NCJWLA Council Thrift Shops

Bait and Switch! I have never been so offended in my life. Once you show interest in an item, they will quote you a price and then when you try to check out and pay they will quote you a price 3x’s what the initial quote was, THEN (and here’s the scam), quote you a markdown as if they are doing YOU a favor. All the while having the markdown be significantly higher than the original price quote. Scammy and scummy… don’t even bother with this junkyard.

Decent finds, but the stuff is wayyyyy over-​priced and the store staff is not friendly.

Not A Bad Store!
I believe that I have shopped at their store once before in the past.
Anyway, this time I went inside their 8520 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles location and Yes, they do have a nice variety of clothing to chooses from however, they are lacking a dressing room which would be very beneficial to their customers
In addition, I am Not very good at trying out clothes and so I did request for assistance which made my clothing selection a Lot Easier!
Yes, I would recommend this store and Yes, I would go back there, but please get Yourself A Dressing Room!
Thank you.

I’m going to go ahead and rate this like I rated the one on Fairfax. You can find some good deals, but you really have to look. Artwork and rugs are ridiculously priced. Their appraiser lives in a fairy land. Lots of great dishes, pottery and knick knacks. I stop her regularly because it’s one of those «you just never know» stores. I’ve been shopping here since they were over on Federal. This store has much more square footage, so its easier to shop.

You can find some pretty cool stuff here. Good place to shop but some people who come here are kinda out there. Is it just me?

I’ve been coming here for years and the current Mgr. (I believe her name is Loreen) has put an incredibly well done face-​lift on the store as it looks fantastic and you can actually see whats for sale without burrowing through piles ofc garbage. The stad, ff is great and always kind and welcoming. If you have any qualms with the prices ask for a discount and usually you’ll get it.

Just LOVE these stores! Great deals and nice people. I have beautiful things for my home because of them, things I couldn’t ordinarily afford. And, they do GREAT work helping the entire community, particularly women and children of all faiths, religions. They give out vouchers to people in shelters and they have a huge clothing giveaway in December. I know because I asked and then visited their website:
. I have a hard time shopping anywhere else. They’ve spoiled me and I’ve said goodbye to department stores.

DEFINITELY my new favorite thrift store in town! Large selection of furniture, artwork and books every week! GREAT customer service. A special and well-​deserved AAAAA+++++ mention to Laurene, (the manager?), who combines professionalism and kindness to a level I have rarely seen before! And I am NOT kidding! I love this place! I JUST LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!!!

review based on tax-​write off donations:
I donate here all the time because I usually love the way they give a specific breakdown and mail the tax-​receipt but I recently donated like 3 huge bags of clothes, furniture, men’s suits and a box of miscellaneous and only received $ 88 in tax-​refund?!? Uhhh… Whaaa?!? Idk if it was just the person evaluating «Jacobs» but no way was all that stuff only worth an $ 88 write-​off. #neveragain

I stopped by to look at what I thought was a beautiful sofa– turned out the fabric had a huge black tar looking stain on the back. The woman was asking $ 300 for a badly stained fabric nothing special sofa. I couldn’t believe it. She very aggressively pushed another sofa on me that looked even worse, insisting I buy it because it was $ 250. I was offended. I will never buy anything from this store again. Their prices are not justified. Had the sofa been in good condition– it was horrible. I know about fabrics and that stain will not come off. She kept insisting it would come off once I took it home and scrubbed it. Horrible sales practices to say the least. Rarely will you find anything great and if you do, the price takes the joy out of the find. You might as well order it online. This place has a lot of over priced crap, in a nutshell.

These shops are located all over LA and yes they are over price. My mom usually donates a box of her unwanted many items here. Yes through the years the customer service has dropped, due to new faces, new behavior and a different breed of culture. I would strongly encourage you to donate your items here because it goes towards a good cause. Normally I encourage my mom to first donate things to Out of the Closet and 2^nd the NCJWLA Thrift Store. Once in a while when I am home visting LA, then I will stop in here to see if I spot any unique items.

One of the best thrift stores I’ve been to. Got some great deals for great quality items. The workers were willing to hagle. Will come back again

This place is the worst of all the jwc thriftsores. There is so much underhanded stuff going on here. People donat and the best stuff goes out the back door and whats left goes either in the store or the trash. The people are really rude and the prices are from another realm, any designer stuff goes for a huge amount wether it is damaged or not. These people are meant to help people who are less fortunate get clothing, who could afford thaeir overpriced stuff. I cant twwll you what a wast of time. I am a die hard thriftier and this chain is just a bunch of scammers with all he managers getting big bonuses oon the backs of those less fortunate

I like all the NCJWLA shops and being enterprising I understand that it’s a business although I live near one shop and it’s on my weekly walk around the neighborhood so I’m familiar with the operation. Now when I want something I often ask someone else to request the price for me since they look at my purse and my jewelry before they offer a price on the desirable furnishings that often aren’t priced. Now I only stop in after I’ve cleaned my garage and am wearing old clothing.

First of all, there are NCJWLA thrift shops all over the LA area… this review is specifically for the store on Pico at the corner of La Cienega. The reason I mention this is because one of the previous reviews seems to be for a different store, the one in Studio City. I think they are all independently managed to some degree and I’m sure there are differences from store to store.
My major beef with this store is the pricing. I know that it’s a charity enterprise, but the prices are so high that I think they are doing a disservice to the community they are trying to help.
Anything that they deem «vintage» (whether or not it has a label, regardless of quality or condition) has a crazy high price on it, for a thrift store. On my last visit I found a cute, no-​name 60’s coat in good condition for $ 65. At a true vintage store that might be an OK price, but as far as I’m concerned there shouldn’t be any item of clothing in a thrift store priced at more that 50 bucks, max.
The lady that seems to work the counter most days (older, Eastern European accent) will haggle with you a bit, sometimes, but she’s very abrasive in the process and makes you feel horrible for even asking.
The selection of merchandise is pretty good, and sometimes there are some real gems hidden here & there. They almost always have lots of nice sets of china and dishes, and a rotating assortment of pretty nice furniture. The furniture seems to be the best deal in the store.
Honestly it’s just all about the prices of the clothes here… they need to come down by 50% in my opinion.

I came here with my fiancé and one of my closest friends after having lunch at Got Kosher some blocks down the street. We are all really into thrift shops so we thought it would be good to check out this place. We drove down Pico Blvd and parked right out front (metered parking) and went on in.
This place was a big disappointment because there wasn’t a whole lot of stuff here and the items seem to be bit more overpriced than other thrift shops I’ve been too. I would probably not come back here, not even just to browse.

I was a regular here came in 4 days a week to check out what was new. Not again after for the first time asking if they would sell some cups cheaper, I had seen the cups for the last two weeks sitting around and they wanted store price for the set. I asked if they could go lower they old mrs buttersworth lady started yelling at me. As I was holding my 10 month old baby. I have seen some agression in this store before but have never been the victim. This place has lost a customer. And I am glad because I realized I have bought maybe 8 things in last four months of coming here. Prices are just to high.

I stop going here because the prices seem to change randomly when you get to the counter. I had picked out some books from a shelf that was labeled book $ 1.00 for softcovers, and then was that they books I picked out where «special» and cost more. LACMA art catalogs are a a common as dirt in LA Thrift stores.

Great place to make donations. They send you an itemized receipt with a dollar amount which makes deductions easier.

I’ll be the first to admit it. I have a problem. I buy too much. A betrayal to womankind, I don’t particularly enjoying shopping for the sake of shopping, so when I go because I need something, I feel like I better stock up, and, well, sometimes I go a little crazy. As a result, there’s a little rule in our house… I don’t bring anything new in unless I’ve recently let something else go. That means, we let go of a lot. On a regular basis.
Goodwill used to be my go-​to, but as I got older and realized those tax write-​offs were serious business, I came across the National Council of Jewish Women’s Council Thrift Shop. The thing I love about donating here is the fact that they always go through everything you leave and itemize it based on the Federal deduction allowances. No guess work involved. And instead of standing around twiddling your thumbs while a stranger goes through all of your worldly goods, they have you sign and address the top of your slip and send you an itemized receipt with your tax deductible total in the mail. It’s awesome. And if there’s anything left that’s not suitable for resale in their thrift shop, they send it to a shelter for those in need. Everything is recycled. Nothing goes to waste.
So why not five stars? The last time we went in the woman working saw how much we had and pretty much insisted we write up our own inventory. I’m sorry, but isn’t that your job? And isn’t that illegal? Let me answer that for ya… yes, it is. I was flabbergasted. She kept insisting we just put some number down, take our slip and leave. Say wha? The other employees looked uncomfortable, wanted no part of it and when I looked to them to inquire, they disappeared into the shop. After a fair bit of back and forth, she «guessed» it was about $ 300 of deduction, scribbled it down, shoved it in our face, and shooed us on our way. When I repeated I really needed the correctly itemized list, she waved her hand at me saying she was sure that was all it was worth. Excuse me? If I’d left one bag of crap I may not have been too fussed, but we’d just hauled in a microwave, two complete sets of dishes, a set of crystal bar ware, picture frames, books, two huge boxes of CDs (we burned it all and finally let it go), another box of housewares, some decorative pillows, a throw blanket, and four (yes, four) large trash bags full of men’s and women’s clothing, about a third of which was new, some with tags still on. I needed my tax deduction! It didn’t matter. She couldn’t be bothered and wanted us outta there. Unfortunately, I couldn’t exactly take it back so I was stuck, but needless to say, irate with her laziness and my paltry deduction. Thankfully, every other experience I’ve had has been great, so let’s just hope I don’t have the (dis)pleasure of crossing her crotchety path again.
Aside from that, it’s great. You can even schedule a large pick-​up online. They (for the most part) rock. And don’t forget, charity is a mitzvah!