This is a home salvage store. Solid core doors, used cabinets, bathroom fixtures. Most of these items were taken from older homes that are being remodeled or torn down. If you are looking for unique accents pieces this is the place to go, generally everything is reasonably priced.
Love this place!! An amazing resource for the community. I always find useful and interesting things there. Friendly staff and great prices, with a mix of curated vintage and more affordable contemporary pieces. I think they should let me open all the paint to swatch it on the side so it's easier to shop
Crazy amount of stuff lovely place I would recommend shopping here for all your antique and just Random stuff needs great prices and great people you could walk around for hours in there
Today I had the misfortune of being verbally harassed and viciously ridiculed due to my appearance/weight while shopping by another customer visiting today without warning or cause. After trying to reason with her and understand why she was approaching me in such a cruel way without success, she proceeded to block me from moving about the store and I had to resort to asking for help from an employee passing by. That employee was Andre. I've never experienced anything like this before and I have always felt welcome. I love Community Forklift. It was extremely surreal. Andre solidified my sentiments and I love it even more after today. Andre was so kind and stepped in to intervene and do what I could not and tell her to step away. He was extremely empathetic and apologetic on behalf of the woman and how I was treated. The lady left on her own accord before Andre had to rectify it further in excusing her from the property for her words and actions and he really REALLY handled it so well. I am immensely appreciative of Andre and his defense and actions regarding intolerance of this type of scenario. He is amazing and I appreciate him and the Community Forklift community and staff. Thank you for everything Andre. I hope you know how much you truly helped and how much of a difference you made for me today. As for Community Forklift, this remains a place that I love. A place for everyone no matter what you look like, where you are from and without judgement and without tolerance for spiteful, hateful behavior in the environment. And obviously the best deals, selection, and staff.
I hope Community Forklift appreciates Andre and all he does and how he represents the company. I'm forever grateful.
I tried to drop off multiple items recently - the receiving team was very disorganized and completely rude - because I was 30 minutes early, one guy said go ahead and leave your material, 5 minutes later one said you need to wait, (elsewhere), until they open. They were all standing around doing nothing! Then they refused certain perfectly good items - just crazy! I tried to recycle but next time I'll go to the dump!
What an amazing community resource that i bet most people aren’t even aware is here. This is the goodwill of home renovation. They will pickup things you don’t need anymore (they recently came to my home in dc to pick up an old toilet and vanity for donation). They have such gorgeous stuff and lots of awesome antiques and all at great prices. Love the idea of shopping here since it’s environmentally friendly to recycle and reuse instead of buy new!
I'm not sure what happened to the weekday staff for them to become completely confrontational with their store. I've never met anyone grumpier than the store manager and staff here on the weekdays. I've been plenty of times on the weekend with no issues. After seeing some items last Friday without prices we were told to come back on Monday because the pricing manager wasn't available. My mother-in-law came back on Monday, found out the prices, and bought one piece. One of the sinks was only $40 cheaper than at Lowe's brand new, and I asked her to show them the listing but, she said the pricing guy was the grumpiest person she's ever met and was scared to ask questions. Scared, an old retired middle school teacher...
Anyway, she asked if they took pallets and was told by a different younger employee that in good condition they do. I went to pick up the piece and drop off the pallets on Thursday. I've been multiple times to donate and have been turned away, that's why I asked before I loaded the pallets into my car. But lo and behold the grumpy pricing manager was back to say no they don't take pallets. Luckily an older gentleman helped me load the piece and took one of my pallets. After reading some of the other reviews I see a trend here, if you are an older white lady you get one answer, and if you are a Hispanic lady you get a different answer.
I understand that they don't and can't take everything, it's just that getting different answers and getting people who are outright hostile to you doesn't make you want to buy anything here. I might come back a couple more times but try to avoid the weekday staff, maybe weekend people are just happier?
This place is so cool. It has fireplace mantels, doors, salvaged wood, light fixtures, bathroom fixtures, door hardware, windows, and Furniture of course. And more! There is a lot to choose from and walking through this place is like walking through any other thrift store. You never know what you're going to find.
LOVE this place. We found three of the most dope vintage light fixtures for our funky bungalow. Staff is super nice and helpful, and the selection is truly mind-blowing.
All DYIers, artists, small contractors, and thrifts! Come forth, come forth! All of us know the pain and struggle of finding what we need at the right price when our pockets are empty of coin. We know the sorrow of dreaming of a project but knowing the expense is too high. Fret no more, friends! Community Forklit Nonprofit is the paradise for all of us who love to create from old; for all of us whose creativity is bound to a smaller budget. Doors, shelves, tools, lamps, lights, knobs, tables, sinks, table legs, rugs, and more in tdifferent conditions and styles for all of use to buy. The best part, at a fraction of its original price.
Not only is this place filled with amazing items to be discovered, it is also filled with the friendliest of people who are willing to help you find the treasure you need.
But don't forget to give back! Don't throw away that tool you no longer need, or the paint that isn't the color your thought, maybe an old shelf doesn't fill you with joy anymore. Bring them all to Community Forklift as a donation and help your fellows.
I haven't been in a while and was looking for a mantel for fireplace and possibly tile for fireplace brick upgrade. Last time bought 10+ boxes for kitchen backsplash. Was cool with old movie seats and unique, interesting items. This time it seemed to be just junk. Mantels were older which is to be expected but also more expensive than I expected. Not much inventory and no interesting items. This was far from where I live and not worth a trip.
Extremely unprofessional and confrontational encounter with donation drivers from Community Forklift - donated numerous construction items (which they sell for a profit) and offered to give an additional $50 tip for taking additional, various items with them (ie paint, drywall etc) - after providing the check the other driver becomes very aggressive, banging on my front door, refusing to leave, yelling and threatening to throw all of the items on my front lawn if I do not give him cash (which the donation form states "cash OR CHECK" and the driver gave me his first and last name for the check). In fact, the driver demanded that he FOLLOW ME TO A BANK, so I could pay him cash. (Are you serious??) Needless to say, the police were called and while there the drivers THREW THE ITEMS ALL OVER MY LAWN (see attached pictures) IN FRONT OF THE POLICE - including boards with nails sticking out, oil all over the street, usable tools, grout, drywall IN THE RAIN!! They even threw a wire on my LIVE power line connected to the house while it is raining and sleeting! Unbelievable situation - would never have believed it in 100 years! STAY AWAY!
Tons of everything to do your house from tubs to cabinets. Furniture that is real wood, China, doors, light fixtures, outdoor furniture's, paint, wood, and you need.
Super fun place to look around. Inventory is always changing. We've gotten some great deals on old windows and doors that we've used for garden projects. You never know what you'll see!
Much of what they have is low end salvaged home goods and old light fixtures.. Great place to buy the cabinets for garage storage. I would come back here if I needed a small vanity top or looking for a particular door. They also have a collection of used appliances.
i had such a bad experience here recently and normally id HATE giving this place a bad review but i was shocked at how rude everyone that worked there was. i wandered around for a long time with no help, had to ask a man to move a $10 door for me so i could buy it, waited for a looong time because the cashier was on the phone trying to tell someone on the phone they dont take cabinets. she asked three other employees for this answer and no one responded to her. so we all waited for her on the phone. once she got off the phone, she was reeeally nice. the friendliest person i interacted with. she was wearing a sopranos shirt but as she was ringing me up, chatting with me the tall man, (that i believe is the manager) with glasses rudely interrupted her and acted weird. first her said “what are you talking about over here?” he wouldnt even look at me and was curt with his employee. i came back in less than 15 mins with a bigger car to get the door. that same man was SO unnecessarily rude to me. he saw me standing there waiting. waiting. waiting. holding my SOLD receipt. he looked me in the eyes. and continuously helped other people buy their lamps and other stuff. no one else was there to help. this was a weekday and they were not busy. he was friendly to other customers but when he finally addressed me he said “WHAT do you need” in a mean voice. as if i was in his way, making things hard for him. i said i had already purchased a door earlier and i needed help carrying it. he snapped at another man to help me. and said nothing to me. i showed him my receipt. and he made me feel like i wanted to leave immediately and burst into tears. that man’s energy is going to prevent me from ever returning. he was so cold. today when i got an email from community forklift his PHOTO was in the email and it triggered me. bad customer service. rude management . no help. this was not my experience when i came here 10 years ago. obviously it has changed. or they just hated me. i KNOW i was polite and they still treated me badly. i wont go back. and the door i bought was listed as the wrong size. no one offered to help me pick out a door. never again. i work in retail and i know how stressful it can be but you never know when someone is having a bad day. dont make it worse for them. i felt so dumb and so unwelcomed at community forklift. please give a raise to the sopranos shirt girl for being kind.
I take a trip here maybe once a week to see what's new on the floor. Great store and great (vintage) selection for very reasonable prices. It's a honeypot of old furniture and fixture items!
Needed a bookshelf. Was going to go to a big retail store but first I stopped and luckily for me I found a very nice bookshelf priced at 70 with 40% off. Final price $44.52 with tax. Would have given 5 stars, but it was very hot inside the building and not first-time friendly (where I could & couldn't go) shopping
If it was possible to put zero stars I would!!!!
I’ve come to this place quite a few times and every time I get the worst customer service. I had called last week about a table that wasn’t priced. When I called I spoke to a lady and she told me to call in a couple days and if it still wasn’t priced I could come in to speak with a manager and talk about pricing. When I went to the counter, I recognized her voice and explained to her what she had told me. I got smug looks and a “it’s a waiting game” as if she got pleasure from giving me that answer. Not sure if she has a thing against Hispanics but she acted WAY different with the white guy that went up to the counter after me, she was more than eager to assist him and even left the counter to find someone to help him find what he was looking for.
Last year I came in with my mom who was looking to get a small fridge and was talked down to by a supposed “manager” because she didn’t really speak English (mind you I was there to translate for her).
There are plenty of other places that are like this with WAY better employees, much nicer items, and decent pricing. It might be a little further but it’s better than dealing with the employees at this location.
Look at reviews from years ago … most are 4 and 5 stars. And then look at recent reviews - LOTS more bad reviews, mostly having to do with pricing and snotty employees. Ive been coming here for more than a decade and things have certainly changed as they better curate their inventory and tweak their business model.
I thought this is a good donate my stuff and buy used stuff so I can help the community of doing recycling . They get used old stuff from people for free and they resell them .
Their reselling prices are crazy expensive. I rather buy them bran new either from Pottery Barb or Restoration Hardware. I made a mistake by driving there and waiting my time . Come on community fork list be reasonable. You guys are charging high price for the still you basically get it for free. Be reasonable. I never ever go to this place anymore. Please don’t waist your time going here . Even their employees agreeing with me
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The store is good , but the guy who is in charge in the loading dock and the driver same person , he don’t need to work there no more , he doesn’t respect no one , he load customers truck the old fashion , he doesn’t know what he’s doing , for one piece of furniture he make complain and take forever , he’s in the wrong company, in another words he need to be replace. He don’t respect customers etc etc etc .
Jul 15, 2024
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