The RE Store — Attraction in Bellingham

I could spend hours at this place. If you are a DIYr, then you must check it out. It's surprisingly organized and busy. I was among a dozen or so other shoppers who showed up a half hour before opening time jockeying for a position. They open at 11:00, not 10:00 like many think. Here is the problem with this place, as I saw it. The guys that work there see this stuff as garbage, where I see it as treasure. I was there to pick up a walk in shower stall, of which they had 10 of. Each one had a bit of damage, usually just on the nailing flange. I meticulously checked one with the correct plumbing orientation to be sure there were no cracks within the shower stall itself. With the employee waiting, obviously annoyed, for the ten minutes it took me to make my selection because they were stored upstairs in a limited access area. Once I made my selection, I was instructed to go down and pay for it. As I was descending the stairs I could hear the guy very roughly slamming the stalls around, as he was alone to move it out. They fork lifted it down, put it on my truck and I strapped it down. But when I got it home I saw there was a dime sized crack right in the floor corner, probably happened while the guy was slamming it around. It was brand new but dusty and the crack was right in the clean mark my finger made as I was running it along to check for cracks, so I know it wasn't there when I checked. It's very disappointing but I'm not driving an hour back to argue with them about it. I'm hoping I can repair it. I only paid $150 for it. They retail for around $800. A real treasure. Too bad it was treated...

The REStore is a disgrace to legit non profits everywhere. They pay no Federal Sales tax yet see no issue censuring my non-violent right to Freedom of Expression. Careful shoppers: if the Management decides you are being critical of REStore operations/ employee performance you may get banned...I'm not the only one. Ask around.

I shopped at the REStore for over 20 years. My being banned and threatened with trespass if I stepped on the property is due to an REStore employee overhearing part of a private conversation where I criticized REStore hiring policies. I defended myself. Now I've been labeled a threat to employee safety. For real! No joke! I guess the snowflakes can't take the heat...gotta keep everything nice and cool around there so...

I was on the road looking for 5 panel raised panel doors for a client. Re-use was 1 hour and 30 min away. I called to find out if they had a decent selection of 5 panel doors since I would have been adding 3 hours to my already long day and without a decent chance I wouldn't have waisted my time. The person who answered the phone told me everyone who worked there was too busy to check and I should just come by a check. I explained that all I needed was to know if they had a few in stock which he said they tend to. So I drove the extra distance only to discover they had only one in stock. The message on the answering service even has a inventory question entry but obviously no effort to,follow through for their customers. Thanks for...