Goodwill Store & Donation Center

Took my mom to look for some jackets to send to my lil bro in NZ cause it’s a Winter Season [During our Summer Season] and she found lots of great lightly worn jackets for him. It’s so nice and clean and organized. My husband found a $ 20 La-​Z-​Boy chair and it’s still looks good and new! Will definitely go back and look for other stuff.

Hit or miss with this one. But I do keep coming every time I visit Redondo. Gives me something to do in between trips to the beach. Seems like there always stocking the floors here. The guys out back are always busting butt accepting donations. What I like is that it’s convenient when we need something quick that is forgotten. So if we need a sweater a tshirt goggles a hat, you can find it here.

Ended up parking right outside when heading to redondo beach. Not really into used clothes, but found 2 champagne flutes market at $ 2 each. Looked them up online and they were selling for $ 30 each new. What a steal!
Staff was friendly and helpful, and it seemed they were having a special $ 2 sale off all clothes too. I could tell they were all really tired, and yet they were still nice! Maybe management has changed?

Extremely rude, watched them chew out a lady a while back who was trying to make a return. Instead of handling it calmly, they proceeded to yell at her in front of everyone in line. Never witnessed such an awful experience at any other location. Completely do not recommend.

This is one of the smaller Goodwill locations that I’ve been to, and sometimes I make a point of not coming here because I’m usually disappointed. Parking is pretty much impossible — they have a small parking lot that fits maybe fifteen cars and it is also where they accept and sort their donations — so its a pain to try and get in and out of there. Otherwise you can try and find parking on the street, but that’s usually just as troublesome.
The store itself is very cramped and dark. Racks of clothes are so close to one another, I’m often bumping into them or other people who are walking by. Oh, and did I mention how dirty this Goodwill is? Looks like the floor has never been swept or mopped since the day it first opened. Yuck yuck yuck. I’ve been here a handful of times and I don’t think I’ve ever actually purchased something…
I’d probably skip this place — its not really worth the hassle.

Hey I’ve never really been a thrifter but I might be?!
Went here like 15 minutes to closing for. I have no idea?
Left 5 minutes later with a BR pastel button down for $ 6. Get out of here?
Saw a nice selection of jackets too. Definitely cool place to come up with some random stuff?! I’m hooked!
–1 star for the loud workers there and the really wet floors. Maybe it was the end of their shift so they were out of it.

My hopes were high. I thought the location would mean better quality, more boutique. Oh the opposite was true. It was dark, organized by clothing type with no man/​woman difference, the worst part… it was expensive! $ 8 for a pair of boys shorts. No hidden gem here.

This store used to be great — tons of Target drop-​offs, low prices, etc… In the past few months it has completely gone downhill. Everything is SO overpriced; they are charging more than the actual store would charge for a new item. They also sell known broken electronics; I returned something that was broken and saw it back for sale the same week. Then it was gone, and I found it back again 2 weeks later. One time I asked the cashier to open a Wii game box that came with a remote, marked $ 25. When it was opened, we saw that the Wii game was missing. The manager came, taped it back up, and put it back on the shelf for $ 25. He would not budge on the price. He is also extremely rude, especially if you’re dropping things off that they won’t accept. I no longer support this Goodwill and hardly shop there; it is clear the current manager is trying to rip people off and overcharge on purpose.

I have donated so many things over the years to Goodwill stores in West LA before I moved to the Southbay in August without any issues, so I was completely shocked by the snobbery I was confronted with by the drop-​off attendant, you would have thought he was selecting merchandise for a high-​end fashion or furniture store. So much for «goodwill». I’ll take my donations elsewhere from now on.

I still come here — while the beach is right down the street, I came when my girls were small & got lots of good from fairly new to good condition clothing & shoes for them, now they are big & still come w/​me & get their vintage & cool cute clothes, although I think its gotten better (not that it wasn’t back then, but they’ve improved even more) & still get really great items, both clothes, shoes (alot new Target/​Walmart stuff), & although I usually whine about GW’s prices being higher, this one in particular seems like they always have the good stuff a tad bit less & always the color of the day ½ clearance… I like! I also found a large chrome Pot cover, which was one of those 1 out a million chances that it actually fit my skillet & it was brand new, appeared to be part of a set, that someone just didn’t want & donated the lid instead… their loss my find & I still use it to this very day! Its the quality that chef’s use… ok enough w/​the old bitty talk, I highly recommend this goodwill, its just really worth shopping… But beware the parking can be an issue at times, as its not that big & you have to park down the residential side streets, but its not that far of a walk either…

Don’t try and donate anything to them after 7pm… They will come outside and threaten to the call the cops if you leave anything there.
Hopefully other area goodwill stores still take donations.

Pretty decent for shopping experience, though the clothes are a bit on the disorganized side compared with some Salvation Army stores. Clothes classification issues aside, there are a lot of clothes here — racks and racks and racks that fill up the long building. They’re closely spaced which makes maneuvering around people a little bit of a pain, but I prefer that to not having selection at all. Also had a decent selection of housewares /​toys /​etc at the ends of the store.
Getting in and out of the lot can be a little bit of a pain, but parking overall isn’t too bad.

It kills me to see my neighbors fill up the dumpsters with barely-​worn kids clothes & shoes, toys, housewares in perfect condition, even framed art. I’ve suggested they could recycle the stuff by taking it to Goodwill up the street.
As a seasoned dumpster-​diver, I’ve even been known to fish out cool stuff if it’s laying right on top & take it to the thrift store myself.
Awhile back I spotted a great old lamp on a trash heap out on a curb in the Valley, so I felt a responsibility to put that thing in my car and give it a second chance at life, haha…
I don’t have any interest in the giant garage sale called eBay, so I took the lamp to my local Goodwill. Had no place for it in my house, although it was c.1930 with its original shade that had a small scorch mark (turn that side of the shade to the wall & you’re good to go, be creative…).
Anyway, my lamp was rejected by this Goodwill. Haha, the guy at the collections center in the parking lot saw the scorch mark on the shade & shook his head. I took the lamp back, thinking that this guy would not know a collectible if it bit him on the butt, and at that moment realized why I’ve never found a collectible in my 5 years of stopping into this store.
I do see cheesy plastic plates here & other crap that, by comparison, would make the Dollar Store look like Rodeo Drive. I don’t ever peruse the clothes, so have no opinion on those.
(I’ll still give ‘em 3 stars though, for doing general good work as a charity.)
So. I took the damn lamp to Council Thrift in Mar Vista, which is loaded with collectible treasures. I was on a mission to restore my own dignity & that of my garbage pile lamp, dangit.
Well, the lamp was happily and gratefully accepted at Council, and the following week I noticed it on their floor with a rather hefty price tag attached.
My lamp and I have been redeemed. In fact I think I’ll drive the distance to take all my future donations to Mar Vista, where good will seems to be thriving…

This is one of the better Goodwills as it is small but well stocked and organized. The staff has changed recently, but the service is still pretty good. I like the fact that they have frequent new shipments of Target returns which are an excellent source for discounted baby toys and other new stuff. Still not cheap, but usually less than half of what these items are on sale at Target. The parking is sufficient and its got about the right flow of customers, not too much or too little.

This Goodwill is mainly clothes, good selection of women’s clothes and shoes. Decent selection of housewares/​toys/​etc. since this Goodwill is one of the clearinghouses for the local Target. Not too much furniture, though.
This Goodwill has 1 fitting room. The employees are nice. Parking in a lot. Accepts donations until 5pm Mon.-Sat.
Compared to the other Goodwills in the area, this is one of the better ones.

I tend to like Goodwill stores and I like the concept, but I didn’t like this location’s selection. It is a fairly small location as well. They have a drop-​off area which is great and the guy there was friendly and helpful. I appreciated being able to give away unwanted/​unused things instead of throwing them away and having them end up as junk/​landfill. I wish more people would donate things. Maybe then the store would have a better selection, too!

This is my secret goodwill.
My boyfriend and I came here once and I found a stinking Christian La Croix purse on the floor. Guess what, it was $ 5! Roy (the BF) found a transformer, Omega Sinetel, MIB (Mint in box) for $ 7.
I am writing about this place, but I don;t want you to go there. I don’t want you get my stuff. If I catch you there, I am going kickeey ass