Big Lots

This building is haunted by 2 ghosts. The story goes like this.
A long time ago the building used to be a grocery store (1960’s or something) and it was closing time and a man came in and robbed the place. A cashier (young man) was killed there. His ghost has been there ever since. A few years later, the business goes, the store closes. On a rainy night, a woman has car trouble and starts walking to get help. Not finding anyone, she takes shelter in the abandoned store building. Someone kills her while she’s in there that night. So, her ghost haunts the building too. Some years later this building became a Pic N Save (later Big Lots) where employees claimed to have seen both of the ghosts once in awhile in the store. The one lady who worked there told me that when she seen «him» she thought he was a Big Lots employee because he was wearing a dark pair of pants, a dark shirt, dark shoes and a dark apron. Then she realized that she didn’t know him and that she could see through him! He vanished right in front of her. I told her that the place used to be a grocery store where an employee got killed. That scared her, but she said that it made sense. A couple of employees shared their encounters with the female ghost from seeing her to watching an entire roll of toilet paper unroll itself all over the Ladies room floor. The sink faucet turned on and then the toilet flushed. I used to live in Hollywood, California over 20 years ago. Most of my shopping was done at that haunted Big Lots on Vine. I’ve seen objects fall off the shelves when no one was in the aisles, toys being played with, a lady one time was in the hair care aisle and she couldn’t reach this box of hair dye that was on the top shelf. Then this little orb of light went next to the box and it fell off the shelf onto the floor. The lady looked scared and said «Is it haunted?» I looked at her and said «Yep. By a former store employee that used to work here and a lady.» Then I smiled and said «They’re good ghosts, they don’t do anything bad.» The woman smiled and said that she always felt something «odd» about the store. Nothing «bad», just «odd.» This was the first time she ever went inside the store. She walked out of the aisle with her hair dye. I’ve had other people who have told me about things that happened to them there. One lady said that her four year old son and her were there and her son looks down some aisle and says «Mommy? Does that ghost man work here?» The woman looked down the aisle just as he was disappearing. So, if anyone else has ever experienced anything paranormal at the former Big Lots in Hollywood, please share your story.

Although the average age of the people running this event must be
30 something, I think they are trying to expand their vision (S) and
recognize that people who may look like «Olé Mother Hubbard»
are not necessarily dead or (worse)homeless. Vine St. is
actually an ideal place to set up this kind of facility-​and while
there are none of the bargains that dominated the space in its
previous Big Lots incarnation, there’s a lot of art to be looked
at and think about. Some of it is particularly humorous; i was
particularly struck by a set of pillow cases which contain all the
essential questions found on such places as
(NOT
that I’ve ever looked…). Each one is $ 2500. Apparently there
is going to be a huge happening (my G-​d, do these kids parents
still talk about these things?)put on by this artist:
explores the parameters of what relationships ‘mean.’ I haven’t
a clue. Should you be strolling down Vine St. before the
exhibit closes on March 7, take a look/​see. Unlike that other
’happening’ a few blocks West at Hollywood and Highland,
this one does not require a ticket-​although I would suggest
not to arrive with a shopping bag in tow. It seems to make
these folks very nervous…

The Big Lots on Vine may have been a circus of Hollywood freaks at times — but the employees were friendly and the store was full of interesting items and serious bargains. Name brand laundry detergent for three dollars, towels and bathroom accessories, endless scented candles, mixing bowls, greeting cards, home décor — you name it. That store proved to be a lifesaver for me over the years (starting when it was Pick & Save) and now… it’s gone.
The worst part is that they were forced to close this location due to eminent domain! So, instead of a store which served as a refuge from the inflated prices found at most retailers — we can look forward to MORE CONDOS! Yes, just what Hollywood needed.

This neglected cess-​pool of a store is finally closing. I don’t know what the problems were, LandLord or Corporate, but this neighborhood blight is going down.
Selling out, sparse shelves of unwanted/​unsold stuff getting piled up into smaller piles… get it while the getting’s good.
With any luck at all, they’ll open a brand new snazzy and clean store in Hollywood someplace. With new clean carts that won’t give you uncurable rashes, or other scum-​diseases. See below post for other fears. («But we clean them once a month!») (That means 29 days a month of collecting encrusted Homeless Squeezins.) .anyway…
Closing down, Kiddies, and if anyone hears of the new store, please post it here for us BigLots lovers.
Tho, truth to tell, theyt’ll always be Pic ‘n Save to me.

Please, please can we give negative stars?
All I needed was some hangers (check), some cleaners (check), some silverware (check), and a shower caddy (thud).
I walked out with all of the above (note: no shower caddy), and worrying that I had herpes, syphilis, hepatitis, and possibly AIDs.
I pulled into a parking space and almost ran over a vagrant. (seriously, there have to be better places to hang out!).
The automatic door didn’t work. There were no carts, no hand carts. So, I grabbed a faux RubberMaid medium box to haul my loot.
I perused the aisles, artfully dodging screaming failed abortions and random chemical leaks.
When I finished with the sheer terror of the trek, I looked for the end of the checkout line.
It was 30 people deep. I shit you not. Heather, Aunny, Melissa, you will know of what I speak when I say that I had to go into the «furniture room» to get into the que. Only 2 checkers working.
I was very Zen onaccounta the Xanax I took an hour I before left my abode. After I had opened my 401k statement for FY2008… ANYWAY…
A very loud tranny in front of me screamed every few moments, «Why the fuck aren’t you bitches opening more registers?» She was my new hero.
Xanax = Zen.
I got to within 3 humanoids of checking out when a middle aged Asian lady with a crock pot and a dozen other random items stuffed into a baby carriage evidently didn’t see the line. (I do give her props for grabbing the most random item to put her loot in)
She walked right up and started unloading her carriage full of stuff.
The guy behind me screamed, «WHAT THE FUCK!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? DON’ T YOU SEE THE FUCKING LINE?!?
This incited a near riot. Almost everyone started screaming at this lady.
Xanax=Zen=TeeJay
Seriously, I don’t think she spoke the language. She looked terrified and confused. She ran out of the store leaving all of her loot behind.
When I set my shit on the counter to finally check out, the first thing the bitch scanned was the faux RubberMaid box.
«Oh no. No, no, no, no. I just needed something to carry my loot. «
It took the bitch for-​fucking-​ever to figure out how to cancel it out.
Horrible, horrible, horrible.
I would rather endure the parking garage at Target and pay triple for my hangers, cleaners, silverware, AND be able to get a fucking shower caddy THAN TO EVER GO IN THIS CESSPOOL AGAIN!!!
The End.

GASP.
Is Big Lots on Vine cleaning up its act (and its store)???
Stay tuned…

eeek. I have been to Big Lots before. I know the deal. I know Hollywood isn’t that glamourous and all, but c’mon. I expected an LA Big Lots to be nicer than the ones in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania.
I didn’t find too much here other than a strange sewer odor in the kitchen aisle. I’ll try again and bring a personal oxygen tank.

OMG I am not sure why this is on Vine versus a trailer park in the 805. Awful dirty parking lot and exterior. The inside is so packed with stuff that if you sneeze you will knock over everything.
Screaming kids that sound like those obnixious car alarms are
always running around. *hint* if u see some running. at the last minute stick your foot out and CRASH. awww poor kiddy he fall down go BOOM! or just a free plastic bag to a crying baby helps HAHA jk!!!
Yes it is bargin basement prices and great if you need cheap bathroom cleaning items and want to avoid the hassel of Target on La Brea but unless you have foil in your windows on a regular basis. go to Target !

Where can you find a curling iron for 6 bucks? i plugged it in as soon as I got home and IT WORKS!!! Got 3 pans for 10 bucks… a bowl for $ 1.50. etc etc etc. There are so many odds and ends, none of which are really categorized in the proper aisles, but for the amount of money I spent, who cares? The store is kind of dilapidated, the workers miserable looking, and I would never dare to buy anything edible, but for non-​perishable houseware, this is the spot!

This place is not for the tame of hearts. You may find a broken bottle of spaghetti sauce on the floor. Tons of kids running around and screaming. Difficult to find someone who speaks English. Nothing is organized. But this is a TREASURE HUNT my friends. The search for that fabulous bargain.
Kashmiri Oregon green chai for $ 1.00. 100% whole rye bread for $ 2 AND it’s over $ 5 at Whole Foods. Frizz hair serum for $ 0.50. Huge brand name (slips my mind) and good quality luggage for $ 30. Healing Gardens all natural products for $ 2.
I can just keep going on and on and on. There are deals to be had at Big Lots. I can deal with the mess if I can save a buck!

Let it be known that I am what they call a bargain ho!
No, no, no, not saying you can get a piece of dis aysss fo cheap, but I love a good bargain. I could spend a good 53.7 minutes in a 99 Cent Store and be happy as a can of outdated clams! I love ‘em. I love the wacky random scores like the knock off Barbie Post-​it set or the Star Wars band-​aids. But there is a point where the bargain binging experience can be tainted and this store has definitely moved past the point of cheap and easy, to high maintenance and yuck!
I came in here the other day to buy Scotch tape and I don’t know what happened to this store, but it has gone so downhill that it is now practically underground. Nothing is where it should be, crap is all over the floors and those outdated clams I mentioned, they have been replaced by Beenie Weenies… and really, who the hell eats Beanie Weenies. The prices are also more expensive then they used to be!
When I lived in Hollyweird I used to come here to buy Christmas paper, bows and crap like that because it was cheapy cheap, but now, I think I am stickin to the 99 cent store. At least it’s somewhat cleaner there and at least organized. This place, oy, never again, unless of course you enjoy feeling like you need a shower after you leave a business. Just sayin.