99 Cents Only Stores

I love 99 cent only stores. I really do because you find a lot of great products at only 99 cents. At least it use to be like that. You can see anything in that store and know it was not more than $ 1. That has now changed. I was so mad because I thought it had lost it’s purpose. Honestly, it was a great idea. Now I see more merchandise and it’s stuff that seem to not belong there. My mom bought one of those piggy bank teddy bears that come out in T. V for only $ 1.99. Than, I found a selfie stick for only $ 1.99. I couldn’t find one for less than $ 10.
This particular 99 cent only store is a little complicated for me. Love the products and prices, but at the same time it’s one of the worst. It is always messy and I mean MESSY. Everything seems to be on the floor and no one cares to pick it up. All the merchandise is scattered not nicely placed. Sometimes I think it’s more of an issue with the type of customers because I see some drop stuff. Then they just woke away or even kick it to the side. I do see some employees hanging up merchandise or putting new items on the shelves.
There is one security guard usually standing at the front of the store. Sometimes I see them walk outside. The parking there is hell. It is a shared parking lot and there is hardly any parking. Most of the time there are cars parked that take up two spaces. I see people park at the burger king next to it and walk over to the store. I’m not sure if they tow or not.
I will still come here because it’s convenient for me. I get off on the Crenshaw exist. Drive straight and there it is. Luckily, the times I have come there is not too much people. I just came once when there was two cashiers open, but the lines were crazy long. I had to wait about half an hour just to buy glue. I believe the later it is the more full it tends to get.
The merchandise is all the same from any other 99 cent store. They do have a lot of cool things. They squeezed a lot of aisles to have all different types of stuff. It’s a good and bad thing. Great when you really need something and they have it. Bad when you are trying to maneuver around all the other customers. If you can I recommend to go to another one. If you really need something from here and are on a budget then after you. I don’t mind coming like I mentioned before. I always think twice before I come. I just cross my finger that I find a parking spot so I won’t wait around and hope the lines are short.

Service is bad, but besides that it’s an ok 99 cent store. Not the best, but I always find what I need.

I love the Company hate the animals that work here…
Example I was checking out and this fucking clerk no name tag regular street clothing African american decend starts talking about sexual act he will conduct with the customer, she was in despair to pay and leave.
So it was my turn to pay he whisper something like fucking hispanic under his breath…
Mind you the store is a mess expire food and very disorganized no inventory control. It’s plain horrible, not up to 99 cent store standards.
So I pay and he mumbles «you have bag» I say no he again whisper «fucking… Mexicans.»
So I could have made a scene but I don’t argue with animals…
So I pay and ask him charge me for a bag his respond was «I ASK YOU IF YOU HAD BAGs»
I look at him like a parent about to spank a child he charges me for the bag I pay and say Nothing and finally I compose myself… An say to him «have a nice evening god bless you.»
I have no idea if this animals did or ever have had customer experience service. All I get from this thugs are attitudes.

i love this 99 cent store!!! it has everything i need. everything is genuinely 99 cents. i bought 8 hangers for 99 cents and fishnets that are usually about $ 15 for 99 cents and my roommate bought headphones. i disagree with everyone’s bad reviews about this place. this place is the shit

I’ve experienced better as far as 99 cent stores go. This store was very unorganized and they only had one line open at first. But the cashiers were fast and I found what I needed.

I was trying to decide between 1 and 2 stars, so it was close… The thing that makes this store almost unbearable is the long slow wait at the cashiers. There are far to few cashiers. I have been there 5 or 6 times, and it is always the same. Once, when the store was about to close, and the lines were long, the cashier (manager?) closed his line so that he could go outside and collect shopping carts. Today when I mentioned the long lines and wait to the cashier, he blamed it on the customers causing problems. He also said that they were making money, so it must be alright. He then started to not put my items in my bag, but regrouped and did most of it. Do the owners look down on their customers? Both of these interactions make me think they might.
While I was waiting, I saw a man put his items by the cashier, and leave the store.
Really, the store would probably be doing much better with better customer service. If people were checked out faster they could leave the crowded parking lot faster.
I would really like a functional 99 nearby, but I think I’ll have to shop at a different one.

I’ve avoided this location since it opened a few months back… I will continue to avoid it.
Parking was tough, and I was greeted by a couple of aggressive, mentally ill panhandlers in the parking lot.
The produce delivery was being slowly unloaded and there was no sense of urgency at the cashier area either.
The store is still clean and well organized. HOWEVER, a number of the items were priced higher than 99 cents… Items I had purchased the day before at the West LA location. for 99 CENTS!
I brought my own bag… and the cashier waited for me to bag my own items?
Sadly this is the only «grocery store» option in the area since the market closed on Rodeo and Crenshaw.

The aisles are a bit narrow but nothing that can’t be navigated. The line was eternal as there were 20 ppl in line and only 2 cashiers. The parking lot sucks and my mom was threatened by some random weirdo at the store.
I’m still alive, so ²⁄₅!

I’m so happy a 99 cents only store opened up here! Since the Ralph’s down the street was closed over a year ago, it has been a great inconvenience for my mom who does not drive, to go grocery shopping. My mom can once again walk to the store daily, if she chooses, to her neighborhood store to buy her fresh produce. The store is small compared to most, but so far it is neat, organized & clean. Let’s hope it stays that way. Their bread selection is dismal at present, I hope they will carry the name brand items Sara Lee & Nature Grains like my neighborhood store does, in addition to carrying alcoholic beverages… IMO. :-)
I must say that since I wrote my 1^st review 8 months ago (I gave it 4 stars), this store has gone downhill FAST. Their inventory is limited & what little they have is disorganized or spoiled (fresh produce it is not!) The checkers all look unhappy & don’t even make the effort to say «hi» or «thank you». I love my .99 ¢ stores where I live. I guess it IS true when they say «location is EVERYTHING».
I’m leaving my initial review intact so everyone can see & compare. Pretty sad.