Goodwill Clairemont -- Store & Donation Center

Walked in and spotted this super beautiful décor piece. This whole 4 piece set was only $ 14! Walked around and was impressed with this location. Employees were very nice as well. Love Goodwill!

This place is really big and has a great selection!

I shop at this Goodwill from time to time and have found many bargains there. However, today I went there to shop for an «Ugly Christmas Sweater» for a contest tonight. Their selection wasn’t very great but they did have quite a few that were simple-​looking and a few sweatshirts that didn’t qualify as «ugly» so I couldn’t use them. What caused me to rate this store 2 stars was the price of these «very used» sweaters. They started at $ 19.99 and they have a few priced at $ 29.99. REALLY? For an OLD, worn sweater/​sweatshirt? Maybe they don’t realize they work at a THRIFT STORE??? I know there are many people who shop there who don’t have that kind of money and who probably could use a sweater this time of year. COME ON GOODWILL, WHERE IS THE «GOODWILL» in those prices?

Last week, I was looking for some ugly christmas sweaters for an event and of course the holiday season is upon us again. Came in and noticed that the store was somewhat cluttered and there was not much customer traffic at this location. As all goodwill/​thrift stores, the inventory depends on the donations received and how the businesses keep their items in clean detail before being sold. Side note, the place had an «old clothes» smell, where it reminded me of when I was younger and I would tag along with my parents to go on garage sales. This was well before ideas such as Ebay, the internet came around, and you had to seek the classified ads for a good deal.
They have all sorts of clothing and other goods for sale. Again, the place did not look the most clean and neat like other stores.
Unexpectedly, the sweaters that I saw here were more than 30 bucks a piece, and I immediately knew I can find brand new ones for cheaper.
Probably won’t return here, but I am sure that if you are patient to sort through the clothing for some decent used clothes this place barely fits the bill.

Clean, organized, with a massive selection of clothes. If I’m looking for some garage sale finds and can’t force myself out of bed at dawn to find them, the Clairemont goodwill is about the best you can get. Pretty easy to make donations, unless your stuff is terribly dirty or beat up.

I don’t get as lucky when I come to this thrift store. They have a lot of clothes but not a lot that is actually good or worth paying money for. Shoes are pretty nasty. They should be more judicious in what they put out on the floor. Overall the store is big and is well staffed.

Great store. It was in a convenient location & the parking was great. Loved the clothes. Needed a blazer and it was easy to find.

This is a pretty good thrift store. The jewelry selection is probably the best I’ve seen at any Goodwill. It is a nice size store, very clean and organized. I noticed some authentic vintage or retro clothing here, which can be hard to find at most thrift stores.

Friendly staff and great finds. We found a brand new mini pool table for $ 4. We will definitely be back again to see what other great items they get.

they always happen to have what I’m looking for! the staff is very kind and helpful, the store has a wide variety of clothes to nick nacks.

The Clairemont Goodwill had a nice selection of ladies clothes, the store is well organized & always clean. The staff however, can be a bit scattered & abrupt, I wouldn’t say unfriendly just unconcerned with customer service.
The staff at the donation desk is awesome! They are always quick to greet you, help offload your donations & keep things moving quickly when there is a line.

A great big F U to this store. In the donation center they had a crappy stained couch but would accept mine. They believed it was broken because of the storage under the couch. They thought the wooden boxes separating mean it was broken. Refused to help me. My business and donations will NEVER go back to Goodwill.

Stepped into this Goodwill store not too long ago, in hopes of finding some cheap shirts worth buying. Their selection was pretty vast, the ambiance was rather quiet, and prices were low of course. After exploring the store for a while I was able to find 3 shirts that I liked, so I tried them on and I was all set to go to the register and check out my items.
Unfortunately, I was hit with a little bit of disrespect when I asked a simple question about their discount policy. The older gentleman cashier had put out his index finger and shushed me as he seemed to be more concerned with punching in numbers on the register than providing good customer service. In conclusion, I left with 3 cool shirts and a distasteful customer experience. Thank you Goodwill.

im just gonna say it… this goodwill blows for clothes. its the saddest collection of ross quality stuff and nothing cool or hipster resurrection worthy. i have come here several times pre-​halloween hoping to find some cheap gems to complete costumes with zero success. the prices are kinda mid-​range too. its just blah in general.
i go here to drop off donations around back every year and cant really complain about that. they will take anything and give you the slip for your tax returns. apparently its faster than other places… there is usually only a car or two in front of me in a drive-​thru type lane.

I like this store. My favorite part is that the clothes are organized by color. It’s like shopping in a rainbow! They have lots of shoes, but I don’t know how they organize those, I didn’t see many that looked to be my size (not their fault, they sell things that are donated…) It’s overall really clean, and the interactions I have had with the staff are nice. The customers seem nice too, which makes a shopping experience anywhere ~way~ better for me.

i haven’t been to a goodwill in years! stopped by because i was driving by and had a few minutes to kill.
i didn’t actually buy anything… but i’m on the hunt for a particular piece of furniture… and i figured «why not?» i didn’t find the piece i wanted but they told me that they get new pieces in daily… i’m gonna keep coming back.
store had a great selection of merchandise and was fairly clean and well kept.
i just may become a second hand store addict (already frequenting sisters closet… but this is so much cheaper!)

My favorite Goodwill of them all! I always walk out of here with great finds! They have lots of cute clothes. I often find brand new shoes for about $ 10. Score!
This location is always clean and has friendly staff working.
One of my absolute favorite places to dwindle down my checking account.(slowly dwindle down… their prices are great!)

Okay, this is the second thrift store that I’ve been to and I’m going to risk it and rank it 5 stars because it had such a larger collection of clothes than the last one I went to. It was just lines and lines of clothes and although, clutter deters me from shopping, I decided to take a leap of faith and rummage through the lines. I only rummaged through 2 lines out of the four or five and picked out a tank top from Faded Glory, a long sleeved shirt from The Gap, a dress from Hollister, and a belt. It totaled around $ 15! I was in shock and left with a big fat grin on my face. They have some furniture, but not that much. They had a lot of knick knacks laying around and had a good amount of bedding material along with clothes and accessories. I’ll come back again to donate and to pick up more steals.

Now I know what my kids will do with my suits and ties when I shuffle off this mortal coil.
This is a huge store with lots of merchandise. Not as fancy as the boutique Goodwill in La Jolla. In addition to clothes, there are loads of crock pots and DVD players. Maybe crockpots aren’t such a good wedding gift after all?
The guys out back were super helpful with the drop off of stuff. Very efficient.

Once again, I’m only reviewing the donation center for this location.
I’m still amazed at how easy it was to drop off our items for donation. We basically roll up, open the door, and the Goodwill workers go to town unloading everything for us.
It was quick, it was painless, and it left me feeling better about myself, doing a good deed and all that.
As we’re getting back into the car, though, I did notice that one of the workers was just not caring about being careful with the merchandise. We had donated several things, a crystal platter (still in the original box) among them.
At some point during the offloading process, the platter ended up on a chair that we had also donated. The guy grabbed the chair to move it — noticed that it was snagged on something — gave a quick yank to the chair to dislodge it, and only *then* realized that the platter had been sitting on top of the chair. I heard a crash when it fell to the ground. The guy didn’t even look back.
I hope that platter made it through the sorting process in one piece.
Other than that, I love their process!