Once Upon A Child Anoka

Great experience buying and selling here. Much better than other locations I’ve been to. I come here at least once a month for the past year. I think they do a great job running their business, not sure what these 1-star reviews are about? This is one of my go-to locations.

I've almost always had positive, sometimes neutral, but never negative experience here - selling, shopping, and buying. It’s been especially positive recently with a change in ownership. Their new location (a block north of where they were in the past) has great parking and I always find at least a few basics and as well as exciting treasures.

Love this location! I mostly just shop and love their deals and amazing prices! My kids have so much because of this place and I couldn’t be more thankful! I also love their rewards program! If you sign up for text messages you receive weekend deals so you can wait until what you need is on sale and then go. I sold there once and it was a smooth process we waited in the car and I felt like everything I sold was priced fairly considering it would have just gone in the garbage🤷‍♀ Staff is always helpful and friendly!

I've only ever purchased items from this store, and not until this past week have I sold items. I am going through the process of selling all my girl clothes since we no longer have a girl in certain sizes. My first experience selling was last weekend and it was GREAT! I followed their directions on their website about how to sell. I only brought in two tote bins at a time to not overwhelm the staff (I've seen their piles of clothes they are sorting through while shopping previously, yikes!), I sorted through all the clothes first and discarded any stained items, over worn, or brands they don't accept. Everything was washed, folded, and organized according to item (pants, shirts, shorts, etc. in a single pile), sets were folded together in a separate tote and I made the staff aware. The staff was so appreciative of how well I organized my totes! My first sell they purchased about 90% of the items I brought it and I was given a very fair price, more than I anticipated! I've since brought in more totes to sell and have had the same great experience selling each time. Reading through some other reviews about selling I just have to shake my head. If they don't want to purchase your item, big deal. They should not be expected to give you a detailed report on every single item they reject. It's their business and they know what they want to resell and make a profit on, remember this is a business.

FIVE STARS!

I really love this store. The people that work here are just so friendly. Hunter is the best. She is so wonderful especially with my 4 kids that I bring in! They are so excited to see her!

I’ve been to several Once Upon a Child stores around the cities and this one is HANDS DOWN the best of them all. They have anything and everything but it’s organized in a way that’s as least overwhelming as possible. The staff is always super helpful to point me in the direction of what I’m looking for. Prices are great and I can SO appreciate that they have high standards on what items they’ll buy. Plenty of options in the sizes I need. 5 stars, no doubt.

I visited again today and this place has amazing service! I went here with my child and they were super nice. I see a lot of people giving poor reviews for service but I believe you may have been the problem. If you are repsectful and teach your childeren proper manners there should be no problems.

The staff is very kind and polite, I have personally witnessed very difficult shoppers who have given the staff Unnecessary grief and have refused to wear masks. I am glad I am able to buy such a nice products for low prices. Will be back soon!

This is my absolute favorite store for buying and selling my children's things! I'm always able to find name brand stuff here! Just bought a brand new under armor backpack and Adidas cleats for my son! Staff are always so nice and friendly!

Today I decided to Google this store to check the hours. I noted that there were a lot of negative reviews from people and decided that I would take a moment to provide an honest review that isn't written during a fit of rage. That seems to be a theme in these reviews. I visit this store regularly, at least twice a month and sometimes it's as high as 8 times a month.

Appearance of the Store:
I would start by saying this is a used clothing store. They have a lot of clothing but that is what allows you the opportunity to pick and choose what you want. It does not look like the shelves at Target so if you are expecting that then go to Target.

There seem to be a lot of comparisons to the Maple Grove location. I have visited both and I personally feel this location beats Maple Grove hands down. You want to see a crowded store then you should go to Maple Grove for sure. I also find that Maple Grove accepts lower end brands that Anoka doesn't so that makes the selection at Anoka much better to me.

Quality of Clothing:
It's used. Let me repeat that it's used. Not every single item in the store is going to be absolutely flawless. The store is busy none stop and their employees are expected to look through 3 tubs of clothing in 7 minutes because the people writing these reviews expect them too. And then you complain if they missed something on an item when they were looking through them? Doesn't seem fair to me to criticize them for it. If it has a stain then don't buy it. They also have a return policy. I have had times I got home and found a stain on something. It has been returned every time without question or any problems.

Staff:
I have interacted with what I assume is most of the employees in the store. I personally think they are all great and I honestly enjoy chatting with them while I am there. I'm a little surprised to see the things that some people report because I have never been treated even close to that and I always see them friendly with everyone. I can't say they are never rude to anyone but I struggle to believe it's as often as most people here say it is and I have never seen it. Maybe the problem is that you are expecting them to search your 3 tubs of clothing while you are yelling at them about how you think the store is terrible? I'm not sure but it could be the problem.

Overall, it's awesome here and I will continue to shop here! You can't beat the prices. Today I found a pair of Under Armour pants for my child that retail for $44.99. I paid $10. I also found 2 Under Armour 1/4 zips for $8.50 each and they retail for $34.99. I have zero complaints about those prices!!!

Good Luck and Enjoy Your Shopping!

I LOVE this location! I do t live on that side of town but go out of my way to go there. Its organized and I always find amazing deals for my 14 year son old and my 2 year old daughter. Brand new clothes too! Staff is always sweet and helpful. I highly recommend this location!

I went to this store to find outfits for my grandson. The staff were super friendly and helpful. A lady came into this store with her 3 children. I want to say, it is CLEARLY posted that when you are in the store that you should keep your children with you. Anyway, this lady is in there hanging out looking at all the onesies in the front of the store, and her kids go from playing with the toys in the back to running through the isles. One of her kids actually rode a toy right out the door. One of the women that worked there (red headed woman), actually had to ask "where is this child's mom"? I know the woman working was worried for this child's safety, and she should have NEVER been put in this situation, but the lady who was looking for her onesies made it uncomfortable for everyone with her absolute disregard for the other customers in the store as well as the women working there.

Who out there has a baby and doesn't want nice affordable clothes for them? Went in the store to find some things for my five month old son and got a ton of things for less than $20 as they had a 70% off sale. This store is great. They also require masks but sell them for $1 if you forgot yours.

Amazing and very nice staff! Bought just about everything I brought in. I'll definatly be going back to shop and sell. Store was clean and had lots of products to offer at reasonable pricing. Thanks Abby and Molly and rest of staff there tonight.

They only took a few of my items (Im assuming because I brought in winter clothing in July) but they paid me more than I expected. $30 for less then a Target bag! The staff was short, but friendly, which is ok!

Love this store! Hunter that works at this store made my day! She was so helpful and I will definitely be back!

I've been to a couple of OUAC around the twin cities and this store has excellent organization for their clothes (which is usually what I'm shopping for) and as a first time mom I'm greatful these stores exist!

Hunter is awesome! She helped me buy 52 pairs of pajamas today! Thank you so much!

Haven't shopped there in a few years, but they keep telling me to review them now after all this time, so here it is! I found many brand name, barely used items for a fraction of the cost to buy new and am still using some of them daily (summer infant baby gates)!

It was a cute store. I got everything you see for under $6

Cleanest and most organized I’ve ever seen it. Staff was great. Music was great. Loved it.