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Alpha Thrift Store

2.9 (69 reviews)
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Open 10:00 am - 5:45 pm

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Overpriced clothing more than retail

Very disappointing. This store used to be so good. I brought my mom here after a few years and it really went down hill. Prices are OUTRAGEOUS. More than retail.

Brooke D.

Not only do i find the best clothes here, i have found some incredible nic-nacs and books here too. Everything is pretty organized. Clothes organized by size and item type. They have an upstairs with kids clothes and sports outfits. Santa Barbra had the best thrifting near the coast! I go thrifting all through California and SB is where it is at for finding good items at reasonable prices

$700 !!! For a donated, outdated dress. Ridiculous
Gabriela C.

Prices are out of control. Thrift stores seem to forget they get all their stuff donated and sell prices sometimes higher than retail or almost at retail prices. Also they stop all promotions and discounts. I used to love to buy here but prices and attitude have make me go back go real retail stores where you get amazing deals, discounts and benefits like bringing back stuff that didn't work out or if you changed your mind. I recently bought an overpriced REI backpack and realized once at home that was falling apart in the inside. Well too bad, all sales are final.

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Brenda M.

I found some nice Nike sports bras, one looked new. Some of the things had tags on and were definitely brand new. A lot to see and pretty organized which I really liked!

CD finds......
Bob G.

A very good thrift if you are after music CDs or Movie DVDs and Blu-Rays. Fair pricing ($1 CDs) and good volume (over 500 CDs my last trip to look through) I found 20 I wanted. There were a couple missing CDs in the cases, a few scratches that were excessive. I leave the missing ones open on the top shelf and let the thrift employees know. No sense in wasting other CD seekers time! Found a couple great movies as well, a successful visit!

This gorgeous green chair on wheels could be yours for only $190
Erin K.

Pros: This thrift store has a small parking lot so you may be able to find a parking space off the street. There is also street parking nearby. They have appliances and a decent variety of stuff. Cons: Many things you'd want to buy are priced as if the store does not actually want to sell them. My friend (who took me here) says she comes here often and sees things languish for months and even sees the store stop taking in donations because they don't have room for everything. She and I both thought bringing down the prices would move stuff, allow them to take new donations in, and then sell that stuff too. $340 for a really dirty sofa you'd probably have to reupholster to use? $30 for a small animal terrarium with some damage to the lid (when there's currently one on CL the same size for $15 with no damage), or $70 for a computer... I don't know what kind of computer it is, but if it's already been donated to the thrift store there's no real chance it's worth anywhere near $70. Anyway, the high prices don't apply to 100% of everything in the store so you could definitely get lucky and find something here for a good deal. I bought a cute holiday dog collar with gold bells riveted on (high quality) for only $3. But in general the prices here are too high for me to make this any sort of regular stop when I'm looking for bargains.

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Prices were very high for what they had. Didn't buy much, just a blanket for packing furniture into the car.

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Way too expensive!! Items are donated so the prices should be more reasonable. It used to be a better thrift store until recently.

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Constant cleaning! Nice staff. Good amount of new with tags. Good daily specials. Would return.

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