The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center — Local services in San Francisco

Save your time and money and shop elsewhere. Salvation Army, previously a cool thrift store with a lot of inventory to chose from, now prices their items so high that it will make your head spin.

I'm always on the prowl for accent furniture since I have a weirdly shaped apartment, somewhat difficult to furnish. So I keep looking on and off for the magic piece ...

Over time, I've noticed stuff like second-hand IKEA furniture (not the discontinued kind, the kind that's still all over Craigslist) priced higher than what it would cost new. Same with certain bathroom items, kitchen trinkets, dishes, toys ... Definitely not an isolated incident. Sometimes they leave the tag from the previous store and put theirs right on top, so you know you're not dreaming.

I would understand if the items in question were highly desirable - think antique or even vintage, or stuff sought-after by collectors or if the objects were second-hand from pricey stores to begin with, but nope, they indiscriminately price stuff from Ross, Target, or Bed Bath & Beyond higher than what you would have to pay in those places for the item in new condition.

Once in a while, you will get lucky and find something cool, at an fair price. Or something really cool that deserves its high asking price. But this seems to be the exception rather than the rule lately.

I am probably not the only one to have noticed the high pricing since every time I drive past or go inside, they're incredibly slow. Not sure how long they plan on staying in business if they keep up with...

Called in just now because the salvation army donation phone line told me they accept furniture here. I called here to confirm and instead was received by a fairly rude gentleman who was of no help and demanding what number I had called. I told him I called the donation line and he kept repeating "I don't know who your talked to what number did you call" instead of trying to assist me. He threw some random number at me with no area code and said goodbye.

This is sad because instead of being able to help my community and recycling furniture, I am very put off by this rudeness. If you're too good to take in donations, then I don't understand what your...

They have a really huge space in the time when finding thrift stores with that much space is really rare. However, their drop-off hours were not observed. If you look at their website, they are open till 7:00 p.m. during the week. But when I made a point to go there before 7:00 and don't need something, they were closed already. This was at about 6:20 p.m. I arrived and the gate was closed with a sign that simply said "closed." Caused me a bit of inconvenience. But otherwise, I am happy that they exist and that they provide services to people in need and...