Wasteland

There’s nothing interesting to buy here anymore unless you like Wildfox or used UNIF. Yawn. Where are the great 1970s tees, cute 1960s vintage dresses, curated vintage boots?! Wasteland used to be a place where you could go to take a chance, to be different, to be edgy. Now it’s all labels, kinda like a sad Nordstrom Rack. Really makes me miss the days when I could eavesdrop on a buy and learn about vintage bandana selvedges!
Wasteland, I love you but we need to take some space.

Found Jordan 11’s in Near mint for $ 85 enough said. Always have great quality stuff. This place is awesome, quality clothing, sometimes can be a little bit ridiculous pricing but wte. It’s a great place to shop for high quality clothing.

Favorite Vintage clothing store, the workers always are so sweet. Prices are stellar, vintage shirts ranging from $ 16-​$ 30. Great modern finds as well. Love love love Wasteland.

Wasteland is one of the coolest thrift stores out there. They have everything from vintage tees to Gucci leather jackets. They sell all the clothes at a third of the retail price. This place is literally a steal every time. But I do have to warn you sometimes my friends don’t understand how to thrift shop and don’t like it. They like pretty laid out stores. Give yourself AT LEAST an hour in the store so you can scan the racks. They have so much of a selection it might take a while. The cool thing about this place is that celebs take their clothes here to sell. I just saw Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler drop off bags full of clothes. As a bohemian designer I LOVE her style. And now I get to have some stuff that was in her closet. UNREAL. However there’s one down part of Wasteland. They don’t check for authenticity. So if someone brings in fake designer clothes you might not know. You can always check google about authenticity. Certain brands have ways to check if it’s real or not.

Always love my experience here! Amazing clothes and amazing staff! Especially Emily! She is always so sweet and helpful!

Went there with hubby after scouting for some vintage high ends. Scored low on a burberry tee for men and gucci dress shirt, all under 100 bucks! I wish I live around here so I can visit often. Anyhooo, got me a floral baby doll that’s to die for. Score!

This place was super expensive. But surprisingly the past two times I’ve gotten great pieces at great prices. I am looking forward to stopping in more. Whenever they do buy a lot of my stuff, I get a good amount for them.

First of all, I have to say that I love second-​hand clothing stores. However, I’m not impressed with this place at all. I wanted to sell some REALLY expensive, cute clothing to them and they rejected everything. I should point out that my clothes were hardly worn. I was only selling them because I had lost weight and they didn’t fit me anymore. The girl said that they only take DESIGNER clothing. I was told by someone previously that these people were snobs, and I would tend to agree. The «designer» clothes they had were actually not only boring, but overpriced. They clearly only really care about labels, rather than neat clothing.

This Wasteland location is decent. It’s not one of the bigger ones but they do have a lot of cool stuff I don’t find at others. This location is in a shopping plaza so parking is free! You can enter through the parking lot which is the back or you can enter through the front which faces the streets. They have the new stuff towards the registers and then the men’s stuff on one side and women’s on the other. They don’t have as much as others since it is smaller but that does make it easier to dig through everything and isn’t as overwhelming as the location in Melrose where everything is there and takes hours to find what you’re looking for. I found a lot of random cute things here like hats, dresses, and shirts… both used and new for great prices. You are also able to sell your clothes here, which I haven’t tried yet but I heard they buy more unique, vintage looking stuff or of course, name brand stuff. This place is also pet-​friendly :)

Let me start by saying that I love resale stores and have been to many over the years. I just can’t fault places for not buying XYZ from me; every store has to cater to its demographic and build its own look. I am cool with that. For me, I LOVE the vibe of this place and what the buyers buy. YMMV on that count, but if you dig a mix of Missoni, Allsaints, punk, grunge, luxe gypsy mermaid vibe, you may be pleased. :)
For service, I can’t say enough good things. I am a stylist and brought my client here to shop. They let me start a room for her before my client even arrived, and they let us bring her own clothes in so that she could find jackets to coordinate. They paid attention to what we brought in and did not even bat an eye or make us feel at all uncomfortable about it. They also were super helpful regarding items with minor damage, checking the jewelry cases, et al.
The only star off is because they are very particular about what they buy… it would be amazing to waltz in and sell everything, that is the dream. But then you’d have a store filled with stuff you don’t want, right?

I’ve been shopping at these wastelands for years and spend thousands of dollars every month but today I was publicly humiliated in front of the entire staff and customers by an employee Carla or Karla. I would not recommend going to this store until they make some staff changes

This review is strictly comparing the other local area Wastelands (Melrose, Santa Monica) to this location:
The selection and overall vibe at this particular Wasteland location is miles better than the other locations. The store is about twice as big as the Melrose location, and similarly sized to the location in Santa Monica. Parking is FREE and directly behind the store (parking lot), which is reason enough to go to this location over others IMO, and the store itself is less packed as the other locations (in my experience) which is great for sifting through racks of clothing without being bothered or bumped into. (Seriously, at other locations people usually look through the same rack as me but on the other side and pull clothing right out of my hand which is super annoying but definitely another story…) Staff have been way more welcoming here (less snobby and cold than staff at other locations, always asking if you need help or want to start a fitting room, etc.) and are just a lot nicer overall. Only qualm is the location is pretty far out from central LA and the shoe selection is a little lacking, but other than that, I love this Wasteland.

This store used to be amazing, they had all the vintage and fashionable clothes. Now, they don’t even sell good things anymore. It’s disappointing that they lost their uniqueness of their clothing choices.

Free ample parking on the back is a huge plus. This store was a disappointment. Tons of items, some new some used. But, honestly, all overpriced. For example, an old faded men’s tshirt that said Vegas, with cut sleeves & cropped was $ 22. Are you kidding me? I could go to ANY thrift store, pay $ 1 for a ratty t-​shirt and do the myself!
But, there are some cute items and many rack to rummage through. I just found it overpriced and I won’t be back. There are much better options, but if you are in the area, check it out. Just don’t say I didn’t warn ya!

I’m not sure what happened here. This used to be one of my favorite places to shop and occasionally sell. But recently, they have moved away from (non-​designer) vintage, at least according to one of their buyers.
This is really disappointing. This has been the route that Buffalo started down a few years ago, which made shopping there kind of disappointing. There’s little fun in sorting through racks and racks of new, poorly made stuff knocking off old designs.
To be perfectly clear, I don’t necessarily want to sort through racks of «typical» vintage, but in Wasteland’s case, I always felt like they did a good job of stocking exceptional pieces, designer or otherwise. It seems limiting to shy away from anything that is visually striking, unusual but interesting, etc. Can’t quite wrap my head around such a limitation, perhaps it was just misinformation from my last buyer, which brings me to…
Selling here used to be a kind of bittersweet fun as it meant I was broke and parting with beloved items or sending them off to be replaced by something new. Always worth the trip over but for the last year now, I typically get the same buyer who doesn’t look at my items, but rather, lifts one corner of the entire stack, psychically determines their fate as markdown rags before stuffing the carefully curated goods back into the bag. This is frustrating, to say the least. On the rare occasion that I get one of the longer-​tenured, friendlier buyers, I usually leave with a 50−80% lighter bag. Pretty remarkable. As someone who’s spent many years doing their job, I know better than to argue, ask for another buyer, nor am I deluding myself that my ten items are all can’t-miss items, but this is the first time that I have ever seen a buyer NOT look at items during a buy and it happens each and every time with this one.
As far as merchandise for purchase goes, well, without a regular intake of vintage, I’m not their target customer at this point and I am fully aware and accepting of that. I could care less about designer or modern in general. Give me vintage denim, chore, motorcycle club, native american, americana, etc but all I really see on the racks are items inspired by the goods that I actually want. Their bread and butter customer is probably thrilled to hit this place up.
Unlike many of these other reviews, I have never encountered any rude staff, most have provided the right balance of noticing/​acknowledging me, being available if needed but not up in my face the entire time. I always liked their level of service. Most of the staff I have talked to over the years have all been friendly and helpful, so no complaints there.
Overall, the staff earn the stars, but until the moratorium on non-​designer vintage is lifted, I’m kinda wedged out of this place. I’ll still, warts and all, recommend this store over just about ANY Crossroads and their staffs of child laborers.

Really disappointed in what this store has become. This used to be one of my favorite thrift stores but I think I’ve made my last trip here. The parking is great, free parking behind the store so you can stop by and browse around the area. The only time the staff is ever helpful to me is when I’m paying. I can walk around the store with my arm full for half an hour and no one will bat an eyelash at me. And I usually go on week nights so they are not too busy. I have met a few great employees who have helped me out immensely, but I’m pretty sure they don’t work here anymore. Funny thing is I“m always treated better at the Fairfax location, and they have a way better selection regarding quality, designers, and sizes. I really feel like this location just looks at the brands and not the style or quality of what they are buying back. Sadly, I’ll be taking my business elsewhere.

One star for the excellent parking (plenty in the back & it’s free). Besides that, there’s nothing good about this place. Overpriced secondhand clothes and snotty employees. I can’t afford what they’re selling and they won’t buy my stuff (I’ve tried multiple times) so it’s pointless to go here! Plus, they left my clothes in a big pile for me to organize before taking it out to my car when they could’ve easily helped me… they weren’t busy…
Visit Crossroads Trading Co instead, it’s just a block away and awesome. Buying and selling is a breeze, tons of cute stuff at cheap prices.

I hate the mall. It’s just no fun for me and I don’t ever find pieces I really love. All my favorite pieces have come from small boutiques and second hand stores just like wasteland. The clothes are interesting and unique. It just sucks that when you find something you like, there’s usually only one size available.- the one in your hand. Finding a favorite piece here is definitely bound to happen when you do some digging. Whether its a purse, shoes, clothes or jewelry, I’m intrigued by their stock.

Contemporary, chic, clean interior. The clothing selection is pretty decent, but I’m still baffled at the fact that they are selling h and m clothing there for a pretty high amount…
The staff is decent and they do a good job of communicating to one another and they all are seemingly busy. It’s a nice contrast to the Melrose store.

This is one of those places I just pop into if I happen to be strolling along Ventura Blvd.
A girl like me loves a good deal, and am always on the hunt for the next cute thing… however when I’m here I feel out of place. Perhaps too hipster/​pretentious for my liking? The employees are like models, I never see them smile or talk much for that matter. The plus side is the set up here is very organized and clean. They do have some quality stuff, but it seems like a normal store versus a re-​sale/​consignment store. They also have a pretty ample guy section, which is good for your beau assuming you’re dragging him along with you.
I’m not saying its bad, but I’m not saying it’s amazing. It’s alright in my book.
Will I come back here? Probably.
Will I find anything? Probably not.
Do I suggest this place to others? Sure why not, at least check it out to see if you dig it or not.