Sanford's Vintage — Local services in Pico Rivera

I was passing through this area and thought I’d check this place out. Bought a $25 Colombian Cumbia record the clerk was playing. Sounded good, I didn’t think I needed to inspect it. I get home and put it on, low and behold it has an overbearing very loud noise throughout the first few tracks on both sides. I take a closer look… giant brown stain on both sides of the LP, like someone spilled boiling soup on it. The rest of the record while listenable also sounds quite bad. Not to mention the cover, totally split on one side (it was in plastic in store). The clerk also said how rare these records are in the US… that may be, but I looked it up… $29 VG+ copy on discogs, $45 shipped. $25 for this thing? The store on my corner in LA that also sells hard to come by Latin American records would 100 percent never sell this thing for more than $10 tops. And this is Pico Rivera… come on now. But more importantly, unless it’s in the $1 bin (where this belongs), you should obviously always tell the customer if he or she’s buying a thrashed record. Unreal. Tried calling a few times on different days during their business hours to try to give this guy a chance to explain and make it right, no answer. Buyer...

Always a fantastic selection of mid century furniture, speakers and art. I came across a stunning standalone shelf on their Instagram page, messaged them immediately and they were super responsive. Vince is a straight shooter, honest, and has impeccable taste. My husband and I rented a U-Haul to come pick it up, and the folks at Sanford's carefully removed the shelves, wrapped up the entire piece and helped us load and secure it for the ride home. It was well worth the trek out to Pico Rivera and we'll be back again soon (hopefully for some dope vintage speakers) and to check out the record store next door. Appointments only so be sure to look at their Instagram page to peek their latest selection first and make an...

Hidden gem at excellent prices!

My sister and I stumbled upon Sanford's randomly and we love it! They have an amazing collection of all genres spanish, jazz, modern, rock, r&b, all at excellent prices. I was stoked to find a vintage Creedence vinyl for $10 as well as a Bon Iver for $20. The two owners are great guys too and offer excellent customer service. They also have a big "discounted used vinyls" section from $1-5! And at times place vinyls outside their shop for free. They offer a record cleaning service as well for $5 which my sister used on some old used records she had and she loved it. We like coming here often. Come check them out!...