Goodwill Industries

I brought several boxes of things to donate, and they have the nicest staff people, and really helpful.

Sorry to report this Goodwill has placed a notice in the front window that this location will be permanently closing on July 17^th, 2016. The staff tells me the last day they will be open for business is Saturday July 16^th…
I was advised the building has been sold and a doctor’s office will replace this Goodwill location.
If you are curious this is the second time this location permanently closed having done so a couple of years ago to then return to being a Goodwill Store — from the sounds of the current situation I think it is the end of the line for this store.
Other Goodwill locations including the Main Store at South Van Ness and Mission will remain open. I’ve heard the main store will close permanently too in about a year however they have kept moving this date off. The South Van Ness Goodwill campus was sold a year ago for condo development and will permanently close when the developer is ready to break ground but they have moved off this date several times since Goodwill announced it too will permanently close. I’ve hard a rumor Goodwill sold the main campus for something like $ 55 Million dollars to a developer for high raise condos (what that land is zoned for) as information.

Easy in-​and-​out dropoff bin when they’re open.

This is probably one of the nicer good will’s I’ve been to in the city. Their inventory is very slim. I was able to find a few great items of high quality.

WARNING EXTREME ICK FACTOR!!!
I visited this store today (even though it’s usually more picked over than other Gws in the city and Gws in general seem to charge more than other thrift stores in the city), found a couple items I’d thought I’d like to buy, and was just looking at the last of the men’s section upstairs — the tshirt and coat area on the left side of the balcony if you’re just entering the store — when I saw it, or I should say I saw them, lot’s of them. At first I thought they were little lint balls on the dark tshirts and then I looked closer. I’m not sure if they were lice or bed bugs but they were crawling all over that clothing area!!! Needless to say I threw everything I had down (I’ve worked retail before, I know that’s really bad, but I wasn’t keeping that stuff in my arms), brushed myself off franticly and rushed down to tell the store clerk. I took her up to show her what I’d seen and she did a similar frantic brushing off dance and rushed into what I believe was an office in the back upstairs. Needless to say I also got myself out of this store as soon as possible and told another clerk what we’d seen as I left.
Just incase you thought there was any wiggle room about whether or not to thoroughly clean the items you buy from thrift stores (or any stores in general really) before you wear them — you really are taking your chances!!!
Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!!!

Walked into the store without too much expectation and was pleasantly surprised by how organized things were, the selection of items and the condition of apparel. We got several good deals and felt good about it.

This is the closest Goodwill to my place & I end up bringing stuff here more often than not
I love this place for the huge bins where I can just place my bags & whatnot — I’m not the kind who needs a receipt so having the ability to bypass the line & immediately drop off is awesome
I hate this place b/​c there’s no parking. I always end up double-​parking or blocking the bus stop…’cause I’m super lazy & would rather find a Goodwill that offers a parking lot than circle forever for parking or schlep my stuff for blocks & blocks
So yeah, I think A-​OK about sums up my love-​hate for this place

Previous statements re: thrift store still apply — reviews have expiry dates/​highly subjective — because changing inventory.
As of writing this there was a ton of second hand Target brands here: Merona, Mossimo and the kind. A couple funky women’s button downs on the racks on the left-​most side, a cherry dress that would be perfect for pin-​up wear that was S-​M size (someone come and get this, I’ve got too much booty for it) and one of those 90’s red polka dotted dress on the right (for when you need to get your retro-​inspired swing dancing on). A lot of interesting women’s shoes here if you have size 8 feet (my tiny size 6 hoofs be damned). A selection of housewares in the back left. A totally chaotic selection of books upstairs.
I picked up two casual shirts with low-​med fabric pilling (7 dollar total). A Mossimo umbrella top (aqua and salmon). And one of those striped Freddy Krueger shirts every self-​respecting Mission Hipster/​PNW resident needs in their inventory.
Not a vintage selection here but, perfectly passable for casual season change shirts you know you’re just going to destroy by painting in anyway.
As for shopping here, here comes that gross warning everyone needs: While I was in here, I saw a guy steal a hat. He grabbed the hat, rounded the corner of women’s wear, snapped the tag off while holding the merchandise low and made a bee-​line for the door. On his way round the clothing rack, he eyed my messenger back while half reaching for it (as I put my body between him and it) while making that casual calculation of whether or not I was someone to F with. To which I shot him the death glare of «Oh honey, I come from New York. You would be so sorry if you tried.»
Could have been the day. Could have been the area.
My bestie doesn’t like going into Mission because of his friends that have been mugged there. I guess having traveled and lived in less than endowed places, I take theft as a fact of life. I mean, you never know why exactly people steal. Some do it for pleasure and some may feel they have no other way of acquiring such a thing. Morality is relative and situational — my Philosophy major told me so.
I didn’t alert anyone to his theft. But in the spirit of the universal grandmother that watches over us all: always know where your junk is when you’re in this store. Someone might get bored and want to take it away from you.

Came here during a yellow tag sale. What they lack in men’s clothing sure makes up for it in the women’s section. Although most of the yellow tag items were cleared out for the most part, there were still some choice items up for grabs.
Upstairs is all the men’s clothing and books. The men’s section is barely organized when it came to the small and medium section. All sorts of sizes were mixed in there. Quite a letdown.
The books were in good condition and had some interesting picks like The Glass Castle and Bill O’Reilly’s Killing series.
There wasn’t much furniture to speak of and the scarce amount they had was either salvage or wore down. Pretty much your typical Goodwill in a nutshell.

The Goodwill seemed like it would have a lot of stuff but the actual selection wasn’t a lot for women’s clothing. I was mainly interested in knit tops since certain parts of the Bay Area tends to get quite humid. I got through looking the racks in less than five minutes and found nothing.
Also this place was really hot. It made shopping quite uncomfortable.
Pass.

this goodwill in the mission looks small but’s it 2 levels, mostly clothes on the lower floor, didn’t bother going upstairs. typical musky and extremely hot downstairs.
narrow aisles, hard to browse. book selection just average. more titles than most goodwills. paper (1.99) hard cover (3.29) large hardcover (4.49)
orange item special going on (50%).
–couldn’t stand the heat. got the h. out of here.

Everything here looks pretty normal until you start digging through the racks… well, yanno, normal thrift store routine. I’ve found quite a few designer names marked down to incredible savings, which is mostly why I’m giving this four stars. Merino wool J. Crew cardigan for $ 8? Leather Nine West heels for $ 10? Thank you, thank you!

Hipsterness Cheatsheet (print out and bring to the Mission)
#1 Community Thrift. #2 Mission Thrift. #3 Goodwill. #4 Thrift Town.
Goodwill Mission has a similarly desirable selection as other Goodwills in town. In fact, I’d been magnetized to an awful shirt that I only vetoed at the last second. That particular one wasn’t the good kind of awful; it was the kind of awful I genuinely should not own. Fine line, folks. Fine line.

I enjoy poring through every bit of a thrift store.
If my son wasn’t with me, I would’ve stayed longer at this particular Goodwill. The selection of women’s wear is top-​notch. Lots of conservative designer clothing and eclectic shoes.
So far, in SF, my favorite Goodwill is still the one on Fillmore, but I haven’t hit all of the SF Goodwill stores yet, so, to be fair, I can’t say that it’s the best.
I look forward to the ‘challenge’ of visiting each one. :)

Great if you have things to drop off!

The collection is ok, hit or miss.

I think this is one of the best Goodwill’s in the area. I’ve been visiting a lot of the and in terms of clothing this place has it made. It has an excellent selection of shoes, tons of clothing for both men and women. The majority of the stuff I found was in great condition, it looked barely used in most cases. I’m going to have to go back, I wish there was a way to squeeze my foot into size 8 shoes though because it’s ALL I can ever seem to find. So if your a size 8 get down to this good will, your dreams will come true.
Some prices at goodwill seem expensive but when you think about the fact that it goes to a charity and if you shop on the right color days it’s 50% and that it’s still less expensive then buying new (and better for the planet) it’s kind of an amazing deal.
I also love that they accept credit cards (and American Express).

I found some great books for about $ 2 eaCh. What a deal. I’m not much of a thrift shopper but I decided to take a quick look in here today and was surprised. They have a lot of brand new items in the front of the store for good prices.
The clothes selections not so new unless you really want to spend time searching. More of vintage styles. I would consider it a great place if you know how to create new clothing articles out of old clothes.
Also its a little crowded but well organized.

Meh.
Cheap and vintage-​y. Vintage is even pushing it a bit.
But my main pet peeve is that this place is huge but they barely use the space. The whole front half of the second floor only has one rack of clothes that spans the wall and gives it a creepy endless feeling.
Mars in Berkeley has this same sort of space, but they have a full and warm feeling to their shop because they have round hat racks and shoe holders to fill the space. This Goodwill just feels as if you’re stuck in an empty warehouse.
I came here for vintage shoes, I left here with nothing.
Meh.

This is the best place to get good furniture! I have brand new, nice mission desk with dark wood that I found here for 44 bucks, another brand new mission-​ish chair that matches well, with the cushion still in the plastic for $ 30.00! Looks sweet in my apartment!
My latest find, that I was shocked to get because it was EXACTLY the kind I wanted to find, was a really nice black cushioned high backed office chair with wheels and arm rests for my new job. When the office chair/​throne had no price tag, the manager asked me to make an offer so I said 25 bucks and he gave it to me for $ 25.99.