Lake County Missions Thrift Store — Attraction in Eustis

Overpriced for thrift store, and they implement the same system as Salvation Army, making small weekly discounts depending on "number on tag." Nonsense, considering it is all used, and in only fair condition. If I had wanted to shop at the SA, I would have. The reason for my 1 star rating is that the cashier that did not want to sell me at $1.00 purchase, made completely spontaneously on that day, because instead of the $1.07 total, I had $1.06 in my pocket. Really? A thrift store giving the purchaser grief over .01? Not at all living up to the "Christian mission," and I never...

The store is no longer affiliated with a church. So that means they no longer donate to the public. (No more big tax write offs!) The owners are a brother and sister. The brother is grumpy as all hell. The store could be a lot cleaner and more organized. They’ve raised their prices and look up prices on eBay in order to determine what the price of an item(s) should be in store. These are donated goods!! Customer service has been slightly better now that there’s a few people I haven’t seen working there. I still find neat stuff...

I am sure that this store does good work for the community, but they turned down my donation today, close to $1000 worth of new clothes still with tags on. The gentleman said they could not take the clothes because my car smelled of smoke. The clothes were in sealed bins and never had been exposed to smoke. My feeling were truly hurt. I took a lot of time to decide where to make this donation. Trying to decide where it would do the most good. Goodwill profited...