I bought this dress and wore it to my daughter’s wedding. I bought it at Mardens for 9.00 at a last dash attempt to find a dress locally before heading to a mall.
So I'd never been in Marden's until my wife took me up to the Waterville store to buy some stackable chairs. We found two and they work great, took 'em home to Belfast in my pickup. But the best deal was finding a Bodum French Press coffee maker for cheap. They usually run $40!
I am an old time Marden's shopper and one story goes back to when they were in Brewer next to the IGA. Larry Bird announced he was retiring and we had a picture of Larry Bird my wife had picked up at Mardens for a Quarter. We were having a yard sale and she put $2 on the picture and people were arguing over it. My wife sent me to Marden's to get more so I made the very short trip and bought all they had and brought back and she marked the $2 and we sold out that day, I think 40 or 50, so a good Marden's story and yard sale story since all the yard sale customers had to drive by Mardens to get to our yard.
I worked at the Marden's in Portland when I was a teenager in the 90s. I chose Marden's as one of my first part-time jobs because I loved the thrilling possibility of finding unusual items or incredible deals. I was also drawn to the disorganization and occasionally chaotic vibe that set it apart from other stores. It's been so long that I don't remember much of anything that I bought there. But I still have a wooden duck signed by all the staff as a goodbye present when I left for college. I keep it to always remind me of Marden's and that time in my life.
I bought this dress and wore it to my daughter’s wedding. I bought it at Mardens for 9.00 at a last dash attempt to find a dress locally before heading to a mall.
So I'd never been in Marden's until my wife took me up to the Waterville store to buy some stackable chairs. We found two and they work great, took 'em home to Belfast in my pickup. But the best deal was finding a Bodum French Press coffee maker for cheap. They usually run $40!
I am an old time Marden's shopper and one story goes back to when they were in Brewer next to the IGA. Larry Bird announced he was retiring and we had a picture of Larry Bird my wife had picked up at Mardens for a Quarter. We were having a yard sale and she put $2 on the picture and people were arguing over it. My wife sent me to Marden's to get more so I made the very short trip and bought all they had and brought back and she marked the $2 and we sold out that day, I think 40 or 50, so a good Marden's story and yard sale story since all the yard sale customers had to drive by Mardens to get to our yard.
I worked at the Marden's in Portland when I was a teenager in the 90s. I chose Marden's as one of my first part-time jobs because I loved the thrilling possibility of finding unusual items or incredible deals. I was also drawn to the disorganization and occasionally chaotic vibe that set it apart from other stores. It's been so long that I don't remember much of anything that I bought there. But I still have a wooden duck signed by all the staff as a goodbye present when I left for college. I keep it to always remind me of Marden's and that time in my life.