St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

This store has a pretty large selection of a furniture and housewares and some clothing.
Honestly, I think the furniture is price way to high. I have seen ikea items priced nearly as high as new furniture. I saw a particle board cabinet for nearly 75 dollars today. Same with the housewares, often times items are priced as high as you pay for new items at discount department store like target or marshalls.
The clothing is well organized and priced well. Not a huge selection though but if you are willing to hunt there are some gems. The clothes are mostly organized by size, so items are pretty easy to find. Most of the store is devoted to furniture.

Hey St. Vincent: What’s with the exorbitant prices on everything?! The prices are still way too expensive here.
I don’t know who is doing the pricing at the St. Vincent in San Bruno but the prices are extremely high for second hand used items.
I stopped by this week and the prices on the furniture and housewares were ridiculous. One small (outdated) bench was listed at 65 $! At the Goodwill and Salvation Army, that same bench would have been 10 $ or 15 $. A white bowl from Ikea was priced at 13 $…you can probably get the same bowl brand new from Ikea for the same price or less.
Thrifty shoppers are better off going to the Goodwill or the Salvation Army for the same kind of stuff at much more reasonable prices. I bought a wooden kitchen table that seats six at a SF Good Will recently for 10 $.
Furthermore, some of the used stuff at St. Vincents in San Bruno is so expensive you are better off buying it new from T.J.Maxx, Homegoods, or Ross… it will be less expensive than St. Vincents and brand new.
Skip this location of St. Vincents and your wallet will thank you.

Good place for used books. Clean and organized store.

My family was recently in San Francisco, and we stopped here for fun on our last day. This thrift store is fairly large and has a wide variety of items. If we hadn’t been flying back home, I probably would have bought more! Their prices were decent, some things were really cheap but others were unreasonably expensive. I would definitely love to stop back in next time I visit San Fran!

I went to this store today and it was absolutely wonderful! Clean, well organized and well staffed.
Andrew at the front was super nice and helpful.
Will definitely go back!!!

After new management and countless reviews, they decided to lower prices. I’m happy with their more realistic view on used goods. There are still items that are overpriced but for the most part it’s a lot better.
They are now back on my thrift hopping route:)

The manager lady was so rude. Putting out bad energy. I do like this place and have encountered very nice workers there but this lady manager was extremely rude and making comments about me. They have nice clothes and their prices are better now, but I don’t think I will be retuning.

This is the most well organized thrift store I have ever been to in my life. Everything is organized by color and stacked nicely.
The wooden hutches and breakfast nooks were well curated (minimally scratched).
They take donations from 10−5pm.
They have mostly furniture. I have to say the hutch prices ranged from $ 250 – 350. The dresser drawers were ~ $ 150.

My mom and my sister and I Used to go here and look for something to buy for our house. Usually small furniture. I remember when we first move to the U.S. Few years ago. Fortunately, the house that we first rented was close to this store. My mom bought this huge sofa bed and had it delivered to our house because it was really big and heavy (They will really help you). Then mom bought a nice lamp shade, two-​piece kitchen chairs, and a piano seat. This is a great store. Clean, organized, and friendly and helpful staffs.

I’ve stopped here several times and today’s haul was a-​m-​a-​z-​i-​n-​g. It’s usually hit or miss for women’s clothing. All I gotta say for today is:
— Vintage Milly wool buttondown dress…$ 6.00
— 100% silk Banana Republic buttondown dress…$ 7.00
— Authentic small Longchamp Le Pliage tote…$ 4.00

Came in looking for outdoor pots and décor and found a brand new, glass lantern for my patio. What a wonderful experience! Very organized! Fernando was great. Thank you for helping the community :)

Not sure why this place has so few stars. It’s clean, the employees are friendly and helpful. I’ve purchased a couch and about 4 coats from here and have no complaints at all. Not the cheapest thrift store around but it’s so clean and neat in here, and the donations are top quality. I’ll continue to hunt for fashion gold in here :)

I’ve visited the store a few times, never for anything specific, but as an enthusiastic browser always on the hunt for something unique and or cheap. I am a typical thrifter shopper.
The prices of furniture and household things have skyrocketed in just the few months since I first visited. Over $ 2000 for a dresser??? No f*cking way! I don’t care if it’s super special, antique, whatever. Nothing in a thrift store should cost more than a $ 100 – 200 bucks, nothing! And it wasn’t a very special piece to begin with. Blah!
Household things like cups or glasses or plates — get your bang for the buck at IKEA for brand new vs $ 3 or $ 5 for a teacup and saucer. Sheesh!!!
Clothes are older styles, not like vintage cute and old, but old like 1980’s and 90’s stuff…
Please. Take the signage of «NEW PRICES» down. Frankly the new prices makes me want to poke my eyes with a fork than to support a charity organization.

As a Catholic I am afraid as heck to make this a poor review, the guilt/​fear of the dreaded «b» word (blasphemy) are close in my mind.
Better than average selection of quality items. On the pricey side (Ikea chair for $ 185); you get what you pay for. Lot’s of the furniture, incredible one off pieces, were worn the hell out yet still pricey. Lots of cool coffee tables and sleigh beds. God bless.

One of the best branches of St. Vincent de Paul. They have really good quality stuff, from small glasses to big furniture. I can tell that they really check everything first (quality) before they can even accept any donations.
I have bought few stuff here and it is worth it!!! Another one’s trash can be another one’s treasure!!!

Like many recent (2013) reviews here, I have to give this place a 1 star or less which is a total 180 from my thoughts of the place in 2012.
And like others here, I love to bargain /​thrift shop. Often I don’t expect much, but I love the hunt and many shop keepers understand that about thrift shoppers. I’m not religious, but I do believe in helping where and when I can, so I try to shop in places where they give back to the community so I’d drop in when I’m looking for odds & ends.
At this St. Vincent de Paul, customers are definitely NOT kings and they are for sure told that in mannerism, attitude and general behavior. I read one reviewer say that the squat /​heavy middle-​aged woman is a bully and I have to concur. I was interested in a pressure cooker and then noticed that it was missing a rubber gasket, so I asked for a reduced price since it was overpriced by a lot (after a quick search online) and I had to buy a replacement gasket. She barked at me to buy it new and demanded that I put it back where I found it.
Instead of reminding her that she works for the church and she should know the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, I’m spreading her gospel here on Unilocal.If I were to go in again, my video cam will be on for my own protection.
Good luck Unilocalers!

stopped bye and when I opened the door it was different. Seems all the mean people are gone and the prices are a little better. We use to refer th this as the MEAN thrift store.

This is a great option, especially for used furniture. Better than most in the area actually. You have to frequent this place– sometimes they have nothing special and sometimes they have amazing stuff. It’s a Thrift Store, people. You can’t expect them to have just what you are looking for every single time you go there.
What I like about the employees is they are friendly if you need them but they don’t bug you while you are looking. If you are looking for top notch customer service, go to Nordstrom and pay top dollar for everything you buy. Otherwise, quit complaining. I have always had a positive experience here, and they will continue to be my go to place for vintage furniture.

Right when you walk in you get a giant whiff of that thrift store smell. This place has EVERYTHING. But the chances of finding something good are rare. I’ve never found anything amazing enough to buy here. Everything here is pretty worn out and janky. They’ve got quite a lot of apparel for the babies and senior folks, but not much for anyone in between. Overall, price wise, I’d say it’s decent. They’re currently having a deal with 50% off women’s jackets though so that’s pretty awesome, right?

They have a good location right on the main street you can’t miss it. There is a TON of furniture, and clothes, books, housewares. Most of the stock is very dated/​old lady style — which is fine, but way overpriced. $ 300 for a dresser, $ 35 for a dress, nah. Some stuff was cheaper but it was kinda worn out. The volunteers were confused when I asked where the dressing room was and the other one gave me a dirty look; not to say all the staff/​volunteer were like that.