American Cancer Society Discovery Shop - Oakland — Local services in Oakland

They have a great assortment of very nice and unique items--primarily clothing. And of course, the money they make go to a great cause - - raising funds and awareness for the fight against cancer. This store is located in a nice neighborhood near Piedmont.

If you want to donate clothes, you need to call them and make an appointment. Anotherwords, you can't just show up and drop things off. You need to talk to them before bringing furniture because they have limited space, and to make sure they have room to display the item.

Tuesday is Senior Day (I think they call seniors 60+)--10% off--be prepared to show your ID. If you check-in with your Yelp Ad--you get 10% off. And if you are military--10% off with ID. If it is your birthday--10% off. I had 20% off because it was Senior Day, and I checked in with my Yelp app.

There is a rack of marked down clothing outside the front of the store. If

They know they good brands and have them displayed nicely. Like to find nice items fairly priced? This is a winner. I plan on...

At the register I decided I didn’t want an item anymore and I told the person that i didn’t want it anymore but i was still charged. I Paid and left got in my car drove all the way home which is an hour away looked at my receipt to see that I’ve been charged for the item I didn’t want. I call because even though it was two dollars I still wanted my two dollars or at least let me have the item that i payed for. When i was on the phone with them the person told me that the item was four dollars when it was actually two dollars because I remember thinking 2 dollars that’s a good price for this little ceramic bowl. They told me I would have could come in but The thing is I’m already home and it’s an hour away and all the traffic with all being said i’m not going to go back but i hope that the person that was at the register with me needed the two dollars more than I did and I’m really disappointed because I thought it was a nice organization that I would support but turns out I was wrong… and also check your receipt...

Okay, full disclosure: I am poor. Secondhand and charity shops are about the only places available to me. ACS in Piedmont barely makes the cut. On one hand, you can find some very nice things, but on the other-- Good heavens! Is that a skirt with holes in it being sold for $65 dollars? It is actually pretty common to find items being sold for far too much. Today, my partner split the cost of a jacket we can both wear, but I would not have bought it otherwise. The items can be of an odd taste, and the men's section waxes and wanes in content. I appreciate that it goes to charity, but there must be a limit to how expensive you can make a secondhand sweater. Preferably less than $100. Clerks are usually friendly enough,...