ReStore - Habitat for Humanity of Orange County — Local services in Santa Ana

Worst place!!!!. Really hated it. Score (-2) Prior they had senior discounts on Tuesdays whole store. Had to push for that infomation stating other stores had 10% discount at that first time there at new location. On 2nd time back at old location of store, shopped on Tuesday (senior discount day) brought several items up to purchase but told would not give discount because it was donated by a hardware store True Value(somewhat damaged items & out of season) & would not give senior discount on those items. Several other reStore stores give discounts & very by days of the week & some have other reward awards for shopping Rehab! Store much better under old management! I have been there many times in the past over the years.....cleaner & better selection of items then. I now give a ( -2 minus) due to their attitude. Items seem to lack selection, items be more building supply or used furniture. The store attitude is very poor will not waste my time in the future to shop there, prices do not make up for lack of selection of items, selection of items have very limited by catagories. Items are easy to see due to lack of selection but is clean. Been to more than 7 seperate restores over the years & several other like store. Very poor selection, prices a bit high at this store, if you are not familiar with area a bit hard to get...

This place is absurd!!! We wanted to donate a virtually new couch. We purchased the couch new, it was 3 years old in show room condition. The clerk met us at the van and pulled the couch out. He spent more time inspecting and digging into the seams then the time spent for most of my physicals. Id say a good 10 minutes. While digging into a deep seam in the back, forearm deep, after removing his arm he found still barely on his finger a tiny bit of debris maybe 1/128" wide then he excitedly exclaimed like a gold miner finding a nugget, "it has bed bugs, we cannot accept!!!". I said it looked like a piece of peanut shell but he was quite adamant. How can one argue for accepting a free donation that we delivered? So we dropped it off nearby at the Salvation Army who were more than pleased to accept the donation. We hope it finds a deserving home. After doing some research later I found that the debris looking nothing like the pictures of bedbug bug shells and further one will generally dozens or more if infected. Not a single microscopic bit of flotsam. So if you do still decided to donate to them be sure to vacuum all crevices that could conceivably hold something that a Retore entomologist clerk could interpret at...

While this might not be my taste, I can totally see why stopping in might be a good idea. There are your usual share of used, shabby outdated and down right knicked-up pieces of furniture that you probably could do without, (keep in mind they have probably been donated). That said, you can also comb through the rubble and find some hidden gems. When we were there, there was a Bosch wall oven - newish, and a kitchenaid built-in refrigerator for starters. If you like to hunt for junk there are literally kitchen and bathroom sinks - some of which were on the road to being designer. You will also find lots (like enough boxes to complete a project kind of lots) tile, both wall and flooring. Lighting was another thing the Habitat for Humanity ReStore had in abundance. If you have the time, it might be really fun to dig through their supply and see what you can find. Outdoor furniture and luggage (not sure why they had luggage, but still) were other items that were lying around for all to see. All in all, kind of a fun trip. You most likely need to go back a few times, but you'll have fun doing...