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October 2024 by Liz McAllister
I love the sculptures they have out in the yard!
This is the best spot for finding absolute anything! The place is massive and the variety or treasures available from fixtures, manicans, mirrors, tools, clothing, books, art in many forms, tile, etc. Is in great condition. It's a fun place just to get lost in for an hour. You won't leave empty handed.
I hope the owners someday open more like this.
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October 2024 by Chad Rutt
First visit and was blown away. Aisles of doors, furniture and everything else home you can think of. Great for artists too. This place is amazing.
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October 2024 by samuel horowitz
Fantastic place to check out if you are doing a home reno or other work. They didn't have what we neeeded the day we were there but I really wish we had visited early in our project. So many old doors!
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October 2024 by Me Myself
I witnessed an employee being rude, basically yelling at an elderly customer to get out of the way when they weren't in the way. The employee could've just walked around a shelf and gone on with their day, but they were visibly and audibly frustrated and took it out on a customer. The customer's friend said "it's okay" in a calming voice so it must've made them upset.
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October 2024 by Madeline Arnott
Bobby - local celebrity tuxedo cat spotted, very friendly
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August 2024 by Erik Hagström
Love the store, amazing selection changing all the time. Support the staff’s unionizing and wish the owners would bargain in good faith.
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August 2024 by Tyler M
Great selection of everything! Decent prices too! I bought two books.
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August 2024 by Aaron Enriquez
Hit or miss with the stuff you find, but mostly extremely overpriced (at times priced higher than new)
Would have rated higher but the staff here are always rude, unhappy, and every time I’ve stopped by they are ALWAYS complaining to each other about something related to their jobs.
I used to really enjoy stopping by on my way home, but it seems to have changed.
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July 2024 by Ryan Smith
Dropping off: Staff barked “you got all day” at me because I was checking to make sure I wasn’t going to bump anything on my way out. I called him out on his sharp comment and he turned his back to me and walked away. Not very friendly.
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July 2024 by Sophie Mason
My friend and I just had an extremely rude interaction with a worker at this store. I really liked this store, and had a positive interaction with a lady who helped load my stuff on a cart and again with the man who checked my friend and I out. Unfortunately, the worker who helped us load our stuff into the car was blatantly rude to us. He kept making comments such as “I don’t understand why you can’t load this yourself, it’s so light.” And “did you seriously need help with just this?”
Your employees need to be more sensitive to what they say to others. You never know what others are going through and if they may have an invisible disability. The woman who helped load our stuff onto the cart even told us to ask someone at the end to help load our car. The male worker was incredibly rude and affects my decision on if I’ll return to this store.
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June 2024 by da5id1an
This used to be a place where you could find neat used stuff to repurpose for art or refurbish to use. Now the prices are almost at much as new. Used cracked and dented frame? $50?? Lol
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June 2024 by selwocc
Urban Ore - It just isn’t what it used to be! I have recently remodeled a bathroom and changed out a water conservation toilet - low water flush - that should be recycled! Calling Urban Ore, I spoke to a representative who said that yes they would take the perfectly good, clean toilet after paying a $10.00 drop off fee. I exclaimed that... "What? - you are going to charge me $10.00 to drop off a perfectly good, clean & functional toilet and sell it for a substantial profit!?” The toilet cost $650.00 and was used for only three years! They exclaimed, “That’s how it works!” So much for saving the environment, saving resources and filling their pocket book! The City of Oakland will now haul off the toilet to be scrapped. What a waste and I will not be visiting Urban Ore again!
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June 2024 by Russell Wagner
Was once good, now overpriced junk
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April 2024 by Evelyn Zhai
I love shopping here and will always come here first before looking elsewhere for stuff i need. Such a wide selection and it's always fun to wander even if you're not looking for anything in particular. The workers here are always super helpful and nice, and i hope their unionization efforts are successful in achieving the working conditions they deserve.
I hope management and owners can stop union busting and bargain with workers in good faith!
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April 2024 by Fernando Munguia
Amazing store with great staff. Most importantly, UOW(Urban Ore Workers) are in the process of Unionizing which will elevate this wonderful establishment to new heights. I fully support their efforts and the community at large will greatly benefit from them establishing an official union.
Unfortunately the owners are doing everything they can to stop this which itself is a huge disgrace to Urban Ore and the Berkeley Community.
