Goodwill

Huge, well-​organized, and cheap. Like me! Except for the well-​organized part.

my visit Saturday December 26^th at 17^th Ave and Camelback Goodwill was extremely disappointing. I had two large purchase item that wasn’t given to the cashier during checkout, soon as I realized I came to goodwill. I called them and arrives 2 minutes before closing. the doors got lockedsh as I was walking up. I was told I could not pay for the items and pick them up tomorrow. There is an opportunity here to meet needs of both customer and employee. I only want them to realize I value their hard work and want them to succeed in being the best they possibly can be for self & future customers.

I just reviewed another Goodwill location (off 7^th Ave and Indian School). Again, I won’t go into much depth here as my prime concern with second hand shopping is selection. The thrill is in the chase and never quite knowing what you’ll end up with. I personally don’t care much about the cleanliness or customer service here, as neither really get in my way. I will say that the staff I have engaged with here have been friendly and helpful.
This store has what I want and that’s selection. More than any other I’ve visited in the valley (probably 5 or 6 other stores). While I may not always leave with what I hoped for, I’m generally pleased with the amount of options I have.
They have a great children’s clothing selection and a good stock of books and men’s clothing. While I find Saver’s (on Bethany Home and 19^th Ave) to be a better option when looking for kitchen electronics, household goods are pretty plentiful here — I’ve even found glasses for the set that we already own.
This is where we come back to, especially on 50% off Saturdays!

By far the worst Goodwill customer experience I have ever had. Employees were rude and the manager was worse. My SIL and I were getting her a TV and some other necessities for her new apartment. As she finally picked out a Tv, (A very heavy TV mind you) I asked an employee for help and he just walked away.
Although they had a huge selection of various items, which was awesome! We got everything we needed for her apartment at a decent price. Everything was so organized and we had no problem finding her other things!
Thus, I will NOT be returning to this location in regards to horrible customer service and unhappy employees. I want to enjoy shopping, not dread it.

Shop here. Don’t donate here. Attendant today was unhelpful and rude. Ended up donating down the street.

Clean and organized. Stopped there briefly to look at records and found 3– Pearl Bailey, Sarah Vaughan, and Peggy Lee. Super!

The best donation drop off location I’ve ever been to. I pull up to the double sliding doors, open my trunk, a courteous receiver comes to my car, unloads my unwanteds and gives me my tax receipt. It is that easy!
Furthermore, I cannot believe I’m still purging and donating crapola almost four years after my big break-​up. Will my closets and nooks and crannies ever stop regurgitating clutter I never knew I had and most certainly have no need for! This Shiz is ‘nanas!
P.S I refuse to shop at this Goodwill because I’m just the type of psycho that donates bins of junk only to repurchase said junk during a future wild hair goodwill-​hunting shopping spree. There has got to be a pill for this.

This has the potential to be one of the great Goodwills.
It is large. It is well-​lit. It is jam-​packed with stuff. While there are a lot of Target brands on the racks, there’s also an encouraging scattering of Old Navy, J Crew, Calvin Klein, and other name brands. The household section is ripe for fantasies about decoupaging one’s first apartment.
Time your visit carefully. Noon on Saturday is a Hobbesian scrimmage for dressing rooms. Wear opaque tights and leotard so you can try on clothes in the aisle, and keep a firm grip on your original clothes, as the aisles are tight. My next trip will be at dawn or something.
To soothe your shattered nerves, the water store in the same plaza has Thrifty ice cream at just over $ 1 for a single scoop.

I have been going to the Goodwill for a while now. It is nice that they moved this Goodwill to this location. The store is a lot bigger and a lot brighter.
One thing I like about the Goodwill is that they have everything by size and by color too. Also that they have half off days every other week. :)
Thanks Goodwill for being a great store. I always find great deals.

Gone are the days of biking to my old, beloved ghetto Fry’s. After setting vacant for a few years, new «life» has sprung up in its place. While my barber, in the same plaza, thinks this is bringing in trash, I think it’s okay. For now.
As John mentioned, this is a much nicer space than the former location. Parking is ample, the dressing rooms better suited to trying on one’s recent finds, and it lacks that God awful stink of cinnamon. Picture this: I’m going to be Sofia from the Golden Girls for Halloween and was able to find a dress, shoes, purse and pearl necklace for under $ 15! Dorothy better not be thinking of sending me off to Shady Pines for losing my thrift skills.

Big thrift is going a bit more upscale in new location diagonally SE across Camelback from old location, in or adjacent to old Fry’s grocery, adjacent to Blast Fitness.
The floors are polished concrete, the walls freshly painted a bright green, signage attractive and modern, and the restrooms (at least the men’s room) cleaner and more modern than that of many fine dining establishments. The place is big, high-​ceiling-​ed airy, bright, and though there’s still just a bit of that thrift store musk of vast quantities of donated clothing, the exposed shiny ventilation overhead I think clearly pushes the décor into the category of «industrial chic». Thankfully, at least so far, prices do not appear to have been jacked to match the fancier digs.
They’ve only been open since 8÷16÷13 at this location and were two weeks later a bit light in electronics and computer gear for the scavenging geek, and I didn’t see any washers, dryers or refrigerators, but there’s still room for more — or maybe I just missed them amid the vast array of other stuff. Despite the wide open spaces, clothing racks are still placed closely enough together that it’s difficult to pass someone in many of the aisles. Note there are at least 4 dressing rooms, all shiny clean and new, would but that they could stay that way for long!
All in all it’s a nicer location for thrift-​mining and exploration and the parking lot is much easier to get in and out of than the former location. If you exit the lot to the west side, you even have a traffic light to get you on to or across Camelback at (I think) 17^th Ave.
If I had a little more energy and enthusiasm today, I might be «a fan», the 4-​star rating, but for the moment it’s 3 stars — and a positive A-​OK from me.