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    SPARC Second Chance Store

    4.1 (37 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    The cups Made it back safely in the well wrapped bag she put it in. Thanks SPArc!

    Excellent business! Great staff! Good cause! This place is pretty well organized and clean for a thrift shop. The building is interesting - perhaps an old theater prior to being a thrift store? Anyhow, the cashiers and staff are very kind and I believe are mostly volunteers. The proceeds mostly go to the Santa Paula Animal rescue. They seem to love pets - sell some pet stuff and they offer dogs small treats if it's ok to do so. The cashier was very sweet and wrapped up my cups very well so they didn't break on my walk! I forgot to take a nice pic inside the store but here's the cups and the bag she packed them in nicely. Thanks!

    Gorgeous 77-piece set of Johnson Bros China for $100!!!

    Had a great time in Ventura, as usual, but the best part of our day was stopping into the SPARC thrift store and finding a 77-piece Johnson Bros Heritage white china set for $100! This was my late mom's everyday dishware and it was obliterated in the Northridge earthquake. Bought the set and the lovely employees (didn't catch their names...dark-haired young man and woman, man had a beard iirc) wrapped up each piece, with tape! They helped us get it to the car and it survived a backseat trip back home. What a great experience and supporting my favorite cause: animals. Will definitely be back. P.S.: there was also a gorgeous Limoges set for an incredible price. Thrifters should not overlook this store.

    Crack from one side to the other.

    I went in this store on sat. 6/6/20. I bought 2 single folding tv tables. I got them home and put them aside and went about my business. Today 6/7/20 I pulled the wrappers off which made them seems new, and they were. I was black and one was a light finish. I noticed the black one had some of the varnish scraped off. ( no big deal) the light colored one was cracked completely across with just the cross rails holding it together. I called and was told "No Returns or Exchanges" I assumed that was if you just didn't like something or it was a wrong size? But to say that about something that was neither my fault or there's, was a bit or should I say quite wrong. I figured because it was broken it would have been a different outcome. It's nothing to do with buyer beware, it's more of a decent thing to do. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!

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    Erin K.

    I stopped in to browse last night while waiting for a friend. The store is clean and very attractively organized. Merchandise is displayed really nicely and everything is clean and in good condition (considering age in the case of vintage items). The front display windows are open for you to walk up and browse in and the staff greeted me quickly when I entered but were not pushy or in my space. I didn't find anything I had to buy but they had lots of cool stuff there. Prices are not low, but everything is nice, cleaned up and easy to browse/see. I'd definitely come here again!

    Not the lowest prices but all the money goes to help animals.

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    Great purchases at the SPARC store. Makes it even better, since we are helping the animals!!

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    Something in every price range. Great place for visitors to grab trinkets for souvenirs.

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    The idea that you can buy great things and that the money goes to such a fantastic cause makes my heart happy.

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