Big Lots

Do not buy food there, unless you like rat droppings with your potato chips. Sandy (The so called manager) have some of those rat droppings with your chips since you did nothing about it when it was brought to your attention. You nasty.

Nice people, always clean. I buy the kids cereal here. I also like to get holiday items here. Priced well. Fun store to wonder.

I went in looking for some basic things for the house in terms of home décor and I left feeling really unimpressed mostly because for a «discount» store things were still pretty high in price. Wall décor that was half decent were still just as expensive if not more expensive than quality items that were sold at Marshalls or Ross.
Not too impressed with their table cloths or kitchen items although I did find some Tupperware at a decent ok price.
The food items were OK. Some organic red milk products, international foods, just average altogether.
Beauty and cosmetics were less than average. I would say some name brand items such as neutrogena, Pantene, covergirl but the prices were not impressive.
Overall, this place reflected my review. Average discounts for an average big lots. The store was clean. Don’t know if i would come back though.

Ya its ok here. I’ve purchased two pieces of furniture here and its your average ‘put together yourself’ thing. The store itself is nothing special but the people watching is absolutely fantastic! Especially the workers! They are Orangevale’s finest (in the most sarcastic voice possible)

Good values, pretty clean and rarely overcrowded. We started going here to get mostly paper goods, but often find great values on seasonal décor and gardening items. We’ve also found a lot of small electronic items for dirt cheap (blue tooth speakers, hdmi cords, etc). Staff is pretty helpful too.

I dint typically go to stores like this, I am not a budget shopper, budget minded, or a crap lover… Somehow though I have found myself here a few times with my girlfriend sifting through outdated, overstocked, or just plain weird stuff… The store is clean and somewhat neat, I mean its probably hard to organize piles of odd ball crap week in and week out so you get the idea. The staff seems to be teen aged so you get what you get. If you get lucky, and head here on a regular basis there are some pretty good deals to be had. I have on several occasions tried to find a better deal on-​line vs a product they had on the shelf, and not ever get close. Mostly this store if filled with mass produced china stuff that at one time had a following, as seen on TV stuff, and no name re-​pop stuff. If your looking for something cheap or a one time use utensil Id say go here, but chances are you wont find a well made, last you awhile, high quality product lining their isles.

My husband and I stopped here today after seeing a sign for electric fireplaces in their window. Several years ago I shopped at a Big Lots store but I couldn’t remember what exactly they carried. While we didn’t see any fireplaces that fit our needs they had quite the selection. I was surprised to see the large variety of items they had in stock. They carry everything from school supplies, pet items, curtains and curtain rods, they have a huge selection of throw pillows, furniture (couches, recliners, desks, kitchen and pub tables), seasonal décor (fall, Halloween and Christmas), mirrors, home décor, glassware, cutlery, canned and boxed food, wine and a very small selection of off-​brand beer and tons of other things. The store seems to be a cross between Target and Ross. They have a little bit of everything. The quality seems decent and the prices seem more than reasonable. My husband fell in love with a floor lamp and they sold him the floor model for 20% off… He was stoked because it was already assembled and came with a lightbulb. Ha. I’d imagine we’ll be back, especially for the holiday décor.

Junk you don’t need, junk you like, junk you want, junk you need. All kinds of junk! Prices are great, deals are just screaming at you. Quality? Um… some stuff is great, some stuff is OK, other stuff breaks as you are leaving the store, some of it is already broken at the store, don’t be surprised if soon after you buy it there is a recall and some stuff your friends will not believe you got there because it’s just so fabulous.
This place is very interesting to me. I like looking through their stuff because as I said before, it’s not all junk. Some stuff has freaked me out though. I bought a bottle of my favorite fabric softener there recently and when I opened it I was shocked at how concentrated this thing was. I’m telling you I would have been able to mix it with 5 of the same size bottles of water and it would still be thick. I got a little scared because I thought maybe that’s how it ended up there at big lots, (bad batch) for so cheap. What did I do? I threw it out. :(
Customer service… Not the friendliest people on the planet. One day I walked in with my children and our service dog only to have some guy tell me that I couldn’t have a dog in the store. I told him it was a service dog for my son that has Autism and he proceeded to ask me for papers. HUH? WTF?!? While vested, has tags, and I’m telling you he is a service dog… that’s when you tell me to have a good day and get the F moving! I told him I didn’t carry papers for the dog but that I did have the number of the place that assisted me in training the dog (I was trying to be extremely patient). He took the card and told me to stay put. I told him that I had to continue to shop as I have a son that could have a sensory overload any minute and that if he wanted he could find me in the store. He then proceeded to ask me to leave the store or he would call the police. I told him, PLEASE, be my guest. «You are only causing yourself a great deal of trouble, your ignorance is about to cause you problems you never even dreamed of.» A manager walked by me and asked me what was going on. I told him and he almost got down on his knees apologizing. I told him that his employee was about to call the police. He excused himself and ran over to the guy and asked to speak to him in the back in a very stern voice. He apologized once again and told me the guy worked in the back of the store and was clueless, «Ma’am please, enjoy your shopping, if there is anything I can assist you with please do not hesitate to ask.» Once again, I am really sorry for the inconvenience our employee has caused you and your lovely family.“
HMMMM! I’m guessing «Manager» knows the laws pretty well. ;)
The store is fun… 3 stars
the prices are good 3 stars
That incident that could have been very bad for everyone involved… 0 stars
Manager handling his business very nicely 5 stars
Having the experience where my son at this point was self injuring because of the invasion, the time wasted…
I’m thinking 2 stars is very fair since I am telling you all of the pros and simply rating based on MY experience… not the store, merchandise, or prices.