Goodwill Store

Been donating stuff here for years.
Big location. Staff is friendly. Pretty organized for a thrift store.
They do not let you donate contacts here.
Make sure you get a receipt for your donations for tax purposes.

While I usually visit this Goodwill to donate items that I can’t sell on eBay, I recently stopped in to dig around for some Halloween costume components. No luck for the 6’3″ guy, but there were several people sifting through the menagerie of funny-​smelling clothes like starving raccoons pawing through an overturned trash can.
Still, there is always something to see here. The sections of bric-​à-​brac, old CDs, books, kitchen items… I tend to find something funny or amusing, occasionally useful. The staff is always friendly and pleasant, even when I’m dropping off «junk» in the back for a donation.

This place is pretty small. I went in just to look around. They don’t really carry a lot of the smaller mens sizes. Their book selection was also very very small. No more than 20 books where as Savers had 7 or so aisles of books and a huge selection of clothes. I would recommend going to Savers. Its a bit more expensive but they’ve got a much larger selection of everything.

I am what you might call an… avid thrift shopper. I thrift regularly around LA, and even out of city, state, and country. I generally go poke around at least a few times a month. Even though this Goodwill is right across from a Saver and 3 mom and pop style thrift shops, I have the best luck regularly here. Since it is a heavily Asian neighborhood, most of the weird stuff seems to sit on the shelves, just waiting for me to buy it. I’ve found cool vintage, a surprising amount of handmade and costumes, and some simply bad ass furniture. We moved to this area 6 months ago and immediately I found a bunch of bizarre dia de los muertos dresses and some kick ass vampire/​medieval furniture that went straight to my home. I’m a model and costumer with ecclectic tastes and I almost always go home with something weird from this store. Savers sometimes has ok housewares and kitsch but greatly overcharge. This goodwill prices their stuff reasonably and the people who work there are always friendly. Plus, lots of easy parking.

This review is for donations only. What a hassle to drop off your donations here. The alleyway entrance in the back is disorganized and if there is another car ahead of you, you’re trapped in the alley. If you lug your donations in through the front door, beware that the lady who works at the checkout desk has the worst attitude. The first time I encountered her, I just figured she was having a bad day. But I’ve been back since, and she definitely hates her job. She does a haphazard job of filling out the receipts and marks them up in such a way that makes it impossible for you to correct the mistakes. When I hesitantly pointed out she had miscounted the number of toys I donated, I saw her lips literally curl with distaste as she glared at my donated items and then at me. I came here to donate, not to be berated and judged.
I had to thank HER for allowing me to donate.
I’m much better off donating at nearby Savers where all you need to do is pull in a designated donation-​only parking spot and the friendly attendants come out to assist you.

The prices have increased. A slide projector for $ 99.99. Are you kidding? Boots in the case for $ 99.99 (used boots). Have they heard of Ross? Went to the Goodwill in Pasadena on Altadena and Foothill. Scored… bought a projector for $ 29.99. The parking is better at the Arcadia location but it’s not worth $ 69 I saved by going to the Pasadena location.

— a return and a revision.
In between a dry cleaners and an adult day care in a faded midcentury strip mall is this large Goodwill. Although I admit it can be hit or miss, I did find a Fujica SLR for $ 30. Although I could have found one on EBay for less, this one works perfectly and I could test it in store. Completely manual, no filters. Within the limits of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, the photographer has complete control.
Also stop by at the dry cleaners next door. The 60s never ended at this institution, wood paneled and with surprisingly preserved midcentury brass lettering and décor.
LPs are now 99 cents! Bought and promptly chilled to an Ahmad Jamal album. I guess I got lucky!
BTW, my review from before still applies. 4.5 stars.

I love this place. My secret treasure place.
Def. cash in on that $ 20 for $ 30 deal & use it with the 20% off!

i’ve been here a handful of times and there’s nothing spectacular here. the prices are decent for clothes that have been worn. you’re better off shopping at a department store like marshalls, ross, jc penny, etc.
on the bright side, the employees work hard to keep clothes organized and color-​coordinated. i hear most of them are underpaid or not paid at all, which is unfair considering the sheer number of people who like to pull clothes off the racks and don’t put them back. i would not spend money here since it’s likely the funds are concentrated at the corporate level, and i’m doubtful that proceeds are really going toward a good cause.

The last thrift store I went to out of 5. I loved how polite and nice the staff was, as well as the choices in shoes and clothing!

Very clean, great prices, good customer service, wide variety. Lots of fun! I found lots of clothes that altogether were $ 30. Some had some holes in them but that could be patched up really quick. Most of my items were half off too! Overall, great experience.

I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!
ok so now that you know that i love this goodwill lets see why:
— SO CLEAN
— SMELLS LIKE LAUNDRY I LUV LAUNDRY SMELL U FEEL ME
— FITTING ROOMS
— CLEAN, NEW CLOTHES
— everything is gently used if not brand new
— there isn’t any of that stain crap or gross balling sweaters crap
— Really organized (long sweaters rack, shorts rack, organized by color, organized by length of sleeve)
— even my dad likes it and my dad hates salvation army
— SMELLS GREAT SERIOUSLY IT SMELLS GREAT except for the lady who farted next to us
— so cheap!!! got a romper, a tank top, and a pair of shorts that are brandy melville lookalikes and a candle holder for 8 dollars
the only thing i dont get is why they only allow three items in the fitting rooms at a time like why is that even a thing how does that benefit anyone

This is a unique thrift shop there is no doubt about it. It is all clothing. Seriously I walked in and my mind immediately went WTF. Where is the furniture, where is the electronics, heck where is anything but clothing? I dont really know, but I didnt see it here. At least 85% of this place is clothes.
The customer service is pretty lacking overall. I waited for about 5 minutes in line to purchase a shirt that I found for the munchkin. Well there was only one woman working at the checkout stand and she was individually wrapping each plate. Ohhh and there were a few people behind me in line. On top of that you could see an employee pow-​wow going on in a diff part of the store. *SMH*
Pro Tip: They dont take AmEx but they do take other credit cards here.
The other hard to deal with part was there was no signage on where to drop off donations. Some woman was waiting in line right behind me trying to find out where to drop off a bunch of things. Apparently you are supposed to do that in the back of the mall, but she said the doors were shut and no one was there before she swung around front to try inside the store.
So yeah I am less than impressed by this place. Who cares if the floors are clean and they dont have things tossed randomly around the store, it just isnt a thrift shopt hat I am comfortable in. Which is a big disappointment to be brutally honest.

It’s clean and really well-​organized, which was the only pleasant thing about it. I will probably never go there again. I love shopping second-​hand: yard sales, garage sales, thrift stores, etc. But this one was SO boring. There was just nothing there. I don’t know what to say about it because there isn’t anything to critique.
The book section is lined against two short spaces of wall. I love toy sections and there was none. I have never been THIS bored at a second-​hand store ever. Seriously, I have nothing else to say about it because it just sucked. And for a store that isn’t a charity (research this, people– Goodwill is NOT a charity in any way, shape or form), which makes everything is 100% profit for them since their inventory is FREE, it was really overpriced. They also take anything of value and hock it online through Amazon and eBay to get as much as they can for it. I have no idea why people feel this positively about this place when I couldn’t find a darn thing to buy. At least the parking lot is always huge and empty. I guess that’s one plus.

It’s a big and clean site. Organized well.
Plenty of parking paces, you can donate stuffs while don’t need to carry them a long way. And at this site you can get stuffs from their retail part.
And it’s always nice to know your stuff can be helpful for some people still.

It was definitely an interesting experience to go into Goodwill! This was my first time in a thrift store, and I found it to resemble a department store like Ross. Everything is organized by types of clothing (jacket, pants, shorts, shirts, etc.) and each item in the store has either a tag or sticker on it. Jackets are $ 9.99 (a little bit steep in my opinion) and blazers and shirts are $ 5.99. Every week, there is a 50% off sale on a certain color. So if it’s purple, then all purple tags are discounted at 50% off. They also have certain apparel for half off, too. The clothes aren’t cleaned or anything after being donated, so some are very dusty. I even saw a few spiders crawling on clothes.
The clothes are put on racks and sorted by color. It’s really easy to look through them. I opted to look at the book section, which had a great selection at fairly low prices. 1.99−3.99. Lots of old videotapes and decorations.
I thought it was nice that there was no tax and that you can donate to the Veterans. I don’t think thrift shopping (in clothing) is for me, but I will be back to check out their books!

I love shopping at thrift stores for a few reasons.
1) The clothes are cheap!
2) Nobody else will have the same exact things as you :’)
3) With your purchases or donations, you’re giving to a greater cause than yourself.
Goodwill is pretty pricey for as thrift store, but if you happen to catch a 50% off sale, the prices are very reasonable! I scored a unisex tan Lacoste anorak for $ 10, so maybe you can find some hidden treasures here too :)

This is most definitely one of the better thrift stores that I’ve been to. It’s clean and well organized. They have color tag specials along with weekly item specials (eg. all skirts are $ 3.49 for the week, etc.) and they have two large dressing rooms.
They have standard Goodwill pricing on everything and while I’ve seen better prices elsewhere, it’s not too bad. For instance, all of their dresses and two-​piece suits/​sets are priced at $ 8.99. If you’re lucky and find one you like with the sale color tag, it can be had for a mere $ 4.50 which is a pretty good deal if you ask me.
Due to the Asian population in the area, you can also sometimes find alot of clothing with Asian labels, if you’re into that. Nice selection of shoes and purses too.

This Goodwill store is located in the same plaza as Rite Aid and a restaurant called Sir George. There is plenty of parking.
This Goodwill is pretty big and the clothes are nicely organized by color and style (coats, pants, blouse, etc). A lot of the clothes are in good quality, but some that I did happen to see had some stains on it (gross!). Saw some old wedding dresses there as well.
There is some great quality furniture, books, random junk, shoes, etc.
There are even dressing rooms to try on clothes (2 on each side) which I thought was nice.
Today when I came in, all purple tags were 50% off (I believe each week or each day there is some kind of sale special) but I didn’t really find anything that I really wanted, purple tag or not, so I left empty handed this shopping trip.
But I will come back because I think a lot of the items in this store is reasonably priced.

A contributor, not a shopper.
My only small complaint is I wish this location had a better and more convenient «unloading /​drop-​off» area. They have us drive to the back and there are no attendants to receive you.
I just want to make a quick, simple, no hassle drop-​off. The easier they make it for me, the more incline I will be to keep returning with goodies.