Re-Use-It Price Comparisons, We're doing pretty good!

The Re-Use-It Centre has a couple of important goals our staff thinks about every day.  The first is to provide funding for all the great & important social programs run through Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS).  The second is to help create a sustainable community by recycling and keeping as much as possible out of the landfill.  In order to meet our first goal we need our prices to be competitive.  So off to the city we went to check out the other thrift & consignment shops - both for profit and not-for-profit.  Well as we happily discovered, we are the cheapest around!  That is great news for both our shoppers and for those we support in our programs.

One of the biggest challenges we have at the Re-Use-It Centre is space.  Where all the other thrift shops we visited had an abundance of space to spread out and show everything off, we have to pack things in a little tighter.  That means you have to hunt sometimes for the perfect treasure!  Another challenge we face in Whistler that we are sure is a problem the other stores would love to have is the volume of donations we have to get through on a daily basis.  This is a big reason why we can keep our prices so low.  We have a very generous community that think about us when they are moving or cleaning house!  Thanks Whistler!  Additionally, our staff does a great job at managing this mountain of donations everyday so we can get all those great things onto the floor for you to enjoy.

Thanks Whistler for supporting our community charity.  You are important and are making a big difference in the lives of those who live right here and to the planet for keeping our little slice of beautiful life a bit more sustainable.

Cheryl Skribe, Manager:  Re-Use-It Centre, Whistler, BC

Comparison Shopping Trip to Vancouver:
Wednesday October 2nd, 2013 * Value Village, Wildlife Refuge are privately owned For-Profit stores.  Value Village & Wildlife Refuge rely on donations. **Sports Junkies is a privately owned For-Profit Store based on consignment sales only. *** RE-Use-It, Salvation Army & My Sister's Closet are Non-Profit Stores with 100% of the profits going toward supporting Charity.