2nd & Charles

Category:	Used Book Store
Address:	5331 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28217, USA
Phone:	+1 704-523-2217
Site:	2ndandcharles.com
Rating:	4
Working:	10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–10PM 10AM–10PM 10AM–8PM

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Reviews 13

John Bliss

I usually go to Manifest (down the street on South Blvd - ask for Joe) to sell or trade vinyl, games and DVD/Blu Ray. I decided to give this store a shot first today. While the guy looked at my items, I looked around. Great varied vinyl selection, but trading in items is a waste of time. The offer they gave for my 30+ Blu ray and 20 records (most were newer releases not scratched old records) was 50 in trade. Some were 5 disc sets, and some were less than a year old and bought at 50 dollars. It truly is pennies on the dollar, and its no better than taking your stuff to a pawn shop, where at the pawn shop they deal in quantity (not desirability, or anything else). I will go back as a cash customer to purchase things, but probably will not take any high dollar value things to this store for trade or for cash. The guy who got 300 for DVDs he traded in, wow. All I can say that if thats true, he must have had stuff he had just bought or were really recent TV show multi-disc seasons, or he had other types of things he traded, because the prevailing sentiment is they are super cheap when buying things from you. Thats my personal experience. Expect to be underwhelmed if you take items in there to sell or trade.

Flynn Wolfe

I just stopped in this place to see what it was all about. They buy sell and trade here and I have some things I no longer need and would like to make a few dollars on. They filled me in on the type of things they were interested in. Unfortunately some of my stuff does not meet their criteria but I do have some things that do They have a pretty good collection of new and used vinyl and CDs. There ate a lot of collectables, comic books action figures, Star Wars items, toys etc. Along with the Albums and CDs they have turntables, mostly Crosby, which most audiophiles would not buy, but if you are looking for something cheap, they have plenty of them. There are a lot of books in stock here. I found some about the music business, musicians and movie stars and the movie business. There are a lot of guitars for sale here as well as some other musical instruments. Its definitely worth stopping in if any of ghese things are of interest to you. The staff is friendly and eager to do business with you.

Adam Klevenhagen

OK so first off I really like the employees there and their used items are hit and miss some good prices some meh. However their trade in value is worse that GameStop and some of their practices seem kinda shady. I brought in 2 RPG books and a move. One of the books they were selling for $18 the other Ive seen them sell for 10ish. They offered me $6 for SOTRE CREDIT! Id understand if that were the cash price but $6 of credit that goes back to them? Im sorry but thats rediculious. Also under their "used board games section" I saw an opened (I could tell because of their shrink rap job) Pathfinder beginners box set for $35.... Thats the full retail price of the beginner box to begin with. Thats a bit upsetting to me. Again I think their employees are very nice and its not because of them that Im giving them three stars.

David Povinelli

This place has a huge amount of CDs, books, games, vinyl, and even some guitars. I enjoyed browsing while they decided what they would offer for my Xbox console, games, and DVDs. Dont expect to get a lot of money for your stuff. I got about half of what I expected. I was fine with it. They saved me the hassle of posting this stuff online for sale and having to deal with peoples shenanigans. I totally get why they dont make big pay outs for stuff. They have to keep the lights on and pay the kids that work there who were nice, by the way. Ill go back there the next time I have media to unload.

Mandie Lawrence

New and used items here.Good selection of movies and books. Fun random things like imported candies and snacks, cute button pins and action figures. Sarcastic t-shirts and posters. They also carry quite a lot of video game equipment, it seems, but I dont have the first clue about that world so I wont try to give details about what they offer. A good place to look around and possibly find a gift for someone hard to buy for. Decently clean restrooms and friendly, though shy, employees.

Jessica Wines

This place is amazing! Music lovers, gamers, books galore and welcome kids! They have everything from incense sticks to posters of your favorite album covers or characters off movies! I love that they have free books out front for the taking! Their gaming selection is fantastic and they even have a store credit option! Buy or trade even sell! Have a important birthday or holiday coming this is the place to find a gift! Gotta check it out!

Russell Franklin

They took newly released Pops from Funko (not taken in on trade but right from the box) and removed the limited edition Chase (which comes in a 1:6 ratio in cases from Funko) and marked it up from $9.99 to $65!!!! Completely unethical and price gouging especially for something priced at $9.99-$12.99 everywhere else that sells newly released collectibles.

Secilia Molina

I enjoy going there, but today was the worst experience. My significant other and I decided to go see if they had any good deals so we browsered around a bit. My significant other had to use the bathroom and the security there started following him and staring at him unusually. We decided to leave because we felt uncomfortable. Today was terrible.

David Feroli

A large breadth of good and often unique items can be found here. Well laid out, from music to tech. Retro to modern video games and board games. Though if youre looking for something specific you might have trouble finding it here as the in depth variety here can be lacking. Perfect place for getting a gift or maybe trying out a new hobby

Steveboos

Management is Terrible. Prices are way too high. They deny most trade ins for whatever reason they want at the moment. No customer service department either through the store or corporate, so your out of luck with 2nd and Charles. Shop elsewhere like Save Point or even Gamestop, they actually have better management than this place!

Annette S

They claim to buy your used books, etc, but after waiting over an hour I heard every excuse in the book for why they wouldnt buy anything back - even the new books that the kids never read. She kept pushing me to put everything in the free books bin - really tried to give a hard sell for that. Didnt seem honest.

Fred Marks

Theyre not likely to buy your stuff and when they do, you get pennies on the dollar. Then they sell it for almost what youd pay for it new. Youre better off donating your things to Goodwill and getting a tax break. And if you want used books and DVDs etc, you can usually get them MUCH cheaper thru Amazon.

Aidan Hunt

Great design and great prices! As you can see from the photos, this store has unbelievable prices and a brand new feel inside. Althought the outside is much older than the ATL location, the selection and interior is comparable. SciFi "pocket" books are typically $2, although they are creeping towards $2.15.