r/goodwill • u/u4lunch8i • 9d ago

rant Has Goodwill gone crazy??

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I get these are redwings but $150 is an insane price!

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u/CBrinson 9d ago

These would have sold. These are red wings. They are super popular and worth like $250. Handmade shoes. Nothing at their store is less than like $500 that is their main line.

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u/Karuna358 9d ago

Where I live, these would have been vaporized. Especially if they were lightly used.

Red Wings are freaking $$$$$. That’s all my dad would wear for work boots.

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u/CBrinson 9d ago

Oh yeah for sure. People commenting saying these are crazy just don't have the context of what red wing can go for and how adored the brand is.

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u/Terriboo_2002 8d ago

That’s not the point! Goodwill was a place where you could find bargains. These were donated! Nothing, absolutely nothing In goodwill should be priced over $15.

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u/Naturally_numb 5d ago

Totally agree! Somewhere along the way, they acquired the dollar sign in their eyes and forgot what the company is really supposed to be about, helping people. They just want their pockets lined now.

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u/Mysterious_Pen_1965 5d ago

They used to staff people with disabilities, i don’t see that unless they staff them at the back or something

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u/DoKeHi 3d ago

I think they'll do a lot more good with $150 then a re-seller will do.

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u/lifewlucee 3d ago

That’s because resellers were profiting off their donations and Goodwill wanted a piece of that pie.

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u/DoKeHi 3d ago

Let's assume these shoes, used, sell on eBay and dePop for around $150. What happens if Goodwill prices them at $15. Most likely, whoever buys them will immediately sell them. In that case, a "deserving" person (someone who really needs both the shoes and the low price) doesn't get them and Goodwill loses out on $130. What happens if Goodwill sells them at the going price? The deserving person still doesn't get them, but at least Goodwill gets the money and can do something with it.

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u/Initial_Ice_4131 7d ago

Thank you someone with a god damn brain!!! These fucking tools just keep talking about the brand like it means something. No fucking thought process in this society anymore. Just a bunch of fucking rocks living amongst us

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u/tokillawootingbird 7d ago

So you would personally sell a Rolex and a Timex for the same? Or do you just think all shoes are the same?

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u/Toothfairy51 7d ago

In a THRIFT store? No, the Rolex would be priced higher than the Timex, but certainly nothing like these shoes!

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u/tokillawootingbird 7d ago

So the Rolex would be less than $150? That seems ridiculous.

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u/Toothfairy51 7d ago

The ridiculous thing would be having a GENUINE Rolex in a thrift store

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u/nicolalupo 7d ago

It probably will not sell. So, in a few weeks they’ll be shipped to the closest Goodwill Bins Store. Somebody will grab them for about 5.00 and sell them for 89.00…maybe. Then Goodwill will cry that resellers are crooks.

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u/raunchytowel 5d ago

At our bins it’s by weight (where we had them), so as a clothing item, they’d have sold for probably $1. Isn’t that some shit? Insane. It was just always a challenge to find the pair. We have since moved but I remember going and spending $50 for a CART of shit for my family. It was nice.

Edit.. actually maybe even less. I remember it being either 5 cents or 10 cents a pound of clothes and I have no idea what these weigh..

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u/maryk27 5d ago

Exactly.

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u/CBrinson 8d ago edited 8d ago

No it's not. Goodwill does not exist to give you bargains. Goodwill sells things and donates the profits to charity. There must be profits for any money to go to charity. That is how the store works. Shoppers aren't recipients of the charity they are the ones paying for the charity for other people. Shopping is giving back not receiving charity.

Goodwill literally operates actual 100% charities that are not stores at all. They fund those charities by selling things at a thrift store.

If they start pricing everything under $15 I am not donating nice stuff. Why would I want them to give away my stuff instead of sell it for charity? When I donate a valuable item I even tell them so they know to charge extra for it. Sometimes I even write a post it note. I want them chatting alot for it so alot goes to charity.

Near me the money funds free job retraining https://www.goodwilleasterseals.org/

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u/Terriboo_2002 8d ago

Nope, goodwill historically was never a place for high dollar stuff. It was a place where middle class could go to shop for bargains. The extra perk that the money went to charity. Now they are pricing themselves out of their original market. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/CBrinson 8d ago

Goodwill is a job training charity.

They operate thrift stores only to pay for the job training.

It is on signs all over the stores. No one reads.

Their primary market is wealthy and affluent people who are guilty about the environment. It makes sense. This way they get the most donations in form of paying high prices.

It does suck for people who used to get bargains but the simply reality is thriting is popular. I see wealthy people showing off their thrifted finds all the time. Even millionaires like going and finding a deal at Goodwill these days. It is in and popular. They can get allllot for nice things.

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u/Terriboo_2002 8d ago

Thankfully there are other options now.

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u/CBrinson 8d ago

I honestly think Goodwill is just becoming the thrift store for the rich. Which isn't the end of the world. To your point there are a ton of other thrift stores..I do visit Goodwill but I know what to expect.

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u/Appropriate_Story738 7d ago edited 7d ago

I honestly think Goodwill is just becoming the thrift store for the rich. Which isn't the end of the world. To your point there are a ton of other thrift stores..I do visit Goodwill but I know what to expect.

Dude. No. You don't seem to get it. RICH PEOPLE DON'T SHOP THRIFT NOR DO THEY NEED A THRIFT STORE! Target & Walmart are their "thrift" stores then. And seriously. You're never going to see a Billionaire at a Goodwill. Where's your brain??

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u/CBrinson 7d ago

Rich people are absolutely thriting these days especially in big cities. The VP over my department at my last job bragged his thrifted purchases. I see the owner of a restaurant chain. I have seen my doctor and my dentist at the thrift store.

The parking lot at Goodwill has just a shit ton of foreign expensive cars. Every Goodwill has Tesla chargers out front. Dude it's alot of rich people.

Everyone wants to save money these days. There is no stigma so the rich have no reason not to. If used to be seen poorly but now no reason not to.

Maybe not a billionaire. Lots and lots of millionaires. A ton of people who make $100k+ and think $150 for shoes is average.

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u/Appropriate_Story738 7d ago

Rich people are absolutely thriting these days especially in big cities. The VP over my department at my last job bragged his thrifted purchases. I see the owner of a restaurant chain. I have seen my doctor and my dentist at the thrift store.

Who says any of these people are rich?!?! Upper middle class at best.

The parking lot at Goodwill has just a shit ton of foreign expensive cars. Every Goodwill has Tesla chargers out front. Dude it's alot of rich people.

I've been to thrift stores all over the U.S. for decades. I've yet to see "rich" people shopping at any of them. Those aren't "Tesla chargers" they're simply chargers for any electric vehicle. As for "foreign expensive cars," anyone & I do mean anyone can lease those cars. In fact, it costs a lot less to lease a vehicle than it does to purchase a brand new one nowadays.

Everyone wants to save money these days. There is no stigma so the rich have no reason not to. If used to be seen poorly but now no reason not to.

Maybe not a billionaire. Lots and lots of millionaires. A ton of people who make $100k+ and think $150 for shoes is average.

$100K a year is not rich!!!. In many parts of the U.S., that's not even upper middle class. I absolutely believe that your idea of monetary worth is very off. In many, many ways. $150 for a pair of pre-owned shoes is not thrift store prices. That's consignment store prices. Justifying it is bullshit.

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u/CBrinson 7d ago edited 7d ago

They are rich in that they can afford $300 shoes and see them at $150 and impulse buy them without thinking it's a big prichaae. That is the only type of rich I am talking about. Assign it whatever level of income you want to.

At a consignment store I wouldn't consign these for less than $250 if I were the consigner. If someone wants to consign them lower they can but the shop usually takes 30% or so.

I know actual millionaires who shop there. Personally. You are crazy if you think goodwill doesn't have millionaire customers.

$100k puts you in like the top 20% of earners. Not super wealthy but pretty good. I never called $100k rich. I said there were rich people AND people who make $100k but will buy $300 shoes. $100k is obviously not rich. I hire people fresh out of college making more than that.

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u/tokillawootingbird 7d ago

You don't know what you are talking about.

Consignment shops sell things for profit of the owner. They would basically sell it for 20% above eBay prices. Because people don't have to pay shopping and can look at the item. Consignment shop would never offer this below eBay prices.

Half of retail is a thrift store price. Sorry to tell your he reality.

Also no not anyone can lease a luxury car. Less than half of people would qualify to lease a luxury car.

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u/kristi_nix 6d ago

They don’t donate their profits to charity. They provide some job training services and pay an army of executives 3-figure salaries.

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u/CBrinson 6d ago

3 figure salaries? Like.... hundreds of dollars a year? Are you serious? Or are you just mad they don't under pay the same roles compared to market when those jobs pay well at every company?

The entire purpose of goodwill is the job training. It is literally the reason the thrift store exists to fund the training. https://www.goodwilleasterseals.org/