Alpha Thrift Stores are owned and operated by Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara. This means with every great purchase you become an admirable supporter of Alpha Resource Center and its mission to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting families, creating opportunity, and fostering belonging.
For more than 40 years Alpha Thrift Store has been a fixture in the Santa Barbara community and an essential source of income as Alpha provides support and services for the families and individuals in our community who are affected by an intellectual or developmental disability.
Regularly voted "Best Thrift Store" in the annual Santa Barbara Independent reader poll, Alpha Thrift Stores are clean, organized for easy shopping, and well-stocked with treasures and items to meet your everyday needs. Come visit us today and do a good thing for you and your community.
The donation center and stores will close early for a staff Christmas party.
Donation Center
9:00a - 3:00p
Stores
10:00a - 2:00p
The donation center and stores
will be closed on Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day.
Donation Center
12/24 & 12/25 | Closed
Stores
12/24 & 12/25 | Closed
The donation center and stores
will close early on New Year's Eve
and be closed on New Year's Day.
Donation Center
12/31 | 9:00a - 3:30p
1/1 | Closed
Stores
12/31 | 10:00a - 3:30p
1/1 | Closed
Goleta
Santa Barbara
STORE HOURS
Seven Days a Week
10:00 am - 5:45 pm
La Cumbre Plaza
(former Sears Auto Center)
Donations are not accepted at either of our stores.
DONATION CENTER
OPEN DAILY
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ever wonder who benefits when you make a purchase at Alpha Thrift Store? It's more than just you getting great items at fantastic prices.
Watch our 30-second commercial to learn more!
We accept cash, debit, and the following credit cards -- Visa, MasterCard, Discover.
We are unable to accept personal checks but do accept traveler’s checks.
At Alpha Thrift Store in Santa Barbara and Goleta, our goal is to always provide you, our customers, with exceptional customer service.
DROP-OFF & PICK-UP DONATIONS
Due to disposal and recycling costs, and based on customer demand and inventory needs, we are not able to accept all donated items. Please reference the lists below when preparing your donations.
Donations must be clean, in working order and salable, otherwise they will be denied. Acceptance is subject to staff discretion.
We appreciate the following types of donations:
Clothes, DVD/Blue-Ray videos, runner/small accent rugs, tools, accessories, books, jewelry, albums, stereos, paintings, shoes, some electronics, some furniture (such as end tables), seasonal items, bric-a-brac, household items, and other similar items.
We DO NOT accept the following types of donations:
All items are sold AS IS. To help customers determine if an item works, we have a testing table and batteries available in the furniture area. Customers can also bring in any equipment necessary to determine if an item works.
There are no returns, exchanges, or refunds. Please make sure that you are satisfied with the items you are purchasing; all sales are final.
All prices are fixed.
Items without a price tag or with price tags torn, removed, or altered will not be sold. All such items must go through our store pricing procedure and will be put out on the sales floor after it is priced. Pricing cannot be done on request, except for furniture which a manager can price on the floor.
Furniture that has been paid for can be held overnight.
All furniture purchases must be picked up by store closing of the following day.
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