Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County — Local services in Cheyenne

I was a huge huge fan of the Habitat for Humanity stores. I LOVED the store in Cheyenne BEFORE THE MOVE. Now that it is in it's new location the prices have gone up by easily 400%. I have been to ReStores all over the country and, before ending up in Cheyenne was a regular at all of the Colorado stores from Denver to Fort Collins. I have furnished much of my apartments with items I found there. Now that the Cheyenne store is in it's new location the prices have gone up by easily 400%. The prices are so out of control now that our running dialog as we walked through the store was, "Oh my gosh! Holy cow! Are they serious? This stuff is 40 years old!!" and ultimately, "I guess there is no point in coming back here, we can't afford anything." That feeling was how we felt at regular appliance and furniture stores. That's why we stopped going to them and became weekly shoppers with Habitat in the first place. The prices are SO outrageous that we left with nothing (although, we just bought our first house and it is badly in need of all new appliances, paint, tile, etc.) and made plans to drive down to the one in Fort Collins the next day. (Which is much bigger, has way more stuff and is WAY better priced. Make the drive, you won't regret it.) Also, when we were in the new Cheyenne location it seemed like there were about a dozen employees lurking around every corner, not working, but just waiting to jump out and ask you how you were doing. I'm a big fan of being greeted when I come in the store, but it's really really hard to have a conversation about buying anything with the person you are shopping with when ever 15 seconds you have to stop, smile, and say, "Yup stiiilll doing as good as I was on the last asile." Here's an idea, drop the massive number of employees who are just standing around the place talking and use that savings to lower the prices. Also, what happened to the SUPER WONDERFUL guys who worked at the last location?? ...

Tried to do a donation of numerous new items. No need to get approval as all we're small items. Pulled up and 2 females were on the dock going through boxes being unloaded out of a small truck. It is 80 degrees outside and they told me to go park instead of asking for more help. Not happening as I had a dog in the car. How about not wasting people's time that are giving you donations and have one person stop going through the boxes being donated to help the next person trying to make a donation. I will never donate to this place again. I will take all donations to another company in Colorado since they know the value of donations and not to waste time of someone trying to give them things for free so they...

Sent pictures of items we wanted to donate, which were approved. Had to move the items outside, which was a couch and dresser. Had to pay 10 dollars for them to pick up free furniture, only for them to not want the couch due to a small scratch on the back. Then due to time constraints we just decided to move the couch to the dump area, even though it was a nice couch. Less than an hour later a family that needed a couch came by and grabbed it. Maybe its all about the money for them, but people need things even if its not in "PERFRCT" condition. Ridiculous!...