Idaho Youth Ranch Thrift Store

"Prices for used donated items are absolutely ridiculous. It used to be fun to shop or donate but Idaho youth ranch is greedy and I will not shop here again or until they come back to earth and lower their prices for God's sake"

"This is specifically about donating items at the Meridian location. My mom and I have separately had bad experiences. The staff at the donations are very rude. My mom pulled up and was told “I hope you didn’t just bring us junk.” No hi or anything else. I just went a week ago where a lady laughed at what I brought and said “Oh so we’re supposed to try to sell this? You’ll need to dump this yourself.” And another time I was yelled at for not putting items in specific spots, when I was trying to get things out of my car so they could get the huge line moving. We’ve agreed to take items to places anywhere else. You’d think at a site where they wouldn’t have a store without donations, they’d be nice to customers."

"Went to donate I called them from next-door as St. Vincent de Paul‘s donation center closed at four and the lady on the phone seemed sweet and told me that I had 10 more minutes because their donation drop off closes at 5 PM so she said come on over and so I headed right next door, pulled in the parking lot, and the lady in charge of the donation drop off area was so rude. I couldn’t believe it. I asked her if I was in the wrong spot and she told me that they cannot take any more stuff and I told her what the gal said on the phone and then she just got really pushy and snippy and we argued at the back of my car because the back of my vehicle is automatic and she kept trying to push it up with her hands. I kindly told her that’s going to break it and she told me she didn’t have to take my stuff. I try to explain to her that , I didn’t appreciate the rudeness and I was just trying to donate some really nice stuff to them. She eventually apologized for her snappiness and told me it had just been a long day. I asked who she was. She stated she was the manager. I understand we all have hard days, but to take it out on people that are merely just wanting to donate to your organization is probably not the smartest when this is what keeps your business thriving. Needless to say, I will never donate to this place again I will go elsewhere."

"Some items are a bit high on price. Friendly staff. I like going early as there’s less people around."

"It's a small thrift store but they have a little of everything packed on there. The prices are very reasonable, cheaper than the larger thrift stores. My teenagers love finding great deals and making their dollars stretch. Nice people and great deals, I'm just personal uncomfortable in crowded spaces."