The Salvation Army Thrift Store

The person who was accepting donations threw the items I brought, and called them garbage. He said they didn’t accept magazines, even though I had called immediately before going, and the person who answered the phone said they did.
I went into the store, and the manager apologized.
I don’t think I should have to deal with attitude when donating. I would not recommend donating to this place.

I love thrift shopping with friends and family. Over the years I have notice that their pricing has increase 6x. For example a shirt with a huge stain or bullet hole has a price tag of $ 6.99, one spoon or fork $ 4.99. Red tag shoes like high hills with no more hills are on sale for $ 15.99 Payless brand and badly used. They also have an employee with a ponytail that acts like she is the ceo of salvation army.

I called to ask if they would do pick up. The woman who answered was very rude. She said I’ll give you the number and not even 3 seconds in she starts telling me the number. I asked if she could give me a second to find a piece of paper to write the number down. She rushed me and said «come on.» In my opinion very rude customer service. This whole conversation happened in less than 10 seconds.

Came here looking for nightstands, but no luck. This store has a donation truck in the parking lot and the store itself is big. Plenty of moving space and the furniture they have are in okay condition. I really wanted a good dresser they had for about $ 40, but sadly I don’t have the transportation to move it (Camry too small.).
They also sell dinnerware, cups, plenty of books, sofas, electronics, clothes, and much more. Great place to stop by sometime if you’re the area. Located in the Sunshine Gardens Shopping Center and can definitely be noticed, cause they have a big sign on the side of the road. :)

I wandered here on my day off with nothing better to do and was pleasantly surprised.
Yes, this thrift store is overpriced (honestly, most of the thrift stores here are). Yes, it is dreadfully unorganized. Yes, the workers can be a bit temperamental.
BUT. On the day I was there they had half off all woman’s clothing (*with the exception of the red-​tagged ‘nicer’ section) and that sold it for me. I’m not sure I would have tackled the racks and racks of unorganized, overpriced clothing without the sale. At the promise of half off however, I scored a bunch of great additions to slowly transform my closet into my Pintrest board.
They also had 1 dollar glassware and half off DVDs, Books and Music. The store was pretty busy with the sale and there was a bit of a wait for the line. This isn’t a place where you can quickly pop in and out of.
If you’re looking for a good deal, I’d suggest calling the store ahead of time to find out what their sale is for the day and prepare yourself for the treasure hunt (emphasis on hunt). I’ll definitely be back for ½ price clothing day.

Wow. This store is ridiculous.
The pricing on everything is more expensive than the price of these items bought new.
Well, not everything. You can get a dingy, dirt encrusted and stained toaster that is nonfunctional and literally has heating coils sticking out of the top for 10 dollars. I’m sure this item new would cost between 10 — 20 new at walgreens.
Here are some other examples:
A coke glass, the cheap kind you can get for 1 dollar at a dollar store or on promotion at mcdonalds? 3.99 at this location.
Stained bed sheet: 30.00 $ — 40.00 $

I keep coming back to this spot because I love thrift stores and I just want this place to be awesome, but every time I leave empty-​handed.
As many other reviewers have mentioned, this store has lots of furniture and a large selection of women’s clothes as well. The selection of items at this location is pretty good, but the pricing is too high. The store is also poorly organized. Take a look at the photo of one of the shelves. Yikes. It really looks like boxes of donations are just dumped on the shelves and left there.
If you like really hunting for your deals (which can be fun sometimes) then you’ll be in your element here, but be sure to bring your hand sanitizer.

I’m a fan of any thrift store that’ll take my furniture donations off my hands.
Came in earlier this week to drop off a west elm coffee table not knowing this location didn’t take furniture, but lucky for me they made an exception.
When the store manager came over to my car to take a look at the coffee table he agreed to take it before I could even say please.
I will admit I was pretty sad to let go of such an awesome brand new piece of furniture, but I had no choice.
Moving to the bay area means overcrowding and small spaces. Oh well… I’m just glad my furniture went to a good cause.
Also the guys who helped me pull stuff out of my car very nice and helpful and I highly recommend giving this location a try for dropping off furniture if it happens to be in excellent condition.
Thanks SATS for making decluttering easy for me!

Thank you for taking my hella heavy 20 year old stepper climber exercise equipment.
No one else would, not Goodwill, not Community Thrift…
Extra point for the two dudes managing to get it up those rickety metal stairs into the trailer, even though it almost tipped over, if not for me running up to steady it. Get these guys a metal ramp and dolly, please.

I actually don’t shop at this shop but I’m sure there are some good things there, just can’t pull the trigger. I used to go to the drop off truck at serramonte but ts not there anymore so now I have to go to this one that is a little further away. But the people taking your donated goods are always SUPER happy and willing to help with a genuine smile. So far just this year I’ve dropped off SOOOO much stuff, including brand new shoes that I never wore and wouldn’t wear anymore or worn a few times. Tons of blankets and linens, cookware, books and TONS of other stuff that most places fine pick ur stuff and say «bleh, we dot take that stuff,» um aren’t you supposed to be helping less fortunate people!!! How can u discriminate!!! Tried to give 2 places wooden hangers and they told me no.um.y not? dont people need those like they need that single glass that was a full set before you got it!!! Pssshhh.whatever. All I know is the trucks are the best!

I always purchase something here whenever I’m giving stuff away, haha. But it’s ok, I always end up finding something cool here!
It’s a bit musty in here, but what do you expect? Always go on the weekend, because it’s 50% off most items. I love the assortment of items they have here! I found a Bottega Veneta purse here once for $ 6! They also have a «designer» section, but it can get a bit overpriced.
I recently came here last week, and my friend and I were trying to look for records. Sadly this guy who hogged the whole shelf took all the records we were about to get. I see in his hand all the Beatles and Pink Floyd records that were on the shelf. *sigh* My friend still managed to get a Rolling Stones record for just a dollar! And I got this book for 50 cents. What a steal.
I’ll be going here when I need to refresh my wardrobe!

This is a good location for furniture. Although the shop is small, half of the shop and the basement are filled with furniture. I was able to find some nice vintage stuff. The staff has always been nice and willing to help load a car or offer bundle pricing discounts.

It seems that every time I go there, the store has a great sale, I bought leather cowboy boots for $ 5 and the pother day I bought Eddy Bower pjs pants for $ 3 which were %50 off. I was told that every Fri and Sat clothes are %50.

I didn’t look at the clothes, I’m more of a kitchenware and furnisture type of gal. They had a lot of great furniture pieces, tables, dressers, seating, entertainment centers, but the prices were quite high. Dish and kitchenware selection was not anything special. Messy, unorganized and pricey as well. I probably won’t go back.

I saw a coffee table made of glass for $ 175 and $ 300 for a decent looking couch (floral print though). Shouldn’t the prices be a little bit cheaper? I bought my brand new couch for $ 400 from a furniture store in San Carlos and they delivered it. Not so impressed…

Came in on Friday afternoon when I had randomly taken BART to South City to redeem my Groupon for a massage, and I was extremely pleasantly surprised to see this huge store.
I got:
–4 old plastic plates made in Chicago that I’ve seen in MOMA gift shops… yes – 2 dollars
–a junior Giants t-​shirt — 8 dollars (anything for my Giants)
–3 mini Corning Ware ramekins – 2.50
–an old digital clock that is cute and 60s – 2.50
I was less impressed with the clothes. Also saw some skiis and workout equipment and furniture that weren’t half bad. A real range of lamps too! Definitely one of the larger, better thrift stores I’ve seen in a while. I think it was less picked through than others I’ve seen. The kitchen stuff was probably the best stuff there.

Although their items are reasonable and cheap, the one thing Salvation Army has over Goodwill is the fact that they almost always have a deal (20% off accessories).
If you’re looking for a picnic basket, you’ll be sure to find one here!

I have been donating to Salvation Army for probably 2 decades. I have never really gone into the store as I used to call the 800 number for them to pick up the stuff. I was curious so i decided to see how much they charged for stuff they received for free thru donations and I was not happy. This review would be a general one for all the s-​army & g-​wills.
I have been hearing stories about workers taking stuff they like that’s donated. I browsed around this store and saw lots of furniture. I was appalled at how much they are charging. Totally highway robbery! I don’t like the fact that they are getting stuff that good people with good intentions are giving and to turn it into a business. C’mon these stuff are supposed to help those who can’t afford. Most of the stuff you see t here you could prob get cheaper from Clearance. It’s mostly junk if you ask me. (this is all the housewares/​funitures, etc). I am appalled at the pricing. I imagine the furniture could just sit there w/​those price tags. Some of the antique furniture is nice but no thanks to the price tags. Even at the 50% off it still be a lit’ steep. This goes for all the G-​wills & S-​armies. I’d say check on C-​list first or g-​sales.

Pretty sad to see poor people walking around and buying used things.
Has a weird smell inside.
Some of the things cost as much as new stuff when that go on sale in designer stores.
A big plus if your an antique hunter. Saw a solid silver trophy from 1890 here for $ 60. I passed on it though, no idea what to do with that.

This is a horrible place. Don’t go.
Go to some other thrift store instead. Every other thrift store may be more worthy.
SO, I picked up an OK cow cream pitcher thing made in Portugal. It was nice. It was ½ off day. The price said $ 6, which meant that it would be $ 3. My husband brings it up to the counter.
It isn’t $ 3 after all… Nooooo… the Russian woman… the one running the store… the one at the cash register said that there was another price sticker underneath. She uses her fingernails and peels back the sticker. It says $ 10. It will be $ 5 to buy it. (How does she know that there’s another price sticker underneath? Hmmmmmmm)
So we said, Goood Bye! Good Bye! Love you too.
The Salvation Army obviously (yes, yes, yes) did a bait and switch. They figured that people would go, OK, we’ll take it anyway. Sure, no problem. You guys are doing the work of God. Of course we’ll take.
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An aside = Little did they know I used to work for the organization. I know… I know… I know a lot of things. I know about teak desks.
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Hell… it’s an obvious bait and switch. I mean, if we were to change price stickers, do you think we’d be such MORONS to leave the original price tag underneath.
I bet you she put the $ 6 price sticker back on top of the other one, and waited for the next sucker.
F**king A**h*les. The mafia could learn from them.