St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store & Donation Center, Fremont — Attraction in Fremont

Found a necklace and thought it was pretty for my neice..the necklace was hanging from a stand with other necklaces and i picked it up and took to the counter and i found a couple of gold colored bracelets as well..i took to the register and the hispanic girl was very very rude! She told me that the bracelets were a dollar and there was no sign of prices she said that some of the bracelets were $1$2$3$4.??? Ok? So at the register she charged me $2 a bracelet..u can clearly see that they werent gold..almost like toy bracelets..and as she was ringing me up..she asked the manager if they were real gold so the manager walks up picks up the bracelets and has them in her hand as if ...if they had been real gold they wouldnt hce givin them to me for just $1 or $2. So she said no...not gold...and the necklace i found on the necklace rack wasnt priced neither so she asked another woman if the necklace was real silver...that woman then came over and checked it found a 925/silver mark and charged me $12 for the necklace..and when u said that they were on the rack with other necklaces she said that they were only $2.99 for them ..? Yet the necklace i found wasnt priced yet or at all??? The girl had bright lipstick and black spandec pants and straight out of the ghetto additude! Not very freindly didnt give me a receipt just looked at me and didnt say word...maybe they need to get a price gun and put somebody to work! Goodluck on your trip to this store...NO STARS ....1 star because no...

ANSWER YOUR PHONE!! I have donated many times as I live so close! I gave also shopped off and on. THE WORST IS YOU CANT CALL YO ASK IF THEY ARE TAKING SPECIFIC ITEMS, OR FURNITURE SO THAT YOU DONT HAUL IT DIWN THERE TO BE TURNED AWAY!! I tried calling 7 times over a 2 hour period to let them know I had 3 vintage dish sets complete servings. A few pieces of furniture, nick knacks. A lot of clothing freshly washed!! Blankets sheet sets no stains no rips. Both queen & cal king. But they will not fix there PHONE!???

I WAS THERE MAKING A HUGE DONATION 2 MONTHS AGO. I BROUGHT THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT ITS POIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF HOW BUSY THEY ARE!? I E BEEN THERE ABD THRY ARE STANDING AROUND, YES EVERYONE DESERVES DOWN TIME! "BUT WHAT GETS NE, IS THE CASHIER NOT 1 BUT 2 WENT ONTO TELL ME THAT THE I'M PHONE LINE GAS A PROBLEM? WHAT? WELL GET IT FIXED. SHE SAID OH SOMETHING WITH THE COMPUTER,? OK THAT IS NOT AN EXCUSE YOU LIKE THE MONEY YOU MAKE FROM OUR DONATIONS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CALL TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING SPECIFIC ITEMS AT THE TIME!? I HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE PAST ABOUT 1 YR AGO AND TGE KID SAID IM SORRY MAM WERE NOT TAKING ANY MORE CHAIRS, OR BIKES AT THIS TIME TRY IN 2 WEEKS! THIS IS WHY THEY SHOULD ANSWER SO WE KNOW NOT TO LOAD ITEMS AND DRAG THEM DOWN THERE!!!! "(GET YOUR PHONE LINE, WHAT EVER IT TAKES REPAIRED*) of course I didn't even want to give 1 star but it demands you or your...

Huge warehouse-like thrift store, it is very well organized. So organized, that they even have a shelf full of ceramic cat sculptures! This area of town must have a lot of cat ladies getting rid of their stuff or...well, you probably get the idea.

Anyway, I was on a quest to find a Hawaiian dress for my daughter. I found the clothes area disorganized and overpriced. I mean, $8 for a pair of pants? And these were just run-of-the-mill pants.

They do have an impressive book area however. All hardcover books are $1 unless otherwise marked. I am a book lover and have run out of spaces to put books, so despite finding books on my favorite manga character Atom Boy and other artsy fartsy books, I showed restraint and walked away empty-handed.

One interesting quirk about this spot, is that they must get donations from stores who have overstock. One time, I bought some very nice wooden framed art pieces for $.50 each that are still in my house. This time it was dozens of styrofoam tiki dolls, still in their cellophane packaging, they were only $.25 each. Thankfully I don't...