& they have CEOs to pay. Check out their salaries

Yep and they need to donate stuff especially clothing!!!!!

Went to one here in West Virginia at that time didn't have much, homeless went the store to get me a coat walked in and found me a coat I was figuring maybe 5 dollars it was 25 have not been in one in for year my daughter says it gone way in price 😡

I agree. Here in my Southern CA area I donate to AmVets, which benefits veterans.

Yes they should donate rather than toss in dumpster!!

Hey...They have CEOs to pay!😁

Agree- everything they sell is donated!!!!!!

@@jewels4028 Ya! Screw the local community! We don't care about them!

CEO's to pay (a fortune), won't accept returns, raised their prices, and they want you to give them your change! I'm ready to call it a day with Goodwill!

And paying those high salaries of the uppers!

Now for profit

Goodwill excs make tons of money , it's not for helping people 😢

@@roselee4445 It was always for profit. They don't help people with disabilities. They don't even pay people with disabilities minimum wage and they give them all the dirtiest jobs. Every year they raise the prices a dollar.

Both Goodwill and Salvation Army have both really raised their prices. The other day I went to Goodwill and they had clothing items donated with tags still on them from the original store and Goodwill's price was higher than the original price.

@@loucroft9415 absolutely

The CEO gets paid big bucks.

Rich people are the most self centered people They are the less likely to help anyone

@@christicrenshaw2772 It's actually Socialists that are the most self centered, GREEDY and selfish people in this world. Give me, give me , GIVE ME!!!! At least I can refuse to shop at some Capitalists store. Nobody forces me to give one dime if I don't like them for any reason. But how do I resist your slavery, er, "socialism", without penalty?

@@genevievesmith3562 Yeah, because they bring in big bucks. But compare Goodwill CEO's to ones working at McDonalds, Walmart,. etc. Goodwill CEO's get paid way less.... The purpose of Goodwill is to use profits to fund charity. You have to pay up for someone with the competence and experience to bring in those profits.

Blame it on the resellers.

@@Sunny-be1wg I am a reseller because I am a needy person.

I shop at Catholic charity shops instead of Goodwill. They keep the prices low and are very nice people to do business with and the money they raise actually goes to helping the community.

Same

Totally agree. I donate to the Salvation Army store. They fund a lot of community programs and social services

Same here

Money goes to high priced executives

I never go there anymore. Greedy greedy puppies!

@@ppekpb Most resellers source most of their items from Goodwills. Maybe need to rethink your opinion some? maybe?

I try to stick to the color of the week and get 50 percent off. Just went today. Bought about 7 clothing items. I only paid full price on 1 item.

Cheap

Goodwill is bad deal everything is donated and they don’t help anyone in need I stopped going to goodwill along time ago They all need to go out of business

@@sewquilty357 nonsense

I would have bought it on the spot

I would have bought it

Awww, that is SO sad! How rotten of the store to do that to that family!!

A voucher is a fracking voucher.

​@@Phillip-cw9xn I have no idea what that means. The only term of "fracking," I know has to do with oil & gas 😂

Am Vets need help and Habitat for Humanity...

I am glad that you shared that. We have better organizations here in Florida that dress , en and women to go back to work. I support them

Of course, you COULD also swap among your NETWORKS 😇👍

And then they ask if you will round up. Really?!?

I gave up on "thrift" stores a long time ago. It is more like give us your old stuff and we'll double the new store price. No thanks.

😢 sad my family has thrift shopped my whole life. I sure have noticed lately that it's not as fun as it used to be. Goodwill has priced themselves out of being a thrift store that stuff is donated people come on.

@@annaculver1304 yep! I HAD to thrift shop for my baby and myself after I escaped fr an abusive husband and had to unscramble my head, get back on my feet, recover my beaten-down mind. I was thankfully approved for welfare and baby formula/food coupons but we still needed clothes and other things. I could get t-shirts and jeans all day long for .75 cents and $2.50. Now, that t-shirt in same condition sells for $7 and the jeans $12. I see Tees and jeans for far more than that, too. Now, decades later, Goodwills and other chain thrift stores are pseudo-boutiques judging by the outlandish prices. They've forgotten about the needy people and are pricing for the reseller's market. In a way, yes, the resellers have ruined it. Sure, people resold decades ago. But they weren't all making videos while trhifting, selling on ebay & PoshM, and didn't have a smartphone to search comparables! What can I say? GREED has destroyed the Capitalist-run countries. And those not run on a cap'st economy are STILL being destroyed by greed.

You have to know where to look. Check the smaller ones that are out of the way.

@@loriachaddon8497 Can't get any further out of the way than out here.

Yeah I mean their government gives everyone free health care too.

100% lol MOST places beyond the ones being trashed on here are little more than one owners way of SOURCING his products and collectibles. Simple, set-up a dog shelter shop...Get all the tax breaks of a "non-profit". Bare-bones locations and decor helps the "scam". Decor you claim is BevHills on the 501 form. You not only get FREE donations, they are listed on the form as gifts. Being a nice little helpful shop the local taxman ignores the fact you collect nil sales tax. That is a nice 5% bump to your BL. Did anybody not watch Storage Wars? the 2 main people on their ran/run similar fake Shops.

when all the fun is over you simply dnate money to a dog shelter you would have done anyway but without all the good crap you gained from the shop. Which you sell on the side for a nice living.😆

@@johndough23 you're mental

Resellers are Goodwills majority of sales....they come back daily. The average shopper a month or so...

Wow. Great deals. Not. What a scammer place.

Exactly!!

But you never do such shady things yourself right Mother T?

They took out all of the dressing rooms across the country during Covid. They just said 'Nope we aren't bringing them back', and so it has been....sigh😢 But now the return policy is 60 days for everything with the price tag still attached and receipt. Even clothing and working items. Oh, but you don't get the original payment back. You get store credit that must be used at the time of return. Oh, and if you dont use this full amount, you lose it. Let's say you bought a $40 item, you return it, and you get $40 store credit to use that day. You find some other items, but it only totals $30. You lose the other $10.

Then they ripped me off with a lower credit than what I returned. The cashiers, or at least this one, did not know basic math like come on, really!

Same in VA where I shop. Very annoying, I don't go very often anymore.

Use a measuring tape

Same at my store! No way to try on clothes, and it seems that fewer people are looking at the clothes when I go there.

Just yesterday I bought a media collection for $10, cds and dvds. Sells used on Amazon for $250-300. The mass of resellers pass on these items for one simple reason >LAZY. Because these are sold in a clamshell format most assume they are cassettes and 1980s. Nope, fail. I find these exact sort of media items 2-3 times a month and I source maybe 2 days a week. Gotta think deeper than "goodwill is a rip-off".

Me too. And what's ironic is that the GW and the DT are right beside each other in the SAME shopping plaza!

I agree I was shocked what found in there that was in awful condition and they are asking for brand new prices?

yea its insane, while there are still resonably priced good wills they are beccoming more and more rare. should just donate to a random church or a random group of homeless peaople, heck even if they sell it to buy drugs atlest it will goto poor peaople instead narccistic billinairs.

Yes! My municipal government is advertising for Value Village in government waste regulation information. They state donating to Value village is preferred rather than putting stuff in the garbage. While in the long line to donate I saw a woman empty her truck of dirty bed linen and other gross items. Value Village will tag them and charge top dollar. Basically my Value Village is a landfill.

That’s exactly it!

yup

Gets free then sells for $3. Reseller buys for $3 and sell for $30! Resellers SUCK.

@@SuzyOlsontell that to a reseller who has cancer and other health issues and works from home because they have no other income. Most resellers are looking for special items for collectors or people who are searching online for specific sizes of brands they are familiar with. Resellers are personal shoppers for some people.

@@SuzyOlson Yeah - everyone keeps leaving that last part out of the equation.

Actually, Goodwill should not be adjusting their prices because of resellers they should keep their prices low so they can turn over the items and people will keep coming

They might get their items free, but there is a cost for them doing business: employees, lights, insurance, dump fees etc. etc. Not to mention the time it takes going through literal crap that people donate and cleaning items caked with grease and dust.

I just donated a pickup truck load of vintage items to Goodwill... Maybe we should all stop donating to thrift stores that want to be antique Boutiques

Remember the "invited guest resellers" grand opening of the new store..(2 new store back) ( also covered on another channel) they were "introduced to the "NEW SOCIAL MEDIA GOODWILL EXECUTIVE" and it was stated their job was to watch social media (The resellers were personally introduced and if they had "any questions" to contact her. And her job was to teach all pricing people giving classes on how to look up items to know to send the better items to "Goodwill online" and how much socisl media ebay is selling for to be more competitively priced as they put out items. Hence 9-5 pricing people have a quota carts to be put out and so now next day so they can be done for their day and deal with it next day routine.😢 Goodwill has become their own "Reseller" ...changing times!

I overheard a GW manager talking to an employee about the pallets they were buying to resell at their store. So no I don't think it's all free from donations. I also see alot of repeated items nwt shein target old navy walmart priced pink tag over $10. While I find an Armani dress 50% off from $7.99 😂

When I worked at Goodwill we only threw away items that were broken or recalled, especially any electric items. We would cut the cords to prevent anyone from taking them possibly causing harm. Our store was very small with great management, We only put out top quality. The remaining clothing and shoes donations were bundled and donated to a charity. Some people should be ashamed of what they donate to get a tax credit,

Have you lost your mind. Of course you are going to pay sales tax to the State. It's the law of the land. You like the things the state provides you like roads, schools etc. give me a break and perhaps you didn't finish school or missed the classes when they taught us about taxation.

At least in Las Vegas Goodwill does not charge sales tax.

@@lauriehughes6238 Charities have to give the state sales tax? Really? How stupid is that!?!

You pay sales tax on EBay Items too at least here in NC I do.

@@joyfullone3968 Ebay isn't a tax exempt charity like GW.

Yes, I think goodwill is greedy as well, at my local goodwills, they've had items that were sets, marked at individual prices and I've asked to buy the whole "set" at one price and they wouldn't work with me . I heard that being a thrift store you could bargain with them but they have NEVER came down on prices for me or worked with me on prices if I bought more of 1 item or tried to make a set out of items. I've grown to hate Goodwill anymore!!

Goodwill does shady stuff I don't donate or shop their.

Goodwill is now for profit

@@roselee4445 Goodwill was always for profit. Their profit.

I used to work for them. A homeless person I knew came in and asked me if he could have a coat. It was winter and bitterly cold. My manager said I could not give him a coat. I could, however, buy him a coat and give it to him, but I had to be off the clock and my shift had just begun so... I bought him a coat 8 hours later and then couldn't find him. Thanks Goodwill, for selling the soured milk of human kindness. I won't shop there or donate there. I donate to Catholic Charity where I know the money goes to help the local community via Catholic Workers.

The whole idea of Goodwill is to fund their mission. Along the line they have been helping people buy things at lower prices. The prices are going up thanks to all the reseller videos.

@@KathyDoucette it’s sad thing that all the KZfaqrs buy out the best of goodwill items, but that’s not Goodwills job to make it impossible for anyone to purchase at intended lowest prices used items…when they start dictating who can come in to buy needs for households-it’s a form of racism I guess I hate that word but so many use it for everything.. another shame of democratic society pushy and bullying people everywhere..there should be a freeze on those prices..price gouging is bad for this country and its people

The bigger problem is we need workers to be paid a living wage so they don't need to go through all the trouble of stealing. Not a lot of people want to work 3 jobs just to pay rent at a place they are never at.

@lisajennings2194 getting pd 20/hr for flipping burgers is more than fair, where as those health care workers taking care of humans are only getting minimum wage of 16/hr. The idiots who steal don't want to work. It's not easy finding a good honest person who wants to work for a living.

Goodwills closing? WHAT????

@@Chicago48that store is just changing locations

They did their Christmas shoplifting early

Nothing to do with goodwill.

Everything is over priced everywhere

If you shop off season sales prices are much better than good will, I tried they online store when you add the shipping,handling and taxes you can buy the item New 😂

@@tracyehogan9591 Sure it does. We have indoctrinated millions into thinking Socialism is somehow justice and it's alright to steal by force. But my goodness if a Capitalist opens a Store with her own money, presents you a product at a certain price and gives you the chance to buy it if you like the terms. For some reason that's "evil" in the Socialists religion.... And prices are overpriced everywhere because Politicians and the Federal Reserve DEVALUED our dollar by printing money. Dollar loses value price goes up to reflect devalued dollars. Dollar loses value, and Corporate profits look higher, but it's because those profits are in devalued dollars.

So.... you don't mind the CEO's making obscene salaries off donated items... but you begrudge an average person trying to earn a (usually meager & supplemental) living by providing a service to others? And why would PEOPLE BUYING THEIR STUFF make thrift shops raise prices? That doesn't even make sense. And, for the record, the original point of GW and most other "charity" shops is NOT that the items are cheap so that poor people can buy them - it's to raise money to help their chosen charity. Stop blaming other poor people for doing what they gotta do to get by. Get mad at the rich who keep squeezing everyone so that they CAN'T get by.

@@ktinx225 Resellers aren’t why the prices went up. That makes no sense. People have been reselling thrifted finds since thrift stores came to be. Before the internet it was harder to resell. people with shops could resell their finds. There were also shops where you could rent a space and sell your finds. They upped the prices because their profit margin isn’t high enough for them. Corporate greed. Somebody up top said they need a certain profit margin. That person makes a ton of money running the company. They have no idea what you are going to do with the items you buy there unless they are somehow tracking your every move 😳😵‍💫 I don’t think Goodwill has the money to invest in that technology to track all their customers. 😂

Sure they fo....Walmart.

Goodwill shoppers are mostly normal buyers and not resellers. Why on earth would Goodwill feel that it's a good idea to increase prices just to combat the 15 or 20 resellers they may get each day over the hundreds of non resellers? I can tell the resellers in a Goodwill verses a regular customer that's just looking to purchase something for themselves. The average ratio is about 30 to 1. Their goal should be to offer great prices to all, regarless if a reseller comes in and snags a deal to resell for a higher price. Their goal should be to make a sale to help their cause, or to give back the "their charity" which is questionable. Keep in mind that up until recently, they were getting 100% profit because everything in their store was donated. Have you noticed that they've started selling brand new items now? I see new stuff all over the store now like brand new rugs, new socks, new bras, new belts, new reading glasses, new crappy cheap jewelry, new Hanes T-shirts, kitchen items, fake nails and eyelashes, paint supplies, candy, chips/snacks, and even brand new clothing!!!! Maybe since they're not 100% donations and now have new merchandised inventory, they have to increase prices because those new items aren't donated. My local Goodwill, in a small rural community of about 20,000 people has slowly started introducing "brand new' items over the last year and now it's starting to look like the Dollar Tree inside. In any given Goodwill, there may be a small handfull of items and clothing that would actually sell for a higher profit on Ebay or Poshmark. I spent 4 years as a reseller on Ebay and Poshmark and I had to spend hours in each Goodwill just to find a few items of value. Honestly, not worth it for the time I spent shopping for this stuff, not to mention measuring, putting together a good description, photographing, and listing item and once sold, packaging and making trips to USPS to ship the items. If they put all the resellers out of business or even half, will they decrease their prices??? I highly doubt it. So are they really increasing prices because of the resellers or are they using resellers as an excuse to increase their prices? They shouldn't even worry about that anyways because their business is about selling super affordable merchandise to the public (including resellers) and to give back to their local community assisting mainly their employees with job training skills. That's it. If someone in their local community needed help paying for their cancer treatments, Goodwill would not help them. If someone lost their home due to a fire, Goodwill would not help them get back on their feet. Goodwill uses their funds to basically hire more people and pay their salaries which is not much and they appear to be opening more stores in the region, sooooo.......that's where the money goes and don't forget the 6 and even 7 figure incomes that go to the big bosses of the company. If I had a thrift shop of my own, my prices would be lower than theirs. I would sell more items and I wouldn't give two shits if a reseller came into my shop and got a great deal and resold it for a higher price. Good for them. We all can make money and that's good for everyone. That buyer would likely shop from me more and more. I would be gratefule for the free donations and would feel great that I could not only offer my shoppers great deals for return business and also use much of the profits to "truely" help my community that's in need of help. The more I sell, the more money that is made. Take out the dressing rooms, offer a crappy exchange policy making customers come back within a short time frame to exchage an item they may not be able to fit into again or may not find, charge double or more for items, and ask for additional round up money with each purchase is the start of the end of a business. People just want great prices in this crazy economy and raising prices on free, donated items is absolutely insane. I doubt the original founders would agree with the current millionairs that are running it now.

​@@ktinx225 did you hurt yourself reaching for all that judgment your brain added? OP neither said nor implied ANY of that.

I like high prices. I look for the high priced items everywhere I source. Those are the items that make the most amount of money. I'm just never offended by high prices. I would rather buy 1 item that makes a few hundred that 20 items that make $20 each. I would have bought the Coalport piece after comping it. It had all the hallmarks of a good piece so it was worth checking out even if you hate porcelain and glass. I would have used my UPS store to pack and ship the piece. I would give up $25 of the profit to the shipper and offset the risk.

Just check the advanced and see what past items actually sold for.

We started every day at GW going over if we met yesterdays goal and what the current days goal will be for Each dept. Corp usually tacked on some % increase over last years goal. They're true A holes. (Corporate and mgrs).

Sales goals for thrift good will? Hilarious!

@thraciangrapes ikr! Of course we were a no 1 store with a brand new building so they were extra cut throat.

Exactly. CEO salaries are easily found...& also this organization is getting big tax breaks upon hiring certain employees.

We call it Goodwon't here. Goodwill won't help the local community. Goodwill won't pay their disability employees a living wage. Goodwill won't care if you get injured on the job. Goodwill won't care if you're sick or injured and can't work. Goodwill won't heat or cool their warehouses and won't care if you have heat exhaustion. Goodwill isn't good for anyone but their CEOs. Goodwill will, however, lie to their employees and customers about shipping bale gaylords over seas. They definitely do sell and ship bale overseas.

I agree. Goodwill has forgotten they were quote " founded to help needy people". Corporate greed for sure.

My mother used to take me to goodwill in the 70s. They were overpriced then, too.😊

thank you. resellers are just regular people trying to make a few dollars to keep afloat.

Yeah, I'm going to try to get peeps to start patronizing Salvation Army instead.

The blanket with the crocheted blue flowers was gorgeous!!!

Granny square blankets are not going to sell for that much. There are so many of them for sale.

Honestly if it's made out of acrylic you know polyester then no it's not a good quilt.

Why not just tell them it is worth 1.99 sure they would have considered it. If not say no thanx and get the other one. Says more about you than an unknowing worker.

@@RobertLee-wi5kc probably should have, the store had just opened that particular register, and a line of people were backed up while the employee was getting the candle holder priced. It would've been such a pointless exercise for the store employee had I rejected the pricing.

Resellers aren't ruining anything. They don't price the stuff high at Goodwill, Goodwill does that.

Also most resellers are not buying kids or baby clothes. Tell your wife to rethink her thoughts. We pay what's asked we do not get it free like goodwill

I see LL Bean new with tags in my Goodwills every week. It's not a high quality brand, nobody wants to buy it.

No, Goodwill ruined it for everyone…they are reseller wannabe’s.

How do they, Goodwill consider themselves nonprofits

That's a ridiculous thing to say. 😂😂😂

So true.

Then get there before I do! Work for it otherwise you can check out the scores we worked hard to find. Plenty to go around.

The goodwill got it for free!!

@@stephanesumner5436 And they have all kinds of business expenses to get it to you. If YOU want something for free start a hauling service.

Our GWs are just the opposite on the carts they bring out. They will bring them out and leave them for shoppers to pick over before their employees start shelving the items. If people pick from the carts its less for the employees to have to shelve.

I'm wondering if after the big cleaning of 2020 when so many were home decluttdring and now not or people have gotten disgusted with goodwill or knowing their stuff is going for bigger bucks online means they'll sell it themselves now

@@Marianne-wm3vs Or the higher quality items are being sold online. Their pricing is such now that if its something you need it can be a good deal. However the days of flipping an item for profit are coming to a close. Like an item that could be flipped for $20 they use to sell for $3-$4, now its $10. Not worth messing with.

The Salvation Army supports people in need. Provide fellowship. Covers Christmas and thanksgiving gifts and food. They help people with rent, utilities and other necessities. I always donate to them.

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I would had grabbed the Zanfirico piece in a split second. I could sell those all day long. ;D

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Mine too.

Yup. At least a year here in Pa.

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Yes. In my goodwill, which stinks BTW, they only have costume jewelry all good stuff goes to online. I was told the lady that prices the jewelry finds good stuff, prices it low and texts a friend to come buy it.

Its a Work Perk...They dont Get paid Shyt anway.

@@playmorecollectibles6144 I worked at a very small but nice Goodwill. We definitely could not stash anything . We could only purchase items on our days off. They later changed it to you could not shop anytime at the place you worked. I think that is how it is at most of them now. No one ever mentions the vouchers being used for free things or how so many steal from Goodwill because of their mindset that inventory was donated. Most Goodwill stores pay huge rent because they choose good, safe locations, plus employ a lot of people because it is very labor intensive to get merchandise to the floor. I was between jobs when I worked for them, took a job at a bank afterward that paid the same and was not nearly as interesting, lol Like any store it comes down to management. I enjoy the ones that I shop at if not I don't return just as I would any other retailer.

Yeah they do that here in Tx also. Some of the office staff have picked up very, very nice furniture for very little $.

They sure do at a lot of thrift stores,you will never see depression or good crystal on the shelves here or good fabrics etc. , quite a few items regularly seen at other thrift stores never here.

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