A great place with product and donation rules and hours and very efficient process. Both the products and funds raised are locally used and preferable to me than larger commercial operations that supposedly take anything, some allegedly ending up in landfills. The funds raised are used by those operations also go to corporate spending. The staff here at Tru are very dedicated and respectful in every way. read more

TRU Hospice Thrift Store - Drop off zone with current rules on donations - Thrift Stores Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

This store use to be a gem with great donations and lower prices. At this point it's just a high priced resale store with uppity staff/volunteers . Not fun or exciting to shop there any longer. It's cherry picked and prices are inflated to match perceive value. The selection is small and teeming with college students who they give a discount to... read more

The good news: the store is clean and the staff is great. The bad - the prices keep going up and now are sky high (as other reviewers have mentioned) for a range of items both high to low quality; doesn't matter which it is, they are going to slap a high price on it and see if they can get it. It's like they are pricing in anticipation of their 1/2 price days and want to make sure they get X amount, so they double it, and cross their fingers. Whomever is pricing items in the back gets on eBay, finds the highest price on a similar item listed and that's the price they put on it at the store. BUT, eBay has a huge audience, and people are willing to pay those prices because they have found EXACTLY what they have been searching for. A thrift store is a different beast, and can't ask these same prices. I understand that this is a charity thrift store, and I support their cause, but I can't support the store anymore. read more

TRU Hospice Thrift Store - Here's a concrete example of prices that are out of control: $12 for a Starbucks mug. This would be $1.49 elsewhere. - Thrift Stores Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

I'm seriously disappointed in this thrift store! They have REMOVED THE DRESSING ROOMS! How is one to figure out if the clothes that look interesting fit? It's almost impossible to see if clothes fit until you try them on! I guess you will see me (and my friends) stripping down in the corners and trying things on. I have bought some great clothes over the years from this place, but now I am truly frustrated! read more

Best Thrift store in Boulder! Volunteers are nice and helpful. The store is well organized too. I read more

This is my favorite thrift store in Boulder. There aren't really antique stores in town so this is where I go to find funky things. I get a lot of Christmas sweaters from here as well as add to my teacup collection. Lol. It is a tad stinky sometimes because of the dispensary in the same lot. I enjoy coming here and every once in a while I find something epically cool. read more

Wonderful gem of a treasure hunt. Incredible group of staff and volunteers keep the store running. They are selective about the merchandise put on out on the floor. Thoughtful about COVID 19 protocols. Fun place to look around and find that missing treasure in your life. read more

Well organized inventory, friendly helpful staff. My favorite thrift store! One can always find something new or antique or unique. It's like a treasure hunt. read more

The Boulder Hospice supports families as they ease their loved ones through the dying process, so this organization is hugely important to the community and we will all at some point appreciate their services. The thrift store supports the hospice services and provides the community with a fantastic way to pass on the treasures from one family to another, and in a lovely way, keep it in the family. The employees/volunteers are all such pleasant professionals, and the atmosphere is always good. One of this store's specialties is games and puzzles. If you are planning a game night, you can always count on being able to pick up something new to try or something old to enjoy again. When we travel, we pick up some games and leave them at the places we stop at to play at for others to enjoy on their journeys, too. read more

We stopped in here to grab some camping chairs bc we are here for a week long softball tournament. We thrift all over the country when we travel these were 100% the nicest people working here. The store had so many cool finds. This is a must stop. read more

This store will change the price on an item once you get to the register. Bad business practice!

Only positive is James whose commitment to the cause and community are unparalleled. Pricing and management treatment of volunteers are not optimal. I just read the bedbug review, which is enough to terrify on it's own. Please support the cause as Hospice offers vital services! read more

We wound up in the parking lot of this wonderful thrift stop by accident, we were trying to make our way to Avery and turned a bit too soon. But I do believe everything does happen for a reason, and that wrong turn was no mistake! I love thrift stores, oh my, soo much. I can wander for hours in the aisles browsing all the obsure goodies and finding sweet little treasures. I find it all very entertaining, my husband not so much. I also am a huge advocate for hospice, and honestly foresee a career in this field. So as you can see, no mistake on the wrong turn :) We both enjoyed this thrift shop. The clothes were great, I found a lovely sweater that fit. The books were fantastic. I picked up a few children's books for my niece. All in all, I spent less than $5.00! It didn't seem like enough, I wanted to give more! The selection of furniture was also very nice, I would have purchased a dresser, but we were not going back to Denver after so that would have been a problem. I also found a set of dishes I wanted to get, but quickly realized the need vs want won, and I really did not need. The store was clean and staff was so nice. The selection of goods is vast, and not junk! I recommend to anyone to check out this store, treat yourself to a little thrift store treasure, and feel good about it at the end of the day because you are supporting a wonderful cause! read more

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I adore this thrift shop. It's our family's favorite store to shop over Target. You never know what you'll find. My sister recently had twins adding to her young family and had asked for help finding winter clothes for the family. I found winter coats, snow pants, everything for them for under $30 total! A North Face jacket and Marmot pants were in the mix too. So it's a clothing gold mine if you're patient and keep going back to hunt. Their donations days can be hard because of Covid and everyone's donating A LOT of stuff and filling up their allotted donation space. Their storage containers are used to hold the donated items for a few days to keep their volunteers safe. So please be flexible and understanding with this. read more

Staff is normally nice except for one extremely rude balding 40 something man. I went to checkout and while I was checking out I yawned and this man had the audacity to say "dude you just yawned in my face" "don't do that next time you come in". I laughed like it was a joke but he was DEAD serious. He looked me dead in the eyes and told me not to YAWN in his store. Wildly rude and made me leave ridiculously disappointed. He was also being pretty mean to a 8 year old kid who was playing around with a toy and kept making uncomfortable comments to him. Like man, that kid is 45 years younger than you. Absolutely insane, have never seen anything like it in terms of customer service. Should've asked for a manager. Absolutely astounded by the audacity of the workers here. Hopefully their workers get taught the most basic semblance of human decency and customer service. I am going to come back into this store to yawn for multiple hours straight just to piss this guy off. read more

I usually love Tru because they have a great variety of vintage and secondhand clothes, albeit kind of terrible prices. I frequent this place a lot and the staff is normally sweet and accommodating, but today while my boyfriend was checking out, the 40-something cashier (male; bald; gave manager vibes) got really mad and yelled at my boyfriend for yawning near him?????? like literally he was a little sleepy and let out a tiny yawn and the employee was like dude you just yawned right in my face are you kidding me. like who gets mad at a yawn?????? what a weird thing to say to someone, and to a customer no less. on top of that, they were doing a student discount but I lost my student ID a few months back and didn't want to pay $50 for a new one when I don't need it, so I told him I could show him my class schedule for this upcoming semester, which is unequivocal proof that I am enrolled at CU. he snapped back that showing him my schedule was "fine, I guess" but that I better have my ID next time. his tone was super unnecessarily rude and snarky for something so inoffensive, and no other employees have ever given me grief for not having my ID since I can prove that I am a student. like why does it matter if I do or don't have my ID if I can still prove that I'm a student??? and why would you be so mean about it????? I've never been more uncomfortable in a thrift store. needless to say he absolutely ruined our vibes for no good reason at all. read more

If you are trying to donate to TRU, be aware that 80% of the time they wouldn't take my things (many really good) because of lack of space, they didn't like/wat it, or they didn't feel like it. Each time that I have tried, I felt like it was a waste of my time and gas. Not worth it. Just go to Goodwill and be done with it. read more

I am in a love-hate relationship with Hospice Care Thrift Shop, and after yesterday, I do not believe I will be continuing to shop there. I am a frequent shopper, and I have spent a lot of money there (can't tell you how many of those frequent shopper cards I've filled). I've donated lots of goods and clothing, and money as well. The outrageous prices are the reason why I no longer want to shop at hospice. Nothing is more outrageous than the furniture prices, but there are also the occasional shoes that I get so excited to stumble upon!!!....until I read the price tag, ($30, $40...what??? I can buy a new pair of shoes for less. No way!) What happened to the days where thrift stores were FOR lower income people to benefit themselves? This is not a thrift store, it's a high end used boutique, just slightly dirtier. I understand its for charity. BUT THERE IS A DELICATE BALANCE, and they are tipping the scale. I've been thrift shopping for years, out of necessity and for the love of finding a good treasure. Hospice makes it nearly impossible to get that special feeling of finding something special for a great price--because they're so neurotic about overpricing everything, that I end up begrudgingly buying something I really want, but not feeling like I got a deal. You're SUPPOSED to feel like you get a good deal...these are items that have been used, discarded, and given to you for no money at all. You should really listen to your customers, and the numerous reviews that are telling you to PLEASE lower your prices so that people who can't afford a whole lot can still support you. read more

Visiting a lovely lady in Boulder- she had said I would love this store- especially it was 50% off everything in store, with all proceeds going to hospice, a very noble cause. She did not lie. I bought three printed silk scarves- one was Dolce & Gabbana, two silk slips- one Nicole Miller, the other VS (new with the original retail store tags on!), three pairs of high heeled stillettos: black patent Joan and David, pink suede Dolce Vita and blue and white Iron Fist, a drapey black dress by Velvet, a fitted Rolling Stones tee, a backless gray long sleeved cotton tee, a gold jeweled hair comb, a stack of books, a new-in package pampered chef orange peeler, a black leather wristlet purse, a vintage print Paella apron, a long vintage tablecloth- it was awesome. I even found in the back of a dresser drawer in a corner a brand-new Agent Provocateur bra, new, with all the original retail tags, in my size, for $1.50. No I did not misplace that decimal point... a steal. Add two more zeros and you are ready there for the store/website retail price. It was insane. I paid $50 for all that listed above plus a metal reusable water bottle. What wasn't insane was the kindness of the shoppers and especially the gracious helpful patience of those working. I was thrilled. To the person who donated all those fabulous stilettos in 7 1/2- thank you, thank you kindly. I held back. Let us have a moment of silence for the things I did not buy- a brand new aero garden, a kitchen aid sorbet/ice cream maker, a stack of books including Julie and Julia, a brilliant Rachel Roy fuschia cocktail dress, a dreamy white beaded maxiskirt, a cute gray and scarlet Betsey Johnson leopard knit convertible turban/beret hat, a pair of vibrant orange size nine (I'm a 7 1/2) heels with a sunset painted on the heels, all the cocktail glasses in every conceivable color you can imagine and finally, the metal water bottle with clasp that I did buy that my boyfriend lost no less than hours later. It was $1 but sells retail for $18 (the retail store tag was still on it). Moment of silence. Good news is, there's really great items still there for you to buy! I had to buy a box to fed-ex my purchases back to Chicago. Totally worth it. Go! read more

TRU Hospice Thrift Store - 50% off day means all this was $50.00 - Thrift Stores Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

I really liked the store when it first opened and was in its original location further west on Arapahoe but even before they moved seemed to be becoming higher priced than it should be for a store that *gets all of its merchandise donated*. When it moved to its current location the prices escalated dramatically and have continued to increase faster than the rate of inflation. I recall buying multiple pairs of shoes, outfits, jewelry, books and maybe a piece of wall art on a single visit. Now I'm appalled by the prices and am unlikely to purchase anything unless I really want it or has somehow escaped the over eager inflated tagging that seems to happen so often there. I don't know who all these people are who think they're getting a deal of some sort shopping there; I beg to differ. They also throw away a large percentage of the donations. With the name change I sort of wonder if it's become a for-profit store that only needs to donate a small percentage of total sales to a given nonprofit in order to provide tax donation receipts. Ares in Boulder falls in that category, Savers did as well and I'm sure there are many, many others in the surrounding area like that. The last time I went in there, sure there were some nice things but there were water stained books also, ugly acrylic yarn priced as for fine wools, inexpensive jewelry priced as fine jewelry, rank beginner and mass produced corporate art (you know, high end hotel room art and corporations that want to book "nice" but are actually rather sterile) priced as "real art", etc. i'm not sure what the deal is with these overpriced "thrift" stores. Do they think they get better Donations if they price their merchandise higher? Are they like people in higher end neighborhoods that don't want to let their property be sold for a reasonable price at a garage sale because they know what they paid and want to be compensated with that in consideration? Who knows? I just know I probably won't shop there again, nor will I donate. read more

Used to like this place a lot, and while I certainly still support the charity that sponsors the store, I will no longer be supporting the store with my business or donations. On the shopping side, I have noticed more and more strange prices, and the straw that broke the camel's back was when I bought a used sentry safe fire proof case last week for $25. I don't price compare at these sorts of stores because they are a charity, and if it is a few dollars more than a used one on ebay, so be it (for a good cause). But I had to stop at home depot on the way back, and walked by the exact same box, new, for less than $20. I paid a $5 premium for a used one, that is just a scam taking advantage of shoppers there to support the charity. I also noted on their website that the times for donations had been cut back to Fridays and Saturdays only, so I packed up a bunch of new with tags clothes and items I found cleaning my apartment to donate in support of the charity in these hard times. I diligently show up, following the procedure described on their website, only to be greeted by a "no donations today". I thanked them for wasting my time, and will not be back. As George W Bush famously said, "There's an old saying in Tennessee I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." read more

Great service lovely women running the store. Loved going here great until a week ago when I saw a bedbug under the collar of a robe that was in the store. I left immediately and called the store from the safety of my car but they did not seem to be too concerned or shut down the store. I would double check if they cleared this issue before you go. I did not want to post a bad review but bedbugs are a serious issue. read more

I check out this thrift store every so often, the money goes to a really great cause. The prices are great and the staff is really nice. They do have a nice selection of dishes and accessories. I picked up my mom a bunch of clip-on earrings that came from Macy's. The staff is also really sweet. My boyfriend also picked up a bunch of old cd's. As much as I like to support this place I have to be honest and say that it's sort of a hit or miss with the selection. The selection of clothes isn't great, at least for me. I've rarely found anything there when I've shopped for my boyfriend or myself for different occasions. It probably has to do with the demographic and the type of people that donate. I stick to this place for the other home items, accessories, and furniture. One great thing to note- they have a rewards card! If you spend $10, they check off a box, and then after 10 you get $5 off (I think, I may be slightly off with the deal). All in all it's a good deal and those boxes can surprisingly add up quickly. read more

My sister and I stop by the store weekly. The staff is friendly, the store is clean and there is always a variety of items. If the price seems too high, I return on half price day...then everything is a great bargain! I also donate to the store. I've found many wonderful "finds" there! read more

Love this place.....so much so that I have decided to volunteer there! I truly enjoy the workers there. It is hit or miss so you have to frequent it. Always find a treat for my grandsons. Bought them Battleship game last week, if they don't enjoy it, I will just donate it back read more

My favorite Boulder Valley thrift store. They always have a great selection of items, and they have great prices. They are good at pulling out items that are broken or just junk. We moved out of Boulder a couple of years ago, so I don't get to go there as often as I used to, but when I do, I am never disappointed. read more

Shopping at this thrift store directly benefits HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield counties. It is a gigantic & well-run thrift store, with orderly racks and shelves, clothing sorted by size, and of course by age and gender and category also. They have creative sales and specials weekly, and more often at times. Good quality furniture, which goes fast. Reasonable prices for the good quality of merchandise they receive as donations. I saw all sorts of great Valentine ideas there today, and they even have a greeting card rack with very affordable new greeting cards. Friendly service, and it is possible to apply to be a volunteer, if you feel inspired! read more

Staff is kind, inventory is good. However, Ken, the manager demonstrated zero management skills, people skills or communication skills. He was disrespectful to the volunteers and rude to the customers. I will not be returning until they get a new manager. read more

This place is great. I've found winter/ski wear for my kids when they flew out for Christmas from Florida as well as amazing other things that I've needed or wanted.... and things I never even thought I wanted. It's very clean and organized. I shop there at least once a week just to browse and see what's new and exciting. There's something for everyone no matter your age, wealth, health or grouch factor. They have fabulous SALES like 50% off everything. Try it! read more

I used to just love, love this thrift store but lately the prices have gone through the roof! I was disappointed to see that this store has fallen in line with all the other thrift shops in Boulder. Prices too high, and totally over saturated with new items. Seems like they have marked the whole store up just to get a good price on %50 off day. They have all volunteers to work there and the prices are higher than walmart! Why would anyone pay that if they can get the same or nicer BRAND NEW? They wanted $28 for a kids step stool from the 50's and a painting that a 4yr old most likely did $14 what the heck? I don't understand these (thrift store bargains) read more

My daughter has an internship in the Denver area this summer and is living in a student apartment on the UC Boulder campus. The apartment was furnished except for the kitchen. I believe in the hospice mission and how they serve those at the end of life so I knew I was going to go to TRU. We found everything we needed and more! It was clean and well stocked and the customer service was very good. Thank you to TRU for all that you do! read more

This is the best thrift shop ever!!! The prices are great--especially the sales!! And it's always clean & organized & the volunteers are very helpful & friendly..... read more

Great thrift store! Good selection of furniture, clothing, knickknacks, and jewelry. The pricing can be a little iffy - some items are cheap, others are overpriced. If you go on half-price sale day, you'll get some real bargains. In my many experiences shopping here, the staff has always been friendly and accommodating. Be sure to ask about their frequent shopper card, where you get a punch for every $10 you spend and after 10 punches you get $10 off. And they allow dogs! My Jack Russell loves to shop here - lots of new smells and other dogs to meet. read more

I love the Hospice Thrift Store! I have been shopping and volunteering there since they opened. The store is a virtual kaleidoscope of ever changing fabulously fun and useful items. The volunteers are wonderful and Lynn always gives me such a warm welcome. I have noticed recently that the prices on a few items do seem slightly higher than they have been in the past but then I turn around and find an absolute treasure that I feel should have been priced even higher. That's the beauty of shopping there!!!! There are numerous sale opportunities, many times 1/2 price, throughout each week and a special 20% off day for seniors 55 and older on Wednesdays!!!! I wonder if the slightly higher priced items give the regular customers more of an opportunity to shop before other resale buyers clear the store out!!! I can't recommend this thrift shop highly enough!!! I go there just to say hello often times...and inevitably return home with something I simply can't live without!!!! read more

Honestly I really like the thrift store and the people who work here. Yesterday however was a little disturbing. I saw a woman who I know to have a lot of capital, businesses, etc. She KMan estimates I had something they went in the back found her something beautiful and marked it down to nothing because she comes in sometimes. I happen to of been there 20 minutes earlier looking for the same item and she got it. Not only that it was very new they marked it down to $20 for her. The ones that I saw that were junkie and use today we're starting at $22. Why would you do that there's some of us who are struggling, who have lost our husbands to hospice and to have children. We're struggling don't give it to someone cause loaded because they have money read more

WHAT IN THE HECK IS HAPPENING AT HOSPICE THRIFT?! I used to shop there all the time but their pricing is getting CRAZY! Many items are more expensive here than their original price. All of this stuff is donated, right? You know it's bad when the HOSPICE THRIFT STORE is trying to scam their patrons to make MAXIMUM PROFIT!! For realz, folks! For the past seven years this was my favorite thrift store but it's just becoming too pricey for the average person. LAME!! read more

Management needs to clean bathrooms and floors. Too crowded with stuff piled high in the back room that looks like a fire hazard. Too much of the money being given to management. read more

Hospice Thrift store has always been one of my favorites. It has great selection, is clean, and the volunteers and staff are super sweet. They have the best selection of used furniture in town. Although the prices are really reasonable - I would like more sale days! read more

I regularly donate items to the Hospice Share & Care Thrift Shop not only because I want to support the wonderful services hospice provides but also because the workers are always so nice and friendly. It is a very well run thrift store. The hours for drop-off are good, too. I also noticed last time I was there that they have a truck for pick-ups so I will definitely call them when I have larger items to donate. I highly encourage everyone to support this wonderful organization! read more