Cheap Thrills — Local services in San Luis Obispo

My initial visit was lackluster at best. Older staff were grumpy and clueless; not of much help finding items on my want list - looked it up in their computer system, got the spelling wrong multiple times & played it off as my fault, then just pointed me to the genre area (where I had already been and looked). All discs are in the plastic carrier theft protection pain in the ass; so you have to flick through each item front art rather than scan the spines - takes forever. Add to the pain of the low height of shelving for the CDs, and you grow tired of the hunt rather quickly.

Selection on sub-genres was lackluster at best. Being a college town, you would think the selection would be diverse - no so.

If you did find a title you wanted, pricing was on the expensive side. Anything in the gaming console section is extremely overpriced - I found games I picked up last week for $4 and $5 that they were asking $15 and $20. A PS2 Guitar Hero controller for $35?!? Outrageous! The asking pricing on the stereo gear was also insane - $65 for a 100 disc Sony player is laughable.

The check out process is also antiquated - the student had to fill out a slip for each disc; then put some sticker over every UPC. Seriously?!?!? Add in they could not find the shipping boxes that they had on display, the entire experience was so easily tainted - and could have been prevented.

Not a good visit, not a good first...

This store is the worse back in the 90’s & 2000’s they rented and sold video games. One time I was trying to buy a1st Generation PlayStation and the owner Richard Ferris is the one who sold it to me. But when I got home I found of that It did not work I took it back and he claimed it was not one of his because of how the laser was situated he then promised me that if he had another one I had the same thing he would give it to me for a replacement. So we took it down and saw that it was exactly like the one I bought and then refused to replace my broken one. Richard Ferris owns Cheap Thrills, Square Deal, and he did own the Sub all in San Luis Obispo California. In 2015 The sub burned down due to poor Management on the owner’s part which led them to try and blame the fire department and local off-duty firefighter When in actuality it is most likely all their fault And I feel that it was probably...

Yesterday was my first time visiting this gem with dad. We were looking for a music store that stayed open until 7 p.m. because we arrived in SLO at 5 and that's when music stores typically close. Cheap Thrills has a large collection of music in forms of CDs, vinyls and cassette tapes. They even have video games, movies, comic books, T-shirts, coloring books, audio systems and cool accessories. I am a metalhead, and I was thrilled with the metal band shirts on the wall and the collection of metal CDs in the back of the store. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The place is clean and organized, so it's easy to find what you want. Prices are reasonable, but new CDs cost more than pre-owned. It is a small place, but the inventory will impress music lovers, comic book nerds and people who want to buy movies and box sets. I will definitely come back whenever I'm in the SLO area. This...