Habitat ReStore -- Hillsborough — Attraction in Hillsborough

Like all of the Habitat ReStores: they are great resources for used items and for creative people to repurpose materials into new items. Because it just opened in the summer of 2020, (I was there at the end of July 2020) there wasn’t a great deal of items - YET! I am sure this place will be very well stocked in a year or so. This area of Orange County is growing and this is a great location for this type of store. (I know we have some items that we should get rid of and are just too good to be thrown out). The shop was very clean and well organized. And the staff was extremely friendly and courteous. I will be returning frequently, and I am glad I wouldn’t have to go to Chapel Hill for a ReStore! The other great thing about these stores, is that the proceeds go to the...

Wow I'm at a loss for words. I went in today to just kill time. An older gentleman around 80 stopped me and asked me if I could help him load a twin bed, I agreed and we went to grab the item. An employee came over and was so disrespectful to this older gentleman. She refused to let him speak and kept interrupting him saying their policy is they can't help him load it because of the rain (she continued to cite their policy even though I had agreed to loading the item and I'm not an employee). It hurt me to see someone be so cruel to the elderly. After helping the man I went back into the store to finish shopping and she was laughing about how she just wanted to punch the old man. I left and...

So sad what has happened to this Restore. Too many white tags, and overpriced. I really don’t understand how people can afford the inflated prices. I thought everything was donated? It’s truly unfortunate. It really has taken the fun out of thrifting.

Response to Owner: Not trying to be rude, but I don’t care how you package it, it just comes off as greed, because once again cost you $0. Being a “good steward” is just justification for the over pricing. I’ve been a thrifter over 20 years, it has never been unaffordable until now.

P.S - And miraculously within that 20 years y’all never went out of business and still were able to afford your cause, so respectfully...