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Shopping At Goodwill Has Become a Nightmare

submitted by Scyber to whatever 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:34:47 ago (+26/-0)     (whatever)

I haven't been to a Goodwill store in a couple years & decided to browse around one today that's on the outskirts of the city.
Big fuckin mistake.
Don't know if it's because it's a Saturday or "4/20 dude weed" day but this store was PACKED. Like I kinda got disoriented watching how fast all these people were shopping like it was Black Friday.
Everything in the men's section was pretty much picked over, and the ladies clothes section took up half the store.
Electronics were rummaged through with shit all over the floor, toys all over the place, housewares was a complete mess, furniture was ugly and shabby - the whole store was a mess.
I managed to find a small cooking pan and a few t-shirts to wear when I'm gonna get dirty.
And now Goodwill charges $1 for a simple plastic bag.

What I saw today is a perfect metaphor for how bad our economy is and how much worse it's gonna get.


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[ - ] localsal 14 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 20:14:21 ago (+14/-0)

There was a big reddit writeup about the whole pricing too.

People seem to be "flipping" all the thrift store goods (a lot of which are donated big store throwaways), with the vintage stuff being an apparent gold mine of sorts.

Takeaway was that thrift store merchandise is way overpriced now because the thrift stores are the "middlemen" between thrown away stuff and flippers, and the (((middlemen))) need to take their huge cut.

[ - ] texasblood 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 20:52:46 ago (+4/-1)

My wife is 6yrs into $60k+ a year flipping high end trash from white folks on ebay and local fleas

[ - ] NeedleStack 2 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 10:11:43 ago (+2/-0)

I thought of doing that but don't have the room for all the goods nor the patience to photograph, list, then ship everything. That's a great salary for a side gig though. I may give it a second thought.

[ - ] texasblood 0 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 11:32:30 ago (+1/-1)

Glass is where she makes her best coin.
Morono(sp) is a hand blown from Italy,she pays $3-$5 at GW then lists it with correct ID,measurements etc then fetchs $80-$200+
She has earned what's she has built.
Shit part is ebay thumping her on fees and taxs.
She has over 400 followers that keep sales moving.
Patience
Patience
Patience

[ - ] NeedleStack 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 12:45:29 ago (+1/-0)

I see. Yeah, Murano glass is highly sought and so many family members donate deceased family members' things they have no clue the value of. I haven't been so lucky discovering treasures like that in thrift stores. :) Good for her (and you!).

[ - ] Prairie 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 21:27:36 ago (+3/-0)

Good will is pricey often but I can't complain about the 7-day return policy. I got a UPS recently for $10, replaceed battery, and it's good.

Goodwill already has an auction site, and I assume the good stuff goes there so bidders can jack it up.

[ - ] Scyber [op] 0 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 17:17:23 ago (+0/-0)

I've found some "gems" at Goodwill - a few years ago I found a copy of "Razorblade Romance" from the band HER aka HIM that's apparently worth about $400 on Ebay (discogs says it's only worth about $75 which is a lie because this CD is rare - only 1,000 were made.)
I still have it.
https://www.discogs.com/release/4822802-HER-Razorblade-Romance

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 8 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:59:59 ago (+8/-0)

I recently helped a neighbor that was moving out drop a bunch of stuff off at goodwill. I have a truck and had spare time.

Literally everyone that worked there was a nigger. What do expect if you're going into coon town?

[ - ] Panic 4 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 21:08:58 ago (+4/-0)

New Port Richey has a great consignment store near the tax office. Went in there today with the wife and found two antique wind up clocks, on was a decorated mantle clock for $45.00 and the other was a wall clock with a large brass pendumum for ony $29.00. Absolute steals.

Been there and bought several wonderful things in the past two years. So forget about thrift stores, try consignment shops.

[ - ] Clubberlang 4 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 22:22:13 ago (+4/-0)

Stop giving up the spots!

I got an entertainment center there for 5 bucks. Made of actual wood not particle board.

[ - ] NuckFiggers 7 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 00:10:34 ago (+7/-0)

Goodwill exploits disabled people. They pride themselves on hiring them but don't pay them shit.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 6 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 21:01:22 ago (+6/-0)

Why would you shop there? They are vehemently anti-white and are a business. Someone I know recently was goona take a bunch of stuff and drop off there recently and I educated them and they took it to a church instead.

[ - ] BlueEyedAngloMasterRaceGod 4 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 04:08:34 ago (+4/-0)

the church will send the proceeds to niggers and immigration programs

[ - ] Niggly_Puff 6 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:37:42 ago (+6/-0)

Tiktok convinced normies to go there to look for things to resell online. Tiktok ruins everything.

[ - ] texasblood -1 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 11:36:49 ago (+0/-1)

Hopefully it's days are numbered,then something bigger,stronger and faster will replace it for absolute culture control of the weak faggotts already addicted public media narcotics

[ - ] Crackinjokes 3 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 06:41:07 ago (+3/-0)

Many local Goodwill stores are franchises and are not owned by the central charity. The CEOs of the local franchises are free to pay themselves whatever they think they should get paid and often times it's well into the six figures while they're hiring retarded people or people who are just out of prison who are literally required by law to get a job to stay on parole and because they're doing that they're exempt from minimum wage laws so they can pay less than minimum wage to those people and they often do.

[ - ] 2plus2equals5 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 11:27:04 ago (+1/-0)

There was an article a few decades back about San Francisco sisters running a SalvationArmy charged with embezzling $5M.
Embezzling. That's the money nobody noticed.

[ - ] Bo 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 22:51:03 ago (+3/-0)

If you really want to be shocked by Goodwill, you should see what they receive vs whats put on for sale.

[ - ] Zyklonbeekeeper 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 21:25:50 ago (+3/-0)

I got 2 wringer washers and a set of brand new rabbit ears for my Zenith ultra floor model cabinet TV, plus they gave me a raincheck on a Panasonic VCR C/W head cleaner...all for $19.99...now I can tell Deal Dash to fuck right off

[ - ] boekanier 2 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 01:28:05 ago (+2/-0)

Was it niggers who stirred things up there, or/and disorientated whites?

[ - ] foxtrot45 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 13:20:14 ago (+1/-0)

I got kicked out 4 years ago for wearing a backpack. I was on foot, it was winter out. I complained to corporate, why should women with purses get a free pass. Fuck the whole thing.

[ - ] CoronaHoax 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 22:29:51 ago (+2/-0)

Anyone who thinks good will is terrible because it charges enough to cover operating costs is literally a communist

[ - ] Leveraction 3 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 00:06:37 ago (+3/-0)

ALL of their received merchandise is FREE.

[ - ] GetWoke 3 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 09:05:27 ago (+3/-0)

Great mark-up right?

Pro tip Goodwill is not a charity, it’s a for profit business.

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 01:41:11 ago (+1/-0)

It isn't free to run the store and pay people to do the work.

[ - ] beece 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 21:05:09 ago (+2/-0)

I love goodwill, however, find a local charity or a restore for donations as honky notes below.

"July 18, 2023 - The current CEO of Goodwill makes over $1 million annually. It is unclear whether Goodwill's compensation is reflective of the charity's efforts to help the less fortunate and disadvantaged."

[ - ] Love240 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2024 22:12:44 ago (+1/-0)

I go to a local Savers every other week, they are basically the same way the OP describes on half-off days (Monday, in this location's instance).

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:49:18 ago (+2/-0)

Not sure what weed has to do with you being triggered by charity stores...

[ - ] texasblood 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:44:44 ago (+5/-3)

Wife has a resale gig on ebay.
Goodwill nets her $62k a year in sales.
Not bad for a lazy ass

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 8 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:48:04 ago (+8/-0)

Your wife buys a large amount of items from Good Will, and resells them for a profit?

The entire point of Good Will stores is to help those are in need of basic shit, and can't afford to go anywhere else.

[ - ] Lost 9 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:52:51 ago (+9/-0)

Good Will does little in the way of actually helping people. Like most charities it's simply a front for money laundering.

[ - ] BoozyB 6 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 20:04:16 ago (+6/-0)

You got that right.
I knew a woman who managed several "charity thrift stores" (not Goodwill).
I don't remember all the details well enough to share here, but the Board of Directors and management were very generously compensated.

[ - ] I_am_baal 6 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 22:50:13 ago (+6/-0)

Charity is a great business for amoral parasites

[ - ] Lost 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 11:35:51 ago (+1/-0)

Explains why there is a huge amount of kikes in the charity business.

[ - ] Leveraction 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 00:04:44 ago (+1/-0)

Salvation army is THE only thrift store who doesn't pay the ceo 6 figures.

[ - ] Gowithit 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 20:10:29 ago (+3/-0)

Hardly. You should see all the stuff they throw away because it's not in season or just for eh.

Maybe if you get one of those vouchers but you have to be a "qualifying" individual to get one of those.

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 20:15:19 ago (+3/-0)

I've only dropped stuff off at Good Will after we helped a few older family members downsize.

The people running it seems decent enough. The place was frigging packed with stuff. I could see them throwing away Seasonal decorations, fake Christmas trees, and other shit like that. But not good clothing.

[ - ] Gowithit 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 20:20:21 ago (+2/-0)

Brand new tag on. Not in season. Floor workers would ask can I just buy them (pair of kids shoes)5 bucks? and nope trash them.



[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2024 21:11:42 ago (+1/-0)

That's fucked. You would think new kids shoes would be their biggest seller.

[ - ] NeedleStack 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 10:26:36 ago (+1/-0)

I don't understand. A floor worker asked you if you could buy a pair for 5 bucks, you said no, so they trashed them?

[ - ] Gowithit 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 11:02:04 ago (+1/-0)

sorry, didnt put quotation marks.

The floor workers or excuse me " state mandated volunteers" would ask their ~supervisors~ if they could buy the items. I was just a janitor.

I did volunteer at a cancer society of America thrift store though and they were worse about throwing things away than goodwill. Smaller space so I get it but they (acs) would send donations they couldnt handle to other charity organizations.

I didnt understand that bitch at all. Anything that was torn -salvation army bucket and she would go through my sorted to go to the goodwill pile (no holes) and say "throw these away, they're ugly"

I only lasted 2 weeks. It was volunteer work, i wasnt pressed about dealing with that womans b.s. for free.





[ - ] Clubberlang 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 22:27:10 ago (+3/-0)

Yep can confirm saved a Technics turntable from its demise at salvation army. All it needed was a needle.

[ - ] Dindu 3 points 1 weekApr 21, 2024 09:50:53 ago (+3/-0)

I do some resale but only expensive shit. But I don't come near making a living from goodwill. Is she doing sheer volume flipping 6 dollars into 25 over and over?

Because lol my style is flipping 5 into 100 once in awhile. Maybe I should do more volume. But damn then you have to have more storage and be around stuff you don't like.

Don't mind me I'm talking to myself over here

[ - ] purityspiral 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2024 10:09:45 ago (+1/-0)

Welcome to the invasion ground zero.

It will become progressively harder not to notice.

It's important to remember one simple fact.

They tried to kill you, recently.
This is not your grandpas problem.
This belongs to us.

[ - ] Smackike 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2024 23:42:31 ago (+1/-0)

Only niggers and kikes use goywill. Donations go straight to Israel.

[ - ] Lost 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2024 19:41:35 ago (+1/-0)

It also doesn't help that the stores are staffed by former addicts and nigger ex-cons.

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens -2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2024 23:35:02 ago (+0/-2)

AYO WHEN I JUMP ON YO MAMA SHE SAY GOOD WILL