Society of St. Vincent de Paul Los Angeles Thrift Store

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Frank Humphriesvia Google

19 days ago

Love this place. So many good scores. Been going here for years. Highly recommend. Plus they’re such a good organization. I will say one thing though, they shouldn’t put paper stickers that don’t come off on top of collectible toy packaging. When you remove the sticker it damages the historic packaging.

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Damian White (Dazz Media)via Google

3 months ago

Stopped by around 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, November 9th, hoping to make a small purchase and donation — and left completely stunned by how dismissive and backwards this place operates. When I picked up an item without a price tag, the clerk almost seemed happy to tell me, “Oh, no tag? Can’t sell it!” — like he’d just won some kind of customer service anti-award. What exactly are they teaching people here? Instead of finding a solution or checking with someone, he just shut it down and looked proud of it. I asked to speak with a manager, thinking surely someone could just check a price or make a reasonable call. Instead, the manager looked at me with pure contempt and said, “We just send it to the back for repricing.” That was it. No offer to help, no initiative, no care. Just bureaucracy at its worst. Apparently, it’s easier to send volunteers to reprocess donations than to help a paying customer standing right in front of them. If this is the culture being modeled from leadership — to avoid helping customers, to dismiss basic logic, to take pride in not making sales — then this place is failing both its mission and its staff. I even filled out the feedback form on their website afterward. No response. Which just confirms the pattern: no accountability, no curiosity, no follow-through. It’s honestly tragic. For a cause-based organization, they seem completely allergic to problem-solving. If an item doesn’t have a price tag, don’t waste your time — they’ll happily refuse your money with a smile.

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Rhiannon “Indigo” Starlightvia Google

5 months ago

Came here to look at storage furniture and was shocked at the prices I’m seeing $250+ for a vintage buffet and I think I saw a credenza for $400! They are in great condition but let’s remember that these are donated items. I’m not a reseller just appreciate antiques and refuse to by manufactured wood. I was gonna donate some items here but I decided I’ll take it to Deseret industries where I always find tons of items and great prices!

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Elizabeth Cornejovia Google

8 months ago

this place has lost its mind!!! what do you mean you are getting these things donated to you for FREE and you’re selling me these things for 100$?!?! everything is super over priced here. seen dressers with broken drawers still over 100$… fake jewelry 20$ & up they are trippin so hard. i used to shop here when i was little but now they’ve gone insane with over pricing things that are not even worth the price and that was free to them. i get they need to make money somehow but be reasonable !!!

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Mindy Parkervia Google

10 months ago

It is a huge store that's true. And a good selection of furniture, some of the best I've seen at many thrift stores in LA. These are Poshmark prices. Not great. As a reseller you can probably find a few good deals when the tag is half off because it was priced too high before that. Did find a pair of like new RL tropical print kicks. $24.99 but I didn't have to pay shipping.