Tahoe Forest Hospital Hospice Thrift Store

Decent, small, can be unorganized and a bit messy. I didn’t have any interactions with the staff — I was looking for a few household replacement items and didn’t find what I needed, but I picked up a few books for a friend who was at home recuperating and it was nice that I didn’t have to pay much for them, I think $ 1 for hard covers.

Decent enough and worth a stop, especially if you are in the market for snow or ski clothing! A great selection on quality used snow gear with good prices. Otherwise, store seemed a little sparse to me in the knickknack department. Lots of empty shelf space I’d like to see packed with items. Three star overall but four star for snow gear.

We lived in Truckee for a short 4 years, best times ever! The Tahoe Forest Hospice thrift is a fun distraction and we had historically found many well preserved house hold pieces and sporting equipment offerings at this location.

Worst store ever, the manager is rude, unprofessional and racist. I went in with my parents for the first time, whom have foreign accents, as they are frequent customers there and love helping a good cause. I was utterly appalled by the way the owner was treating them. She was watching them the whole time as if they are thieves. As my father went to the register to pay for the items, she specifically came up to the register although there was another lady working the register and she snatched them out of his hands rudely and told him she couldn’t give it to him at the marked price, which was clearly marked by her employees. She made my father feel so horrible and upset as if he had done something wrong. She is very rude and racist, targeting my parents. My parents are VERY honest people and I let her know she can check ALL of her surveillance cameras. Whether they were marked at the wrong price or not, you cannot make people feel this way. We will be reporting this to the bureau, we are very offended by her manners.

in the past, we have donated and shopped here. lately, the last 3 – 4 times when we have tried to donate, there’s ZERO greeting nor even a small «Thanks for donating» from the people who staff this place. the most recent trip in, the person working in back saw me with an armload of very recent novels (all bestsellers), and without any «hello»:
“what do you have?“
me: «books plus more.»
«what else do you have?»
me: «kitchen things, small electronics and school supplies.»
«what kind of school supplies?»
me: «binders and books.»
«we might not want the binders. i’ll have to take a look at them»
this same general dismissive attitude multiple times… i just turned to walk out. she called after me, «hey, don’t you want to leave those books? we’ll take the books! you just leave them on the counter!» it just seemed so abrupt and rude.
i just turned around again, left the books on the counter and walked out. that’s the final donation here. i won’t go back to Tahoe Forest Hospice Thrift.
we will rather drive over to Incline Village where the gracious people at the Presbyterian Women’s Thrift Store are at least willing to say «hello». we donated a full set of Mikasa china for 12 including serving pieces, looks like brand new; a Pentax underwater camera, two portable DVD players with all accessories, Star Wars logo binders for back to school, a brand new gift set of shampoo, lotions and bath gels, sets of children’s bedroom valances, etc.

Wow! Unbelievable rudeness and attitude. Who is the extremely rude Alice? Some nice gal and her son dropped off boxes of things today. They werent fast enough and were shoed out with her hand stating” lots of people donate things you need to scoot on out of here so they can get in” these people were unloading their nice looking items where she told them to put them and werent just standing around. I felt so embarassed to watch them be treated like they were when they were freely giving their stuff to this organization. It is time for a MANAGEMENT CHANGE AT THIS PLACE. i then witnessed an item out couldnt be sold afterall because someone who works there wanted it. Crazy. Boycott. Someone needs to open a appreciative, ethical thrift store!

Today I was looking at some very cute shoes that were sitting on the floor in a huge double laundry basket full of random things. I figured they were go backs or new things that had not yet been tagged and put out. I already had two huge bags of things and was getting ready to check out. When I asked the price of the shoes I was told it was someone things who worked there and she was buying them. This older gal soon after walked up and picked up the full basket putting it on one of the cashier’s counters. I was at the register after waiting my turn and I asked to see a ring in the case. The older gal snapped saying «you are going to have to do it another day. We are getting ready to close and we have other people to ring up!» I thought that my $ 52 purchase (could have been even more if I bought the ring) should have been more of a priority for the business than kicking me out in such a rude way in order for this gal to have the huge basket of things she picked out for herself (before customers had a chance to see and I’m sure while she was suppose to be working) rung up.
They really need to get better control of some people who think they have «entitlements» over the customers. Without customers, you have a closed, out of business store.

As an avid thrifty this is one of favorite thrift stores to shop at. I always find something.

The thrift store is my go to place for random stuff I wouldn’t buy new.
I needed a crock pot to degrease some carburetor parts (with pine sol). I paid 4 dollars for one and I couldn’t be happier.
Products change throughout the day, not just daily.
In a community full of ski cabins from the 70s, it’s no shocker to find a lot of vintage things laying around.
It’s worth a look.

Whenever we come to North Shore we visit this store. Everything in the place was half-​off today which was really cool! We bought almost 2 baskets full of stuff. I got a good laptop casefor $ 1.50! A cute purse for $ 1.25 and lots of other great stuff at great prices! We had selected most of the things we bought before we even found out it was on sale so! We didn’t even notice the 50% OFF banner hanging outside so it was a nice surprise when they told us. We’ll be back!

Stopped by here around the 4^th of July and found some fab finds!!! Great prices, eclectic stuff. Will be back next time am in the area.

Buy all my books here. Great selection and always in good condition. Daughter-​in-​law scored big time with jeans for the kids on their last visit.

Awesome place! Well enough organized, could do a little bit better by sizes… But I got a real nice tan suede jacket for $ 9 and a chaps camping-​themed long sleeve for $ 3.50. Nice people working there too. When ever I get back to truckee I plan on going again.

Great thrifting here. As other Unilocalers note, it’s a big wonderful selection of retro and current kitsch. I found a couple sewing patterns, a couple ‘draft dodgers’ for drafty doors and coasters to name a few. Great prices, fun shopping.

Just like any other thrift shop… Hit or miss.

i stop by here every time i come to truckee just to see what new/​old mountain kitsch they’ve accumulated. this time i saw a perfectly good baby shit brown 70s fondue pot w/​forks for $ 5, and lots of fuzzy blankets for $ 10 and under — a perfect combo for when you’re snowed in (which we almost did get that weekend!). they also have special discount days, of which i’ve kinda forgotten what they are — i think the last Monday of every month is 50% off day (and things are already cheap!). they are also dogfriendly so i don’t have to leave the puppers in the cold car.
it’s really close to the Safeway and the Ace Hardware store, so if you’re going over there anyway, you should stop by. and they donate to hospice care, so even better!

The Hospice Store is a must stop when coming to Truckee. We locals love it for shopping and donation. It is clean, organized and has really great items… I find super deals and really appreciate the volunteers that work so hard there… Keep up the great work!

yeah these people are good folks! I bought a profesional chefs knife a wustof carbon for eight dollars and a brand new 0 degree sleeping bag for like ten dollars. this thrift made being a snow bum much better. Truckee donates!!!

Definitely worth a stop. This thrift store tends to get a lot of donations from the «junior league» set of the Truckee/​Tahoe basin, so there is a lot of good stuff. Better for women and kids than men, as far as clothing goes. Like many thrifts, they use the colored tag method of rotating stock, so one color is always 50% off, and you may be in for a real bargain. Several rooms to this place – walk all the way through. Good prices on books and kitchen stuff, and a fair amount of furniture.
The Hospice has another thrift store in Kings Beach too. The people in the Kings Beach outpost are a little less friendly than the Truckee employees, in my opinion. But the Kings Beach store has lots of good stuff too.