Amoeba Music

Amoeba Berkeley 
2455 Telegraph Ave. (at Haste)
Berkeley, CA 94701
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Amoeba San Francisco
1855 Haight St. (at Stanyan, just east of Golden Gate Park)
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Amoeba Hollywood
6200 Hollywood Blvd. (Opening Fall 2020)
Los Angeles, CA 90028
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Amoeba Berkeley
Monday – Thursday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday – Saturday: 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

Amoeba San Francisco
Monday – Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm 

Amoeba Hollywood
Monday – Saturday: 10:30 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Our used buying counter closes at 8pm every day.

Amoeba Berkeley
We validate one hour free parking with purchase at the Sather Gate public parking garage (2450 Durant Ave). There is street parking available around the Berkeley store, but be careful to look for tow-away zones and other parking restrictions.

Amoeba San Francisco
We validate one hour free parking with purchase at the Kezar Stadium lot (at Stanyan St. & Beulah St). There is street parking available around the San Francisco store, but be careful to look for tow-away zones and other parking restrictions.

Amoeba Hollywood
Our new location at 6200 Hollywood Blvd is in the “El Centro” complex, which has a large, well-managed parking garage and we'll validate for the first 75 minutes with any in-store purchase.

There are also many parking meters on all three of the surrounding streets (Hollywood, Argyle, and El Centro), as well as a few public lots (Eastown, LA fitness, W Hotel, Fonda Theatre) within a short walk.

Amoeba Berkeley
BART: From the Downtown Berkeley BART stop at Shattuck, walk four blocks east on Haste Street to Telegraph Ave.
Bus: The #40 AC Transit line comes up Telegraph Ave from Oakland and stops in front of our store.

Visit the Berkeley public transportation planner for assistance with your trip.
 

Amoeba San Francisco
Bus: The #7 and the #71 Muni bus lines go up Haight Street and stop directly in front of our store. Call us for other bus routes. The N Judah train, which is great for those taking BART, runs parallel to Haight Street. Get off at Carl & Stanyan and it’s just a short downhill walk to the store.

We have bike parking.

Visit the San Francisco public transportation planner for assistance with your trip.

Visit the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for information about parking, street closures, and general transit alerts.

Amoeba Hollywood
The new location at 6200 Hollywood Blvd is just across the street from the Hollywood/Vine station on the Metro Red Line. The 217 bus stops one block west, on Hollywood between Argyle & Vine.

Visit the Los Angeles public transportation planner for assistance with your trip.

Visit Navigate Hollywood for info about parking, street closures, public transportation and general transit information for the city of Hollywood.

We have thousands of new, used, and collectible CDs & vinyl, DVDs & Blu-rays, books, posters and merchandise including Amoeba t-shirts, canvas bags and other cool Amoeba swag available for sale in our stores.

We can hold up to 6 items for 24 hours (until closing the next day). You can have items held for you over the phone or in person. We cannot hold wall item records or collectible items. Items that are not retrieved by the appropriate day go back onto the sales floor. On weekdays, if needed, you can extend your hold (one time only) for one day.

We accept cash, debit cards, credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover), and traveler's checks in US dollars. Credit cards must be accompanied by valid photo ID. We do NOT accept personal checks or American Express credit cards or gift cards (American Express traveler’s checks are OK).

All returns are for store credit only and must be accompanied by a receipt within 7 days of purchase. If an item is defective, we will replace it when in stock. If we can’t replace it, you will receive full store credit (for items over $1). If you want to return/exchange an item that is still sealed you will receive full store credit (for items over $1). You can also return anything (non-clearance and over $2) for any other reason and get 75% store credit. This is our “insurance policy” which allows you to take a chance on an item and still get most of the value back if you don’t care for it. Our return policy is also written at the bottom of every receipt.

Yes. Remember, all returns must be done within 7 days with your receipt, and are for store credit, not cash. Call the store to make arrangements if you need to extend the time for a return.

All exchanges and returns are done at the Buy Counter (located directly to your right when you first enter Hollywood and San Francisco; in Berkeley the buy counter is directly inside the front door to your left). Remember, all returns must be done within 7 days with your receipt, and are for store credit, not cash.

We buy CDs, DVDs, LPs, 45s, 78s, Blu-rays, collectible music & movie posters and prints, books, box sets, music collectibles, laserdiscs, VHS and cassettes – just about any format or anything music-related. Occasionally there are genres or formats that we are overstocked in and we will stop buying them for a time. Call the buy counter first if you are hoping to sell a lot of something that is pretty easy to come by (like cassettes, VHS). Click here for Amoeba's General Buying Policies.

An item’s worth depends on the artist, title, popularity, condition, and amount of stock we already have. You can opt for cash or get approximately 30% more in store credit. Click here for Amoeba's General Buying Policies. We cannot give price quotes over the phone without actually seeing the product. It's always best to just bring your items to the store’s buy counter.

Bring your items to the Buy Counter. A qualified, knowledgeable buyer will assess your product and make you an offer. You will always get more money if you opt for store credit, rather than cash, but the choice is yours. You must have a current government issued ID to sell. The Hollywood buy counter closes at 9 p.m. Monday – Saturday and 8 p.m. on Sundays. The Bay Area buy counters close when the stores close.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, we are not acquiring collections at the moment. We look forward to buying collections when our stores reopen.

If you have over 500 CDs or over 1,000 LPs to sell, please call the store first and find out whether we can do the buy in the store and if so, when. If you are interested in having us come out to your house to buy your collection, please click here to fill out our Collection Form. We rarely do this except for large collections of excellent titles. If you can't access our online Collection Form, please call the store and leave a message for our Collections Buyer with a brief description of your collection.

Amoeba is always interested in carrying music by unsigned local artists. Of course, we have very tight space constraints, and we usually have to start by carrying 1 or 2 copies of a self-released title until we see whether it sells strongly enough for us to carry more. Most titles we consign – we carry them for three months and pay for the ones that sold at the end of that time. We can pay outright for titles with a strong proven sales record. Call the store to make an appointment with someone who does consignments, or just bring your CDs to the buy counter and we'll see what we can do.

Please keep in mind that Amoeba is NOT a regular music venue. We book a show or two a week, generally for label-supported artists in conjunction with a new release. If you are interested in playing at one of our stores, please email a press kit and digital file to [email protected]. 

Yes. We have a big flyer rack up front for all kinds of music and other event flyers, and there is designated wall space to put up posters. There is also a community bulletin board if you're looking for an apartment to rent or a bassist for your band.

Items with white price tags are new. Items with a yellow, green or red price tag are used. Items with white price tags that have a blue line across the top are in their original shrink-wrap (i.e. unplayed) but we were sold to us over the counter rather than from a distributor, so are part of our used inventory (and therefore cheaper than new).

Chances are, yes. We have listening stations where you can scan the barcode of a CD, and if it's in the computer, you can preview it. Not every title in the store is in our listening station catalogue, but a huge number of them are. The more obscure a title is, the less likely it is to be in there, but it's definitely worth a try.

If our stores do not stock a particular item you're looking for, you can place a special order at our Information Counter or front registers. If the item is available for ordering, we will ask for a $5 deposit to place the order. When your order arrives, we will call you directly and hold it for you. Unfortunately, we are unable to order out-of-print items, as well as most imports and vinyl, and we prefer not to order items that are easily available used.

Yes. We generally carry Nu-Mark, Pro-Ject, Crosley, and Audio-Technica turntables, although each store has its own selection of turntables. See each store’s turntable display for current models.

Yes. We have thousands of music posters, movie posters, limited-edition print posters, Fillmore posters and more. All the posters on our walls are for sale and most we sell new for $12-15. They can range much higher than that, particularly for rare, old, original edition posters (usually framed or in plastic sleeves). Tell the cashier which poster you’re interested in and they will get it from our back stock or pull it down from the wall when necessary. We also have racks of less expensive used posters that you can flip through. Browse our online poster inventory here.

Those records are collectible vinyl because they are limited edition, rare, out-of-print, or original pressings. They usually sell for over $20 (often much higher). We often refer to them as wall items. Ask any Amoeba floor staff if you want help with a wall item.

Sorry, none of our Amoeba stores have public restrooms. In Hollywood, the nearest ones are at the Arclight Cinemas (next door) and Groundwork coffee shop (on Cahuenga, kitty corner from Amoeba). In the Bay Area, there are plenty of cafes that line the streets. All of these fine establishments in each town would like you to buy something while you are there.

Yes, we sell two different types: gift certificates for use in our stores and gift codes for Amoeba.com.

Store gift certificates can be purchased in-store or online, are available in any amount and do not expire until they're used. Store gift certificates can be redeemed at any Amoeba store location, but cannot be used on Amoeba.com.

Amoeba.com gift codes can only be purchased online, are available in any amount up to $300 and do not expire until they’re used. Amoeba.com gift codes can only be redeemed online and are not redeemable at an Amoeba store.

Yes. Amoeba credit slips and gift certificates are good at all three stores.

If you are using a store gift certificate, you will be issued a new credit slip for the remaining balance. This credit does not expire but we are not able to retrieve it if it’s lost. So make sure to hold onto it!

For Amoeba.com gift codes, your balance will stay connected to the original gift code (if you are not logged in/registered with Amoeba.com) OR if you are logged into your Amoeba.com account it will be applied to your account and will be available to you the next time you make a purchase using your account.

No. Store credits are for store redemption only, as they are "trade credits" and we do not offer trades via Amoeba.com.

No. Our new inventories for physical goods (CDs, vinyl, etc) are roughly the same, but used inventories are different across each store and Amoeba.com. The physical goods available for sale on Amoeba.com are a reflection of our stores' constantly changing inventories and many items are rare or one-of-a-kind. Some of the harder to find items listed are subject to availability. We will do our best to fill all orders placed, and will offer an immediate 100% refund for pieces that may have sold out prior to placed orders.

All sales are final. However, if an item is defective we will do our best to replace it whenever possible. If we are unable to replace the item, we will issue a refund. See our full return policy for Amoeba.com. Please email us at [email protected] if an item you purchased on Amoeba.com is defective.

Yes, all music and movies (CD, LP, 7”, 10”, 12”, 78, DVD, Blu-ray, cassette) ship for free to US addresses with no minimum purchase required. T-shirts, posters, books, merch, accessories, and international orders do not qualify for free shipping.