Hope the Mission Thrift Store San Diego — Local services in San Diego

This place has a lot of potential, an amazing array of clothing, but a lot of kinks that will eventually come back to bite them if not addressed sooner. I’ll start with the problems: -They have no dressing rooms. Which is so strange given the fact that they just have SO MANY clothes. While understand this is a small stand alone business and building a dressing room can be expensive whats stopping from them from being creative? They have a ton of clothing racks, why not adjust the height as high as they can and use some donated sheets to make a make shift dressing room? This place used to be a Walgreens so they have doors here and there leading to old staff rooms- why not use one of those rooms ? Their restrooms are private, again this place is BIG I could even look through everything in the 2 1/2 hrs I was there. Making their restrooms unusable is a terrible idea for customers looking to take their time in the store. They staple the price tags onto the clothes and also write the price on some of the clothing tags with sharpie (??). Thrift stores are a way for those in need to have an opportunity to wear nice clothes, investing on a pricing gun is not only necessary for any store selling clothing but it’s also a way to prevent damaging clothing. Not everyone owns a staple remover and taking staples off by hand can either hurt the customer or damage the clothes themselves. On top of that a sharpie number on the clothing tag itself just seems unnecessary and hard stain to remove from clothes.

Besides this, they had a great selection of items you can tell the staff does their best to dedicate time into keeping the store organized, and the prices are very good compared to chain thrift stores- though I’d wish thrift stores would stop this trend on marking up the price on better known brand items, all these clothes were donated for free. The staff was very sweet and kind too. My judgement comes from a place of concern and well wishes for this thrift stores success, if they read this review I hope you know that I’m so happy we finally have a good thrift store around this area. I hope nothing but the best...

This is important. Be careful. I noticed some men watching me and acting erratic waiting for me to check out. Clear signs of trafficking include;

Someone keeps showing up near you for no reason

You move? They move. You switch aisles? They’re back. That’s not coincidence—that’s tracking.

They hover but never talk

Not flirting, not asking questions—just watching you from a distance. Silence doesn’t mean safety.

They don’t seem to be doing anything

They’re not really shopping, working, or waiting. They’re just there, circling or standing too long in one spot.

They follow you to the door or wait outside

Anyone who finishes what they’re doing but hangs around anyway? That’s a red flag.

You feel like you’re being watched, but can’t “prove it”

That’s the exact moment you should start paying close attention. If your gut says something’s wrong, trust it.

Thank you for having someone walk me out of the store safety, I am...

Surprised to see this thrift store replaced the Walgreens in North Park. Clean, well organized with good prices on houseware items/decor but 5 stars specifically for the amazing customer service I received from Ruth and Ash. Ruth processed my transaction and made my day with her awesome personality, professionalism and also told me about discount days...