Salvation Army

Usually a great place to donate but the guy receiving the donation was not very nice and was kinda pushy. Examining every single thing. Made the experience feel weird. Rude all together.

Being the minimalist that I am, I come here to donate a bunch of stuff that I do not use. This time around, I donated a whiteboard, a yoga mat, a 3-​ring binder, an external hard drive, and a multi port.
Donating here is pretty hassle-​free. I just turn in here from Artesia, and the attendant by the bins directs me what items to put where. He then give me a receipt, and I’m good to go.
It’s a feel-​good place, knowing that my donations will help with the needy of this world. I’ll be back to donate more items as I sort through my belongings.

This store has the best furniture and the best clothes in the best books in the South Bay. I come here all the time. Whoot!!!

Adoro fazer compras na salvation, sempre encontro ótimas peças mesmo com o valor um pouco acima do ideal.
A atendente Marissa é incrivel.

Used to be cheaper and had a better selection but still better than other thrift shops.
This is were my donations go.

SO happy!
This was my first time here although I have lived in the area a looooong time. I had a one track mind, I was looking for a couch. A VERY SPECIFIC look. They had a few couches, a pretty good range of style,(average seemed to be around $ 70.00) just not what I wanted… They were more modern. I was about to leave when the kid working there told me they have another section next door called «La Boutique»
and there it was. The most perfect couch ever! INCREDIBLE PRICE. I saw similar ones on craigslist for 3 – 4 times as much. They had the nicer items on this side it seemed, shoes, purses, art, furniture. Very cute stuff. I was so happy to find what I wanted on my first try! The main store was more disheveled and nothing to great caught my eye but I will go back another day for sure to La Boutique side and poke around at all the other stuff, overall I’m wicked happy.

We have had very good luck finding nice quality furniture here. We shop here and also donate surplus items. The staff are nice and professional. Near affluent beach neighborhoods, which probably leads to higher-​end donations. Decent selection of books, dvds, clothing, and housegoods in addition to the aforementioned furniture.

I take some of my clothes and goods here to the Salvation Army (and there’s also a Goodwill one block away too).
It’s an easy process to donate items as well as to get a receipt for tax write off deductions.
The staff is very friendly too.
I’ve never shopped here before ‘tho as a retail store, but often wonder if I’d ever see any of my clothes for sale here that I donated.

It’s a thrift store so you can’t be too picky, this thrift store is super close to where I live and I love it! It’s huge so there’s a lot of clothing to choose from but depending on what came in that week it’ll either be great or bad. I’ve donated and bought a lot from here and it was a great and fun experience overall. The prices at this Salvation Army compared to the goodwill next door are much much better as well.

I love shopping at thift stores and finding good deals. I have been in this store four times because its only a few blocks away. All four times, I have not been able to get anything because 1) their boy toddler selection is not very big and 2) their prices are expensive to me. Four dollars for a use toddler shirt does not make sense when you can go to Target or Walmart for a new shirt for five dollars. I will pass.

I only use the drop off section of this store located behind the store outside. Which is great you don’t have to step inside and grab your receipt. Theres plenty of parking in the rear and on the street parking. The staff at the drop off are helpful and friendly. I’ve seen items in great shape drop off the couple of times i went. I have not been able to walk in because of allergies but this is a spacious store.

This place is really not good. Haven’t seen any great finds in a few years. Shelves are so barren and the clothes selection are terrible. They really just throw junk up on the shelves. I would call it a constant miss. It smells gross in the store and things are so dirty. Skip this place!

I’m not quite sure how I walked into this disgusting junk yard… Omg, how the hell could people come in here to seriously waste money on half broken crap. This place smells like my dead great grandma. I seriously thought I could get a disease off touching an item here. Ugh so nasty. I rather go to Target.

love shopping here, i get all my clothes for my whole family here. people are very friendly.

Take this as a 3 ½ star review. I’m not sure when but Salvation Army usually has sales (yes…SALES) here and there if certain items are dated before a specific date they choose. I was on a thrift shopping spree yesterday and walked in to 50% off items dated on or before December 15^th. Such an amazing sale for things that are already ridiculously low priced… in a good way of course.
I personally like their book, furniture and scarf selection. They also have some OK houseware items I’d be down to pick up on. but didn’t because I didn’t need anything. Paperback books are only 1.99 which is pretty cool and scarves I believe are $ 2.99. I found an awesome desk for $ 8 and it was in great condition. If you’re looking for a bedside table (or two) GO HERE! They have a ton to choose from… some are kind of pricy but look around and you can find something.
One thing I really don’t like about this or other Salvation Army’s is that they just throw their items on the racks and it’s usually messy and stinky. I would only recommend Salvation Army if you’re patient and have time to kill and really want to score good finds. I found an awesome J. Crew skirt for $ 2 because of the half off sale but only because it was at the end of the rack. I usually don’t have very much patience to rummage through their racks. Sigh…

This store is fairly large, but majority of the items they have here aren’t of very good quality. Its another one of those hit or miss thrift stores.
Sometimes I find nice men’s jackets or new books or cute housewares here, but more often, I leave empty handed. I don’t know if products are being rotated as much as they should.
Another thing that impacts my shopping/​browsing experience here is the cleanliness of the store. This place just seems run-​down and tired. I won’t go out of my way to stop at this thrift store anymore, its not worth it.

There’s a tall skinny young black guy (NOT the one with glasses or the one with corn rows) working at the boutique (around 3:00 P.M. 8−3−13) who is extremely rude to customers. If the manager is reading this please fire him. I’m going to make sure some action is taken.

Donated at the Goodwill down the street. Saw nothing in the store. Figured I’d walk in here to see if I had better luck.
Score.
Four skirts and a book for a little over $ 20.
Lots of variety. Quite a lot to sift through and a ton of variation on quality, but all the pieces I walked away with were vintage. I’m a modest is hottest kind of girl, but finding longer skirts can be tough, so I was so thrilled to find so many. I actually tried on at least a dozen but decided on the four. If you’re willing to do some hunting and the time is right, I’m sure you can find some good stuff.
Let me clarify on the time is right concept: When I was in the store, they made several announcements that clothes priced about two weeks ago were 50 percent off. That makes me think this store has a HUGE turn around and is constantly changing. Thus, if you don’t find something the first time, I wouldn’t rule it out completely.
Went to the boutique section of the store (located next door) a few days later. Walked away with another skirt and an awesome genuine leather jacket for less than $ 30. I continue to be impressed!

I have been on the search for items to wear for the Camp Pendleton Mud Run and figured I would give the Salvation Army a shot. I remember when the Salvation Army would have a Santa ringing a bell during Xmas time asking for donation and now that Santa has been replaced with a crackhead. I am not sure what I was thinking walking into this store.
I walked in and it immediately looked like I stepped back in time. The items they had displayed honestly looked disgusting. I was afraid to touch anything on the shelves. I had just came from a Goodwill store where the Goodwill had a professional sign above sections indicating what that section of clothing was, at this Salvation Army they had had written notes. I walked around a bit and thankfully the door leading in was open when I walked in and when I walked out because the only thing that touched anything inside of this store was the bottom of my shoes. I will never come back here. This place is large and I have no idea how they keep the light on.

This place is a ZOO. Reeks of old paper, mildew, and shoes. This could have been psychological, but I felt itchy shortly after stepping into the store. Hmmm…
However, given it’s size, there’s quite a bit of stuff to sift through so it’s probably possible to find a diamond in the haystack — although I had no such luck.
Next door is a boutique section of Salvation Army. Spotted some Sevens, Free People, and Coach bags — but again left the store with nothing.
Give it a shot. You might have better luck.

This Salvation is HUGE!!! It is organized well and did I mention massive? This is by far the largest Salvation Army I have visited. I like this location, they have lots of furniture and clothes, but the Torrance PCH location is by far my favorite. :) They have better quality clothes. I think it’s because the Palos Verdes residents donate to the Torrance location because it’s their closest location. Who knows, but if you are looking for clothing, try the Torrance location and you will be pleasantly surprised.
I wish you all a beautiful day!
:)