I have been a Restore volunteer, and love nothing more than finding old building-related treasures, so when I travel, I stop at as many different Restores as possible. I have had some amazing experiences, and some terrible, and this one warranted a public post.
I was preparing to buy about a dozen items ranging from $0.25 to $5. As the cashier was ringing me up, the manager comes over and points out that the $5 item must have been mislabeled or mispriced, and should have been $12. I said, that's ok, I dont want it then. So what should have happened? I bought the rest of my items, moved on, everyone would have been happy. The manager proceeded to argue with me about how good of deal said item still was at $12 (you wont find it at Menards you know). I said, maybe, but plenty of other Restores have the same thing for under $3 and named one in particular. He KEPT ARGUING with me, and not in a fun, playful way, but in a rude, belligerent way. Eventually I walked out and left ALL of my items on the counter.
Too bad, because they do have a pretty cool selection, although I've yet to find anything AMAZING there as I have at other Restores.
Still giving 2 stars because ALL Restores deserve at least that much, even the rudest ones. read more
