The Ol' Packing House — Local services in Umatilla

I wasn’t going to write a review until I read some others and realized that the profiling I felt during my visit was something others have experienced there as well. The woman followed my husband and I (white people with visible tattoos?) around the store wherever we were not within eye-sight and also passively mentioned to him, “She didn’t see us come in.” in a condescending tone. I found a precious needlepoint by a woman named Ginny and loved it but upon further inspection, there was a sticker from another local thrift store that said it was priced .50c!! I paid $6 for it!! She offered to ‘hold it’ for me and then proceeded to rip off the sticker while I was shopping. When I checked out she was very rude, dismissive and passive aggressive. It’s unfortunate because this store is very cute and I enjoyed the selection but I will not give money to scalpers and profilers. DON’T SHOP HERE if you value people’s treasures, they will profit off your...

What can I say!!! This place has vendor after vendor whose sole purpose is to put out for sale items you didn't think you needed...until you saw them!! Things that bring back memories of times gone by and new stuff too!! The staff is friendly and very accommodating helping get things down to look at. Pricing,well,if you go there often you have noticed that prices seem to have gone up.BUT, where haven't prices gone up. Just makes the "hunt" for that special something all the more exciting About the only drawback is,there is NO A/C and does get warm in there. They do have fans,but..... So,plan a trip when the weather is cool. Oh before I forget, they also have plants outside for sale.....sometimes there is that unique and special plant 🪴 that catches your eye. My advice...put on your sneakers,go and walk around...I bet you too will find "something" you didn't know you needed until it...

Use extreme caution when walking on the deck towards the entrance to the Packing House. I tripped on my way into the store on a loose board on the deck. When I advised the store personnel, she advised they keep nailing it down, but it keeps coming back up. She said they’re waiting on someone to come fix it. No concern voiced as to whether I was okay after tripping. How many people are going to trip/possibly get injured before they get it fixed? A caution sign is needed so that people walk over that area...