Converse Family Quality Thrift Store

I HATE paying full price for anything, therefore, I am a «Professional «, thrift store/​garage sale, addict. One of the BEST I have EVER found is at Converse Family Thrift Store. From the moment you walk in and hear the employees referring to their boss as «Grandma», you realize that they are TRULY a Family store. They have a HUGE variety of items, and it is a thrift store, as it should be. Goodwill has decided that they are now a «department» store, with department store prices to match! NOT Converse, they are ALL friendly, helpful, happy that you are a customer and willing to negotiate. Lisa Converse is an AMAZING woman, with a heart of gold, like her Mama. I haven’t had the opportunity to meet Mark, but I have no doubt he is just as nice as his Mom & sister. Stop by here, once you do, you will be «hooked», in a good way!

This is a family run business. They are very helpful and polite. We had a great experience there. I liked the fact that I could get a couple of BDU tops for $ 5, when other places want $ 30 for them. They have a pretty good selection of stuff with about 50−60% of it being clothing, unlike most places that are like 90% clothing.

Great deals for the entire family. Owners are very kind. I’ve never regretted a purchase!

LOVE this place! When we moved in down the street 2 yrs ago, we have little to no furniture. Now we have a bedroom nightstands ($ 5 ea.), a solid oak dining room table with six matching chairs ($ 75), 2 wood dressers ($ 15 ea.), an entertainment center ($ 15), 2 side tables ($ 5 ea.), and a small storage table ($ 10).
Check this place out every few days for more cool stuff! Nick knacks, clothes, furniture, records, comic books, tools etc!
Staff is extremely friendly!!! Love them all.

I bought a few things totaling to more than $ 100.00. It was smelly when I walked in and I guess I got used to the smell after a while. The lady’s working here are very nice and helpful when asked to bring a jacket down from up top. I bought this brown colored leather jacket that fit like it was made for me for $ 25.00. I got it home and hung it up in my hall closet and It totally wreaks of cigarettes. The people that work here smoke in the store causing the smoke scent to absorb into the items for sale, especially up high like my jacket. Hence why I saw and ashtray with cigarette butts while shopping. I’m stuck with something I cannot wear or store in my house due to the cigarette smell. Not cool!

All I can say is we LOVE this place!!!
I always call in the treasure shop! You literally do not know what goodies you will find here. They have everything from electronics, furniture, kitchen appliances, military gear, clothes, comic books, pokemon cards, etc etc!
I’ve gotten a lot of vinyls from here and the older lady working there who kept calling me sweet names like babygirl gave me a discount for buying 10 of them. I’ve also picked up a guitar hero guitar for 10 dollars, an original NES controller for 4 dollars, and other treasures like old atari games.
All in all, this place is definitely a diamond in this funky little plaza. Don’t judge it by the way it looks on the outside (or in the inside) because it looks like a lot of clutter. But that just means more treasures! :)

I first met the Converse family members at Kobey’s Swap Meet in San Diego before they opened the store. They always had the best merchandise and their prices were very fair and reasonable.
The Thrift Shop owner, Mark Converse, is a class act
as are the other members of his family including his mom and sister that work at the store. There are other family members that work there, too.
They should all get blue ribbons for outstanding customer service.
The store features some of the most interesting and diversified merchandise anywhere
that mostly comes from storage locker auctions.
The team works really hard to keep the products organized and categorized.
in various sections.
I never leave disappointed.

This is thee sweetest family-​owned thrift store! The lady who is almost always working register, Grandma, is the nicest person ever. One time when I had a rather large purchase, she decided to just throw in one of the last items she was scanning for free!
Everything here is INSANELY cheap, they have this ongoing 50% off ALL clothes sale, excluding one specific colored tag — this would be their newest items, but the sale is constantly on rotation, so nothing ever stays very pricey. Though I must admit that of the numerous times I have been here, I usually only leave with 1 or 2 items, because they don’t always have a great selection of clothes (but you have to consider it is a much smaller scale store than your typical Goodwill/​Salvation Army/​AmVets). But of those few items, they are always great finds at great prices.
In my experience, the best things to come here for are select great finds in their clothing, DVDs (they always have a good selection, and I usually pick up 1 or 2), unique furniture and houseware (they ALWAYS have great quality and antique items that I don’t think you would find at any other thrift store), tools, and most significantly, military gear. I’m not sure where it comes from, but they always have a TON of military jackets, pants, hats, bags/​duffles lining the whole back wall of the shop.
So if any of those things are what you’re looking for, DEFINITELY head over to this sweet, little thrift store. OH! AND they have an old school popcorn maker at the front of the store, so they put out little, free bags for customers to munch on while they shop. too cute.

This is a place that I like. I love smaller private owned thrift shops. They have great prices and a great selection. I cannot wait to get back and look again and see what else I can find. I gound two great named brand items that I got for $ 8 total. A great place.

Probably the best privately-​owned thrift store in San Diego County. The owners are friendly, knowledgeable and price their items incredibly fairly. There’s always a good variety and the sales are great. Definitely include them when making the thrift store rounds!

After leaving the thrift store next door and being completely disappointed I noticed that this place was new and open. I walked in and I got so excited. There was a barrage of everything and the place was clean and in a neat and orderly fashion. WOW is all I could say until I looked at the prices and had to say DOUBLE WOW. This place is amazing! The woman who was working in the store was so sweet and friendly as well. This place is also a dream for any knitters or crochet people. There are clothes that are more um «up to date» along with any type of cord you might need. I really enjoyed coming here. I am so glad that I found this diamond in the rough on accident. You should go check this place out if you like thrifting.

Went for Black Friday, they had great sales. Grandma and Lisa were great and very helpful, they have lots of Christmas things and things I didn’t know I wanted.

I love this place I was out there and was gonna go into the thrif shop next door but they were closed and I am glad now this place has great stuff at awesome prices I found a brand new unopened ear thermometer for 2.99 and a south pole jacket for 2.99 and that day it was half off and like 3 pairs of shorts for my son all 1.99 plus half off and the grandma is so nice and helpful

My fiancée and I went here so she could look for school supplies. The owner, Grandma, was so nice and offered great deals when we told her my fiancé was a teacher. Good prices, lots of inventory, as well as unique items like a Wurlitzer radio and old miners hat.

My husband and I recently found this store and bought some quality antiques for great prices. The staff were so much fun and very helpful. They are willing to dicker which I love and they make the shopping experience more of a challange and an adventure. I will be stopping by weekly to check out the treasures, because there is no lack when it comes to choices. They have tons of stuff and I love stuff!!!