Angel View Thrift Mart

They are so great about picking up your unwanted items. You must call at least a week in advance from your scheduled pick up day. The office will call you the day before they arrive with a scheduled time for pick up.

This is the best thrift store in the valley. See those posts about the prices being so high? Look, there’s a St. John’s tag on a jacket. That jacket likely cost almost $ 1000 new. On my last visit, saw an Escada top for $ 49. Try $ 300 new. And it was perfect. If you know your labels you’ll find incredible quality at low prices, if you have the patience to sift through lots of stuff. I never walk away empty handed.

This is not one of my regular thrift stores in the valley (I’m not going to say which ones are) but I do stop here from time to time and have found some good shoes and jackets/​coats on occasion. The prices here are expensive ($ 159 for a jacket?) but you do support a good cause by shopping here and they often have half price on special colored tags.

Seemed like a good will. Nothing special. Rows and rows of stuff everywhere.

I went into the store on Cook St. The people working thought it was OK for a «pet» to be aggressive to my (very expensive) service dog (who was not doing anything, as trained). I asked if pets were allowed and the white haired older man said «yes, as long as they are on a leash». I asked, how about when they are being aggressive? (The dog was stretching at the leash and growling more and more). The employee didn’t do anything and, rather than asking the man to keep his distance, he chose to ask the disabled lady if she was done so she could move away. At that point, the man with the pet escalated the situation and allowed his dog to extend the leash to about 10 feet toward me and my dog (he had one of those reel type leashes). He thought it was pretty funny. I told him to take control of his pet and if his dog attacked my dog I would have to hit his dog with my cane to defend my service dog. The employee now wanted us to «settle down» but still did nothing to assist me and my dog who, although large, is trained to ignore aggression.
Finally, I had to threaten to call the police and have him arrested. i guess he decided I was serious, because he left the store.
Shame on this store and this employee to allow this bullying. I had no problem standing up (pun intended) and protecting myself and my service animal, but this should have NEVER happened.
These employees better learn. ADA law and react appropriately. Damaging a service animal is a felony (whether by human or their «pet») and allowing others to bully handicapped people is just not right.
I will never donate NOR shop at this place again. Too many other places to go where my service animal won’t be in danger or be threatened.

Was suprised that prices had gone up until the GF told me «We’re IN Season». So IF you really want some deals, come here «OFF» Season. you know, between April/​May and «Melt your windshield wipers!» It is so nice around here right now. And most everyone is from somewhere else and here to enjoy themselves. I can’t play golf anymore due to shoulder surgeries, but the courses all sure look nice. ‘Specially the ones with «Windmill Holes». Now we’re talking MY speed.
At any rate, go by here, and I just saw they are putting another one in Palm Springs. Can’t wait to see IT!!! As usual, I’ll be going home with more than I came with…
It’s called a «Vacation»…

Yep, the check-​ins don’t lie… I’m a regular here. I don’t usually check the clothing section, as I find the prices a bit high for used clothing. But the housewares usually offer a good selection. I’ve stopped buying new glassware since I’m clumsy and break stuff often. I can come here and pick up wine glasses or other kitchen items for very little. I wanted a large tray for serving a turkey, and they had at least 3 different choices.
The bf likes the electronics. He got an old stereo component for a steal (it was the day’s ½ price tag color) recently.
When I need something for the house, I check this spot first to save some money before I buy anything new.

Went looking for vinyl records during a Palm Springs visit and this place was one of the highlights of my trip. Awesome clean 80’s vinyls (inamidst the usual cree-​yap). Not sure why the selection was so awesome; may have had something to do with the weird record rack they use, with records tucked away in inaccessible crannies where no one could reach them (only the many copies of The Swing Era box sets).
Stuff like Police Zenyatta Mondatta and The Who Tommy (clean original 60’s Decca, sadly sans book) for just $ 2 each. I’d wanted to spend only $ 1 on vinyls but gladly gave these folks my $ 14.

Organization required. There could be some good stuff in there but racks fully crammed with clothes and no apparent system just doesn’t cut it. There are so many thrift stores in PS I’m not sure how they’re getting away with their lack of system. But I did find a beautiful gold bird object d’art and a cute vintage wallet.
And they get points for having a nice clean bathroom and not freaking out when the guy next to me in housewares broke a stack of plates. Oops.

Very nice store. Very clean and a lot of inventory. That day they had green tags 50% off so we found some cute baby clothes for .50 since all baby clothes are .99. My Grandma found some great deals on books for .49! They didn’t have a maternity section which bummed me out. But that’s ok.

Meh. It looked like it might have been good when I walked in but ended up being not that great. The prices seemed a little steep for what they had. Oh well!

Would be nice if they said thank you when you donate.

I brought a large entertainment center to the store on a low trailer. The manager told me he didn’t have the man-​power to unload and wanted me to drive to Cathedral City.
So I went next door to Southwest Thrift where two female employees helped unload it with a few furniture dollies.

We went to Angel View to donate furniture and I just have to say how nice all the volunteers were. They could not be more grateful to receive a donation and said they are in need of furniture and goods because the need is so great now.
For those looking, they have a good selection of men’s, women’s and Children’s apparel as well as furniture, some home goods and a nice wall of records (yes, albums for those of you who collect).
It’s a small shop but done for a good cause.

The Palm Springs area is great for a lot of things but not for books. If you want something new from a general interest bookstore, you pretty much have two choices: Barnes and Noble at the Westfield or Borders at the River. There might be some smaller chain bookstores around but I don’t remember seeing any. Independent or specialty bookstores? I think there’s one near downtown Palm Springs but that’s about it. What about used bookstores when you don’t feel like paying full price for a novel you’re going to read once before passing it on to someone else? Damned if I know.
Angel View Thrift Mart, while not a used book store, has a small but semi-​decent book section. Most paperbacks are forty-​nine cents and hardbacks are ninety-​nine. You can’t beat the price although be warned that you’re limited to whatever was on the bestseller lists three or four years ago, which is not necessarily a problem if you never got around to reading «The Da Vinci Code» or any of the seemingly hundreds of potboilers that spew effortlessly from John Grisham’s pen.
You won’t get lucky every time (who does, right?) but if you’re looking for cheap reading material («cheap» in both senses of the word) and like the thrill of the hunt, put the Angel View Thrift Mart on your list and stop by every couple of weeks.

I never miss this thrift store when I’m in Palm Springs. The Indian Canyon location has a big warehouse in the back where you’ll find run of the mill thrift store clothing & also all their furniture and housewares are back there. The store facing Indian Canyon has the designer clothing and better collectibles. Their prices are generally pretty good but sometimes I wonder if they think they are running a high end antique store instead of a thrift! Anyway, I have found things like a children’s 70’s plastic tea set in the original box for $ 3 and a baby alligator eyeglass case from the 50s for $ 2. The vintage clothing is reasonable and the staff is friendly. People are always dropping off cool stuff even as you are shopping. Love this store!

i came here based on A. Seeing it quickly while driving by and B. always hearing one of the blogs I read (Hello Brick House!).
Unfortunately I didn’t find anything particularly nice or to die for, but it’s a thrift shop… kinda hit or miss!

OK so driving by here today I thought OMG how could I forget to review this place. I was positive I would get FTR for this place – apparently not! I came here looking for an 80’s prom dress for an 80’s prom party I was going to. So I was on a mission to find the ugliest dress ever! This place did the job. This place was on and poppin’ – lots of people rummaging through the racks. They have lots of random things – as any thrift shop would have – clothes, shoes, jewelry, purses, furniture, bedding, random cd’s etc. And indeed that is what I found at this place – a random, ugly red crinkled satin dress with a huge flower on the front of it – PERFECT for the party!
I didn’t get to wear the dress for the party because my friend found an uglier dress than the one I purchased – didn’t think that was possible but it was. The dress was $ 20 bucks and is comedic relief for my friend as it now sits on her coat rack – so not a total waste of money. You should totally come to this place for anything random because you are sure to find it here.

A visit to Palm Springs is not complete without hitting a couple of thrift shops. Angel View is the best spot for books and vinyl. They have a rack of records that are in good condition– so if you have one of those ancient turntable thingys you just might find something worth listening to.
The book selection is amazing. The staff seems to know the value of their furniture/​art and household stuff but the books are standard pricing no matter what they are. Too cOOl!

I could write a book on thrift store shopping on the West Coast. I used to think San Francisco had the best thrift stores (ok, they still do) but for the middle of the desert, the Palm Springs area is worth checking out. Angel View is one of the better ones. They have a couple stores, i know of one in Palm Desert and one in Palm Springs. They usually only put out items that are in great condition and some are new or never worn so you dont have to do a lot of sorting through junk. Its a hit or miss place, but when you find something, its a fantastic deal. I am partial to the vintage clothing pieces that are hidden between random designer items and the average thrift store junk-​o-​la. Some of my best finds have been vintage designer cocktail dresses $ 5 to $ 50, brand new pair of Manolo’s for $ 7, and I’ve also found a Bottega Veneta hobo bag for $ 7 bucks in mint condition, super score. My ex-​bf likes to sport vintage golf wear so i pick up cool stuff here that he cant get anywhere else. There are a lot of generous people who donate to Angel View. You can feel good about buying here knowing your money is going back into the community. I believe they support retarded children.