Habitat For Humanity ReStore of Champaign County - Champaign, Illinois

Charlotte W.

Amazing store, staff, and volunteers! On Saturday, we accidentally lost something important while buying some photo frames. After checking the parking lot and finding nothing, we emailed the store during non-business hours on Monday, and to our surprise, they replied! We know it was our mistake to lose something, and the staff didn't have to go out of their way for us, but they were incredibly kind and helpful!

Josh is super kind-hearted and considerate. We finally found the missing item after searching for almost three days around the city.

Thank you, Restore! We’ll keep recommending the store to our friends and donate even more in the future!

Farmersburg T.

When I bought this, I asked if they could carry it out to the car they said yes with them they decided no I just dumped it and locked the door behind me so incredibly rude to people

Barbara B.

My fiancé and I were first time customers at this location and were looking for a dresser. We had a few questions for the staff and the guy at the front desk treated my fiancé like he was an idiot and being very rude and aggressive towards him when he asked about pricing and pick up. We gave the guy the benefit of the doubt till the next morning for pick up. I came with my brother to show the same man as before my ticket/receipt and he notified me to pull my truck to the back to grab my dresser and asked if it’s for donation. I said no just picking up my purchased item and he changed his demeanor and was very rude saying “that’s what I said” and repeating the same instructions with a more aggressive tone. We were left confused. He was the only one we had issues with at the store. The lady who checked me out was nice and the guy helping us loading the dresser was nice as well.

Kaitland W.

I love this place! I almost dont want to tell people about it so that I can keep getting all the great deals myself lol. Basically furnished my whole apartment for less than $200 by shopping here. Highly recommend if you're on a budget and dont mind buying used. The furniture can sometimes be a little dirty, but with a carpet cleaner and a little elbow grease I was able to make it look great! Most stuff just needs a little spot cleaner though. Got this hot cocoa maker for $1.50 and still in the box!!

samerickson89

Used to be my favorite thrift store in town, but it's gone way downhill since moving to the new location. Hours are terrible every day except Tuesday, and they always start very rudely and aggressively kicking people out/turning people away 10 or 15 minutes before they close. Selection has gone down and prices have gone up.

D P.

Incredible selection makes this a great place for anyone! I saw their post on Facebook about the new items they had. This place always has something new and at descent prices. Super nice staff!! They are helping build homes in the community.

Marcus A.

I used to absolutely love coming to the ReStore when it was in the old location on University Avenue. I stopped by nearly every single day. I have been extremely disappointed as of late and it just breaks my heart to leave this review.

Just to be completely clear, this review is based off of me going to the ReStore consistently over the last several months (I did not visit just once and leave).

First of all, the community is a university town, made up of a huge population of students, many of whom do not drive and who lived close to the old ReStore that was just outside of Campustown. These are the people who really need the used items in the store and it was a convenient drop-off location for donations because it was in the main center of the community. It is now out in the middle of pretty much nowhere and an inconvenience to get to by car. Even if people were able to take the bus, there is no way to transport furniture back. I really, really miss the old location. I feel like this new location out in the middle of nowhere is why they are seemingly low on inventory - it's a pain to go all the way out there for donation drop-ff or shopping. Not to mention the gas prices recently ...

Second, I have noticed that the quality of the furniture and items have gone sharply downhill since the Restore moved to its new location. There used to be an entire floor of housewares and now it is very much restricted to one small area on the floor. I got some wonderful items in there a few years ago and I just don't see the same quality. Some of the furniture has been really scratched up beyond repair and would take a professional refinishing job to "restore" ... it just seems like there's nothing on the floor anymore to buy, despite there being a million items in the 'storage' back room just sitting there in plain sight yet out of reach to buyers.

Again, I'm sorry to have to leave this review, as I found so many interesting and quality items in there just a few years ago but now, it seems that everything has changed. I sincerely hope that it gets better.

tony C.

Well i drove here and did not see a picture of the hours of the store so i drove here and it was close for the day so i took a pick of the houres lol .. Look nice and like a big store. Ill be back soon to check it out ..