Random

Most of the time I search through a bunch of crappie and don’t find anything I dont «need» but can’t live without. But anytime I am in Santa Barbara I come back to this store because the hunt is fun and you never know what you might find. Literally.

What happened to local stores customer service?! Same owner as Bazaar clothing store (old burningman store). Bought rainbow socks (they were sold out of the color rainbow ones I wanted) not opened I went to swap them out. Lady at register said no exchanges or returns and I asked her to please ask owner bc it’s not like its underwear or the package is open and just want to swap out the color… She also said no… Wow never shopping there ever again nor will I recommend this place. Used to shop here for burning man and events now I’m going else where. All for a pair of socks! Horrible Service!!!

This place has great deals, if you can find them.

Cute place, nice employees, appropriately cheep prices. It could be a little more organized and maybe have some more walking space.

Random is such a good name for this store because things are just piled randomly. We walked through here for convenience — to get to the other side of the building — and ended up shopping through the entire store.
Prices are random, too. Some things are cheaply priced, while others are way overpriced. Found a lot of great things… but this place is a typical hole in the wall.

A great place to spend a rainy evening. Over the past decade I found some wonderful stuff here and some truly awesome deals. The concept of the place, I believe, is that one person’s junk is another’s treasure — or visa-​versa — you probably won’t be able to figure it out either — and that’s a good thing… For years they didn’t have a name or a sign in front which I thot was infinitely cool for an upper State Street retail establishment — an almost ‘anti-​retail’ establishment. If you tire of being chased around SB streets by meticulously mannequinesque babes and wannabe Hollywood producers in glistening BMW suvs simply having to get wherever they’re going fast, spend a quarter hour at Random — it will do you good.

Hit or miss, but definitely a must-​stop when in Santa B. Not Saks, but it’s the hunt that counts! Great for crafting…

Meh. I’ve seen better thrift stores that are more organized, cleaner, have more unusual stuff, and are cheaper. I’m not about to pay $ 3 for a half used bottle of lotion, $ 4 for a 5″ tall black wooden letter, and $ 90 for a manikin?
What is that all about? Location tax?
They do have a modge podge of random hardware parts and tools. Misc. glass bottles, furniture. Lots of comic books and lower end jewelry findings. (I’m not about to pay $.50 for a pair of nickel plated earring posts.)
I’ll stick to S.C.R.A.P. at home in SF for all of my DIY and unusual art supply needs.

Mecca for the DYIer. Anything you can imagine. Like a indoor flea marker. Hardwear. Beads. Fabric. Tools. Furniture. Just anything. If Iived in Santa Barbara I would literally go here every day.

Lots of fun to browse here. You’ll find sequin doodads, hardware bits, bar trays, upholstery, hygiene stuffs, jewelry, just all kinds of random stuffs. Good times. Owner/​employee (s) are pretty cool.

What’s random about this place is how late it is open! It’s like open til 9 or sometimes 10 pm. Which is cool since not much on State Street is open that late for shopping. The hours vary. Sometimes they are open that late, sometimes not. So it’s kind of like a great mash into the club and restaurant scene. I have gone to Soho before and the band isn’t on yet and I don’t feel like chilling there so I go kick around in Random. First time I went in I was like, «What is this place??» The guy working there was super fun to talk to. Almost like a bartender to talk to. It’s a fun and entertaining place to browse. And who knows what you’ll find! I bought a supercool bag there last visit. Don’t die wondering – check it out!

I have been here once, for 20 mintues, and was totally in shock and awe. This store name completely fits, as everything in it is RANDOM! From old doorways and hinges, to neat ceramic olive plates, this store has it all covered. Iron fencing, leather chairs, old signs, knickknacks. One of the coolest stores to just walk through and look at things.

You can spend HOURS in here. The place is ridiculous but if you like to browse, this is the place for you. It’s got a huge selection of all types of odds and ends. If you get lucky like my bf and I, you will pick up some very useful stuff for cheap cheap, and when I say cheap, i mean $ 1. yeah, we got laptop cables for $ 1, these things usually sell at best buy for like $ 6. The owner gets all his stuff at auctions for pennies on the dollar, so if you have the time to dig thru their piles and piles of stuff, you may find the diamon in the rough.
Have fun!

This place is crazy! Crazy good, if you like browsing among a wild diversity of all kinda things big & small. It seems to be a close-​out place, lots of imported small furniture and figurines. As you head to the back it gets increasingly RANDOM, with medical devices (probe covers, anyone?), some pharmaceuticals (ibuprofin & cheap sunscreen) and lots of little hardware bits.
They’ve got upholstery yardage in the back, and lots of drawer-​pulls.
Lots for crafters: cool little embossed brass decorative things – little bows and flowers; beads; teensy-​weensy 3-​D thingies; crystal do-​hickeys. Bigger crystals from the chandelier industry.
miscellaneous vintage items, purses, loads of fabulous sequined appliques.
Crazy!!! If I lived in Santa Barbara, I’d be inclined to stop in whenever I’m in the neighborhood because it is obviously RANDOM and changing constantly.