Snowline Hospice Thrift Stores

Love it! Willy is trying to really turn the place around. The staff is great and try. Prices are good. Lots of furniture coming over from a local consignment shop
Only concern is that is seems people working there know when its coming and buy it first.

Almost every weekend I stop in to uncover treasures! My mom and I love this place. I have purchased cute clothes, ornaments decorative items, antiques, and books here. FYI, the books are cheaper than Goodwill and are in just of good of condition. Also, love the fact that purchases fund hospice care for cancer patients. One of my favorite shops, plus it is just across the street and one block up from Firehouse Subs!

Went in here. Ended up with not a thing. Smelled and rude people. Trash around the store.

First, let me start by saying I’ve donated here A LOT over the years very happily for a good cause. This review is not for the sevices they provide, but for the customer service I received today. My fiancé accidentally dropped off a bag of family momentos that was supposed to go to my mom. I realized an hour later and went staight there to try to retrieve my items. I was basically told… sorry. Really? The cart was still out back but the «drop off» area was closed. They wouldn’t let me back to even check. I understand about the Cal Osha rules, and that I couldn’t go through their stockroom, but you couldn’t even open the gate to have me check in the parking lot? I was told that the items were probably already at their other store by now. In an hour? I was stunned by the lack of caring. We just recently lost my dad and was finally going through items to figure out what to donate. It had been a very emotional day to begin with and to encounter the attitude I did was appalling. All they could offer was a piece of scratch paper so I could write down what I lost and they’d call if they found them. Not expecting a call really. I don’t really think they cared. I left there in tears. I’m not an overly emotional person, so being that upset is not normal for me. I just couldn’t believe it. I pride myself on kindness and generosity and am always surprised to know others aren’t the same, especially someone working for and organization that helps others the way Snowline does. Would have killed you to let me look? No, probably not. Karma people.

I began donating to Snowline when they opened the new location on Bidwell. Prior to that I always donated to that large for profit thrift store. I understand what hospice is and how important it is to terminally ill people and their families. I started shopping here a couple years ago and found some fabulous items. I love hunting for the treasures and seeing things that remind me of my childhood and family. This store smells fine considering its a thrift store, parking is fine, the layout is good however the past month they have reorganized departments and are still working on how to effectively set them up (I thought it was great before this). Most of the employees/​volunteers are very friendly! Especially the young man at the checkout counter. I recently purchased a Lane recliner in great shape for $ 15, that’s right. I needed it for my mother’s bedroom as she was on hospice in the Bay Area and we needed to sit with her day/​night while taking care of her.
Hospice helps people near end of life. Sure, Medicare covers hospice supplies I.e. Meds, nursing visits, medical supplies but not everyone at end of life has Medicare. We couldn’t have taken care of my mom without hospice. This is why I donate and shop at this thrift store — they help ease the pain of their patients and families.

Used to go here literally every day, because every day they had something new, something nice out. Even had an «overflow area» where broken, tarnished (see: junk) could be had for $ 1, maybe $ 5 (tops). Furnished my whole house for less than $ 300 with very nice stuff (leather couches $ 100, bookcases 5 – 15, pots and pans, $ 5)… man, what a difference a year makes.
Everything here is now priced higher than ebay, craigslist, certainly than goodwill. All of which are overpriced for used stuff. Things at snowline don’t move anymore because 1: they are uglier and less quality than before, and 2: they are way overpriced! Most employees are pretty nice, if not unhelpful. So-​called manager, dyed red haired short lady is incredibly rude, always snarling and frowning at everyone. I think she is why the store has suffered so greatly. Gone are the «daily deals» where they try to move certain items, gone are the items for guys, gone are the «discount bin» outside. Methinks mostly because of her. Good will has WAY better stuff now, WAY better prices, and the staff is always nice there. You find something nice, it’s sitting there already sold.
Too bad, used to be a truly great thrift store. They are headed towards extinction at this rate.

If you want to go to a place and find dirty baby diapers go here. my husband and I found on on two occations when we went to look around. i would not recommed snowline because they decided at the last min when half off day is after you whare told to come back on a certain day. we wanted a table and was told to come back that saturday. we went in that friday and it was gone comming to find out they decided at spur the moment that day was going to be half off day to. we got there early and it was gone. how missleading is that., we wont go back

OMG!!! I absolutely love this store. This was my first visit to this store with my mother who shops here almost daily. She has always told me about how great it was so during a visit we went together. What a beautiful store. From the outside appearance I was expecting a typical thrift store, but once I walked in WOW!!! They have a huge selection of clothes and then as you walked around there is a huge furniture section with some very nice furniture items and great prices maybe a little more then I would spend but affordable still. They were having a sale on couches ½ off, I couldn’t understand why because the couches they had were already cheap prices, however they did have a lot of them. I am not a big reader but my mom is, she spent most of her time in the book area where there are tons of books and in great shape for $ 1-​$ 2. I found a Michael Kors shirt for $ 3.50 it was brand new, jeans are all $ 4.00 practically brand new. I love that they price all the shirts and pants one price no matter the brand and not different prices like Goodwill and other thrift stores I have shopped at. I did question the cashier if the price was correct for the shirt I found and she said yes, they do not charge by brand unless it was vintage clothing which is understandable. We were there for about an hour just looking at all the things they have. I will defiantly be going back again and again. I read some of the negative reviews and am very surprised because we had such a pleasant experience. My guess will be that someone didn’t get their way or what they wanted so they posted a bad review which is typically why someone would do that. Yes some of the knick Knack items were a bit pricey but it is for a great cause, Hospice care. We used hospice for my father and they were amazing. We were so grateful hospice was available. If anyone doesn’t know what Hospice is, please look it up before shopping in a Hospice thrift store. You will understand how important the money they raise is. Maybe don’t look at it as paying to much for something but donating to a great cause. Something you may need to use someday for a loved one.

Love the store, I’ve been able to easily find things needed for various school projects, as well as books, and a pretty cool wooden toy chest.
BUT, the older women who work here are horrible. Rude, beyond rude. While asking if someone could carry the wooden chest for me, they started yelling «you have to pay for it first». Hello, doesn’t the cashier NEED to see it to match the piece of paper I tore off to the number still on the chest??? Wow, I really hope they hire more personable employees. This incident would prevent me from returning.
I must add, the tall gentleman who ended up carrying the toy chest to my car was very nice, as was the woman cashier. Maybe it’s just the employees who are walking around stocking items who are the rude ones? Oh well, life goes on!

There are some great folks working here, but also some who are not so pleasant. For instance, a cashier kept questioning whether an item I was purchasing was the price marked. I guess she thought it was too low, but it had two price tags on it both with the same price. She even asked where did I find it in the store, huh? I felt like I was getting the third degree and I realized why it was priced low when I got home. Some interior damage.
I have found some good deals here, but often they are overpriced and don’t move stuff in and out of the store very fast. Good to only go every few weeks unless you want to see the same stuff. Look over anything you are buying extremely well because if it looks like a deal, there may be a problem with it. I bought an antique there not long ago that I loved and was excited it was marked down even though it was still a pricey purchase. Got it home and realized a leg was half way broke. I have a feeling they knew this and was why it was marked down.
This store has started ‘decorating’ and is trying to be too much of a boutique instead of a thrift store. Many items in their staging are not for sale and it becomes confusing just due to the décor. This is not what I want in a thrift store. I just want clean, organized, reasonable prices, and no hidden damage to items. I won’t donate to places that have high prices. I want to help the person buying it as much as donate to charity.,

This location is well organized and clean. The employees lack friendliness or helpfulness. The furniture is very overpriced, try to go in on sale day rather than a regular business day. The jewelry is consistently gross and overpriced as well. Fun place to browse, never a great place to actually spend your money. Goodwill is right down the road.

Love it, they have all the best stuff. Now if they would only lower their prices to thrift store prices and not of an antique store.

This is one of the better thrift stores I have ever been to. They have a very large inventory, and most things are very reasonably priced. For example, last night I picked up several puzzles for $ 0.50 each, a doll (the kind that is usually around $ 30 new) for $ 2, and a small hardcover book for $ 2.50. They have tons of clothes, of course– I’d personally recommend steering clear of the stained lingerie– electronics that have all been tested for functionality, and more potty assists than I would have expected to find in the Northern Hemisphere. The staff is quirky and very friendly; I’m pretty sure that they give jobs to people who might have trouble getting jobs in other places, which is cool.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. I know my enthusiasm is annoying, but I ADORE this store and this review is going to be absolutely glowing (and probably ridiculously lengthy). This is a GREAT thrift store if you’re looking for women’s clothing, housewares, and/​or furniture (as an FYI if you’re looking for baby or children’s clothing this place will have nothing for you, though). I almost don’t want to write a review because I don’t want even more people going there and buying up potential goodies that I would want!
The store is pretty big in size. I was impressed! As mentioned in other reviews, it was indeed pretty hot in there. Usually this is an irreversible buzz kill for me, but the stuff in here was so awesome that there was no way I was gonna call it quits. The sections were super organized which made browsing go by quite smoothly!
Pretty much every section that I looked in (except children’s clothing, which was barely a small rack full) had some amazing finds. Accessories: awesome yellow leather purse. Tons of vintage eyewear. Housewares: beautiful sets of dishes/​cookware/​home décor — too many things to mention individually. Toys: HUGE variety of stuffed toys, all $ 1 each, the majority of which were in great condition, and TONS of board games. Furniture: super comfy (and quite roomy!) chairs starting at $ 30. Women’s clothing: tons of lovely blouses and super cute dresses! Be sure to check out the pictures here to see some of the dresses and furniture. I really could go on and on, but surely you get the point.
I had SO MANY THINGS in my cart that I had to put a ton of stuff back just to stay on budget. But don’t take that the wrong way — in my experience, everything was priced more than fairly (blouses $ 3/​each, dresses $ 5/​each, pair of earrings for $ 1). Nothing there made me scoff at the price. I just wanted to stick to the limit I set for myself of $ 20. Also worth mentioning, I didn’t have to dig for treasure at all. I did not encounter any unsightly clothing, any broken or busted up furniture, or anything undesirable in the least bit.
I love that the money is being raised for a hospice and what the proceeds go towards. I felt good giving them my business. The employee who rang me up was super pleasant, very sweet, and friendly, which was a welcome surprise after reading previous reviews here (side note: several reviews mentioned prices being raised randomly at the point of sale/​the bill being higher than it should have been. when I was told what my total was, it was lower than it should have been because of some sort of discount/​sale I was unaware of!). I am already looking forward to my next visit here!

This thrift shop was yet another «stumble upon» so having a little time in my hands, I walked in to check it out.
I saw three areas. One has furniture, one home goods and the other clothing. I browsed the clothing area. I think their way of pricing things is interesting. Sweaters, ALL sweaters regardless to condition are the same price $ 3.75, pants, short sleeve shirts, spaghetti strapped shirts and skirts are all priced different amounts but the same way. Now, if you come across a slammin’ sweater for $ 3.75 you feel like the luckiest person in the world but on that same rack they will also have sweaters with stains, rips, holes and it makes you wonder what in the world were they thinking when they thought that article of clothing was worth more than .10 cents.
The place is a little dark and smells a little like dirty clothes in a closet full of moth balls. That’s not necessarily horrible since washing your purchases will get stuff smelling however you want them to.
The people at the register were nice. They took all of my purchases (I found a few cute sweaters) and put them in a GARBAGE BAG. OKAY! Well when I got home and started emptying the bag to wash the clothes, something that looked like sand was all over the clothes. They put my «brand new» purchases in a dirty bag; not that I wasn’t going to wash them anyway but that was unpleasant.

This place is big and pretty organized. They have a nice selection of items, most of them in very good shape. Ive come here quite a few times over the years.
The last few times I was here I noticed prices are getting ridiculous. Im guessing they have a new person doing the pricing here… and that person might have a drug problem or personality disorder! I was looking at mugs and tea cups the prices ranged from 25 cents to $ 5 with no rhyme or reason behind the pricing. I wanted to buy some punch cups and they had some, priced between 25 cents and $ 3 for the EXACT same crystal punch cups, not similar ones, the exact same cups, members of a matching set! Linens are priced the same as buying them new at walmart now. Im hoping this pricing issue is worked out soon, because it is a nice little store.

Want to find all manner of 2^nd-​hand things and support a valuable service to your fellow human beings? Come shop here.
The building is large and they fill all of it with neatly arranges racks of clothing, shoes, books, music, movies, housewares, nicknacks, jewelry, furniture and probably more things I can’t remember.
I found some things I considered overpriced, while other things were ridiculously cheap and very tempting.
If only that metal table base could have fit in my car; it would be mine now.

Speaking for all Snowline Hospice Thrift Stores:
This place has become OUTRAGEOUS. WAY WAY WAY OVER PRICED!
Who does this Thrift Store think they are?
I’m a very broke full time college student and weekly customer that depends on thrift stores for literally everything (it’s basically my walmart). But not this place! Now I’m just fed up with their overpricing. They used to have reasonable prices but now they think they are located on Haight & Ashbury or something.
Just today I went into their «Just off 50″ location at 3961 El Dorado Rd (which doesn’t have a Unilocal page or that’s where this review would be) looking for back to school items. As usual there was the great enormous eclectic collection of stuff, junk, very useful items, and very outdated items. Almost all is in decent shape, but I’ve bought a few items that have broken/​ripped/​defaulted within a month, but I happily expect that with used items purchased at a fair price. Specifically I’ve had this issue with bags, thus leading me to my biggest Snowline disappointment…
At the register, happy to pay for the cute $ 4 purse I found, the $ 7 dented metal filing cabnet, a cool pare of very worn shades $ 1, and small pleather black backpack marked with a yellow sticker $ 3.00.
I waited in line for only a minute hoping Id get my favorite cashier: the nice & helpful light haired girl with glasses. But I didn’t, I was called over by another cashier she had short brown curly/​puffy hair.
I greeted her with a hello and and she rang up the paper slip for my file cabinet at $ 7 very pleased:)
then for some reason the purse/​bag listed at $ 4.00, was all of a sudden $ 8.00?! why it wasn’t real leather and in no way name brand and designer. I said forget it, and she replied ‘I might be able to go down to $ 6.00 since it’s a little dirty’ I look at the purse again and saw the stains right away, which I had yet to notice, and now wanted the purse even less. At that point I was thankful she deterred me…
…but began to grow wary.
And $ 10 for the small pleather backpack made in china! I said wait! the tag said $ 3? I looked for the tag I had originally saw on the front, it was gone, and must had fallen off. I really liked and needed this backpack, it was perfect to begin the fall semester. I asked why? and explained if anything luggage and bags were ‘wall priced» at $ 8.00, but this was «specially marked» and at $ 3. She said she specifically remembers pricing the bag and it’s $ 10. I wish I would have looked harder right then for that little sticker that told the truth, but was in such a rush and had only just enough, exactly $ 20 to cover the backpack, filing cabinet, and sunglasses. So I agreed on the pricing. BIG MISTAKE!
Right when I got home I found my little price mark sticker hidden underneath the strap, at $ 3.00 of course! I’m pissed!
Why did this lady think she could over charge me? HOW DISHONEST!
Hopefully she wasn’t pocketing the difference in cash, from the real price. Isn’t this place supposed to be non-​profit?
I will no longer recommend and rave this place, but expose it.
My advice to any potential or existing customer?
Make sure you are getting an honest deal, and an honest cashier, because not only could you get ripped off, but you could assist in ripping off Snowline Hospice.

This is a great thrift store with something for everone.
The prices are more than fair on most things. Every once in while you will see something priced too high and wonder what are they thinking?
The store has it all including clothes for all, shoes, toys, bikes, small appliances, furniture and household goods.
I like their furniture system. You take half the tag on the piece of furniture and you can come back and pay for it anytime that day with the other half of the tag. This way nobody else can take that large item and buy it. Once you pay for it you have 48 hours to come back and pick it up. They always have staff to help you load it into your truck too.
Once a month I believe the first Friday is 50% everything in the store. I try to avoid these days because the lines get long but if you have time then it is worth it.
Probably my favorite thrift store in the Sacramento area.

I browse here about twice a month. Most things are priced reasonable. However some things such as used candles are about $ 2.50−3.00. That seems high for a candle that has already been burned. What is outrageous are the linen prices. Comforters are $ 15 – 20.00 for a used comforter. Often times it is faded, I witness one today that had a hole in it, marked at $ 20. You can get NEW comforters at Ross for as cheap as $ 9.99 for a twins size.
The front check out clerk, Maria is the best employee they have. She is always polite and curteous. The heavy set, blonde manager (for lack of knowing her name) is very, very rude. She has the worst customer service. She checked me out one and tried to charge me a full $ 3.00 shirt price for a spaghetti strap, When Spaghetti straps are $ 1.75. When I told her I was displeased with the $ 20 comforter and her over charging on the price, she argued with me and said «well, you keep coming back!!». «We must be doing something right… we price out linens at $ 20 and they fly off the shelf!».
The other thing you need to pay attention to is they seem to think kids sizes go to size 20. Kids sizes actually stop at size 18. Therefore, any kids large or xlarge size tops they will claim are an adults and charge you an adult price. For example, a «Justice brand» shirt for my daughter. It is a KIDS ONLY store, and they tried to charge me a womens shirt price.
Other things they under price such as a brand new pair of Juicy Couture sandals for $ 3.00.
Great items but PAY attention at the register… stay clear of the snotty manager.