St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store & Donation Center, Fremont - Fremont, California

E C.

They probably have the largest selections of used books in the bay area. That include novels, sci-fi, children's, cookbooks, large print's, ... and foreign languages books. Their books are well organized, sorted by varies subjects, genre... Their novels are even stacked alphabetically by author's last names.
Prices are very good too. There are new books come in every week too.

Amphioxus 1.

Items are overpriced, most of the time, just a few dollars off from a new one. Items were not tagged with code or sticker but hand writing which mean staff who has no idea how the items worth as brand new can just write the price whatever they think its worth which is not reasonable. This items were donated but they over priced it for a community who donated items to them. Furniture are also ridiculously overpriced too. I requested to talk to the manager to.mark down the price that she marked verbally, but she just shrugged her shoulder. Staff in this store just decide the price of.each items without considering the price.of it as new. DO NOT DONATE ..Donate it sonewhere else where they give back to the community.

D D.

I didn’t find anything I liked but this place is legit. Spacious and they have a lot of stuff. Prices seem fair, items in decent shape.

Edit: The prices are much higher now and the shelves were pretty empty. I noticed that they are writing their prices directly on the items with sharpie which was a bummer. There were a couple items I wanted but I already felt the pricing was a little high the permanent marker to reduces the value further so I didn’t purchase anything.

I found a used .99 cent candle for $2 and many picture frames with photos of the original owners still inside. I won’t be coming back.

Richard S.

This location has a pretty large selection or I should say that it has a larger variety of items. Sometimes you find really good items and sometimes you just come up wishing there were more fresh items to look over. The prices are very reasonable and every once in a while you find little bits of history.
This is one I came across today while there and if I had more room in my projects area I would have snapped this up in a heart beat as it was old and also mostly intact.

Mike M.

Whoever is doing the pricing for the store doesn't have the best interests of the community or the store at heart. I've been to other thrift stores that were gouging their customers but this was on an elevated level. Absolutely mind boggling. The best part is that there are used items priced higher than they would be new.

I saw that they had almost the entire collection of seasons for one of my favorite TV shows and I was about to grab them when I saw they were priced at $14 a season. All of the shows were priced like this. Savers usually charges $5 or $6 for a season. Even eBay was cheaper.

schyber

So much stuff!! Staff and workers were incredibly friendly and helpful. Lots of high quality clothing and namebrands. Will be coming back soon!

510 E. B.

Ok first of all rude staff and second everything is so overpriced for an example. An obsolete TV remote with missing broken buttons was priced at six dollars. That is ridiculous. And all the used shoes are missing a pair well, would you even try to sell one shoe? Everything is unorganized items are placed in the wrong area. just overall a waste of time super pricey, I will not be coming here again. In the future there are multiple thrift stores in the same city that are way better and cleaner and more organized.

Maradi

Classic thrift store experience. Can be a hit or miss. But I've found lots of great high quality and unique clothes. Pricing is fair. Each day they have 25% off certain categories. Better than most thrift stores around, but some items can be overpriced. Fairly organized. Super easy to drop off donations. I've recommended visiting to lots of people. Take your time and visit often if you're on a hunt for great finds.