Stockton Bargain Center

There are only certain items you will buy at this sort of unkempt, not stocked well, bargain store. Paper towels, tissue, gloves, underwear, hankies, soaps, shampoo, notebooks, saucers and cups, but the rest of their inventory is kind of useless or non-​utilitarian for basic needs — they look like they will fall apart or not work at all. Some items should be behind a closed case because they could be potential weapons of harm to little kids. There’s a brother and sister who works there and if you didn’t really notice it by now, they appeared to be somewhat «limited» without using the «R» word. I’m not saying they’re the «R» word but you kind of get that feeling about them. The other employees are alright. When they wrap items they just get in the way of walking in customers. Come on, now. You don’t have to wrap on the floor.

This place is like a dollar shop on steroids. There is loads of random junk in here, most of it is cooking equipment or hardware. I’m not sure about the quality, but the prices are cheap.
I didn’t buy anything and the guys who run the place looked like that was fine with them. I think it caters more to the local crowd.
For what it is, it’s nothing special, it’s not worth going in just to browse.

Stockton Bargain Center has «lucky plants» in front.
inside is a combination of dollar store, army surplus, household/​hardware items, electrical gadgets, religious items, clothes, almost anything, u just have to look for it.
don’t expect much service.
buys: phone jack (.99?), wiring
take outs:
–3 stars for diverse variety of offerings.

This place has everything you never knew you needed and it’s cheap! This is San Francisco value!

It’s like the Walmart of Kowloon Walled City.
I’m so glad this place is still here and hasn’t changed at all, not even the layout and most of the inventory in like 3 years. They basically sell … everything. Everything that’s not food or beverage, anyway. But it’s the Made In China versions … and I mean made in China for the domestic market, I don’t think half of this stuff was actually intended for export. The pro of that is that everything is thus dirt cheap, the con of that is that you have to really look at stuff carefully, because some is decent quality for the money, and some is crap that is cheaply made as possible and will fall apart when the wind blows on it.
You take a gamble with the stuff in packaging sometimes, but when you lose, who really cares because it was like $ 1 anyway.

They have a lot of items here, very cheap, random things. Many things that are useful and not. Just make a list of items to get.
I remember as a kid that this store was more spacious. I guess over the years the owner just stocked up so much stuff. It was a bit scary since the isles are so narrow and the items are stocked up so high. Don’t come here if you’re claustrophobic. Also, I would not want to be here during an earthquake!

The only reason why I gave this place one star is because it had the item I was looking for. But other than, I would never come back to this place ever again!
We went to stockton bargain center just to for rainboots for a friend. He wanted SPECIFIC rainboots… like the kind fish mongers wear :(Since I went to Chinatown kind of early, none of the shops nearby were open except for Stockton Bargain Center. so i figured ehhh. why not?
The store is pretty big, probably the size of 2 chinatown stores combined! Inside there’s aisles and aisles full of the most random things possible. Once i was inside, I asked this man in a red sweatshirt and glasses who did not look like he wanted to be there that day where the rainboots were and he uninterestingly pointed me in a direction. With his vague directions, I was able to find the rainboots. but the problem was, all of the rainboots were mixed up! there were clearly more left sides than right and all of the shoe sizes were in China sizes! OH MY!
So I went up to the guy and asked him if he knew what China size i should get if i wanted a 9.5 in US size. But he ignored me, so i asked again thinking he didn’t hear me but all he said was «ehhhh that’s all i have». Confused, I said «yeah, i know but i was wondering if you knew what size I should get if i wanted a 9.5» and that fool just said «I don’t know, over there»… uhhhhhh wtf.
Thank god for a thing called iphone because within 5 secs I found out what size I needed and i completely regret even asking that guy in the first place. When I went to go pay the cashier tried to charge me $ 3 more than what the price tag said and when I told him that’s not what it said on the tag he went there and switched the price tag to the price he said it was. By that time i was so annoyed all i wanted to do was just leave even if it meant paying more. So i paid and waited for him to put the big rainboots into the bag, but all he did was just stare at me. After about a minute I asked «um, can i get a bag?» and then all of a sudden he decides to be all friendly to me and strike up a conversation and asking me where i’m going to spend christmas and stuff. ummm child please. you hella ignored me early, gave me attitude and now all of a sudden you want to be nice. i think not.

This place is always on my agenda when I’m in SF. It’s a great source for cooking tools, tableware and lots of weirdness.

I think the novelty of living in chinatown has worn off. This place is pretty dirty and stuff is piled and smmmmashed onto every usable surface.
That being said I still come her when I need random things like a pack of 200 napkins for $ 2, a painted vase and peacock feathers (all items they seem to carry at all times).

I like this place.
They have tons of small interesting, both useful and not so useful items at good prices.
Their is a porn manga isle near the front too if your interested in that stuff.

This place is awesome! Located on the edge of where Chinatown meets North Beach. I can’t go in without dropping at last $ 5 on stuff I really will never need, but always cherish. Every time I come in I always find new stuff, now, it may not be new to the store, but the place is so massive and just completely full of stuff. Its incredibly overwhelming and totally exciting to the true Junk Collectors like myself.
Everything is Cheap, Cheap, Cheap…
Excellent selection of:
— Umbrellas $ 2-​$ 5
— Aisles of Flip flops, Sandals, Slippers all under $ 5
— Sunglasses $ 1 — $ 5
— Aisles of Kitchen items, including silverwear, kitchen utensils, any kind of bowl, saucer or cup you can think of, pots, pans, steamers, Its like a cooking superstore.
— Tools & Porno (Yes they are next to each other. at least the Porno «box» is.
— Picture Frames, Incense and candles
— Cleaning supplies, hair care products and misc items that were mass produced over the last 3 decades, Some real finds HERE!!!
— Huge selection of cassettes and VHS tapes for your old skul types.
I’ve been coming here about once a month for a 7 years. It’s kind of like a garage sale meats a 70’s Woolworth, still full of items for the 70’s.
The place is pretty dirty, and if you ever show up on a rainy day take a look up and see the ingenious array of funnels leading to tubes leading to buckets that is the ceiling of the place. AWESOME!!!

Used to like coming here as a kid but not anymore. The whole place looks like a garage sale. The aisles are narrow and cramped, it’s messy, and it’s hard to find stuff. However, it does deserve an extra star for having practically everything you need for a cheap price.

Wow 5 stars? And I was thinking of giving it a 2. Why? Because this store is huge and dim. which then makes it dull. And the products are… soo… chinesy… LOL. Well, some seem to be old and of brands far far away or just generic. But then again. this is like a place where you can basically buy almost anything you need. CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. So you definitely deserve more than a 2. Cause you give me the feeling of HOMELAND CHINA (although I was born in America). But you know what I mean (for those of you ABCs who love China).