Goodwill taking donations: it’s for the greater good 🥺
Goodwill selling: yea this old navy t shirt is 50 bucks, what are you gonna do, cry?
NiceBearWantsHugs on
I used to work at a church run charity driven thrift shop over a decade ago all proceeds go to charity, we even gave away a box of kitchen supplies for your first apartment, a box of baby clothes for new babies, and anything medical like crutches, shower chairs and canes were free for anyone who needed them. 50 cents for normal shirts and fabric pants, $1 for jeans. Real thrift used to exist.
xGoatfer on
The biggest problem is that resellers have been picking away at goodwill and other 2nd hand stores. It they don’t raise prices to make it not worth reselling, there won’t be anything good at the stores.
IPanicKnife on
Yeah, resellers ruined it. I used to walk in there and find gold daily. Now it’s a bunch of marked up garbage and them selling their own products in store and donations for actually good stuff online 🙁
AthleticAndGeeky on
Never shop at goodwill they are for profit! Biggest fucking scam ever.
mdn1111 on
Isn’t the structure that they donate to the needy, not that the clothes are supposed to be cheap enough for the needy to afford? Like if they made it cheaper it would be good for shoppers but they’d have less money to donate, right?
FReeDuMB_or_DEATH on
Another thing lame resellers ruined.
bmanley620 on
Ridiculous. And they couldn’t even be bothered to take off the label
doct0rdo0m on
Even my local thrift store is like this. They had a pair of Brooks for $50. Like I get it, Brooks are some expensive shoes but if I’m shopping at a thrift store its because I can’t afford things like that to begin with.
k6plays on
Trumpflation hitting the thrift stores now
honorspren000 on
I stopped going to Goodwill when I was spending more on clothing there than at Target.
Luckily, a thrift store opened up nearby, and it has been a gold mine.
guitpick on
You might try shopping at Ross. I hear their stuff is less expensive.
Douglas_Hero on
I have seen twice tagged price tags like this in the Philippines where the price tags were identical numbers, but pennies on the Savers or GoodWill tags, but in pesos on the Philippines ukie ukie store, which effectively DOUBLED the actual price.
Crazy to see that old junk clothes than noone in America even wants sells for double the price that no sale price.
TheRemedy187 on
It’s literally always been that. It’s a for profit business, period. It always has been. The name makes you think something charitable is going on, it’s not.
FuriouslyListening on
Goodwill is a for profit institution, not a non-profit. You really should choose to go somewhere else like salvation army.
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I blame Macklemore.
Goodwill taking donations: it’s for the greater good 🥺
Goodwill selling: yea this old navy t shirt is 50 bucks, what are you gonna do, cry?
I used to work at a church run charity driven thrift shop over a decade ago all proceeds go to charity, we even gave away a box of kitchen supplies for your first apartment, a box of baby clothes for new babies, and anything medical like crutches, shower chairs and canes were free for anyone who needed them. 50 cents for normal shirts and fabric pants, $1 for jeans. Real thrift used to exist.
The biggest problem is that resellers have been picking away at goodwill and other 2nd hand stores. It they don’t raise prices to make it not worth reselling, there won’t be anything good at the stores.
Yeah, resellers ruined it. I used to walk in there and find gold daily. Now it’s a bunch of marked up garbage and them selling their own products in store and donations for actually good stuff online 🙁
Never shop at goodwill they are for profit! Biggest fucking scam ever.
Isn’t the structure that they donate to the needy, not that the clothes are supposed to be cheap enough for the needy to afford? Like if they made it cheaper it would be good for shoppers but they’d have less money to donate, right?
Another thing lame resellers ruined.
Ridiculous. And they couldn’t even be bothered to take off the label
Even my local thrift store is like this. They had a pair of Brooks for $50. Like I get it, Brooks are some expensive shoes but if I’m shopping at a thrift store its because I can’t afford things like that to begin with.
Trumpflation hitting the thrift stores now
I stopped going to Goodwill when I was spending more on clothing there than at Target.
Luckily, a thrift store opened up nearby, and it has been a gold mine.
You might try shopping at Ross. I hear their stuff is less expensive.
I have seen twice tagged price tags like this in the Philippines where the price tags were identical numbers, but pennies on the Savers or GoodWill tags, but in pesos on the Philippines ukie ukie store, which effectively DOUBLED the actual price.
Crazy to see that old junk clothes than noone in America even wants sells for double the price that no sale price.
It’s literally always been that. It’s a for profit business, period. It always has been. The name makes you think something charitable is going on, it’s not.
Goodwill is a for profit institution, not a non-profit. You really should choose to go somewhere else like salvation army.
Look up previous controversies with goodwill