Goodwill Arvada

Horrible, horrible, horrible. Worst goodwill store I have ever seen or been to. Went in looking for shorts for me and my son. Clothes are on racks in absolutely no order just randomly hung on the racks. When I tried to ask an employee for some help she blatantly ignored me and walked off. I asked another employee to speak to the manager and was told she didn’t know where the manager was. I called and spoke to some girl who wouldn’t give her name but identified herself as the supervisor on duty. I explained the situation to her and her only response was an immediate line of excuses about how it wasn’t her fault. This place sucks, even for a goodwill store.

This place is always clean and the people are friendly here. My wife loves this one and comes every week… Thank You

This is an average Goodwill store. Most of the store is clothing. I believe Goodwill is overpriced. Most of their clothes are ratty and ripped and they still charge more than other thrifty stores.
They just got rid of a lot of their books and don’t have a lot of the nonfiction section anymore. Their prices on books are way too high, especially for hardback books.
The workers are usually in a bad mood and don’t try to hide it at all. They tend to ignore you until you check out.

this ones huge!

Will give a proper review after a few more shopping trips. Quieter, smaller and much less crowded than any goodwill I’ve been to.

Excellent thrift store with a fair selection. The best part by far are the prices — this place beats ARC, Habitat, and definitely all the pawn shops.
Staff are friendly and very willing to help, the store is bright and clean, and it stays open fairly late.
Only downside is a slight lack of organization and a smaller selection than some of the larger stores.

Very Organized Drop Off Location!

A really nice, clean store and all the prices were good
It was well organized and neat.
I didn’t think it was too pricey.(likes some thrift stores out to make a big buck).
We have been here several times to look around and we really enjoy this store.
Some stuff wasn’t marked but finding a clerk was easy enough as it isn’t a real big store.
I did get an almost new Santa Claus Cookie jar for $ 4.99. There was just a small chip on the inside of the lid where nobody could see.

I make frequent donations and always have mixed emotions. I feel good about my donation, but sad about how they handle my donations.
I really try hard to ensure my items are in working order and all the parts are there. I often have any spare parts in a bag or taped to the item. The people who accept my stuff could care less — it’s all dumped into a big blue bin regardless of what it is. I even tell them about the extra parts — doesn’t matter, it’s all dumped. I would bet that several perfectly good items are ruined by this handling. I know it’s a thankless job, but at least try to take care of the stuff. After all, isn’t the purpose of my donation to be resold to help you make money and help others?
I normally don’t go inside, but have the last couple of times and made my first purchase today. They appear to have a very large clothing section — it’s half the store and then the other half is a mix of kitchen stuff, furniture, dishes and a variety of other stuff. It’s organized in general buckets, but poorly arranged or orderly. It’s a shame — they could do more with what they have and I would give it a higher rating.

Though I recently scored an awesome bright apple green 70s upholstered chair that rocks and swivels in brand new condition here for just $ 25, I was a little miffed at my experience yesterday. I’m a frequent donator (start watching Hoarders or Clean This House and you will be too!) and usually they are friendly when accepting my multiple bags of stuff. But yesterday a gruff little man ripped the bags right out of my hand and threw them at the bottom of an empty big blue bin before shoving a receipt in my hand… all without a word or eye contact. I heard my perfectly fine and functional glass coffee maker carafe shatter which bummed me out. Not to mention, many of the household items I picked up inside the store were chipped or damaged, and I wonder if they came that way or it was poor handling in the back room?
On the plus side, I did find a $ 30 Pampered Chef scoop for a buck…

Month #6 on my diet and I’m finding I’m in need of some smaller sized clothes. Now, for anyone who has been halfway to their diet goal, you know as much as I do that the thought of buying new clothes is very exciting! However, why go pay full price for brand new clothes when you’re going to need yet another (hopefully!) smaller size of clothes in the near future? Don’t be silly and don’t waste your money! Come here and get a wardrobe to hold ya over until you can drop some big bucks on threads when you reach your goal! They offer 6 spacious dressing rooms — 3 for the lads and 3 for the ladies. Their selection of clothing is huge here. I found more often than not that their clothes are in better condition than other locations, including the ARC thrift stores. Or, I could just be experiencing good thrift shopping luck!
I love that the clothing is separated from the home/​appliance/​books/​spatula/​pez dispenser… area. It makes the space look more organized and clean.
I wasn’t pleased with my first clerk experience here, but I had a much more pleasant lady during my second time in. I’m officially calling this my favorite Goodwill in Arvada.

Vertical paper towel holder needed? Maybe a squirt bottle that you don’t want to pay $ 2 – 3 for from Ace Hardware? How about a nice basket made of bamboo or rushes to replace that damn metal fruit stand that always bruises your fruit, and what’s more, the basket displays it more attractively?
Not enough? How about you can get all these items, sets of dishes, glasses, books, kitchenware, clothing and more, dirt cheap? Am I talkin yer language now?
And they’re open after posted business hours, on a Sunday night? *Nice*.
There’s nothing mindboggling or outstanding about this store, although they do have kindly cashiers. But if you like saving money on assorted items and having the money go to good causes, this is a decent place to go to do it. If you don’t have any mental blocks against going into thrift stores, check them out if you’re in the area, NE corner of 80s and Wads in the Safeway shopping plaza.