Goodwill Industries

Ridiculously unprofessional staff. I never go this store, but my mom often does. So I visited yesterday just because she wanted to go and check if shopping bag she liked was still available. I asked one of the employees if they had a restroom, he said sure and directed me to a woman with glasses on, because she had the keys. She said «we don’t have public restrooms, but I will still let you use it as a courtesy», which contradicted what I had been just told. So, I told her I was a shopper, not a random guy walking in to use the restroom. She repeated herself with a louder voice and made some hand gestures meaning she didn’t want to deal with my request. I just walked out not using the restroom, and I will never ever go back to this store.
I hope the owner or manager whoever deals with the customer service issues gets to read this post and train his/​her employees on how to talk to the customers. Hearing two different things from employees is not what a customer want, and responding a customer loudly is rude, lastly making hand gestures while responding indicate that you have no manners!
The bottom line, stay away from this store!!!

This Goodwill is on par with my absolute favorite Goodwill (the Clairemont one).
Things I loved:
–Lots of stylish clothes (well, I found them stylish– I bought about $ 60 worth of style that day and almost got a whole new wardrobe!)
–Clean, well organized
–Helpful staff
–Lots of jewelry
Other amenities
–Parking lot
–Dressing rooms
-«Boutique» section as soon as you walk in
Will definitely go back after I save up my allowance.

I’m gonna pop some tags…
This location has a lot of items that are a bit nicer than you’d expect at a thrift shop. As with most Goodwill stores, items are sectioned off by type (e.g. men and women, then shirts, pants, etc) and then by color so you walk into a rainbow of rows of clothes.
The front part of the store is their «boutique» section so you can find nicer dresses. My beef with thrift stores is that it’s always hard to find extra small or petite sizes, but there was nice variety of sizes here. I tried on a lovely sequined Guess/​Marciano dress for $ 15 (didn’t get it because even the XS was too big on me) and some tops and dresses from Forever 21 that were on the nicer side. I ended up buying only a checkered Forever 21 shirt for $ 4 for my late-​1800s Western girl outfit, which I needed last weekend to be a volunteer at the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation Fallback Festival. The shirt was absolutely perfect and I found it right away on the racks; it felt like kismet!
A bit frustrated by the wait for a fitting room — they couldn’t locate the staff member who was in charge of this and I was waiting for a long time even though the rooms were empty.
They have a section currently for Christmas items — clothes, décor, etc.
It’s terrific that the store is open until 8pm on Saturdays (!), and you can even continue to drop off donations until then!

I haven’t been inside to shop so I can’t write a review about that. However, I recently donated many boxes and bags and the process was easy breezy. They have the donations center to the left of the entrance and you simply go and take your items and they ask you if you need a receipt. During one of my drops offs, I went when it was closed so I had to go make my donation in the store. There was a line to pay but I asked if I could just leave the things in the cart and they were fine with it.

I like the hunt. could beef up the dishware. I was looking for bowls. I passed on the 3 funky green pottery barn bowls. I do have an issue with the customer service. 1. waiting to have my bag held. The customer had to point it out. Then it gets grabbed from me. nice. 2. YAWN really. Someone told me once you chose this job. I didn’t. I could blame it on him being young. Nah.

This Goodwill location is conveniently located with a nice parking lot. The clothing selection is okay; you have to do a lot of digging to find something nice, and not every item is clean as a whistle. The housewares section is my favorite part of the store. Get there early and often to discover the best items.

Husband and I
ok ok, hold up. is there a cooler version of «husband» other than «hubs» or «hubster» or «hubby» or something equally disgusting that we can implement? Man-​Associate? HubZ with a Z, perhaps?
I just googled it and came up with HusBeast. We’re doin’ this.
HusBeast and I are frequent thrift treasure hunters (and by frequent I mean like, at least once a week), and this Goodwill is one of our two favorite thrift spots in SD. The staff is nice, it’s clean, I have purchased numerous clothing pieces that I love, it’s a convenient spot between Golden Hill and downtown but still has a private lot, and there are usually no random vagrants hollerin’ at you outside the front door!
The coup de grace — the BOOKLOFT! If you are the kind of person who may or may not be really into extended dorky sci-​fi and fantasy series and eat through books like other people eat through a pizza pie, then, you will probably like it here.
Who said the upstairs is ONLY books and CDS? WHO SAID IT?!? THERE IS A WHOLE LOFT DEVOTED TO READING. This offends me to the core.
Not sure about the reviews where people were unhappy with items that had damage or tears. That’s not really location-​specific, I mean… ALL Goodwills… and most thrift stores are like that? They sell as-​is items, that’s kind of, the whole point of the place. And up to you to determine if the item is within your means and worth the price to repair, if necessary.

I love the Book Loft on the 2^nd floor. It is very organized, like a library and the attendants are very helpful.

I’ve shopped here and its got a fantastic book section (upstairs) but this review is mainly for their donation facilities.
I couldn’t believe how easy they made the donation process! I had 3 – 4 boxes with clothing and a few housewares like glasses and an ugly (but brand new) can opener. I thought I’d have to sit there while they sorted through everything and potentially rejected stuff which I’d have to haul back home. Instead, there was a cart just inside the donation door (to the left of the shop door) and the lady just asked me if I needed a receipt (I did not) and bid me adieu. That was it! No muss, no fuss. This will make me much more likely to donate in the future, and let’s be honest, we could all stand a good clear-​out.

Since I was I town I decided to look for all the local thriftstores. On my way to one of them, I drove by this goodwill.
Seeing that it was big, I was all giddy over this one and it even has it’s own parking. No San Diego parking meters! It was smaller than it looked on the outside. The upstairs is only books and CDs.
The pricing here is a little higher than all the others, but not by much. No toys, which was a let down. I like buying toys and kids stuff for my niece and nephews.
I was in the store for about an hour and walked out empty handed. Small sizes in things I liked were very hard to find. The women’s jeans were all mixed together with men’s so it was really hard to look through them. Seemed really weird to me that they would do this. I haven’t noticed this be done at any other Goodwill before.
I must have hit them on a «off» day, hence the 3 stars. I hope to go back soon again and see what happens then.

There are positive and negatives about this store. I have been here a couple times and have found good items but it generally takes a lot of digging.
Yesterday I grabbed a few clothing items and their selection was okay, not the best. They are supposed to choose clean items, however I saw a couple items that were ripped or torn beyond wear-​ability. Kind of disappointing.
They had the housewares items very organized. All matching items taped together, but their pricing was very inconsistent. I often saw two of the same items with different prices on them. Weird.
I’ll be back if I’m in the area again, but I wouldn’t go out of the way to visit this store.

I want to give this place 5 stars BUT I think it’ll take a few more visits. So far so good!
Also, I personally think they have one of the best selections when it comes to books/​movies/​music. I came up on some comic trades! I couldn’t have been more happier! I’m definitely going to give this location another look around.

A bit on the small side.
Seems a tad pricey too but the employees were very nice and the selection was good too.
I will be back :)

Upon arrival, I was surprised at how neat and clean everything was. Which seems to be the case for most of the Goodwill’s I’ve visited lately.
It’s neatly organized and they’ve got some great things. It’s really all about your patience with finding the needle in the haystack. I bought a cute pair of running shorts and some cheetah print pants from Nordstrom that in total, cost me $ 8.08. They do give Military, Student, and Senior discounts — which makes everything even better!
My boyfriend went upstairs to check out the second floor, and he was really excited to have found volumes of this comic book he started reading and they still looked brand new! 2.99 each and originally, they’d be 13.99 each! He bought 4 for only $ 11.
We will definitely be coming back!

Thrift stores are my thing. I love discovering new places when I’m visiting other cities, so I had to hit up this location. Totally different than the Goodwills in Oregon — it was an interesting experience. Items aren’t organized by size (which I realize isn’t the case in most thrift stores anyway, but Goodwill in Oregon does organize by size!), so it was much harder to sort through everything. They also don’ t have a shoe section — the shoes are just randomly on top of all the clothing racks, which also makes it hard to sort through. They have a section at the front of the store called the «Boutique» section that has the «better» brands (not designer by any means); I found some good things here; a lot of the clothes in the other sections were old, ugly or not in good shape.
The prices are lower than in Oregon though, but they don’t have the 50% off color tag of the week. I was able to find a new with tags cardigan for $ 5.99 and a cute name brand dress for $ 7. Not bad! It felt a little shady here, a bit unorganized and dingy, but I was glad I stuck it out and found some good deals.
Also unlike in Oregon, there are no returns; all sales final.

Their prices are higher than Salvation Army, and they don’t have much in the way of furniture, but they still have good stuff.

I came here last year just to donate some clothing and house materials. This is in a good location which is not very difficult to find. I’ll be making another donating tomorrow after work.
Sad to say and see that San Diego has many homeless living amongst the streets. I’ve always gave what I could to a community even if its not my own. Well in this situation East Village/​Goldenhill is my community. I love the city of San Diego. =]

This is a very clean and organized store. Came looking for a ugly christmas sweater and just when I thought I was going to walk out empty handed I found the perfect sweater. I was a little surprised by the price, $ 5.99 seemed steep to me for a cotton cardigan with weiner dogs dressed in christmas sweaters but worth it. The place wasn’t crowded and the person that rang me up was very friendly. Thanks Goodwill with hooking me up with my first ugly Christmas sweater.

A great thrift store. Best of all: the Book Loft! Oh my gosh. I found like 6 titles I have been meaning to read right off the bat.
They also have decently priced furniture and interesting finds in the household goods. I got a porcelain pair of Easter Bunnies for 99 cents.

Mysteries fascinate people. Who can’t recall their brief flirtation with being Nancy Drew or a Hardy Boy? Jinkies… maybe you are just a closet member of the Scoobie Gang. Mysteries get the little gray cells working. But first, you have to be able to tell the difference between clues and red herrings. Now, just imagine that you discover a scrapbook with newspaper clippings detailing various murders. How would you handle it? Running screaming from the room or bouncing up and down on the suspects bed in jubilation are not recommended options. Of course you have a sidekick — a Watson to your Holmes. Just what would you say them? If you were the dynamic duo of Hawk and Spenser then the conversation would flow just like this:
Hawk «Found it in the bottom drawer of Lance’s bureau. under his shirts. Nice shirts. Too small though.»
Spenser «You were thinking about stealing his shirts?»
Hawk «Sure. But they are too small for either of us.»
Spenser «Nice of you to think of me. Lance is a creepy guy.»
Hawk «But a very nice dresser.»
Who are Hawk and Spenser? Hawk is an urbane, deadly African American with more then just a killer smile. Spenser is a witty, erudite man who happens to be built like Mark McGwire on steroids. They are the creations of Robert B. Parker who just passed away at age 77. His books are filled with such lively banter and it brings the characters to life. Need a good read that makes you smile as well as intrigues you? Give Mr. Parker a try and you will discover a new friend.
Robert Parker’s books are neatly showcased at Goodwill Bookstore downtown. This bookstore has been open for about a year and a half and boasts that they have over 20,000 books used and new. Careful sleuthing determined that their collection of murdering mayhem ain’t too bad but is confined mostly to hardbacks. Science Fiction is skewed heavily towards the Star Wars and Star Trek sagas. Posing the age old question of could the Jedi whup the Federation? They have all the usual suspects found at any bookstore as well as DVD, VHS, comic books, manga and audio books. The selection of books is always going to be a bit uneven since they rely on donations to stock their bookcases.
Free Wi-​Fi is on tap and on the weekends the joint is jumping! Hours are 9 – 7 Monday– Saturday and 10 – 5 on Sunday. They offer a 10% discount for seniors, student and military with appropriate ID. Prices start at $ 1.99 which makes this an inexpensive treat. This is place which bears watching as it develops it’s own personality.
Who wouldn’t like this place, well, maybe the 6’5 guy built like a linebacker who likes to take his Chihuahua for a walk… quiche eater. If you are the kind of person who like to hang out with Robert Parker and who eats wolverines for breakfast then you will find it just bonzer.