I prefer the goodwill outlet over the other thrift stores personally, because I could go into the normal goodwill and easily spend $50, but if I spent that much at the outlet store, I would fill my car up lol. However, it seems to take alot longer to find what I want at the outlet store, things being totally unsorted, the good part about that though, is that there is usually a few jems to be found, just awaiting discovery.
The Salvation Army store though, it has never had anything going for it in my eyes, I am not sure why the stuff in the local ones are so overpriced, like they would take something new, and mark it 50% off that new tag price, but Macy's will mark their own clearance new off the rack down that much, so you wouldn't be saving anything really. Maybe it is just a local thing, but I will stick to goodwill with it's mostly fixed pricing or the outlet store @ $1.39/lbs pricing.
I do like the fact though, that even in male presentation, no one at thrift stores has really ever said anything mean while buying women's clothing. In fact the only real comment I ever got was someone saying "Nice nail polish" and it felt like a compliment to me.