Exhibit 23 Consent of Independent Auditors' Report The Board of Directors and Stockholders Odd Job Stores, Inc.: We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 333-32275 on Form S-8 of Odd Job Stores, Inc. of our report dated March 7, 2003, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Odd Job Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and February 2, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the eleven months ended December 31, 2002 and the fiscal years ended February 2, 2002 and February 3, 2001, which report appears in the December 31, 2002 Form 10-K of Odd Job Stores, Inc. Our report refers to changes in the method of accounting in 2002 for goodwill and other intangible assets. Cleveland, Ohio March 24, 2003