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October 2024 by Kristy
I became Disabled and then Homeless. I Lost Everything...I finally received New Housing I went in for Assistance with Getting Some Furniture, Especially, I still really Need a New Bed. I was Sent there By a Woman from the Church and the Organization who Helped me get Housing. When I went into the Store the Hispanic Lady was Soo Rude and Discriminatory towards me and Wanted Me to Bring in Copies of All My Legal and Housing Documents When I Asked her to Please call the Organization that Helped me She refused to Speak to Anyone and I even Had the Manager from the P.G. Store who knew About My Housing, She was Also Helping me and Sent me to the Seaside Store to Pick up items and this Nasty Hispanic woman, She refused to even Call that Store and Manager. I had a Horrible Experience there Because of that Woman and they Should Fire her. It's certainly Dirty and Not a GODly Place. GOD does Not Discriminate and JESUS taught to LOVE and to Serve Everyone with Compassion and Kindness.
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January 2024 by Esther Bueno
Cindy the manager is amazing. She really blessed my family this past holiday season and with the help of Wally, they made sure we were extra set to have happy holidays. I'm forever grateful to the staff at St. Vincent de Paul who are genuinely making a difference in people lives, because it was definitely a difference in mine. Thank you Cindy, Wally, staff God bless you guys
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December 2023 by Ben Adventure
Staff was not friendly, and from the looks of it had more important things to do on her phone then to check me out and the line behind me. They also need a sign on the small brown bookshelf !! Turns out those unprided books are $10-$20 each . All other books are around $1 unless marked . So I was very shocked when I got to the counter to check out ( after having to wait for the lady to put her phone down ) she also tried to charge me more for the books that were marked ( due to their mistake )It's definitely far from the best thrift store in Monterey County .
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July 2023 by Frank S.
Good selection, clothes, furniture, seasonal items. Friendly staff, will pick up furniture donations.
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July 2023 by Lola Salgado
Ok the prices have gone up by triple! This used to be my favorite thrift store but now it’s more expensive than goodwill and they are pricy too.I understand there is a lot of work to do at a thrift store but idk the prices still seem way to high from getting donations ?
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June 2023 by Nosey P.
I love this thrift store! New items are coming in every day, and I never leave empty-handed. The deals are always great, and the employees are always friendly. Caroline, the cashier, is a true gem. She greets every customer with a smile, and there is always a thank you for coming in. She is such a sweetheart! It's a very pleasant shopping experience. If you have not checked out this thrift store yet, you definitely should! I highly recommend it!
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April 2023 by Koji B.
I like to give to the smaller thrift shops. St Vincent DePaul helps people in need. One of my friends favorite place to buy books to sell online. I was in need of their food bank years ago out of work for medical reasons. I donated some nice bicycles and they sold fast.
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March 2023 by Florence C.
I had a great experience at st. Vincent de Paul in seaside. Cindy is the best. I needed a lot of assistance and she was very helpful. I suggest if you have any questions or concerns ask for Cindy she is a god sent. and I am greatfull for St. Vincent de Paul for their services.
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January 2023 by JL G.
I have shopped at SVDP every week for decades and also donated to them. Unfortunately, I can no longer shop at SVDP ever since they put Carolyn at the register. While Cindy and Wally are both professional and courteous, this woman Carolyn is awful. They should stick her in back or get rid of her altogether because she is rude and petty with customers and has no business working with the public. One time I went in during the height of the pandemic before vaccines were available. I went in wearing a mask, knowing they had a masking policy. She had her mask hanging off her chin with both her mouth and nose uncovered the whole time I was shopping, yet she would hypocritically yell at unmasked customers to mask up or leave the store. I later went to pay for an item that had two price tags on it. One was on a printed sticker, and the other was scrawled in pen. I assumed the sticker was the correct price, but she charged me the higher, scrawled price which was a few dollars higher. When I asked her about it, rather than explaining what the two price tags were all about, she raised her voice at me and said "This is the price, you want it or not". I left it and walked out. I stayed away for six months, swearing to never go back. I decided to finally give them another chance and went back one day. This time I observed her being rude to a Spanish-speaking couple who thought everything was half price but really only clothing was half price. She took on a condescending, sarcastic tone saying "no, everything was not half-price", as if they were stupid for thinking such a thing. Then while I was shopping she insisted on taking the items that I was looking away from me at to hold behind the register, even while I was still considering them. It was as if she thought I was going to steal something. She wasn't doing this to other customers. I should have walked out then, but there were some things that I really wanted to purchase, so I put up with her unwarranted suspicion. Finally when I went to pay for my items, she claimed that a certain tank top I had could not have come out of the bargain drawer because it looked too nice. It had come out of that drawer, but because there were no price tags on any of those "bargain" items, there was no way to prove it. This was not my fault, and I did not like that this woman was insinuating I'd done something wrong, coupled with the store's lack of price tagging put me on the defensive. She did finally begrudgingly give it to me for the correct price as if she was doing me some sort of a favor instead of simply conducting business appropriately. The final straw, however, was after I paid for everything which included some little packets of beads, I noticed she was scooping up a few of the same beads on the counter. I noticed they had fallen out the partially open Ziploc bags I had just purchased. I pointed that they belonged with my beads, had fallen out of my bag, and I showed her the opening in the bag. Instead of handing them over to me she flung them into the display case and closed it! Who even does that? I'm not sure what this woman's problem is. Maybe it was payback for the tank top argument? Who knows, but there is no need to be so nasty and the store would be better served by putting someone else at the register. Remember people, kindness, courtesy, and professionalism are free. I can't believe I donated to this place and spent money supporting them for decades to get treated like this. I don't leave negative reviews lightly and gave myself time to cool off and write this as objectively as possible yet I still felt like I had to share these negative experiences.
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December 2022 by karleen l.
I LOVE shopping at St.Vincent da Paul in Seaside, CA . because of Carolyn. She has the purest soul. She greets every body with such an enthusiastic hello and you can tell she loves everyone. She's a rare gem of a person!
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October 2022 by Mark G.
I'd like to start by saying.. I've found a whole new shopping experience and it's not Macy's or Nordstrom's.. or Marshall's.. As we mature we absolutely need NOTHING...and recycling is our one answer to finding that cool treasure and super cool prices.. Of all the thrift shops I've been to and trust me I consider myself a pretty savvy thrift shop pro.. This thrift shop not only is the best we have in our area but the staff is absolutely incredible!! In such a good way! I don't know everyone by name there but there's a charming, friendly and totally awesome woman whose name is Caroline!.. Even on their busiest day she is obviously the lead person who works there.. She's extremely organized and takes care of business like a true pro!! I always look forward to going there knowing Caroline will always have a big smile and a big hello to everyone!!...
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October 2022 by Tom J.
I have a little bit of a history with this store. I used to shop there in the 70s when it was a clothing store. Then in 2010 I worked there for one afternoon for four hours as the driver's helper. The store was a disorganized mess, the driver was stealing the donations and the mgr was a j**** I tracked down the owner and advised him what was going on. Next time I went in the mgr. was replaced by a real friendly guy with a kind of cowboy personna. A few years later he was gone and the current staff was there. I live nearby nowadays and used to go in there about daily but I don't go there anymore because of something very unprofessional that happened with the staff earlier this year exposing a total lack of integrity of these persons. One day the store had their regular half-off everything sale. I was waiting for this day because I had my eye on a small Couroc tray on a nik-nak shelf had been there about a week. I only buy Couroc if it's cheap and wasn't paying full price which I think was $10 or $12. The store opened and I got in there and went straight for the small tray. A few minutes later the lady mgr. Cindy brought out 2 more Couroc pieces, priced them and put them on a table in front of me and I snatched them up for about $6 each. This lady didn't hype up the pieces or over price stuff. But the guy named Wally that works there that prices stuff thinks Couroc is gold and prices stuff really high, like in the $30 and $50 range. So this day, I had these 3 Couroc pieces and was in line to check out when another customer approached me and asked where I got the Couroc from and I told him. Right then Wally walked up and the guy started in on him that Wally was supposed to be saving Couroc for him. Wally said he had them in the back but somebody else put them out (Cindy. mgr.) and the guy started an argument with him and Wally repeated himself several more times "Somebody else put them out!" The guy was really upset and was giving me dagger looks. Obviously, this guy had a thing going where he was getting favors from Wally holding stuff for him and then he came in on half price day to make his buys. The guy gave me a real dirty look and, not wanting to be involved, I just turned away from him. The next day I asked Cindy what the store policy was on saving items for other customers and she denied anybody was doing that. Wally was acting real friendly with everyone else but seemed angry towards me so I attempted to reassure him that I hadn't complained about him and he started yelling that he didn't save anything for the guy and the guy was asking about something that was on the wall behind the counter. This was a complete lie and as I tried to correct him he repeated it all in a loud argumemtitive voice that everybody in the store heard. Upon hearing Wally's yelling at me, Cindy came out from behind the curtain and inserted herself into the conversation and told me off that nobody is saving anything for anybody and that she's busy, short handed and overworked. Both Wally and Cindy have mouthed off like this before. It's an out of place, uncalled for, weird response they use sometimes like when I've asked why certain items aren't for sale anymore like picture frames for example. I used to shop for them but they kept moving them. I got frustrated because they were always in a disorganized mess and I would straighten up after they moved them. This happened like four times and then one day they just put them all in the trailer in the back. When I asked Cindy about when they would be selling them again she said they were to busy and short handed to do it. A few weeks later I asked again and was chastised with her "too overworked and short handed" gripe but she says it like I offended her. Another time Wally said the same once when I suggested something about the plug-in testing area and again when I asked if a TV I was looking at had been tested. The dvd section was always a real mess. The holders were fowards, backwards, upright and sideways. I sugge
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October 2022 by Paula B.
Just had to rush me out of the store by 351 because they close at four. Too aggressive never going back. Very annoying website says they close at five
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October 2022 by Bella M.
i was looking for furniture for my new apartment and happened to stop at st vincent de pauls in seaside ca. and talked to cindy she told me to bring my voucher and my lease and they would help me with furniture, dishes towels, pots and pans, etc, i did and was treated so awesome from the staff. they helped me with alot of stuff for my apartment free of charge. they also helped take the stuff out to the truck to load up. if you need anything for yourself or anyone else this is the place to go. ty so much to the staff for all their help and wonderful service and very nice merchandise. go check the place out.
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September 2022 by Kellie Rodriquez
Every person I met here are just the "salt of the earth".. Nicest thrift store I've been in on the peninsula.
