Society of St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store — Attraction in Port Richey

Shalom, My name's elisheva. I'm a born again jewish believer and a YisraElite sister from Bereshyt. I have been a customer of this thrift store for 13 years. During hurricanes helene and Milton, my mobile was flooded with a surge reaching five feet high. I lost 5 bibles, archives, clothes, furniture, just about everything. Even the mobile was rendered uninhabitable due to mold. I had escaped with a sack of belongings and the clothes on my back. Afterwards, I made a special trip to st. Vincent de Paul's to buy clothes. That day clothes were half off !!! And I found a pair of jeans for $2.00, 8 cotton shirts for $1.50 a piece, and a measuring cup for $1.00. As I made my way to the check.out, I tallied up $15 in my mind, and noted the $20 in my sack. Then, I noticed a jar on the counter. It said, Donations for hurricane victims. I turned to the lady behind me in line and said, If you lost just about everything in the hurricanes, can you take money out of the jar? ! And I began to laugh. Suddenly, that lady pulled out a $20 and paid for all my purchases ! I took my goods and went outside. I was so grateful that I began to cry. I called Ty in the dispatch and told him what happened. He sent a bus for me. While waiting, a woman and a man came up to me. I told them what happened. The woman said, I'm from Canada. You need a coat. She promptly went to her car, pulled out a coat, brought it to me, and I put it on. The man, a store employee said, You need a bible! And handed me a $10. Next, another woman came to me. I told her what happened. She handed me a $5. Then, the bus came. Beep! Beep! I grabbed my stuff, said, i have to go., and gave the $2 fare to the driver. I tallied my shopping trip. Netted $11, one pair of cotton 20 W jeans, 8 shirts, measuring cup, and a winter coat. The people blessed me, and they will be blessed. Baruch HaShem YAH VEH ! And later, I did buy a 2001 wide margin edition of the Exegeses Parallel Bible, Herb Jahn, Exegete. from ebay. ($175 was a bargain for this out of print...

Edit* 4/12/2024 I've been going here for atleast 9months. It is with grave disappointment to have to update my 5star review to a 2. I arrived at 3:50 only to discover a gentleman standing behind the door and making people leave. I attempted to open door and discovered he had it locked along with the clothes sign up. I waited for him to open the door for the 2nd group of ppl that he was getting out of building. Upon opening he almost completely ignored me. Then I asked him if he could atleast take my donations and he stated no we're closed. Then I asked if the donation building could take them and he said they're closed too with a mild attitude. The items were worth almost 1k, light and not bulky. I've been donating here many times each month. So he basically closed early and then couldn't even bother with the donations. I've chosen a different location to donate monthly from now on life's too short and customers shouldn't be treated this way. I can't support that type of behavior.

This has been by far my favorite thrift shop! They ask very reasonable prices and run awesome sales on certain days where items become half off, $1 and even 50cents at times. Some items can have a high ticket price but when you compare prices of the particular item new it's a bargain! I honestly was surprised to see people complaining about high prices as I've never seen that here. Maybe it's under new management and stuff but I assure you the staff and prices in 2023 is wonderful! The staff by far are the best, go out of their way to help and truly make your experience fun! Far better than the big chain shops and goes to a good cause! Thank you to everyone at this lovely shop for always restoring my faith in humanity. Sincerely your frequent...

I haves shopped here 3 times now. The first thing I wanted to say about this thrift store is that the staff does an amazing job organizing everything for sale in a visually pleasing way. The prices vary, ranging from awesome to meh (okay); that usually indicates that different people are doing the pricing with widely different ideas on what something used is worth. So, you have to check everything to find something in your price range. I did find some very awesome deals and passed on ones that were not as awesome. The shop carries coats, shoes, handbags, belts, women's, men's and kids clothes, jewelry, furniture, lighting, dishware and cookware, small kitchen appliances, books, videos, holiday decor, interior decor, and more. There is free off street parking but the spaces are tight and awkward if you are driving anything larger than a compact car, so be careful. Staff is available to help you get bulky or heavy purchases out to the car. Everyone was very busy but, if you were able to get their attention, they were friendly and helpful. Payments are accepted using cash or major credit cards. There are specials every week. I did not see public restrooms, so be sure your bladder is gladder before stopping in. Those who require use of a wheelchair or a walker will be able to get in the front part of the store, but will find navigating the back room and some off shoot rooms to be very challenging. Masks do not seem to be required at this time, as no staff and few customers were wearing them, and protective shields at check out and cleaning of counters between customers was not happening, so keep this in mind if your immune system is compromised and take your own protective safeguards while...