St Vincent De Paul Society

Once you go inside, there’s this distinctive smell. I’m not sure if it’s from the old stuffs or smell of some kind of a spray. Anyway, sometimes i drop by the store if i’m looking for specific stuffs. One time, i was able to buy a glass salad bowl for $ 4. The brand new ones usually cost more than $ 10 so i was really happy that i get to saved some $$. There’s not much choices on this thrift store though especially on the clothes. I had more choices on goodwill and other small thrift stores when it comes to clothes. But if you are in search for household stuffs and electronics, they have tons. The price is not competitive also coz i was in search for an alarm clock and it’s still $ 7. Not worth it coz i can find a brand new one for that price. Overall, i gave them 3 stars for some of their good deals and its closer proximity to my house.

Brought my donations in, left in less than 2 minutes. Staff is friendly and quick. No problems here.

really nice staff that accepts donations. The donation drive-​thru is always organized and clean.
My only bad encounter was with a woman who refused my donation because the clothes i wanted to give to her, were in a paper bag and not plastic, as she said was required.

Please someone tell them to stop ruining items by writing the price with permanent marker! They write it ON THE GLASS of a mirror and it doesn’t come off. They’ve ruined tons of my items with this method. I still buy them, because I like the items, but its rather unfortunate!
The prices have gone up as well it seems. I’ve been going there for the past 7 years (at least) and I haven’t found very good items lately and the ones I do find are way overpriced for it being a thrift store.
Also, all I can think about is how screwed we’d all be if there were an earthquake. That ceiling does not look stable.
I have found some pretty great items over the years though. I have a love/​hate relationship with this place.

I was moving and needed to get rid of a bunch of furniture and household items. I’ve been to both the Fremont and Hayward Goodwills to drop off clothes and shoes, but they have not been the friendliest nor as convenient as far as drop off for larger items. Fremont has a donation depot, Hayward sometimes does and sometimes doesn’t. Because of the sheer volume of stuff I had I wanted to make sure I could do a one-​stop drop.
The rear drop off area is clearly marked to the right of the thrift store on Decoto. One way entry, and you pull up and wait for an attendant to show you where to deposit items. They organize by furniture, electronics, indoor, clothing, etc. The lady there was very helpful and patient and just wanted to know how things were sorted in my bags/​boxes. She wasn’t overly critical, just wanted to make sure we put things in the right area. I went back with more stuff the next day and she was there, even insisted on helping me carry some things, even though she was so tiny, very sweet! A guy there just made sure the electronics and lamps we had worked, and weren’t total trash.
They gave me blank donation receipts for my taxes. I couldn’t be happier to get rid of my extra stuff and have some charity tax write-​offs!
Thank you!

I went there yesterday and the black woman supervisor was yelling at the Filipina woman in front of everybody, embarrassing the poor old lady! Nobody should be treated that way! I feel for the old woman and we ended up leaving the store as we lost any interest for thrifting because of that supervisor’s bad attitude. She’s rude and overbearing! She is the face of St. Vincent and what she is doing is far from being a Good Christian. St. Vincent is far better off without having her there. She should be transferred to another job where she doesn’t deal with the public!

I went to the store on this past Monday and I got a few flea bites after I walked out of the store. I don’t think I will come back again.

The people in the donation station is so rude. You need to have a car so you can drop off your donation.

As a donation place:
1. First thing I noticed is that they are pickier than most other places. They didn’t want a lamp or kids’ toys, and only begrudgingly accepted our box of random give-​away things.
2. That’s probably because they already have so much junk. The lot out back (where you drop off the donations) is just filled with freight containers overflowing with unwanted junk. Almost a war zone back there.
3. The donation hours are not the same as the store hours! Donations are not accepted *at all* on Mondays.

Rude. Rude. Rude. Rude. I was dropping off donations and the person was just rude. I will find another place to drop off donations. They don’t have to yell at you like you are deaf and they don’t need to repeat themselves over and over again. It seemed like they were repeating the orders so they can understand themselves. If they are not happy working there, then find another job. Don’t take it out on the people dropping off goods for donations.

Well, I now get why some reviews said the workers are rude. I should say only 1 worker was rude. She was the cashier who helped me today. She’s the woman in the pics someone uploaded on here. Her words were impolite and rude. Like, telling me «u need to come over here, I can’t see u over there» as I was at the counter paying. I was right in front of her and she wanted to be on the side. It’s totally fine if she said it in a nicer tone of voice and use polite words!

Girl on a mission to find a side table that’s cute and cheap and let’s not forget… cheap. I found when a girl is on a mission to explore numerous thrift stores never bring your boyfriend; after the fourth thrift store he was done and after the fifth, sixth, seventh he was trying to get me to throw in the towel. It’s good I didn’t listen to him and left his ass in the car because the seventh time was a charm.
I bought this sweet vintage side table and to open the compartment was like opening a picnic basket. I was hesitant to buy it for 45 $ but I just rationalized that going to World Market, Urban Outfitters, Pier 1, or Ross would cost even more.
LASTLY, the cashier was a very sociable welcoming, kind woman. I ended up paying 33 $. Note: bring grandmother instead of boyfriend.

I wasn’t a fan of the selection of things here. A lot of furniture more than anything. Cheaper priced furniture but still not my thing. Clothes were sort of high but a lot new clothes to choose from. I only found one small thing to buy unfortunately. Will not return since I don’t live close by. But would recommend to a furniture buyer.

Super huge! Lots of couches. I actually bought my couch thingie from here. And a cool rolly shelf both for 30.
They have tons of books, some paintings, some electronics, some clothes, mostly a furniture thrift store.
Since I just moved I’ve gotten all my furniture from here and the salvation army on b st in Hayward that I wrote a review on as well.
I love thrifting yay!

From what I noticed, they have a large selection of furniture! Except I didn’t find any to my liking but I may return.
After two minutes entering the store, I heard a lady working in the front talking angrily and loud enough for everyone to hear, to another coworker. She was made about something the way things are tagged? Is that really appropriate? I get we are not at Nordstrom or anything, but I guess manners isn’t a big thing here.
Then I go up to make my purchase. One item I had didn’t have a price (not obvious to me) while the other item which was similar did. All I asked was how much was the other one and made a comment that it probably isn’t be more than the other item since it was similar. The cashier then decides to tell me that she hates it when customers ask her to lower the price and to excuse her being upset because she was having a bad day. Uhh, my day wasn’t going well either so that’s no excuse to make assumptions I wanted to bargain. And I was just asking for the price! I took my purchase, and I said thanks, and she did not say a word to me.
All in all, decent selection of goods, but rude, unjustifiable service from the African American lady as cashier. Everyone has bad days and stop projecting them onto others.

I usually come here to drop off donations. I’ve never had any problems until my most recent visit.
During my last visit, I was waiting in line in my car to drop off donations. The guy in front of me motions for me to pull to the side so he can back out, so I did. The donation staff started yelling and I didn’t know why. Apparently they were going to move some donations where the guy asked me to move, but I had no way of knowing. Don’t yell at me because you assumed I knew your intentions.
The donations that they collect will potentially be sold in their thrift store, so the staff could at least be courteous. Based on previous reviews, some thrift store staff seem to yell at customers too. I’ll take my donations elsewhere next time.

This was a random find for me (okay, not really random when you specifically search for nearby thrift stores), and now that I’ve found it, I’ve gotta visit a couple times a month.
The prices are reasonable, the staff is friendly, and the store is well stocked. Clothing and accessories are on the left side of the store, furniture (LOTS OF IT) is stored right in the center of the store, and the right hand side is reserved for bric-​à-​brac, office supplies, and other random oddities.
I love it!

SVDP has got oodles upon oodles of goods here. Clothing, books, bed frames, you name it. Most of it is in pretty good condition too — the hard part is finding something amidst all of the clutter.
Just a heads up: some of the brands are the «budget friendly» versions of better brands. Stuff like «Levi’s Signature» is actually the Walmart brand of jeans, so buyer beware.

Another HUGE thrift store.
I’ve been meaning to come here for awhile after reading rave reviews on Unilocal.
The clothing selection is modest but well organized.
The furniture section is extensive. I didn’t check all the prices but the ones I did
see seemed reasonable. Lots of dressers, bookshelves, desks…
The book section is very well organized. I found a new copy of a
Peanuts/​Snoopy songbook!
The prices aren’t dirt cheap but I thought they were reasonable — -
even though things are donated they still have to pay rent, staff wages, etc.
Very congenial staff.

Huge warehouse-​like thrift store, it is very well organized. So organized, that they even have a shelf full of ceramic cat sculptures!
This area of town must have a lot of cat ladies getting rid of their stuff or… well, you probably get the idea.
Anyway, I was on a quest to find a Hawaiian dress for my daughter. I found the clothes area disorganized and overpriced. I mean, $ 8 for a pair of pants? And these were just run-​of-​the-​mill pants.
They do have an impressive book area however. All hardcover books are $ 1 unless otherwise marked. I am a book lover and have run out of spaces to put books, so despite finding books on my favorite manga character Atom Boy and other artsy fartsy books, I showed restraint and walked away empty-​handed.
One interesting quirk about this spot, is that they must get donations from stores who have overstock. One time, I bought some very nice wooden framed art pieces for $.50 each that are still in my house. This time it was dozens of styrofoam tiki dolls, still in their cellophane packaging, they were only $.25 each. Thankfully I don’t collect those.