Forest and Found — Local services in Lake Forest

Expect the attitude if you don’t look like a Lake Forest shopper, expect to see nothing interesting except Lake Forest circa 1990 Coach purses, Columbia, horrid wedding gifts. With the rich you can get great one of a kind items or their basement trash thinking thrift store shoppers will love wool wraps w/ the big logo Coach C purses and 20 year ago boots. 2.50 for worn out tiny stuffed animals and guess what Annalee dolls are very valuable. If they knew I was an educated, could have bought what I wanted I might have received a goodbye, toys are downstairs as I pass by a few bars of Ann Taylor $15 sweaters to end up in the unfinished basement of a bad estate sale. All these upscale wanna be NY BOUTIQUES THAT GET FOUR STARS THEY ALL SUCK AND YOU GO FOR THE FAUX IMAGE. HAPPY HOUR SHOULD BE 10 am for these ladies. Stop giving these upscale shops five stars. You know that Salvation Army has the same things, cheaper, but not the boutique look. Who cares. IM A FIT MAJOR AND BUSINESS MAJOR. I LIVED IN...

Rarely greeted when I come in, and hardly ever thanked when I have donated nice things. It might be good for the store to give some training on greeting all guests with a smile, and actually thanking them for their donations (I started taking my donations to other places because of this). Not sure who runs it and whether they are one of the ones who doesn’t say hello, or “thank you” after bringing in donations. Just a very unfriendly vibe that it’s awkward to shop in that small store with the “ice cold” feeling in the air. There was one nice and friendly (welcoming) lady who worked there but haven’t seen her on the times I’ve stopped by in a while. Regardless of whether it’s a volunteer job or not, lack of common courtesy by most of the staff that’s been there when I’ve stopped by is just kind of...

Really cold feeling when walking in as not one of the ladies working there said hello, so had a very uncomfortable feeling while shopping there. As I walked around the older ladies talked to each other and still no hello, and felt like unwelcomed. As another reviewer said from a few years ago, not sure if I didn’t look Lake Forest to them or not…And I’ve donated here before and still get the attitude even when having donated. When I left, not even a thank you for...