Amvets Thrift Store

I’m a huge fan of thrift stores and go to them all the time, and this was overall pretty decent. I’m into thrifting clothes so I just went to the clothing/​goods building.
The store has a huge selection on clothes and I’m pretty sure every day they have two/​three colored tags that are 50 percent off. The prices are to be expected at a thrift store — skirts $ 7 and blouses around $ 3 – 5. I bought two shirts, shoes, a necklace and a skirt for a little over $ 20.
The biggest downside is the lack of dressing rooms! It’s awkward to try things on with a bunch a strangers trying to get past you. Plus with only three mirrors in the whole store I had a wait in a line just to try my items on. Also, parking is incredibly hard to find.

Most items overpriced. No deals here.

This was our first time going to this location, it was pretty cool how they had their business broken down into two separate buildings. One building for furniture and one for clothing. The furniture side was okay, nothing but broken down pieces and photo frames. The other side was full of clothes and random knick knacks. I bought a shabby chic paper towel holder. The lady in the front was opening flirting with my husband lol, it’s okay it was hilarious to watch him get uncomfortable lol! On a side note we had to pack next to the erotic club since there was no parking (kids didn’t understand that one lol!)

Why pay retail when you can go to Amvets and score a pair of 7 jeans for $ 7? Shout out to TRISH, for giving me the scoop that the best day to buy women’s and kids clothing is Sunday when its usually half-​price. I can literally outfit the whole family for a hunned bucks! Yeah boyee! I love how the place is organized by style (t-​shirts vs blouses) then color. The staff are on top of re-​racking and keeping things neat. Everytime I’ve come I walked out with name-​brand or even new with tags stuff for dirt cheap. Love, love, love this spot!

It’s a big place and it has a variety of items.

Went to buy some vintage clothing for a party and found some tools I wanted as well. Good tool section. Clothing section was small.

Cool big store. Always a manager special –50% off. Vets get another 10% off anyway. If you get an Amvets card, you earn a point per dollar spent. Accumulate 100 points and that gives you ten dollars to purchase things with like cash, basically another 10% off. Hit or miss, of course, but they get new stuff everyday. Staff is cordial. They ask you not to shop the rolling racks as they are putting out new stuff. Ignore this! All the good new stuff is on those racks.

I go here about 3 – 5 times per month, and I never leave empty handed. The store is large, so they have a lot of stuff. They have sales on their older items, so if an item has been there for a while you get a discount based on the color of the tag. That also means they circulate their inventory well, so they get rid of the stuff that didn’t sell, in order to make room for new stuff. The store is pretty well organized so it’s easy to find something specific. The staff that takes the donations are nice, too.

Furniture is cheap stuff, they have plenty of household, clothing, shoes and linens, some of the stuff is overpriced, I am not impressed, overall, I really wouldn’t make Amvets a regular stop on my list, cashier was very friendly!

Senior Day is now Wednesday and parking can be tough. There is sometimes metered parking on the street. The quality of the housewares, linens and furniture is not that great but when you do find something, it is usually a big bargain.

Meh. One building is art and furniture. You tell them what you want and they hold it for you. You have to walk from that building to other to pay then walk back to get it. Strange but whatever. The other building is 85 percent clothes. Wasn’t to impressed, but it was okay.

Love this place! It brings back great memories. when I was 5 y/​o I used to come here all the time just to buy those bags full of toy!

This review is only for the furniture side. They have mostly cheap stuff, no antiques. If you’re furniture hunting skip this place! (No parking spaces in the lot but there is street parking here.)

Amvets is my donation recipient of choice, as a former military I honestly feel it is important to provide honorably discharged vets with help.
I have never shopped here but donate as much as I can to them.
Parking is a challenge, avoid weekend trips if you want to park near by.
When you donate, be sure to receive your tax deduction slip!
All donations are tax deductible to the allowable extent of irs law.

No parking ever! Lets just say they know what they have and finding a hot deal is hard. I did find cute coach wallet for.5.95! Always packed. with people ugh!!!

I was a little nervous returning here to pick up an auction I won since my last time there was so bad. I figured if they gave this vietnam era vet a hard time again I would call the Turko files. When I met with the employee in charge of auctions, who happen to be the one I had the run in with last time, she gave me the best customer service ever. What the heck!

Ok, first off, I love thrift shopping and get most of my clothes secondhand, so I’m not trying to be a snob when I say this, but this place is pretty rough. It’s super crowded, 4 of the 5 shirts I picked out ended up having permanent stains/​holes and it’s not the cleanest place.
That being said, the staff is extremely nice and helpful, they have quite a bit of merchandise and their prices are reasonable (especially since they have sales all the time).
Overall, I really wouldn’t make Amvets a regular stop on my list, but if you’re looking for a wide selection and decent prices, stop on by.
ALSO, I didn’t see if someone else wrote this already, but they DO TAKE CREDIT CARDS.

I can see why this store supports veterans so much– most of the items for sale look like they’ve been through a war.
The few items in good condition are rather high-​priced, as far as thrift store items go. the store was huge but cluttered and junky-​looking, and parking was hard to come by. my spouse did sav a pedestrian from getting hit by a van, so we had that going for us, at least.

One of my favorite thrift stores in San Diego! I’ve been coming here for years for the great prices (even better than GoodWill) and huge selection. I can’t remember a time I’ve left here empty handed.
New highlights: they now take credit cards! Now I can be even less disciplined and spend more than my normal $ 40 cash limit.
Old highlight worth repeating: They have random sales once a week. I asked the clerk when they were (because I think they used to be every Saturday) and she said she couldn’t tell me exactly what day, but assured me they happened a lot. And when I say sale, I mean HALF OFF! Score!!!
Hint: Don’t go in expecting to find a treasure trove of immaculate never-​worn, Buffalo Exchange quality clothing. Though I’ve found a lot of gently worn gems in my life at this store, there is a fair share of clothes that have seen some wear and tear in their day.
Final thought: Give Amvets a shot. If anything, you’ll probably walk away with some cool Brick A Brack you got for a $ 1, like a Ziggy coffee mug or something.

This place is big! It reminds me of the thrift stores in Oxnard and that’s a good thing. It was definitely busy when we arrived, but we were able to find parking on the street out front. Note: It looks like people will park nose-​in and lined up next to each other at the very end of the street in front of the tracks. Doing so allows 5 – 6 cars to park in that small area. Don’t be a dick and park across the length of it.
They were having a 50% off everything outside sidewalk sale, but everything outside looked like junk so we passed. This place has a great selection of books, media, blankets, clothes, shoes, and even purses but I was a bit saddened by their lack of home décor goods, hence the 4-​stars instead of 5. They had nice art pieces, but none that especially caught my eye. They also had plenty of mugs, but my husband has put a ban on mug purchases because I’m kind of obsessed with thrift mugs and now we have no more room for mugs.
I really appreciate the layout and organization of their clothing because it made it very easy for me to find sections I was interested in, by color or style. The shoes were also organized by size, I believe, but people love to mess that up. They had several pairs of shoes that looked brand new, but I saw a lady with CRAZY looking feet trying on, like, all the shoes so I got grossed out and ran far far away.
I ended up leaving with two cute dresses, $ 3 – 4 for each. I was looking for a ladies denim jacket, but wasn’t too impressed with the selection they had in there. This is a great place for some thrifting. Maybe next time I come in they’ll have a full stock of weird old trinkets for the home. I need some brass deer, damnit!