The REAL DEAL

Store and Environment Centre

85 William St. W, Smiths Falls (across from the Railway Museum)

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What is it?

The REAL DEAL Store is a household goods, furniture, building supply and home improvement store that accepts and sells quality reusable materials and keeps them out of landfill. Funds raised through the sale of these materials support REAL's many other environmental projects in our community.

Please be patient - we need to weigh items going in and out, and record the municipality customers so we can track how we are doing.

Prices are non-negotiable, and all sales are final. Cash only.

Special Features

NEW! We are moving the monthly "Make a Deal Day" to the first Friday of the month. That day you are free to negotiate prices with the Store Manager.

We also feature a free table, outside the customer entrance in good weather, inside other times. Help yourself to anything on the table you could use.

Wish Book. If you are looking for something we don't have, leave your name, number and the item in our Wish Book, located at the cash. New items arrive daily, and if it comes in, we'd like to let you know.

Exterior Doors and Windows, kitchen sinks, bricks, scrap lumber etc. that can stand the weather are located immediately behind the store. Enter through the receiving gate.

Make a bid on a item in our Silent Auction. Write in your name and number and a price just higher than the bid before you on the list. At the end of the specifed time period, the highest bidder may purchase the item for that price. Then a new set of items with be displayed.

Location

85 William St. W., Smiths Falls

(opposite the Railway Museum)

Note: Many refer to this stretch of William as Abbott Street! We are between Garden Market and Home Hardware. Look for our yellow sign.

Phone: (613) 283-7999

Hours

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE DONATIONS OUTSIDE OF STORE HOURS.

• we need to assess everything that comes in
• we need to know what municipality it comes from
• items can be ruined outside
• it looks untidy
• someone may help themselves to it

Where do the goods come from?

Goods for sale in our store are donated by private individuals, building supply stores, contractors, and demolition crews. Retailers and manufacturers can donate end-of-line, scratch-and-dent, discontinued inventory and customer returns and avoid the cost of returning them to the manufacturers.

Donations

REAL gratefully accepts donations subject to approval. Items must be clean, in good repair and in sellable condition. This is not a waste disposal service; we cannot accept items that we will have to pay to dispose of. If you are unsure, please call or consult the list. Other items may be accepted or sold at REAL’s discretion. All prices and sales are final.

For items not on this list, please call (613) 283-7999 or e-mail the Store Manager, Ian McLeish.

Sorry, we are unable to provide pickup or delivery service, but may be able to provide you the names/numbers of others willing to do so for a small fee.

Why are we doing this?

We know from our experience with the Reuse Centre and from our research that there are many times when it’s impossible to find a good home for a perfectly usable product – those tiles left over from a renovation, old kitchen cabinets replaced by new, doors and windows exchanged; or when someone is relocated quickly and just has to get rid of their furniture; or is downsizing. We know too that 25% of landfill is construction waste and we’d like to put a dent in the good lumber, wallboard, insulation, electrical wiring, and other construction materials that unnecessarily go to landfill.

Is REAL making money from this?

Funds raised through the sale of these materials will support the REAL Deal and REAL’s other environmental projects in our community, and create jobs and volunteer opportunities.

The Environment Centre

85 William Street is also the base for REAL's other environmental programs, such as ecoENERGY and Well Aware. We currently have printed information, rain barrels for sale, and a native garden, and will be adding other features as we get established.

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