Le Magasin Du Chaînon

Great thrift store/friperie! This place has two floors of clothing, hygiene products, knicknacks, furnitures, glasswares, used books, and other stuff. The men’s clothing section had great variety of selections including tshirts, shirts, and jackets. The books also had both English and French items. Decent prices too! Highly recommended to check out

I feel like their prices have increased dramatically on clothing since opening their new location. I also feel like they do not inspect the quality of their items when pricing. A jacket was priced at $50. There were stains all over it, dirty used tissues in the pockets, and the pockets themselves had damage and were ripped. Multiple zipper pulls were missing as well. Jackets without these defects and similar quality were the same price. Why?

Used to be my favorite thrift shop in downtown. I used to drive all way from the South Shore. Since a few months, the stock now is very small. Everytime I come there shelves are half full/half empty. I used to come for affordable baby and personal care stuff, but now something has changed. Please find more partners and shops to re-stock the basic personal care stuff!!!

I have just been mistreated in this place, it is supposed to be a foundation that helps women. All the items that come to them are donations, the prices have gone up absurdly. This is not a foundation it is a private business that is profiting. I asked nicely to exchange a dress I bought and I did not have the opportunity to measure it because of the amount of people in the place, in front of the manager Julia Sourbé the cashier calls me negligent for not having measured it, I just wanted to know if I could exchange the value of the dress for other products of the store, I was not asking for a refund of the money. I am a regular customer and I never imagined a treatment like this in a place that is supposed to be for women. On another occasion the manager Patrice Mongeau was kind enough to understand a similar situation and I was attended by him very kindly. This magazine plateau is now not a foundation but a PRIVATE BUSINESS!

The new location of le Magasin du Chainon at 4461 St Laurent Blvd is a shell of what it once was. The new Chainon is now devoted to clothing, household items and a few measly shelves of books. It's still two floors, but the space has shrunk - a lot. Gone is the furniture section that has furnished many a student's home. Gone is the lighting section that provided my funky lamps. Gone is the sports section where I used to find ice skates for my daughter. Gone is the electronics section where I once found a vintage fan. Gone is the stroller section where parents could count on finding a back-up baby stroller after having their original stolen off their front porch! Gone is the $1 Book on Mondays because the book section is just too damn small! I have found so many great books at the old Chainon store - now what am I going to do?! The Magasin du Chainon near Cremazie is supposed to be bigger with all the furniture, electronics, etc. that the Plateau location used to have -- but it's just too damn far. I don't have a car so I'd have to make a special trip to get out there from the Plateau so it ain't gonna happen. The original Magasin du Chainon on 4375 boul. Saint-Laurent was like a thrift department store that provided a great service to the Plateau community. I miss the old Chainon and I'm sure I'm not alone. And I'm sorry to say the new Chainon sucks.