Goodwill Clearance Center - South San Francisco, California

Nba S. C.

This Goodwill location, is apart of the Greediest Franchise of them all. The workers are amazing, the staff, the community. I’ve been going to this location the past year and a half, and all I hear is this supposed to be “non profit corporation”, turning to become greedier and greedier, and less community friendly. They’ve terminated the bulk system, raised prices on the community, and had less and less clothes coming. Our clothes that were once for the community and bulk, that were meant for SSF, are now being sent over to Arizona to be sold online for a higher profit. The only reason this can be is the greedy franchise owners of this goodwill.

Eric D.

Greedwill is making it even harder to source secoundhand clothing in their stores. in the bay area every store is very messy now with stuff falling, toys blocking aisles and laying all over the place and the outlet(bins) have barley any clothes in them and they only rotate every 2 hours. and its very sad to see them changing things to maximize profit over their loyal customers. Im sure they will continue to find ways to keep hoarding anything they deem sellable online or at the racks but im sure most of their past customers will have to find other means to support themselves. Sad to see but im sure
they dont care beacause they are making a lot of money

Mariel V.

Update:
Still no bulk sales, best interest for the organization...
I even stopped buying on their Ebay page, now its all scraps, parts only, not the same quality as it was prior all the "updates"
This seems like dont care about the company, braking down this company, this location and now is all greedy and money hungry.

On October 2025:
Sadly a lot of us are going out of business because goodwill is not doing local bulk sales anymore. Seems like is all privatized and helping another state Arizona according to its new ownership/partnership stablishment several weeks ago. Never got a previous notice or consideration with all of us. Non-profit organization? Maybe not anymore.
We hope this gets back to helping/supporting local buyers

Paula Q.

UPDATED HOURS & PRICES
The current process is each person/group gets 2 min per bin and a beeping sound tells you when the 2 mins are over. There's about 12-14 bins to go through. At the end you can go back to any of the bins too. I'd recommend bringing someone else bc it's too hard to go through a bin in 2 mins by yourself.
Also I recommend bringing gloves and your own bags since they don't provide any.
They change out the bins after every group, so you'll get new stuff too! The whole process takes about an hour so be prepared to wait. Some people bring chairs. The people who work there are they're doing the best they can.

W B.

Edit (months later):
I came back to visit. The place has a whole new system now.

1.There are rolling industrial clothing hampers now that you can use as carts-this is a good thing. But you can't save your items in the cart while you wait outside for the bins to be replinished. This is good bc it means new people get to use the carts every time. BUT, it's also frustrating. This system does NOT exist at other outlet stores. At other outlet stores, it's a VERY SIMPLE SYSTEM. Your cart is your cart until you check out. You don't have to go outside and wait for bins to turn over. You don't have to make multiple purchases throughout the day bc you're forced to pay after one round of bins is over. If they rotate the bins every hour or so from 7 am to 3pm, that means you're potentially making 7 purchases throughout the day!

But like I said, the only good part about this system is it forces people to not hoard 5+ carts all day. So I get it.

2. No more bulk selling

3. A LOT, and by a lot i mean BINS FULL of goodwill items from ARIZONA (why?). It seems like theres a new deal going on between AZ and SF Marine stores. But all that shipping seems bad for the ENVIRONMENT.

4. There are now bric-a-brac being sold out of huge boxes. Dig at your own risk bc there could be broken glass etc

5. According to staff, bric-a-brac are sold by the pound. This makes no sense AT ALL. It means a cup would cost more than it does at a regular goodwill store. A blanket (previously $2) would be $8+. A heavy duty pillow $6+. Not to complain, but do you want to sell the items or not? I highly suggest maintaining the old system where heavy items like linen, blankets, shoes, pillows etc have one low set price.

6. There is no bathroom. That means elders, children, sick people, hot sauce eaters, ppl prone to accidents, ppl experiencing medical incontinence or menstruating women are OUT OF LUCK.

7. There is no seating. If you are disabled or elderly GOOD LUCK

9. One register is right near the exit, which is also the entrance. If theres an emergency-GOOD LUCK

10. They open at 7 am now for everyone

11. They have a huge sign that says the close at 5pm. That's not true yet, they close at 3. And I'll assume it is not true until their google business page updates.

12. Waited about an hour for new bins.

13. Still wondering if they have shoes anymore

Original Post:
When does this place open? Like actually. Because it's definitely NOT the hours posted online (11 AM). Every time I come here, they open at a different time. I came at 11 and they'd been open for what looked like awhile, I came at 10:40 a different day, and they were already open. I came at 10:30 and they were open.

This is okay...but if they open early and you come a few minutes after-then you're screwed because you'll have to wait 2-3 hours for the next rotation. And then that's it, because there are only 2 bin rotations a day. So essentially you've waisted your time even coming at all.

On top of that, this is one of the most odd goodwill outlets ever. They have NO BATHROOMS (a very SF phenomenon) so goodluck if you have to go 1 or 2, are on your period, or just need to wash your hands from touching something disgusting. The business hours are short (most goodwill outlets are open at least 8 hours). They have sorters for the goodwill stores in the same building so you'll often just get their scraps. They also have people who buy in bulk on the left side when you enter, so they're often crossing over to the bins for new rotations and never waiting in line (they're probably part of the reason the staff opens early). They have no wares (almost every other goodwill outlet you'll go to has more than just clothing). There are no carts (they all get taken by the bulk buyers).

The positives are that everything is cheap. You'll will find some cool things sometimes...especially on days the other side of the warehouse isn't sorting for the store locations. The shoes are only $3. The linen/blankets are $1 -$2. And once in awhile they'll put out bags.

Nicole

🚨The bulk sales were terminated as of Friday September 26th 2024 a decision made by corporate 🚨This Loction has made a drastic and harmful change, leaving only Blue Tables stocked with outdated and salvage merchandise then its previous offerings. It’s unsafe environment and has been extremely chaotic the last few wks since this decision was made. Note that: For many generations Local resellers and small businesses that once relied on these bulk purchases for quality, affordable goods are now left with unsellable items or worse no items , making it impossible for them to sustain their operations and make an honest living in californias current economic conditions.Leaving them and the general public to fight tooth and nail over a piece of cloth, disregard to the public’s safety. Rumor has it Goodwill South San Francisco will be shipping off bulk inventory to Arizona 🤔 this warehouse also holds all the e-commerce merch that is “auctioned off at high price points”———

This decision, made without warning less than a few wks ago, undermines Goodwill’s mission to support local communities and feels unfair to the businesses that depended on this wholesale service, and the general public who relies on your services as stated in your mission. Do Better Goodwill!

For the general public, make sure you start Donating to true non profits that goes towards honest local communities and causes 🚨

Divine C.

Thank you for all the wonderful updates. The lady workers always work everyday and the manger is the best. Thank you and happy holidays

Madison L.

Hectic if it's your first time. There's a schedule! They close for about 30 minutes every hour and 15.