Disabled American Charities

A disappointing selection of garage sale type items ranging from tacky, damaged furniture to kitchen appliances from the 1980s. Lots of clothes here but most are worn-​out.

Very poor selection. Hard to write a bad review about a place that does good but damn. What you selling isn’t good at all. Sheesh. Wouldn’t come back. Im giving up on all thrift stores from now on after this. Goodbye and goodluck.

Let me start by saying I used to love this place until they hired. I believe his name is Mario. What an awful man. He is unfriendly & down right rude. He is one of the most unhappiest people I ever seen. Don’t ask him for help because he will ignore you or huff & puff about anything extra he has to do. I have stopped donating just because of this guy. He is that awful. I would suggest anyone wanting to donate go some where else where people appreciate their job & actually don’t mind customers.

The guy Mario (or whatever his actual name is) working that was rude. This is just my overall experience especially today. I finally have to write a review. I am not sure if my face or my skin color pissed him off? Or because I am a disabled veteran? Or he was just not happy to work there. But for sure he was super nice to the two spanish speaking ladies in front of me and made me waiting for awhile to test my patience because the ladies were taking the time to decide whether or not to buy the item from the display.
It is a common courtesy to help out other customers first if the customer in front of the line is not making up his/​her mind. He managed to give all the time he had to the ladies until they finally made up their mind on what to buy.
It was 7ish at night. He was the only one at the front counter.
I was not pleased with the unnecessary wait. On top of that, I finally noticed the sign with veteran discounts on it for the first time.
As a disabled veteran, I think we as veterans should be treated professionally and with respect in general, especially at this store which is called «Disabled American Veteran Thrift Store.»
So this evening, I said, «Wow finally you guys offer veteran discounts! «He basically replied that they always had a sign to offer veteran discounts. I told him, «No, I have been here often enough in the last couple years. There was never a sign for veteran discount. I even told him that I have asked the staff there before. I was told no.»
Basically he was just shaking his head said that I never saw it making me feel like I was the one who overlooked.
Hey even if I did not read English or Spanish, I am the type of person who always asks if a store or restaurant will give military or veteran discount even IF there is no sign displayed. The only sign they have there all the time is the senior discount sign.
Why would the store named as Disabled American Veteran Thrift Store? I have no clue. And I am curious about where the headquarter (if there is one) is or who owns this store since there are numerous stores nationwide.
Updated: I am a life member of Disabled American Veteran (DAV), and I reached out to them just to verify if these Thrift stores are part of their organization. The reply from DAV is a «No. «The name of the store can be misleading.
Anyways, being treated with that type of customer service was not a cool experience.
I volunteer almost every week to help other veterans at a non-​profit organization in Glendale. I was not making a living for doing that. I do it out of the desire to help my fellow veterans, to give back. Here the workers are earning an income. Even though it may not be much, but they should have a proper mindset and positive customer service towards customers especially veterans. Otherwise the store’s name should be changed to something else because it can be misleading.
So, now I have no choice but to give a 1-​star review. I got even better customer service at Goodwill in Glendale than here.

Very cheap! There’s both used and new clothes as well as items. It’s pretty clean inside and I would come back :-)

As far as prices go, you won’t find a more inexpensive thrift store. Good quality clothes and good variety of products. A significant amount of the clothes still had tags still on them. I scored an originally $ 25 shirt for $ 5. Only reason I can’t give it 5 stars is bc of organization. Wish the clothes were organized by size but I know that’s asking for a lot. The staff was also friendly and helpful.

I’ve been coming to this thrift store for a couple years now & I really have to say they’re well run. I love to find hidden bargains & treasures so I go to several local thrift stores in Glendale & Burbank. I feel I can make a pretty good comparison between them.
This place is organized & clean, they’ve got their own parking lot, 2 fitting rooms & even clean restrooms! Some of their stock is new (looks like left over manufacturer stock) & rest is used. I’ve found new & used clothes for as low as $.79 — $.99!
Don’t get me wrong, this is still a thrift store so don’t expect Nordstroms! And like any other thrift store, sometimes you’ll find treasures & sometimes you won’t. But for me at least, this place makes it easier to find stuff & the cleaner store makes it much more conducive to staying to look vs feeling like you need a shower or some hand sanitizer! Only downsides: they don’t do returns (like Goodwill & Salvation Army do) & they also charge sales tax. Neither is a big deal to me, but it’s good to know if you’ve never been there before.

Although very beautifully maintained and airy, the amount of stars I give is for the lack of… Uniqueness. A lot of the stuff they have out is overstock or past season stuff from who knows where. If you want something new from a thrift store check it out… I’m just more of a vintage packs rat (I did find some vintage tees for .99¢ each though)

Sorry; I do feel bad about trashing a store whose profits are used to benefit disabled veterans.
Being the vintage shoe hoarder that I am, I’ve checked their shoe selection over the last few years, just to keep finding the SAME shoes over and over. And why aren’t they selling? Because their shoes are overpriced. A pair of boots for $ 50? Seriously? This is supposed to be a thrift store.
Check it out once and then make your own conclusions, or save yourself the hassle and go to Goodwill on Brand. Plus the smell at this place just makes me uncomfortable.
Bottom line:
While its very organized, nice staff, it has a small but decent parking lot and clean fitting room, this is not what I consider an affordable/​thrift store.

Not great if you’re looking for vintage clothing, but good for new clothing. They have lots of new clothes. Some are reasonable prices, others aren’t. I like searching for vintage treasures like old candlesticks, crystal, knick knacks, etc., and they have SOME here, but not a ton. My friend lives right across the street, so when I’m in the neighborhood, I’ll check it out once in a while. I’d go more often if they allowed dogs. :D

My favorite thrift store! They usually have a great selection of stuff to pick from and a lot of it is new with tags from stores like Target, Kohls and many others. I buy a lot of baby clothes from here for soo cheap and a lot of it is new or gently used. One of the best organized thrift stores clothing wise I’ve seen ever I think. Men’s, women’s, baby and kids sections all seperated and for the most part color coordinated. I find tons of new and used name brand clothes, plus size clothes, maternity clothes, etc. I always recommend this store to my friends or anyone looking for inexpensive stuff. I’ve bought tons I brand new baby Disney clothes, Dr Seuss book and other populAr books, baby Einstein DVDs, cool shirts for my husband, and tons of other stuff. We go all the time since inventory is constantly changing! Highly recommend and an added bonus is it is a charity thrift store benefiting the veterans!!!

I’ve done volunteer work here so i see every product that comes through the back. Amazing stuff, dirt cheap, and a great harmonious staff!

This location always has a really good selection of goods.
–Cheers-​.

After my many thriftventures a good deal of the stores I visit begin to look the same. LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS– this place is different.
Disabled Vets is a pretty standard thrift store. They offer typical thrift store staples such as:
— clothing (old and new)
— furniture
–books
–videotapes
–records
— housewares
–bric brac
–footwear
–wall decorations
— misc. dusty old trinkety thinger majigs
When I visited, this store really shined in it’s glassware department; they had many collectible items. Although I had many of the items already, several of the things they had on the shelves could be sold on eBay for six or seven times the price the store was asking for. I would highly recommend checking out this department first.
The prices are excellent. Tops and bottoms are priced accordingly to condition. While there was a wide variance in the pricing it was uniformly pretty low. The vintage Marlboro Menthol shirt I scooped up was a dollar Mugs were around a dollar or less and various bric brac was priced accordingly but never more than a few bucks. I purchased this set of glasses for 75 cents apiece (insert photo). Books are a dollar or two as are records. The furniture was in pretty grim condition and I didn’t look at the prices. EBT cash is also accepted.
The one thing this store does offer which may be a turn off to traditionalists such as myself is the fact that this shop does have a lot of new clothing. It appears as if many lower end retail establishments donates their clothing that does not sell to this organization. All of the new clothing was being sold at prices comparable to any well priced thrift item. One store had donated so many new athletic shorts that they were getting rid of them at fifty cents a piece! Obviously, the quality and attractiveness of said item was questionable at best but given Burbank’s tendency to balk and punish those who walk around au naturel disabled veteran’s smashing prices on pantalones it’s a nice infobit to know.
The staff was very friendly. Since it is a thrift store and the employees rarely even acknowledge that you exist, when I saw an employee smile and say hello I smiled and blushed. I’m an easy win in this department. I’m not even embarrassed about it.
I found the environment of the store to be fairly good. The clothing was clean, prices were labeled clearly and it was organized incredibly well. Bric brac was somewhat well organized though pretty dirty. The books section was a mess. The furniture section was pretty grim as well. Although the non clothing item departments of the store are far from fabulous in organization, I found it a small price to pay for the awesome items I found.
Although this store may not be close to wherever you live, it’s definitely worth the visit
Pros: excellent glassware, great prices, friendly staff, new and old clothing
Cons: poorly organized non clothing items

One of my «go-​to» thrift stores for buying cheap stuff! Clothes are cheaper than Goodwill and Salvation Army. White dress shirts for $ 1.99? Find them here! Also, they had a nice collection of electronic equipment (keyboards, mouse, an occasional computer) and some nice furniture pieces (bookshelves, etc). They have a high turnover, so if they don’t have what you want one day, come back another. Also very nice is their rack of specialty clothing, like lab coats, etc. The only reason I don’t give it 5 stars is that sometimes the lines are long and the store is so small, so the selection can be limited.

I would have given this place 4 or 5 stars if it wasnt for my check out experience.
They are very clean, and very organized. They have a lot of merch that is brand new and still has the tags. prices are pretty reasonable, and they have fittings rooms — which is nice because i know a few places that dont.
why not 5 stars? my husband is a disabled vet, and I presented my military ID at the counter — knowing that they offered military discounts. The woman argued with me, told me that because it was an active duty ID (also because she had never seen an ID like mine before and didnt care enough to take the time to ask someone higher up), it didnt count. excuse me??? i dont think so. if i wasnt only buying one small thing, i would had argued. next time i will ask for the manager or owner.

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The prices here are a steal, very clean and organized. Some of the best prices I have seen catering to practical family apparel and prices. There is a lot of new overstock items and a good amount of second hand items. parking lot. Mostly apparel, some home décor, and furniture.

American Way has really cleaned up their act, record-​wise. They finally went through and tossed out all the garbage, so the shelves have less than half as many records as before. That said, there’s still not much exciting. At this writing they have a staggering collection of classical stuff, some kind of obscure (composer-​wise at least, eg Massenet) and all in pretty nice shape, judging from the sleeves.
So at least there’s less garbage to sift through. I have found some gems here in the past so I suggest you stop if you’re nearby. Nice people, at any rate.

Let me start out by saying that I HATE thrift stores. That said, I gave this place 4 stars because I came looking for an antique china set and found exactly what I wanted: a vintage five piece japanese set for $ 30 bucks.
I also found a vintage and very unique purse that I get a lot of compliments on for 3 bucks. And now that I’ve been going to a lot of thrift stores to hunt down china and teapots, I’ve realized that this may be the last place that is decently prized (Goodwill and Salvation Army need to get real about their prices, cause if I wanted to spend 4 bucks on an ugly mug I would go to Ikea and get a freakin new one at least).
Another great thing about this place is how clean and tidy it is for being a thrift store. It’s not packed to the gills with junk like most places, and they get a lot of new items and furniture from sotres, so you find a lot of nwt clothing in different sizes, costumes, bolts of cloth and more.

Smells funny, but the place was well lit and not too messy. Some good deals to be found (I picked up some glassware and also saw some good books for cheap), and it seems like a good portion of the merchandise is new.
Extra star for the friendly staff.