Golden Goose Thrift Shop

We really enjoyed our thrifting experience at the Golden Goose. What really surprised me is the size of this building including the huge parking lot. And the parking lot was so busy, what a crazy surprise. When we entered the building a senior volunteer handed us a small paper that listed the discounted items today. The list was at least 10 items. They had an impressive inventory at 11am. You could tell some items had been purchased but they have a lot to look at. It was organized well and many volunteers scattered around to help at any time. My daughter found a few pretty framed pictures and an artificial plant to place in her new office. The framed pictures were 75% off this tagged price! Perfect for a young person needed a few things to dress up her simple office with no windows. Definitely worth the drive to Catalina Arizona.

This review is as a donor, not a thrifter--what a mistake it was to go here. We have been sorting, culling, organizing and donating the many collections of my late mother-in-law since she passed in March, 2024. She was a collector of fine items (ceramics, figurines, clothing, bric-a-brac....lots of stuff. We set aside the high quality items for donation at the Golden Goose rather than send them to another local thrift organization in E Tucson. We rented a truck and drove 1 hour to go to the GG this past Thursday because my mother-in-law would have wanted her finer items to land in the hands of those who would truly appreciate them. That is why we took the time and expense of bringing ~20 boxes of items to the Golden Goose.Boy was that a mistake! From the moment we arrived at the donation drop off, we were treated with suspicion, rudeness, and condescension. The workers immediately suggested that "maybe we should just go to Goodwill because they will take all this stuff". That snotty comment was before they even bothered to look at what I was bringing them. I informed the workers that I drove past "15 Goodwill drop offs" and I came all the way up to Golden Goose for a reason. In the end, they went through the boxes in a cursory manner, taking only about 2/3rds of what we had transported. Their attitude: we are doing YOU the donor a favor by taking your items. NO THANK YOU, Golden Goose. Never again....and the same goes for the many folks in Tucson who I'm telling about this experience.

Very crowded. Found a few nice things. One of which didn't end up working when I got home. Could use a better toy section.

Always a great selection of items. I brought a trunk full of nice things I'm no longer using. Hope someone else can enjoy them. Trying to declutter. Great staff also.

I was told this was a high end thrift shop. In my opinion it was not. Items were priced ridiculously high. The store was huge and had a lot of different sections to it. I browsed through what was supposed to be brand name clothing. I wasn't able to see any high end brands. Most of the clothes were worn, pilly and out of date. Not vintage. Other areas of the store were nicely organized. I wasn't able to find anything high end, high quality like the store advertises online. Looks like a lot of seniors work or volunteer there. The ones I encountered were very nice. I read that the proceeds go to charity. Probably good to hit this place on 50% off sales. Otherwise I don't think it's worth it.

It is overpriced except for clothes. Most people who shop at thrift shops shop for clothes, so there is a certain amount of appeal for this store. But everything else is about 10% to 20% overpriced.

They offer 20% off coupons online ONLY to people who have either a smart phone, or a home computer AND a printer. I have neither a smart phone nor a printer, so it is impossible for me to obtain a 20% off coupon. Golden Goose only extremely rarely makes coupons available in local print publications, because they don't want to pay for the advertising. So I feel, as part of a generally ignored or totally forgotten class of low-income people, especially seniors, who have minimal or no access to electronic technology ~~ discriminated against. I think this is quite unfair. It's people such as me....leaving my negative review here not primarily for my own personal benefit...who most need to save money and NEED to be able to use 20% off coupons especially for larger purchases that would otherwise be completely inaccessible to us. This shop clearly doesn't cater to low-income people like myself. This is obvious simply from seeing all the newer model SUVs and autos in their parking lot. The management needs to find a way to make these 20% coupons easily available to EVERYONE, not just for those who have more financial resources/electronic technology, many of whom don't even NEED the 20% discount. (I notice that my account says I live in San Francisco, CA. I do Not, and I don't know why it says that. I live in a mobile home in a rural area of Pinal County about 20 minutes from the Golden Goose.)

Fun place to browse. You see lots of stuff you have no idea how to use or even what it is. Lots of interesting things.

Golden Goose Estate Sale Nov 8th Friday 2024I had a daily sale item light fixture next to me on thecouch on the front patio. This item had a regular tagand was on the patio for anyone to purchase.I was looking at my acct to see balance on my phone whenone of the workers came up and told me he had to move the lightto inside. I told him I was looking to purchase it. He took the lightand told me to follow him where he took it to the female Manager. I toldher I was looking to purchase it and she looked at me and ripped theregular tag off it which would have been on sale as the daily patio workertold me and replaced it with an Estate Sale tag voiding it beingon the daily sale. This was very rude and very poor customer service.

I have stopped in a couple of times to this store and have never been very impressed as far the items they sell. It's a lot of expensive junk.