This review is specifically for those considering donating belongings to this thrift store. Don't…read moredo it. Your things will end up thrown in giant boxes and left outside in the parking lot, ready for vagrants to come by to scavenge. The place is a source of blight in Oxnard and the people who run it should be embarrassed. Take a look at the railroad tracks at the north end of the Oxnard station. The ground is covered in stuff that the vagrants just dug out of the boxes and threw all over.

Great place to look for treasures! A super great goldmine for board games, shoes, and books.read more

I've shopped here three times, and every time I've found at least one item that I thought was good…read morequality, useful, and well priced. Yesterday I found a merino wool/silk pashmina shawl for $4.95. It was marked "Vintage," even though these shawls are still in production. But the marking suggested that whoever priced it recognized that it was something special. There are lots of employees working hard to stock and tidy the store. They are polite and helpful when asked a question. It is a large store, with mostly clothing, shoes, purses, and linens, plus a smaller selection of appliances and other hard goods. There is no furniture. I like their colored-tag system, where each item gets a colored tag and merchandise with the oldest tag color is discounted. They also have a "Best" area with designer labels. A lot of the items I looked at were priced around $20, although some were higher--for example, I saw a Johnny Was jacket for $69. My main criticism is the amount of stained clothing that is priced quite high. I think this is something management should take a look at. Most people don't want to bargain at the register, so those stained, overpriced items just sit there. The result is that the clothing racks are very full, which makes it harder to sort through them and see what is actually worth buying. For people who are complaining about thrift-store prices, I do understand why prices have gone up. Thrifting has become much more popular, we're dealing with inflation, and minimum wage is now $16.90 an hour. I don't object to paying a fair price for something genuinely desirable. But I do agree that it is disappointing to find high prices on damaged merchandise, and it makes it harder to find things you would actually consider buying. And part of the fun of thrifting, at least for those of us who do it as a pastime, is finding a bargain. Current pricing strategies at many thrift stores are making that harder and less fun. I think thrift stores need to have some true bargains for people to discover. That's what keeps the hunt interesting. I volunteered at another thrift store, the Bargain Box, for 10 years, so I have some experience with this. Our general policy was that an item in perfect but used condition was priced at around one-third of the new price. Dated clothing was priced lower. Stained items or things with missing parts were sent to another thrift store, sold to a recycler, or discarded if they were hard goods. That approach kept the inventory moving at a reasonable rate. For vintage or designer items, we would look them up on online resale sites such as Etsy, eBay, ThredUp, or Poshmark, find several comparable prices, and then price the item below the lowest price we found. Often we priced it a little lower than that because a brick-and-mortar thrift store with limited foot traffic doesn't have the same customer base as an online reseller. I'll definitely be back to the Arc Foundation store. I've already found some good things there, and I'm hoping to find more.

I have no idea what's happened thrift stores lately, but I have to tell you that these two thrift…read morestores that are next to each other must've gotten together and said let's rip off the community of Oxnard because that's exactly what it seems like they're asking for nine dollars for a Tshirt even in this one. It just makes no sense. What's happened to these two thrift stores so I won't be back to either one of them

A lot of goodies, and great stuff here! Lots of clothes, shoes, nic nacs, LP records, cassette…read moretapes, electronics, kitchen wares, household stuff, some house and office furnitures, and the such! I bought a bag of colored pen ink cartridges, pens, pencils, and markers! Great place! Great service! Great atmosphere, Great prices!

This place is truly a treasure hunt. Prices are atypical of a Goodwill type store with some items…read moreup to $30-40. There weren't a ton of dresses, but a good selection of pants and tops. Everything was decently organized. They also have donations from brands, so there is some brand new items at a steep discount. The day that I went, there was a huge rack of All Saints brand flared dark denim jeans for less than $20! It's worth checking out if you are in the area.

I am so happy walking out of this store being a tourist from Sacramento and exploring the area in…read moredowntown Oxnard. The man working at the store is very very friendly to all of his customers and the store has such a lovely positive vibe. The items are a little mix of everything. They have some vintage stuff, some toys, bags, shoes, furniture and clothes. Some of the brands I found were PINK and north face not exceeding $5. It definitely is a fun place if you're looking for good service, good deals and treasure hunting.

The service is amazing variety selection of various things great REAL vintage items of high value…read moresold at such affordable prices highly recommend been coming here for about 18 years and I highly recommend I also love the way the employee helps out the customers and he is very kind and friendly I love it then most because it is a smaller thrift but the owners don't follow you around the store like other small owned stores

This is a small thrift store, but that makes it easier to navigate and does not feel as…read moreoverwhelming to search through. Their prices are on the lower side of thrift stores (Goodwill being baseline pricing) and they do have decent selection of items. The store has new manager and has been re-organized to be easier to search through items. It's also good to know that profits do go directly to help shelter dogs, and not for overhead or CEO salary of large organizations. Every 1st Sat. they have 50% sale on almost all items. I definitely get some of my lowest priced thrift items from here!

Love the thrift store, will continue to donate because proceeds go dogs. Love the animal section…read more Prices are better than some of the other stores. Managers customer service can be lackluster, half the time, I think a person working with customers should be pleasant/professional and her EVERY emotion shows on her face. Which is not great for face to face service. If she's having a bad day the whole store feels it. Throws the energy off. It does make me think twice before I visit, which sometimes i don't because of this. I go in there weekly just what I noticed recently

This place used to be really one of my favorite thrift stores ever to go into something happen…read morewhere they now have increased their pricing by I'd say 5 to 10 times as much as he used to be. As an example you cannot find a regular Tshirt for less than seven dollars unless it's got holes in it and stained. They used to be very affordable and a good selection. I don't know what's happened but maybe the economy has made them having to pay higher rent so therefore they're charging people tons more I will tell you 100%. I'm never coming back, which is sad because I used to come here a lot.

This place is huge and it's organized for the most part but what is really frustrating is their…read moreprices are insanely overpriced. They were selling half burned candles for $4 and candles without wicks for $3. Then there were the cheap bath sets you can get at TJ Maxx and Marshall's for $13. The big one was the bikes priced at $300 and $400 for USED bikes. These aren't high end used road bikes, these are run of the mill bikes sold at places like Big 5 for the same price. The cherry on top for me was the 18 or 19 year old girl walking up to random strangers asking for a dollar so she could buy the item she was holding in her hand. Everyone knows she isn't panhandling to buy the thrifted item, she is going to run off to buy alcohol or drugs. Who comes to a thrift store without at least thinking "hey, I should probably have money before making a decision to shop"?!

The 2016 YELP 500, Review #085:…read more I was in Ventura for a Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert on Saturday, April 2, 2016 and I didn't want to leave town without having a look around. I am glad I did. I really enjoyed my experience looking through this store (they have a LOT of stuff) but, it was a Sunday and I was racing the sunset... (they would be closing soon) and I wanted to see a lot more of the town. So I cheated myself. My biggest tip to someone coming into town is to allot enough time on Main Street to enjoy it. This is especially true if you are an antique shop or thrift store aficionado.

Appears to be under new ownership…read more People there are nice enough, however, they over value and over price their merchandise. One person there is keen on adding some crazy build up on an item to justify the over pricing or will claim how they easily sell others like it for even more outside the store at swap meets, online or whatever. I feel the place can have a great potential to be more successful if they stop trying to get rich off of single sales, price products at least within reasonable industry standards for a given item and also realize that Ventura is too small a town to get away with cheap fast talk to get people to over pay before people catch on and a business' reputation is tarnished.

I come here all the time whenever I'm in the Ventura area, and I highly recommend it! Such a great…read morecause, good items, and the staff is always so friendly :) The prices are also very, very affordable compared to other stores around here. Definitely worth checking out!

Really sweet thrift store offering very decent prices for a great cause. The owner is amazing and I…read morewill definitely be back.