Surplus Etc

Such a variety of items to see and purchase. Walentina, the owner is friendly, knowledgeable and makes shopping in her store real pleasure! I highly recommend this store for all your outdoor needs, cloths, thrift items and smoking supplies.

There are so many things to see. It's part thrift store too!

Very friendly staff, it's your average small town surplus and more store.

Val is an amazing woman who works hard at keeping prices down for quality items and clothing.

I love this place. I go there at least once a week. The owner is so nice and so is her employee.

Great store, kind employees, and quality: camping supplies, smoking accessories, vaping gear, out door wear, survival gear, and miscellaneous merchandise.

I love this place, I get a lot of military stuff like jackets, and backpacks and more. And the guy at the front desk will give you a good price.

I love this place and the lady is more than welcome and friendly to answer questions and she will even put propane in a stove and show you how it works
Sincerely, Countytime Sky Comptche Mendocino County

What an absolutely wonderful store so much fun to shop in you can find treasures everywhere in the owner Valentine was amazing and so helpful love the store you got to go

Very good. Go there for most of your outdoor/ camping needs. Fair prices

Nice place. Owner Val is nice. Interesting goods

Nice lady owns it. Lots of rothco stuff.

Very cool employees.nice glass .cool clothes!

An aptly named store full of a motley assortment of items that, at best, seem only to be linked by an appeal to vice and/or idle recreation, and even then only loosely. I'm not ashamed to say that I too am most often drawn there by my vices, the 'primus inter pares' of which is currently vaping (a grudging concession to the ridiculous economic disincentives wreaked upon cigarettes by my fellow Californians, as it had enjoyed that position for 18 years prior).

The laws of the physical universe being constant even this far removed from civilization, the obvious trade-off encountered here, owing to the breadth of wares in stock, is the all-too-predictable lack of depth in any of them. If you need something to aid your quest for hedonistic indulgence, they're likely going to have it here, but only from one brand, and only in a single one of the sizes they offer. C'est la vie.

Now let's look at the brighter side of things. Some people just have a gift for retail, and Barb, the owner here, is one such person. Despite the inevitable high turnover, she always manages to pluck genuinely warm, helpful and interesting people to man the register. In over 15 years of patronage, I can't recall even a single instance where I wasn't greeted upon entering, promptly assisted in my purchasing, and usually left chuckling to myself as I departed thanks to the wit or charm they brought to the interaction.

They have also never lied to me or even exaggerated the qualities of anything I inquired about; it's hard to overstate just how refreshing it is to hear a salesperson say to you, "I honestly don't know" in response to a question and say no more on the matter.

This is not to say they aren't knowledgeable about the products, either...they are, but they are also empowered to let the customer arrive at their own conclusions without having to maximize sales. Speaking of empowerment, they also display it in moments where I've spotted imperfections in the item I was buying, not hesitating to suggest a fair discount on its price without my needing to ask.

The more I think about it, the more it feels like this store is something out of a Steinbeck novel: an oasis of true humanity in commerce, and that's quite precious as we struggle to keep our heads above water while floating, unmoored, in the tempestuous seas of late-stage capitalism. Just stick your head in there some time, even if you don't need anything. I bet you'll leave with more peace than you arrived with, and likely armed with something to relax or play with later too. 😉

Friendly. No pressure. Nice little store. And they will order almost anything you could possibly want.

I always love my photos in the backpack and eligible? Totally voice shopping in and shopping local of course

Lots of cool goodies, from backpacks to pipes of all sorts