World Market — Local services in Daly City

I've always been a fan of Cost Plus, back when it went primarily by the name "Cost Plus" and not "Cost Plus World Market" or "World Market." There is always an eclectic range of items, from furniture to wine to dishware to international snacks, and the prices are very reasonable. The style is very boho/international modern, and I'm absolutely digging it. My round, mustard yellow, velvet cushions are awesome and were awesomely priced. I love their buffet napkins - nice and sturdy, plus such a great deal at 6 for $10. (Funnily enough, I also purchased these in mustard yellow.) Back in the day, you could buy FIVE POUND bags of sour apple rings. I mean...that's no longer a thing (and I hesitate to confess that I did get one of those for a birthday back in my teens). But still - how VERSATILE is this place??

Most recently, I had an excellent experience with Cost Plus after purchasing some light fixtures online for my home remodel. A few months passed and when it came time to install the lights, lo and behold - I discovered that the pendant lamps were not going to work for the space, which didn't have the ceiling height to justify pendant lamps. I knew I was 100% outside the return window, so it was a throwaway question to ask when I was here the other day if there was any option for a brand new item that I bought late last year - maybe partial credit? something? And amazingly, they said that, if it's outside the return window, they'd give me merchandise credit!! I mean, this thing is 4 months outside the return window, so I had about 1% confidence I could do something with it that wasn't trying to sell it on CL for 10% of what it cost.

Anyway, so I brought my two pendant lamps back today, bought a flush mount ceiling lamp, and it was an excellent, seamless experience. Eric, Amy, Kari, and Kristian were super helpful and patient with the less-than-ordinary transaction.

This store is also located in the Serramonte Center, but to the back of the complex. There's plenty of free parking, and curbside pickup is also available.

Highly...

New Location at Serramonte Shopping Center, Daly City, CA!

Instead of taking the escalator to shop at World Market, all you have to do now is walk in and everything at this location is more spread out. For some reason, the candy section isn't as diverse as it used to be. I was trying to search for the marzipan candy bar and it's not in stock. World Market was the only place that sold it.

Although there is more parking now at Serramonte, drivers are just too rude af. When you signal to take a spot, someone else just swoops in to take it from you. So calculate where you want to park if you want to shop at World Market.

Customer service is average here. They're friendly, but they need to be more well-trained when it comes to knowing their inventory or the layout of the store. If a customer is searching for the kitchen aisle and you, the employee, don't know where it is, then how can you help them? More training...

It felt nice to visit a store in person especially World Market which is one of my favorite stores. I went to this store at Daly City for the first time since it moved to this new location. It had a lot of new stuff . When we look online we cannot see a lot of things as we don't know how to search for them. I live their cards and a place with bins where they have small gifts from Artisans all over the world. The store was neat and they had Sanitizer stations at many places.All the shoppers and employees wore masks at all times. Most shoppers kept a distance and I waited if I saw someone in the aisle. Many times other shoppers did not keep the distance and were close so I moved away. They have a wonderful collection and of mugs and wooden bowls with tile inside. We bought a few things and food stuff. It is always a pleasure to visit Cost Plus...