Alliance for African Assistance – Safari Seconds

They say thrift stores can be a hit or miss. For the better, it usually results in a come up for me. I only frequent this place when I’m next door doing laundry. So when I visit, I don’t have any agenda and don’t want to set myself up for failure either.
Last month, it was for Christmas shopping. Seriously, I didn’t come in here with any intention to buy anything. But a beer mug caught my attention. It was calling me. I ignored it, but I heard the little laugh it gave…“Buy me. Put me in Beer!!!”. Not only did I have a double check on getting it, but it looked so much like my brother-​in-​law – it was a calling.
I turned around and found ½ off stuff for random stuff. Great, that went along for last minute gifts which were actually memorable for my family. Another sign that my beloved El Chico was once a puppy on a mini statue for only .50 cents. Priceless.
Other times in the past I have come up on some decent goods. This is a thrift store, so be sure to make certain to you come with an open mind and leave with an empty pocket of change.
The fat: The good stuff is behind the glass, ask for it!
The skinny: No dressing rooms.

Fun finds

From my experience, friendly and great customer service and lots of inventory to browse through at a bargain price.
Found a signed memorabilia decorative plate of ELVIS and a «Grease» soundtrack doubled vinyl, in addition to 10 garments all for under $ 25, I walked away extremely satisfied.
Check me’ out for a good cause.

Yeckkkk. This place is crammed full of crap and completely disorganized. Most stuff is broken and beyond rehab for even the most motivated of Do-​It-​Yourselfers. It’s hard to even walk around, especially in the back, and the furniture section is straight up dangerous! Today I saw a sign on a nightstand that said «don’t move this, it’s holding up the glass behind it» in reference to a towering glass-​doored cabinet.
I usually stop in while I’m doing laundry next door just to kill time but have never found a single item I’d spend money on. If they were a little more judicious about the donations they accepted, spent a few days re-​organizing and began pricing items fairly (in other words, change everything), they’d get a lot more business. I’ve never seen more than one or two people in there at a time.
Also, parking sucks, it’s overpriced and the area is always full of weirdos and confrontational homeless people. Seriously, a man asked me for change this morning and when I said I had none to spare, he laughed and said «then how come I just seen you come out the laundry place?» What the hell?! None-​ya-​business, sir!

Me and my wife love this store. very cluttered but thats what a thrift store should be, usually great prices and new stuff all the time. You will have to dig sometimes, but thats half the fun.

Got an ugly Christmas sweater for 10 bucks! So glad I tried this place out. There is another store not that far away that’s sells their ugly Christmas sweaters for twenty and up.
Jason even offered to customize a sweater for me, but I didn’t have time.
Thank you Tracy and Jason.

This place is a dump. Items are filty, hard to find, and some glass ware was priced way too high. It’s disorganized and just the pits. There are much better stores than this one.

As Someone that has shopped and donated items to the store I cannot be happier with the level of service that I have received the woman that runs the store is named Tracy and she is super nice. Now do understand that it is a thrift store so the items are like the kind you will find at any Goodwill or AMVETS store. I was able to find a really cool pair of retro sneakers for like 5 dollars. Sweet :-)

A «meh» thrift. Don’t get me wrong, the other reviewers are right — the store and selection is pretty freaking huge — but the prices just don’t match. Waaaay to high for stuff that’s chipped and in bad shape. I guess if you come here often you can get lucky but I’ll pass on this one when I’m in the area.

This thrift shop is incredibly dirty and unorganized. Good luck finding anything worth buying, 1) because it probably does not exist in this shop, and 2) even if it did, you’d never find it among the mess.

Like any thrift store, they have stuff that is not appropriately priced. Thankfully, at this one you can find things priced inappropriately low as well as inappropriately high. I’ve gotten some really good deals here (Anthropologie shirt new with tags for $ 1.50? Yes please) but probably wouldn’t buy anything here that I couldn’t throw in in the washing machine or dishwasher.

I love cruising around thrift stores, and I came here because it says «Assistance» in the name so I thought, shop for a good cause… but man this place is a dump. I feel like they literally just have garbage all around. It isn’t very neat in here. It’s like everything just got set down where it is with no rhyme or reason.
How they actually make money to keep their doors open is beyond me.
The only reason they are getting 2 starts instead of 1 is because they have a decent VHS section that is semi-​alphabetized.

This place can be a total mess, especially when you get near the back area where the furniture is, but it’s filled with great finds and some pretty good clothing items. But what else would you expect from a thrift store?!
They have a good selection of frames, fabrics, well-​organized clothing racks, and glassware… but steer clear of the electronics section — YIKES!

I was at Coffee and Tea Collective the other day (ahem, yesterday) and was on a desperate search for an ugly Christmas sweater (tis the season!) and thought… who better to ask about these things than awesome hipsters?
Lo and behold, my hipsters did not steer me wrong! I walked for one minute west to this thrift store at their recommendation and found some STUNNING ugly Christmas sweaters for $ 3 each.
I would say for any time of the year, this place is great to check out. I am ALL for poppin tags on previously owned clothes (it is so much better for the environment! The 3 R’s, y’all). I also was seriously impressed at the workers here. They love their customers! I am a supporter.
To close everything up, in the words of Macklemore, «one man’s trash is another man’s come up. This is… awesome.»

2 words… BED BUGS!
I purchased a wooded chair and within in a week was eaten alive!
The nest was in the chair.
DO NOT SHOP HERE!

This place is so dirty hard to find anything and everything there is not in good shape at all

Not much to say… thrift store with reasonable finds. I was looking for clocks for this wall design I plan to mimic what I saw in Crate and Barrel.
If you can get pass the camellia, then happy hunting!

As someone who donates to A for AA, I couldn’t be happier. The folks are very friendly and genuinely appreciate your donations. On multiple occasions I’ve gotten comments like: «Oh, people are looking for these all the time! Thank you.» or «A guy was in here just the other day looking for one of these, I wish I new you were coming!»
It makes for a fantastic experience where I’m even more glad to be supporting their cause.

I understand that its a thrift store and Im sure that they are constantly getting new inventory but for crying out loud, it would help if the store was somewhat organized. It looks like a hurricane went through this store and the employees came back in and business resumed as normal without any type of disaster cleanup.
I went here a couple of days before Halloween because I needed a green tie and a vest and I wasnt about to go to Macy’s or the Mens Wearhouse and spend beaucoup bucks on items of clothing that I probably will not wear again.
The tie «section «was a small box that contained at least 40 of the most godawful ugliest ties that I have ever seen. I cant believe people used to wear these hideous things. I dove in and started rummaging around until I found one that was pretty decent. It cost me a dollar. Not bad.
The vest was a different matter. There were a few but finding a black one, in my size was an exercise in frustration. I finally found a black one that was faded and about 2 sizes too big but it kinda fit and was only $ 4 so I took it.
I didnt really bother to look around much and I got what I needed so I went and paid for the two items and left.

I went to this place about six months ago with my mom and was unable to unlock my gaze with a lovely 50’s style Royal typewriter… just like grandma used! The price tag was a little steep, seeing as I had no real NEED for a typewriter. But it was one of those items that I just HAD to have! So, I dragged it up to the front counter and… since my mom was with me, they gave her a senior discount and I ended up paying 19 bucks for this glorious machine that now decorates my apartment (sure the keys are a little sticky, but I know of a place on Adams Avenue that I can get that fixed)
It’s a good place to look for little knick knack types of things. Everytime I’ve been there, they’ve brought out «new» stuff. I’m not sure how often they get donations, but there always seems to be something sort of interesting. It doesn’t seem like they overprice most of their stuff and I think they occasionally have sales. The last time I was there, they had all frames and art for ½ off. I bought two LPs, 4 8×10 frames and two books and it came up to less than $ 5.00! There’s usually parking right in front or just off the boulevard. Check it out!