This place is a store where you cannot go inside to buy what you want. There is a lady at the closed/locked door and shows you want you want buy over the glass door and you cannot touch it or try it. How weird and crazy. I live in California where things were crazier until I didn't come to this place and see that it is much worse than California. Stay away from the area and store. No customer service at all. If nothing else be respectful and tell people not to waste their time to come, order online instead. read more

I had a good experience. However, I knew what I was looking for before I went. This is not a place you go to "browse." It is disorganized and you will need help finding whatever it is you came for. I will say that if you are looking for any sort of military item, they likely have it. There is SO MUCH STUFF at this place. The man and woman there were very pleasant. They got me exactly what I needed. Was it overpriced? Yes. But I needed some uniform items THAT DAY and the place is a little Mom and pop run establishment. I don't have qualms about supporting local businesses, especially if they're helpful and have what I need when I need it. If these circumstances don't meet your specific situation, look to Amazon or Walmart. I guarantee you though, this place will have whatever niche item you're looking for, but you won't find it without their help. read more

Well ive been coming to Galco for nigh on 13 years now, its the only place i trusted to get the combat boots ive come to love. Went in yeaterday and grabbed a pair listed as $99 on the shelf, brought the boots to the counter and kep shopping for other items ( a medium go bag and coast guard decal for my brother) So i return to the counter ready to check out, have a rough idea of how much the total should be i pull out my card, the person ringing me out hollared back to the manager and said "how much for the boots?" I replied "it should be $113.99 , its been that total every year for the past 5 years..." the manager hollared back its $150 plus tax ( $50 more than the shelf listed price) well with the cost being that high i had to return all the items i had planned on buying and get just the boots.. the manager looked upset so i remarked hey man ive been coming hear faithfully for years i drove thirty minutes to get here i cant beleive the price went up so much...he snapped back hey man those are $300 boots ....i just scoffed ive seen them on ebay for years for between 70 and 100 a pair depending on size. So i get home and check my bank account and they had BILLED ME THREE TIMES FOR THOSE BOOTS!! CHARGED MY ACCOUNT $485 OVERDRAFTED the whole nine yards...had to file a dispute with my bank because when i called back they refused to stop the charge attempts...thank god for huntington because the refunded me the charged accounts and have opened an investigation on the company. After 13 years of faithfull buying im finally done with this company. read more

I stopped in this store while searching for interesting camping gear for a commercial I was art directing. I was pleasantly greeted by a woman behind the cash-wrap and a salesman. They pointed me to the camping section where I was surprised by the options that were available to me. I chatted with the salesman about pricing and general everyday things, I found everything I needed and then some. I had to dig through some shelves to find what I needed but I'm all about the hunt, so I was excited every time I discovered a chair, a tent or enamelware. Every item I said I wanted was carried up to the front and waited for me to check out. I found all the amazing items I went there for and was super happy because they are very interesting looking and will look great on camera and unlike anything you might see if you were to shop at Walmart or target. I was helped to my car by a young salesman who literally looked like he could model for editorial fashion (think United Colors of Benetton), he was very polite and we chatted. I would recommend this place to anyone in production looking for unique and well made things. I would also recommend it to any consumer looking for the same thing. It's a family run business which is really unheard of nowadays. Go visit and buy some cool stuff. read more

I totally agree with KCF above. Over the past 20+ years I've only purchased a few items from them that only cost several Dollars etc, because it was convenient, but would never consider spending big money there ! From the moment you walk in they watch you as you walk up and down the aisles,as if you're wearing a huge trench coat; ready to stuff it with a fortune's worth of items. Don't even DARE crossing the invisible lines at the end of the aisles. You're quickly advised that that's for employees only, etc. Besides everything there seems dusty, old and usually WAY over priced ! Unless you need it NOW you're better off buying on line via 'Sportsman's Guide', "Cheaper Than Dirt' or 'www.rddusa.com' etc ! I once tried on a pair of what seemed like not 2nds but Third rate military boots there. Parts were missing, the leather was bad and they looked like they were sewn together in the DARK. Galco is definitely one of those places you go to only to see and feel an item to get an idea; but buy elsewhere ! read more

I am only giving this place a one star rating because the store itself has a huge amount of merchandise that if one were able and alliwed to browse and shop through would make it a fantastic Army surplus store although they have completely overpriced merchandise. My most recent and last experience shopping here took place in January of 2015. I will never step foot in or patronize this buisness establishment again and i am giving the same advice to anybody that is thinking of going there to shop or purchace anything at all. The stores employees /sales staff are the rudest and worst store/sales employees I have ever encountered at any buisness establishment in my life. There was a cranky, grumpy old man a person who i would assume is the owner or the stores manager that sat in a chair in the front corner of the store by the check out counter that was one of the most completly unprofessional ,unfriendly store owners or managers of a place of buisness that i have ever been in . He was snide ,rude ,completely unhelpful and barked out incredulous rules ,statements and of restrictions for the browsing , looking and shopping of merchandise in said establishment Half the store/shop closed off . The aisles were roped and quardened and closed off with no ryme or reason. ,the store is not set up like a normal store , nor would one expect it to be , there are hundreds maybe thousands of different manufacturers, name brands, and sizes , material ,and types of shirts ,pants ,jackets ,hats,shoes, work clothing, and military and so much variety of new ,used military surplus merchandise stacked to the ceiling like a hoarding house. it is pickers type, storage warehouse ,garage sale , browsing store and meant to be explored because the customer cannot see everything due to most all of the clothing and merchandise being in piles ontop of piles , and unsorted . Upon Finding a item i might be interested in looking and looking for my size ,one cannnot find another like it because the items are not sorted organized and sized . Seeing a jacket i was interested in hanging at the end of a aisle in the middle of the store 2 feet away from where the aisle was roped off I was told you. Cant go back there? The jacket was a 3X Xl and i asked the employee if they had a ExLarge and was told oh i dont know ,maybe we might have one in storage and Are you really serious about purchasing said jacket? Wtf? I found a full cotton work suit that was right in the middle of the rope of that closed off aisle area the pants part of the suit was half in the closed section and the top off the work suit was in the allowable shopping veiwing section on the other side of thr rope. It was my size XL made in the USA . Which i like to look for and find but there was no price tag on this itrm . I asked the employee who was right behind me breathing down my neck how much the price was? Oh you have to take it up to the counter i was told , so i go up to the counter where there was nobody at to begin with and then proceed to ask the rude old man that was sitting down in the corner in front of the counter what the price of the cotton work suit was and he asks me why i want this work suit and did i take the price tag off? and proceeds to then show me a little label on the item that says the cotton work suit is fire prooff and did i know how much a pair of pants made from this so called fire retardant cotton material costs? I said i didnt know and just wanted to know what the cost of this thin blue work suit was. He then asks me why am i asking him ? I said well you are up here in front of the counter and was told i could find out the price at the counter ,and that i thought he was the owner or manager and he says what makes me think he is the owner ? he just is in the front of the store to help people. He then tells me that a pair of pants like this costs would cost $200.00 and what do i think the work suit would cost ? What would i pay for the worksuit what do i think its worth ? And that i shouldnt be looking at buying a worksuit made out of this fire retardant cotton material Now im really like WTF is wrong with this guy and people? . buliding and store is really to small to adequately house and display organize the merchandise . It is a disasterous, unorganized and disheveled mess. I shopped this store quite a few times a good 20 and plus years ago and it was basically the same experience, but the whole store and its aisles were open to browse and one was allowed to look through the merchandise without being asked what one was looking for, or wasnt told you cant look over there in the middle of a random aisle or you cant go any further down a aisle because it was closed off randomly in the middle of pscs of clothing and that was in between a roped off area. The sales staff were helpful and didn't hover over you and harrass you like you were in a jewelry store. read more