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Donations

Penny Pinchers is happy to accept your donations of gently-used items during normal business hours. Because we wish to provide our customers with items of the highest quality, we do ask that your donations meet the following standards:

Acceptable Donations:

  • Clean, clothing, shoes, and boots
  • Paperback and hardcover books.
  • Records, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, and VHSs
  • Jewelry and accesories
  • Household and Decor Items
  • Furniture in good condition - including dressers, tables, chairs, and sofas

For any information regarding Penny Pincher's Thrift Store donations pick-up, please contact Jim at (763) 783-3626.new

Are you in the local area, and wish to donate furniture passing these standards?
Need someone to pick it up? Call our donations coordinator to schedule a furniture pickup.
Contact: Jim @ (763) 783-3626

Disposal/environmental concerns prevent us from accepting certain items. Before you donate, please consider the following items as unacceptable (in addition to items not passing the standards set above):

Unaccepable Donations:

  • Infant and child car seats, strollers, cribs and high chairs
  • Appliances including microwave ovens
  • Console Stereos, TVs, Exercise Equipment
  • Furniture that is damaged or stained
  • Office furniture , typewriters, or computer equipment
  • Mattresses or bed frames
  • Carpeting
  • Encyclopedias, text books, magazines, and Reader's Digest Condensed books
  • Plumbing fixtures, light fixtures or other similar types of items
  • Any items that are damaged or stained or missing pieces


Penny Pinchers provides tax deduction receipts for all our donors per request. We do not keep a record, however.

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