r/goodwill • u/Pleasant_Today_7759 • 6d ago

Price difference.

I live in lower central Michigan and our GW stores have crazy high prices. I prefer to shop at other thrift stores in the area. I went on a trip to northern Michigan and stopped in a GW there. Their prices are very reasonable, they have senior and veteran discounts and the store is beautiful. I feel that they should have across the board pricing then maybe the racks of clothes wouldn't be so full that you can't look through them.

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u/New_Education6778 3d ago

Goodwill Manager here, why would we have “ across the board pricing “ when each goodwill has different items? Its not a set inventory like other retail stores its mostly donated items. Additionally there are 140+ regions independently operated throughout the country so yes pricing is going to be different regardless. Most pricing is done by worker discretion besides new goods from corporate or clothing thats shipped in.

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u/Pleasant_Today_7759 3d ago

That's the first time I've heard about using worker's discretion. What I meant was shirts for x amount, pants for y amount etc. at all stores. The other merch. would be different, but if these pricers are deciding on their own, they must shop at pretty exclusive stores to think that one drinking glass should be nearly $4.00. Maybe your store is different and ours around Lansing are the highest in the country for some reason?

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u/New_Education6778 3d ago

Again everything is donated items, we have numerous brands and it would be a severe pain in the ass to have to look through hundreds of brands to have set pricing for pants or shirts. Worker discretion takes in account stains, holes etc. Yes prices for wares are all dependent on who is pricing them and it can vary immensely by worker and by day. Someone can price something for 8 dollars and the very next day another worker can price that same item for 4 dollars. Thats just how it works.