What) Ollie’s Bargain Outlet is the Mid-Atlantic’s largest retailer of closeout, surplus and salvage merchandise. Our 104 “semi-lovely” stores sell merchandise of all descriptions and some beyond description. You’ll find lots of famous brand name goods in every department, like housewares from Rubbermaid, Mirro, Ekco and Anchor Hocking, toys from Mattel, or sporting goods from Igloo. Ollie’s buyers scour the world looking for closeouts, overstocks, package changes, manufacturer refurbs and irregulars.

    Much of the merchandise comes direct from the finest manufacturers in the country and abroad. For instance, if a manufacturer makes too much of an item or changes their packaging, Ollie’s will buy the discontinued or overstock items. So, you will always find famous brand name products at Ollie’s but it could be last year’s color or pattern that traditional retailers won’t sell. We also work with insurance companies to buy salvage merchandise. If a store in your neighborhood has a fire then Ollie’s may purchase the inventory and put it in our stores at drastically reduced prices! Yes, there may be a little smoke on the stuff, but it’ll be so cheap that you won’t mind! (1)

    Where) 8460 Niagara Falls Blvd   Open Mon - Sat from 9am - 9pm  and Sun from 10am - 7pm    1-716-205-0023

    Why) The first time we went to Ollie's, I had to drive by the place 10 times before I could convince Pam to shop at a “junk store”.  The second time we only drove by twice so Pam refused to go in.  This time we drove by once but because of what happened the second time, Pam decided to go in.  After three good experiences, how many Ollie's locations do you think Pam will let me schedule on the next trip?  Up until now all of our visits have been spontaneous.


























If you even see a sign like this on your travels then make sure to head inside.










By now, I have learned to head straight for the discount book section.







This particular Ollie's has an especially large crop of ...







... books with front covers that I consider beautiful.  I have attempted to place my seven favorites into ...






... an order that tells a bit of a story.  You can just enjoy the images though.













Does that last image appear less beautiful to you now that you can see where I found it sitting?




















This last group of images are of books that Pam and I chose to purchase. 






You probably don't need to know anything about us in order to guess which two I bought.






Although I could show you all of my eight favourite images from this Ripleys volume, I will limit it to ... 






... two and keep them all in one place.