangs is excellent for the following:1. furniture2. picture frames / things to hang on your wall3. discarded organizational tools (i've found magazine racks, crates, plastic tubs, etc. maybe...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place - have gotten some incredible finds here in a few different genres. Besides cheapie tchatchkehs, have gotten some pretty rad clothes for 5-7 bucks a pop, 4 gorgeous curtain panels at...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice selection of clothes and good books
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I definitely think this might be the kind of place that is only really awesome if you are able to get there early and regularly. That's definitely not the case for us and I found it to be pretty...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Boomerangs what can I say that hasn't already been said, its the coolest punk thrift store ever. I cant go in here without buying something. whether its clothes, paintings, nick nacks, records, etc....
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is wonderful! The mission is admirable, the prices are cheap, and the staff are sweet! This is just a needed, lovely little gem!
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I gave this place one star because of the way they have treated me when I came to make donations here.For one thing, they make you go around to the back with your stuff. This entails walking about an...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I worked in JP, I went to Boomerangs at least twice a week. One of the things I really appreciate from Boomerangs is their ability to maintain organization in their store. The pants, skirts,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think the only thing I enjoy about this place is were the profits go to. The aren't super organized, an it smells like poo or sweat most of the time. I don't really find anything whenever I go,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I just got back from another fun and successful trip to Boomerangs. It is such a happy place!In my experience, used clothing stores usually fall into two categories: 1) Thrift: Goodwill/Salvation Army...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Boomerangs, Thank you for being my second hand sugar daddy when I needed it most. Your $5 crockpot has fed me heartily through the coldest winter nights. Your cheapity cheap, fruitful and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great selection with super prices. Got a bag and some bowls here for under 8 bucks. Hell. Yeah.
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am a fan of boomerangs, they are a great shop, and I live right up the street. You never know what you are going to find in this place the selection is always rotating and they sometimes have great...
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I am officially obsessed with boomerangs. it is official because i stopped there on my lunch break today (and i work 20 mins away...you do the math...!!!) in 10 minutes, I walked out with a 3-cd set...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I go to boomerangs for several things, treasure hunting being the top on the list. I once found a beautiful metal dresser at here, it's the cats meow. If you have patience and visit often, I believe...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As a collector, you can't go wrong with a quick browse through their constantly changing inventory of local used goodies.
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What do you want me to say...?That I thought about giving it four stars instead of five?That I'm not there at least three times a week for no other reason to mosey around and pretend I'm looking for...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've never been much into thrift stores. I find them kind of gross, often having a warehouse feel, and sometimes they're pretty dang expensive. Having said that, I LOVE Boomerangs. When I was working...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love coming here on the weekend and rummaging through the great selection of second hand books at the back. You can't go wrong with $2 for a pbk and $3 for hbk.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Just moved to the area and was so glad to discover Boomerangs. Found some great latte mugs for 50cents each and have started looking there for furniture and other decorations. Love that all the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
my favorite thrift store ever. it's always an adventure. although i haven't gotten any good clothes there in a long time. but i have gotten cheap furniture, beer glasses, old comic books, many old cds...
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh..... YEH!!!!!This is an amazing thrift store you could totally just get lost in.The window displays are so artsy and eye catching. The clothes are in good shape. The back area, where all the books...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Without taking anything else into consideration, you can't help but give this store props for the fact that the proceeds benefit charity (the AIDS Action Committee). If it weren't for this fact, this...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite places to pick up used books (at low low prices) in Boston. Not that they are organized in any specific way except SIZE; you gotta be a in a browsing mood.And, if not books,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Always fun to look around and have gotten some good deals on shirts. The selection of vintage is usually one or two circular racks, sometimes can find good stuff. Staff are fine, kinda ambivalent...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I got two cool Grappa glasses for a buck each at Boomerangs yesterday. Needless to say, I spent last night double-fisting the Grappa, so now my head is *pounding* each time I type a letter in this...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I consider myself more of a wannabe thrifter - I love finding and buying things second-hand yet I don't have the patience or stamina to put aside my obsessive-compulsive need for organization and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really, really want to love Boomerangs. I mean, I LIKE Boomerangs enough. It's wonderful that the proceeds go to AIDS Action Committee, and that alone is reason enough for me to buy all the knick...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best thrift store I've been to in Boston yet. It has a good vibe, lots of stylish clothing, and a surprisingly varied collection of books. Household items, furniture. The people who work...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I JUST got back from Boomerang's. I can't believe I haven't yet reviews it. Today I found amazing records: 3 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass records, Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees", The The "Soul Mining",...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The fact that 100% of the proceeds go to the AIDS Action Committee would be reason enough for me to love Boomerangs as much as I do, but the truth is, the shop has a lot to offer. They have a great...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So yes, Boomerangs is not the cheapest of the thrift stores out there, but I think the surprise finds that you get are there are much better than what you might stumble across in other place's 25 cent...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Boomerang's is my second favorite (though first by default, as it's blocks away from my apt) thrift store of all time. Every time I walk down centre street, i pop my head in and find something...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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I had heard of this place through friends and an internet search, and since I've yet to find a thrift store with convenient prices that match the selection in Boston, I decided to bring some clothing donations...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
love boomerangs, found great china, lazy boy love seat,purses, silk pillow shams (new). christmas ornaments all crystal. all different figures. two dollars each. new cds perfect condition all 2...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Automatic three stars for the fact (as others have mentioned) that all of the $$ goes to the AIDS Action Committee. No more than three stars because of selection and price. I also think that all of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Less than three less than three.Come on people - how can you give less than four stars to a shop that benefits charity?! I mean really.Took my first, much anticipated, visit to Boomerang's this past...
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2008
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A large percentage of my clothes and shoes come from Boomerangs -- all Gap, Ann Taylor, the Limited, Express, etc. They have a great selection. Yes, you have to wade through a lot of stuff to find gems -- it...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Never once found anything to buy here...I have had fun looking around but I don't think the stuff is as cool as some other thrift stores.The furniture section sometimes has really good stuff, but you...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
100% of the proceeds go to the programs and services of AIDS Action Committee! For more info, visit www.aac.org/boomerangs.Yes, the prices are a little higher than other resale stores, but it sure...
yelp.com - user review - 12/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is spectacular. It's cleaner than the Salvation Army or the Goodwill. They get leftovers from Filene's Basement and Barney's clearance and likely other high end stuff. I've stopped by...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Entered after an excursion to JP Licks.Scene: A group of wanna be cool sales staff.....Two of them talking about where they went and whom they slept with the night before. The other two talking about...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Every once in a while you can find a something unique here, if you can stomach the cookie-cutter, cooler than you hipsters who staff the joint. Dirty? Yes. Both the staff and the store. Is it worth it...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Like Yi-Hwa H and Doris K I organize my closet by color, but in retail size is definitely the way to go; fewer decisions to make if something is not my size. This place is by no means the chaos of...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ridiculously good selection of popular fiction for $2 in softcover, $3 in hardcover? That's more than enough for me...Next time I'll try not to let the book section calling my name stop me from...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm sorry, but if you're a serious thrifter like me, this place is sort of a joke.It's jam packed with too-cool-for-school kids. Why? The selection is a combination of generic crap you'd expect at a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I do thrift stores on occasion: parties, cheap house crap, a need for ill-fitting vintage clothes, craving vinyl (records). The list goes on. See, it's nearby and fun to browse and cheap and accepts...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I wouldn't call it the best thrift-store I've ever been too - they certainly have a lot of rather crappy stuff - but with a little luck you'll almost certainly find a good bargain there. They really...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
this place blows!everything is dirty and overpriced and tacky. OK, so maybe you can find maybe one good thing every year, and it's for a good cause, but i can't believe the people who enjoy this...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite thrift stores. I can almost always find something good here, and it's always dirt cheap. I've gotten like five J. Crew sweaters here--I think there's some JP lady who goes...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely one of the classier thrift stores I've been in. The neighborhood is great and JP Licks is really close, so you can get in a nice afternoon of thrifting and ice cream. The staff is really...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Boomerangs actually organizes and sorts their stuff in a manner where you can search BY SIZE and CATEGORY and it actually make sense. This is splendid. Now and again, you will find something really...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After hearing RANTS and RAVES about this place, I could not go much longer without checking it out, so I headed over with my boyfriend today who wanted to get a few spring items but had little cash to...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. I like to spend my Sat afternoons here. They got alot of interesting things, if you're into Urban Outfitters, sometimes they get shipments from there. I also like their book...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I guess I just haven't been bitten by the Boomerang bug...I never find anything I like here, clothing-wise. My friends seem to do ok, but it's basically a Goodwill staffed by pretty young art...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for the first time this weekend and I was cheerfully surprised...it's nice and bright in there, and not drab and boring and dull as urban renewal...it's got a bit of charm...i love...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not a fan. I would have given this one star, but I know a lot of people shop here and love it and the money goes to something good so I have to bump it up. I'm not a fan because I never find...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2007
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I went to Boomerangs with my cousin last weekend and had a ball browsing their selection of - well - everything. They have new (yes, new) clothing, jewelry, clothes for just about everyone (even your...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Last time i went to this wonderful store, i obtained the classic 1985 Mr Mister album Welcome to the real world.I think that speaks for itself.I am never disappointed when i am here. It's like a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2006
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iwent into boomerangs saturday i found a couch after sitting on it i decided to buy it i talked to a girl who works there i asked her if she could hold it for five minutes because i forgot my phone and i...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/06/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The thing I love about Boomerangs that I don't find in most stores is that it is organized mostly be size!!! OH MAN DOES IT GET ANY BETTER!?!?!?!There is nothing more overwhelming or frustrating than...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place is so weird. i like it.i went in there with a friend for the first time last week (we actually waited outside for 5 minutes with about 6 other people anxious to get in there at opening...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2006
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The used book section at Boomerangs rivals Harvard Bookstore's across the river - it's just as smart, eclectic, and broad. The place doesn't look like much (except for the awesome window displays) bu...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have been here a few times and haven't found anything for myself, but once I was here with my boyfriend and he found a suit in great condition that fit him perfectly for 25 bucks.That's luck right...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What Billie didn't tell you is that it was a $400 Brooks Brothers suit ... for $25! I was stunned. Now when I go on job interviews I can pretend like I know how to dress up properly. The best...
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I like wandering Boomerangs for about five minutes. Then I realize they have nothing I want, and I leave. The people I know who love Boomerangs the most have all worked there (i.e. had first dibs at...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's OK, but the truth is that I go in excited to hunt, and then I never really find anything I'm looking for. Still, it's a fun place to kill a little time. It's very convenient to drop off stuff for...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Can you say random shit? Yes! Good! Random shit... I was so jealous when my friend nabbed the gingerbread man wine bottle warmer. I almost bought a felt chicken hat there. I did find some awesome...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2005
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Boomerangs is a thrift shop like none other. They have a terrific selection, fun window displays, and their prices are unbeatable. Unlike some other second-hand stores, they've kept prices LOW. Because of the...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/09/2005
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Boomerangs is a fantastic charity shop located in the center of hipness in Jamaica Plain. Their sales benefit the AIDS Action committee and they have a fantastic selection of clothing and other things to...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/02/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have never been able to find anything that great there, But I love the way the do their windows!
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What I usually go for in Boomerangs:Check the front tables-usually have remainders from department stores, anything from candles to picture frames to Robert Crumb party hats-all newCheck out the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2005
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This thrift store is great primarily for books. Check out the selection in the back. Many call JP the poor man's Cambridge -- and the books in the back are indeed surprisingly good. Paperbacks are ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/17/2005
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Boomerangs is an interesting twist on a thrift store concept. Located in JP Centre, Boomerangs is home to the castoff items of a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood as well as stock of items that didn't...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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We all have dead weight in our closets and look to find something to do with it. Boomerangs is that something. It appears to be your run of the mill secondhand shop. However, it really is something...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/11/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When it comes to clothing, Boomerangs may not have too many options to choose from, but I hear that a lot of the money they make goes toward AIDS research or AIDS patients. I'm not sure which one it...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2005
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Boomerangs has so many great deals. They sell hats, shirts, toys, handbags, skirts, dresses, and suits. It's similar to Marshalls, so if you know what that's like well then this is just a variation. ...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/16/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ohhh such friendly service. THey've got things in glass cases, and cheesy pics on the walls. Sometimes they are playing disturbingly good music. I got a slide projector here for $5. Some of their...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely the best display windows in JP, hands down. There's no real way to describe what's inside- you just have to check it out. I have gotten things that range from a $2.00 Longaberger basket...
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2005
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Boomerangs is a fantastic charity shop located in the center of hipness in Jamaica Plain. Their sales benefit the AIDS Action committee and they have a fantastic selection of clothing and other things...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/01/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Boomerangs is your local, second-hand, Goodwill-type store, but with a slightly different stock than most. Both men's and women's clothing have large selections (for men, think $5 designer shirts and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2005
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