Habitat For Humanity ReStore - Regina

Sent pictures of the items to donate (they said were good to take them) scheduled a pick up time and driver wouldn’t take the item. It wasn’t wrecked and still in good condition. Rude at the door saying he decides what gets donated.

They have really cleaned and straightened up the place much more inviting great job.

Not a lot of selection but definitely will be back again to see new selection. Price is very affordable

I have never, in all my years of going to over 100 different ReStores across the USA and Canada come to one that prices their items using a formula derived off the items MSRP. It is not uncommon to come to this ReStore, and see a switch priced at $70 because some industrial business supplier on some website is selling the switch for $140. Many other ReStores sell light switches for 50 cents or less. Right after that happened, I went to my favourite surplus store, and found the same switch, NOS, for around $3. That switch at the ReStore is still sitting on the shelf to this day, and I first saw that switch in the store about 2 years ago. This is the same for both Saskatoon and Regina ReStores, so it’s just greedy management that does not represent what Habitat for Humanity is all about. Especially with the amount of items WHICH PEOPLE HAVE DONATED, are THROWN AWAY, because the item didn’t sell for 50% of MSRP. I’d like to know the source of their found MSRP too, especially since most items sold here are over 30 years old on average. How are you finding a 40 year old USED products MSRP anyway, let alone selling it for that? The value of a product depreciates naturally over time, and they don’t seem to understand that concept by using the formula they use. Why not SELL THE ITEMS AT A REASONABLE PRICE, not based on a formula, LIKE EVERY OTHER RESTORE IN NORTH AMERICA!!! That way, you WONT have to throw away so much, and YOU’LL BE MAKING A PROFIT AT THE SAME TIME, with the ITEMS YOU WERE ABOUT TO TOSS!!! I have talked to many people who agree that the ReStores in Saskatchewan are overpriced, and like another review here said; 100 items sold at 10% MSRP is better than a couple sold at 50%. If they would take some advice from these reviews, their sales will potentially go up due to the positive word of mouth advertising you’d get. Remember, this business is all profit. It’s not like they’re reselling stuff, everything gets donated. That’s a 100% profit margin. Plus, most ReStore associates are volunteers who don’t get paid, or minimum wage employees. So selling an item at a price derived off the MSRP at a place like this is total greed. Throwing things out when they don’t sell however, is another level of incompetence and complete disrespect to the person donating the item. Until management at both restores fixes their act and stops being a glorified hardware store, I suggest just not shopping here. Once they see a drop in sales (or god forbid profit), that’ll force them to rethink, especially when the CEO can’t go on his yearly holiday to Europe, or pay off his home on Sask Crescent... Then maybe they’ll listen to the consumer. This is a charity, not a real business. Go to Kijiji, or other thrift stores, surplus stores, auction shops, or garage sales which are FAR more reasonably priced, and who you can actually negotiate with, until Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan fixes their act. Don’t reply to this with a “boilerplate copy and paste” reply of “our policy is 50% of msrp and if you see something different let us know”..... That’s not the point here. If you feel the need to write that, read my review again and then go read some others. The idea here is to DITCH THE FORMULA, STOP BEING SO WASTEFUL & DISRESPECTFUL, and maybe start acting like a ReStore, not a discount hardware or liquidation outlet.

Used to be the most useful shop in the city. Then they stopped both receiving and selling appliances. That was a huge disappointment.

Alot of the pricing in this store is higher than what you would pay in a department store. Makes no sense. And often if there is no price on something and you ask the staff, they just make up a ridiculous price on the spot, with absolutely no knowledge of what they item is or what it costs new. I no longer shop here.

It's okay... Prices are decent for what they have. Seems like there should be more stuff tho. Like they're maybe too picky about the condition of the stuff that they keep. If I am going to try and find something in a junk pile I'd like it to be a big heaping junk pile. LOL

Great place for me to get furniture to refinish and the staff is always so helpful and great