AR&C Value Village Thrift Store

I frequent this location quite often… The staff for the most part friendly. However, there is this same older white lady with curly hair that always has an attitude. While roaming the store there was clothes on a rack and I grabbed this blouse. This rude lady approaches me and says «you cant shop from the workers rack» she made me feel uncomfortable!!! How dare you say that to a customer that comes here over and over that spends a lot of money here… I put the blouse back and I told her I put it back she sarcastically said «thanks» immature do NOT MAKE YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS UNCOMFORTABLE SHOPPING!!!

I came in today with my husband and child. I had bags of levi pants I wanted to donate but wanted to make sure they went to a good place. I went in to look at the prices and they were so high. What happened to $ 1 or 25¢? I left. I guess I’ll have to sell my junk on Craigslist for a dollar a pair of pants.

Before I begin I must preface my review by informing the reader that I frequently patronize thrift stores, mainly across North Orange County and Los Angeles County. Almost every article of clothing I own I found at a thrift store. I pride myself on such frugality and I throughly enjoy the mystery of visiting these establishments, never knowing what I may find.
As for this Value Village, I can honestly tell you that I will never return. Regardless of convenience, even if I was in the general area and had nothing to do, I would not visit this poor excuse for a thrift store.
Firstly, the prices are absolutely ridiculous. They have jackets priced at over $ 20 that Goodwill would have marked at $ 10 or less. The electronics section is an apocalyptic disaster, every item has some exorbitant price scribbled across its body in any color of crayon or grease pencil. I saw a Betamax unit, in a condition I would describe as unacceptable, for $ 50. A Peavey guitar amp not even knee high for $ 170. I could go on but I’ll stop, except to add that it seems some group of deviant thrifters has stolen just about every knob they could find on those unfortunately overpriced electronics.
The workers display attitudes that I guess one could describe as ranging from trashy to apathetic. But who could blame them? After spending 20 minutes in this establishment I felt a strange nihilistic affect come over me, after the initial confusion and anger I experienced reacting to the high prices and unorganized state of the place.
On top of everything I just mentioned, there was an abundance of misbehaving children, conducting themselves in some state of anarchy that led me to assume that Value Village is indeed a dystopian manifestation of what happens when thrift stores have their priorities completely inverted.
Avoid at all costs.

I have never been to a thrift store where they told me that I couldn’t purchase an item. I walked in the place was a disaster but I thought, I’ll give it a shot. Found velvet high waist pants and a velvet skirt that I completely fell in love with and a couple of other items and I get up there n ask about the sales and and she’s like yea green tags are half off and I’m like cool and then she goes on telling me that she can’t sell me the skirt n pants cuz it’s apart of a set… Really? It’s a thrift store
And to top it off I found them separated from said set. So wtf? Idk not going back I would give negative stars if I could.

It was terrible and gross! And I wanted to buy this cute blazer and they wouldn’t let me because it didn’t have a price tag!!! Also shoes suck there

Every once in a while you can find a treasure. However most times it’s over-​priced. I have been here three times. First time the cashier was really nice. 2^nd time (different cashier) she just did her job & this last time she was straight up rude because I didn’t realize they only accepted cash. The first two times I just happened to have cash on me. I’ve been other Value Villages which were really nice & I don’t think this is the same chain. I only go if I am in the area and this last time was so meh I probably won’t go for a long time.

Lots of hidden jewels and gems all over this place. Everywhere you look you’ll find something worth looking for, most of the time at practically given away prices.

Been shopping and haunting this thrift store since I was 8yo. Old store manager jerry was a great guy. You would walk in and find treasures. Ever since stupid shows like antiques road show and pawn stars etc. They over price donated goods and on top of that tax it. f them don’t donate just have a yard sale.

Well stocked, organized and prices are easy to understand.
This is our guilty pleasure when visiting my mom. I always find a bargain or two.
Everything from furniture to glassware, to clothing and appliances.
Cash only, but there’s a ATM in the building.
Weekends are always busy.

Awesome thrift store, i’ve found many great brand name clothes like prada banana republic, dkny and more… The point is that there is so much good things you could find and with an awesome price!!!

I loved this thrift store! Went here over the weekend and found a cute wood shelving system for my kitchen/​spices (just $ 4) and some glass storageware for $ 1 each. The prices were way more reasonable than Goodwill. I’ll be back!

WAY OVER PRICED ITEMS! Who makes the prices here? Ive seen items marked higher then when they were new. $ 18.99 $ 14.99 $ 22.99 WTH?!

Found an item to purchase at this store. way overpriced and the furniture
manager is very unreasonable and unprofessional. he sets whatever price he wants.
he marked it up $ 200 the next day when my friend went in to get it for me.
The item has been in the store for a year and he said it will stay there as long as
it takes to get his price. Very sketchy. Does anyone know the owner of this store?
I would like to report this employee!

This place is fairly cool. People that complain about this place are a bunch of cry babies. its a thrift store. Things are used. Its has a regular thrift store odor lol. If your looking for bright and shiny things go to target. I gave this place 4 stars cause ive been coming to this place for years. my father brought me here as a kid and I grew into it.
Ive known the employees there and seen them on a regular basis. Jerry was a guy their that was around when my dad would take me. Some of the employees have been there for years. I’ve seen other employees work their that I’ve seen at other thrift stores. I would of gave this place a 5star but with all these stupid STORAGE SHOWS going on, the price has gone up on some stuff. AND YES YOU CAN SURE FIND SOME GOOD STUFF AT TIMES. THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM

If you are looking for treasures or collectibles you might get lucky but will have to pay a price. All the «collectibles» are placed behind the counter and are overpriced!!! i asked one of the ladies how they set the prices on the collectibles. She responded «oh the internet». So im guessing they search ebay or amazon to compare and they sell it at that price. I checked out some collectible and indeed, they were around the same price as ebay. Also, the collectibles are rarely put on the color of the week. I was watching a fenton vase that was red color price 39.99. i wanted to wait to see if I can get it when red color is 50% off but NOO! The red color week came and they changed the color to yellow but lowered the price to 34.99! Thats not fair!

Came here looking for a cheap, decent vaccum cleaner. The place is very dirty, musty, and has broken vaccums. Tried turning one on, and it made the entire right side of the store smell like burnt. I didn’t get a chance to look at clothes, but by looking from the section I was in, it looked like they had a ton. I did think the prices on the vaccums were pretty high especially for them not really working.
Cash only too.

It’s okay once in a while you’ll find some good pieces. It’s just too expensive for a thrift store honestly.

I like this Value Village. The workers are nice, I like the lady who works the register right by the front door. It’s cash only but they have an ATM in the store. The prices on some things are quite reasonable, on others just absurd. I do like their craft supplies and books. They tend to make «lots» of things and seal them up in heavy duty plastic bags. I’m not a fan of this method. Not impressed with the housewares. Linens are expensive. Worth a visit but not inexpensive.
BIG parking lot in the back :)

Not gonna lie.
Macklemore sent me here.
Yeah, I wanted to pop tags. But then real life hit. It’s my own fault, Macklemore did say that he should’ve washed those sheets, they smell like R Kelly’s piss.
But I thought I’d be OK.
WRONG!
This place has weird things galore. I saw an old used golf set standing up next to a baby’s crib next to a rascal scooter and crutches.
I thought I might’ve run into a gem in the clothes section but I didn’t. Instead my hands felt like I needed to wash them a couple times over.
In all honesty though, some of the things here are pretty neat and if you’re a bargain hunter and don’t mind the smell, I’m sure you’d find something neat here.

I’ve been trying to check in here, but it’s not on Unilocal,but I thought it was. Because that’s how I found in the first place.
CASH ONLY!
I have scored on some items here. Dresses ($ 3 – 12), cardigans, skirts, coats, shoes, and tops. Arranged by size then color. If there is no price tag, they will not sell it until the following Monday to re-​tag it. Friendly staff, usually crowded, small parking lot behind the building, and benefits ARC (Assn for Retarded Citizens-​Long Beach).