The Council Shop — Local services in Los Angeles

I don't know I'm a little divided on this place. It's a nice neighborhood so you'll get some good stuff in there just like any other place and you know you got to hit it up at least once a week before the good stuff gets taken.. also now that you can just take your phone out do a Google photo search on something and no you know where you can get this item at and how much it should cost I have no idea who does their pricing there because it just doesn't make sense at all.. and then when you go to show them that. And that you get it way cheaper somewhere else and you would like to make an offer well this is how they respond.. They're like little kids with their their hands on their ears going la la la I can't hear you. So yeah I wouldn't go out on my way to go to this place if you happen to be next door getting some alcohol at BevMo and we'll go on in but this isn't one of those places where you're going to like be...

I'm really frustrated and upset about how someone offered to donate something for free, but then you try to sell it at a ridiculously high price. Personally, I'd rather buy something from a store than from Amazon or Target, even if it's brand new. It's like they're trying to sell me something that someone else has already used for over a year, and who knows in what condition, and they're asking for a higher price. No,...

We tried to donate two arm chairs in very good shape - not brand new - some little ware and tear. No tears , little scratches on the back. They didn’t want to take them, because “they couldn’t sell them”. Give me a break!!!. Salvation Army took them with much gratitude. It’s a shame that the Council Shop couldn’t give them away, or sell then at lesser than what a brand new item would sell for, just to do good to...