Goodwill Industries

I moved out of my apartment today and I urgently needed somewhere to donate some of my clothes, blankets, and colored pencils because I’m 25 years old and I’ve thoroughly outgrown the colored pencil phase of my life. I walked in and looked for a donation bins but there were none to be found. I asked the lady that worked there where I could donate my items and she sorta grunted and pointed towards the back. Looked around but I couldn’t find anything so I asked the lady again and she became a little annoyed and told me the donation area was behind some grey doors that had an employee only sign on it. Gee thanks lady, why couldn’t you have told me that the first time?! Carrying those colored pencils back and forth was quite the workout but I managed to find the donation bins and I put everything in without a hassle. While I was in the store I noticed that they had a large variety of things for sale. Might come back again in the future to check it out.

The only Goodwill store that I’ve ever been to was in downtown SF. In need for a nightstand, I decided to hit some thrift stores, such as Salvation Army & Goodwill! No luck, but this location is easily missed, on the corner of West Market St & Mission St.
There isn’t much parking on the streets, but you can probably park at the Walgreens parking lot next door. The shop itself is small and cramped, but does offer a good variety of things for a good price. Even though I was looking for some nightstands, I stumbled upon some Johnson Brothers Blue China’s for $ 2 a plate and 99 cents a bowl — all in still good condition! (Funny, cause I used it last night at a friends house for a Friendsgiving dinner.) They also had some Japanese Fine China for the same price, but with a few scratches on the plate from being used.
They also sell a lot of boxed Target/​Threshold furniture in the back corner, clothes, bags, and much more. Definitely a place worth checking out if you’re in the area and bored. The staff is normally walking around and organizing the store.

I just purchased a squid hat and a stack of old comics, one of which featured the 6^th Doctor in all his patchwork glory. This may be the single greatest Goodwill shop I have ever entered.

I love this location — it’s rarely a miss for finding great pieces.
They regularly have 50% off deals on certain colored price tags, they seem to get a ton of donations from Target (even lots with the price tags still on the apparel), and they have a plethora of shoes and household items.
The staff is pretty nice, they usually just move around the store, speaking in Tagalog to eachother, but are always accomodating when I need to check out or try on garments way over the 3 limit max for the dressing room.
The store is very small, but I think that’s part of the appeal for me. I get overwhelmed in department stores, and I know this location like the back of my hand. I once found an awesome, never used Swatch overnight bag for $ 14.99 (original price $ 59.99 with the tag still intact), some of those cute Target peeptoe booties in all three colors (though I only got Cognac) for $ 6.99 (original price $ 34.99), and a ton of Banana Republic pieces.
It’s awesome what you can find if you actually take the time to look. Parking can be found in the lot where L&L is, and then you can grub on some Hawaiian BBQ after you’re done shopping.

Made the trip to this Goodwill location during a long trip hopping from thrift to thrift stores around the area and came across some awesome deals!
We came during the orange tag sale and we were afraid that we came a bit late to the same, but they were still stocking more orange tags even as we walked in.
As we continued to score some orange tags, the sales rep handed me a huge bin to store all the clothes we collected. That’s a nice plus.
Walked away with a bunch of quality clothing for extremely cheap prices and some insight on the next sales for the upcoming future.

I actually like going here!
It’s pretty cramped when you’re going through the racks, but I always end up finding something. And it doesn’t smell musty here, unlike some other Goodwills. I found this leather backpack in good condition for $ 10 and it was also made in Italy (oooh). I also found these cute red flats that looked like they haven’t been used at all for $ 4.
I hope I’ll be back here soon to refresh my closet.

Horrible!!!
Only gave it two stars because it was organized. Other than that they don’t have much, it’s small, waaaaaaaaay over priced and the employees aren’t very nice.

This place blows. I don’t even want to give one star.
— No place to park to unload stuff you need to donate
— they actually judge what you bring in
— no receipt, they told me i have to go back and get it, if i want them

Great place to find men’s dress shirts.

Very small. Takes a good amount of time to browse through the items because they are pretty much living wherever they are initially thrown.
The bay area was a lot colder than expected for Outside Lands Music Festival and there is no better way not to fit in at OSL than to wear Goodwill clothes to nights two and three.
My girlfriend found a lot of clothes; I contemplated buying an ancient-​looking twill jacket but thought better of it. Surely it has found a good home by now.
Hats are over-​priced, but I don’t buy hats, so it was irrelevant to me. Just letting the hat people know. — E

This review relates to service early in 2011 but the recent contrasting experience I had a Salvation Army (SF) has led me to now write a review. I dropped off several bags of used (but clean and in good condition) clothes at this Goodwill. It was difficult to find someone to accept the donation. When they finally acknowledged me, I was told to carry the bags to the back office with no offer to help. This was disappointing as I was parked around the corner and had a fair amount to donate so it required several trips to the car. The woman in the office pulled everything out of the bags and with a look of disdain, seemed to judge every item. They eventually accepted my donation and grudgingly provided a receipt.
By comparison, I just dropped off several boxes of clothes at Salvation Army. Based on the experience at Goodwill, I searched for an alternative this time around and I was pleasantly surprised. The people at Salvation Army were very friendly, they helped me carry it from the car, and accepted everything happily. I will use Salvation Army as an alternative to Goodwill in the future.

I left here feeling like I needed to sanitize my hands twice… and I did.
I wish they would clean the products they receive from people [e.g. toys, frames, kitchen ware etc]. And if peoples throwaways are that dirty, don’t accept them. I understand Goodwill is inexpensive for a reason, but I still wouldn’t want to pay five bucks for an old, discolored picture frame or toy.
The clothes that are for sale are a tad outdated. I say this because my friend and I shopped here for our 80’s Halloween costumes.
I’ll put it this way, our costumes were a huge success.

Came here to donate a bag of clothes because this seemed the closest to my residence and I was down the block having the burrito that day anyways.
So I come here for the first time looking for it. The location sucks for those whom had never been here. Ended up parking down the block near 7 – 11 because I had to park and look for it.
Inside their people are really unfriendly. I am donating a bag of freshly washed clothes and treated like I was dropping off garbage.

I absolutely like coming over here if I wanna shop for anything. I don’t really buy their clothes but you can always find me in the videos section, books section and electronics section. There’s always something interesting when you go there.
Today, I got a manga book (Japanese comic) and two VHS tapes for my sister for only $ 6! That’s about half the price for a manga book! xD This Goodwill never ceases to surprise me with new things. Yes, it’s true that it’s rather small but I mean, it’s worth coming in and look around some cool stuff! :3

Everything was an organized mess. I liked it. I saw a LOT of vintage cool looking clothes for very cheap prices.
I was on a limited budget, so I ended up getting this SUPER COOL looking ROTARY phone! Its so beautiful!
+ discount if you bring your student ID!
I’ll be back.

I agree with the other previous posts before me, this place is an occasional gold mine! I used to always just pass by this place because I used to extremely hate thrift stores due to a couple of bad experiences. Howeverrrr, this place is great. I can just come here at a random time of the day and find something that I absolutely fall in love with. I was able to get a cute little black dress, and it looks great with other things that I already have in my closet. I got a couple of dress shirts, and sweaters that I normally don’t find in department stores. The ultimate find for me was a brown Etienne Aigner bag that looked like a shiny basket but was actually woven leather for only $ 10! It was obviously a vintage bag, but was beautiful. All of the things that I was able to buy here were in great condition and were of superb quality.
The place isn’t very clean, of course since it is a second hand store (you may want to keep a bottle of hand sanitizer with you once you get out of there!) It is pretty organized by new arrivals, mens, womens, childrens, and home stuff. For a tiny little store, this Goodwill is probably the best out of all that I’ve been to. It’s also great to shop here, because when you spend you create jobs for those in need. Buying second hand also is a way of recycling clothing, which is good for humanity and the environment.
I would give this place five stars, but sometimes you come across the occasional old cranky filipino guy, but over all if you’re willing to dig and get your hands kind of dirty and don’t want to spend a pretty penny, I’d reccomend this place!
Ps: If you’re age 55 and older you get 20% off here on sundays (I’m not, but my mom is able to use this discount, so if you are, take advantage of it!) Oh, and they take card!

I don’t know what it is about this Goodwill, but every time I come here I always find something and of course for under $ 10 (a couple nice casual dress shirts, colorful ties, belts) Other Goodwills just suck compared to this one for some unexplained reason. Last time I came here I found a pair of NIKE DUNKS for $ 8. Yes, they were used, but still… NIKE DUNKS.

Smallest Goodwill I know. And altho both times I’ve gone, I have found things to buy, the store is smelly and cramped and the help are always busy doing other things and I have to wait longer than I want to in order to make my purchase. Also, the people who shop there are not people I want rubbing up against me while squeezing thru the merchandise.

Proximity is one of the main reasons why I am here so often. I don’t own a car or drive — I walk EVERYWHERE and since, I live about four blocks away and pass by it on the way to Bart and to pick up my son from school, I can’t help but take a quick peak. You won’t always find something, but when you do, it’s worth the second look. I have found brand new things that have been donated by Target, such as last season’s Thakoon clothing, duvets, down comforters, and toiletries. I have bought some of my favorite books (Steve Martin’s «Born Standing Up,» Man Book Prize Winners, «Vernon God Little,» and «Life of Pi.») As well as, great jeans. CK, AE, and, J.Crew.
What can I say, I am a Mission Goodwill Junkie. The staff see me as a familiar face and seem to get weirded out sometimes since I am there so often (they don’t know about my local advantage) but otherwise, they are all so hardworking and never have been impolite or imposing.
It’s good. Go here. My favorite Goodwill ever.

I scored a Kate Spade handbag at this Goodwill years ago for $ 7. It had to be a fake for that price, but I cannot tell. Maybe they could not either and felt that was a fair price.
Got the best Gap jeans there too, however like any used clothing/​thrift store you won’t always find something. Parking around the side, a little past Walgreen’s. Oh and when you are done, notice your hands feel «coated» try to wash you hands as soon as possible. The pool hall across the street has a restroom.