Paper Bag Princess

Took ages to pay, staff were gas bagging instead of doing their job, found out I payed more than what the tag said which was fantastic not. cute store bad environment wont be coming back..

Super cute shop, everything is really nice quality and can pick up som really good items, lots of brands and diffinitley 10 steps up from normal op shops.

I love how the clothes are mostly organised in colour groups!

This is my favourite go-to pre-loved shop; great quality brands (lots of international brands), awesome staff, lots of new items added regularly, ordered by size and colour/style type. Reasonable pricing too! Just need to double check (as with any op shop) the condition of items before buying.

I brought a bag of clothing to Paper Bag Princess a couple of weeks ago to resell. An older woman behind the counter said she didn't buy clothing (such as Recycle Botique) to sell in her store but would donate it to Salvation Army if I wanted to leave it there. I thought that was great as my next stop was going to be the Salvation Army if they hadn't accepted them. I popped in today to look for something else and my clothes were for on the rack for sale. They were very distinctive and not NZ clothing brands so I know they were mine. I'm just really disappointed that I was lied to and just seems like a pretty slimy business practice to do that.

Customer service was fine but there were many clothes ripped and stained still for a very high price.

First visit today and we’ll be back! Fabulous stock with sensible pricing. Lovely staff too.

Best second hand shop I’ve ever visited :)

Love the Waimairi store, this store on the other hand had bad customer service. Two young girls behind counter didn’t acknowledge us, instead were chatting away very loudly, then caught them looking at me and whispering too - and when we paid they were not friendly at all. Definitely an upsetting experience