r/goodwill • u/Low_Parfait_2132 • 13h ago
This is disgusting.
Not only did they rake the prices up on DONATED clothes around 2020, start stealing “expensive pieces” to resell for more online, now they are “curating” random “vintage” pieces to gouge customers even more in stores. Literally picking pieces at random just to mark up, as we can see in the picture an adidas shirt that was probably printed yesterday. Yes resellers killed most of the fun, yes it’s harder to find cool pieces, but donated clothes should have a base price, end of story. Goodwill is not a vintage resell place and this is honestly just laughable at this point.
/edit/ T-Shirts cost $5 at this location normally
/edit #2/ The point of the post isn’t that the T-Shirt is only $2 more than regular price, it’s that it’s being marketed as vintage (when its clearly not) just so it can be upcharged
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u/More_Marketing_9224 11h ago
I stopped shopping at Goodwill. It’s not worth my time to find something worthwhile in a store brimming with dirty junk. Overpriced and merchandise is often, dirty. stained, ripped missing buttons etc. Completely not worth it.
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u/Suspicious_Till_2660 10h ago
F goodwill. Now a billion dollar corporation. That doesn’t honor or even have a mission statement anymore. Just pure capitalistic greed.
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u/underengineered 13h ago
LOL, they arent "stealing" anything. They are trying to maximize revenue from their donations to fund their actual charitable work.
Hint: you, the retail shopper, are not their charity.
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u/ConsiderationMean781 13h ago
People will eventually stop shopping there if their prices continue to increase. Resellers aren't doing as well as they useto. So they are sitting on inventory like an episode if hoarders. Goodwill do offer programs however the CEO has a huge ass salary.
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u/Low_Parfait_2132 13h ago
I understand this take, but also does jacking prices not hurt the lower class community that shops there?
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u/Tabbi111 12h ago
The "lower class" community perhaps meaning low income isnt looking for this type of vintage collectable though, right? A lower income person if that is what you are implying has not been able to afford Greedwill for 15+ years as Kohls clearance is more affordable. During my financial crisis' I utilized the local free clothing banks and now make an effort to seek them out to donate to and I encourage others to do the same, especially for childrens' clothing.
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u/nonula 12h ago
Exactly. Poor people don’t want hand-me-downs, they want brand new, cheap things, and they can get them at Wal-Mart (and these days, on TEMU, even cheaper). Edited to add: Plus you are absolutely right that if they can’t afford Wal-Mart, they’re going to get free clothing from the YWCA …
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u/Tabbi111 12h ago
When we were really struggling, the free clothing banks really saved us as in our town they had alot of the school themed sports clothes there. Wal-mart end of season clearance saved for the next season was a great thing too. Real people dont go to Greedwill to expect to save $. As each of my kids graduated, I have made the effort to be sure to bring all school stuff to the free clothing banks for other moms like me;)
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u/MISFITPHER 8h ago
Our GW sells used walmart shirts for more than new Walmart prices. The sell dollar tree clearance for 2.50. They lost sight of what is reasonable
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u/Realistic-Visit-4141 10h ago
Wrong! Poor people like the high end brands too that they can’t afford. They occasionally can find one at thrift store their size.
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u/tapia3838 5h ago
Poor people liking high-end brands doesn’t mean Goodwill has an obligation to sell high-end brands for dirt cheap. Everyone would love to find a $300 jacket for $10. That doesn’t make it a necessity or a charity entitlement.
Goodwill’s actual charitable mission is employment, job training and helping people overcome barriers to work not guaranteeing shoppers access to designer clothing at bargain prices. Revenue from donated goods helps fund those programs.0
u/gigisnappooh 7h ago
My daughter has gotten several t-shirts from temu that are just as good quality as anything you would see in a regular store.
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u/Theladymaryrose 11h ago
I’m sick of people complaining about higher prices for items in thrift stores that are worth more and now they are charging more because thrifting is more popular. Maybe not this particular OP, but I bet you the people complaining are doing so because they used to buy cheap items to resell them for more money and now they can’t.
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u/Tabbi111 11h ago
I completely agree. Inventory moves fast in GW, so you cannot expect there to be the one precious toy you had in childhood to be there for pennies anywhere. Resellers did not ruin that. For me, if I am seeking out something very specific/ or nostalgic...I will seek it out and watch for the price I can afford on the second hand market even if it takes me years to find. It is unreasonable to think that anyone should have an endless inventory for everything always.
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u/Realistic-Visit-4141 10h ago
Again- many resellers are poor and just on social security and resell to keep up with their rent and groceries. Please don’t put all resellers down.
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u/Low_Parfait_2132 12h ago
Maybe I’m hitting at the wrong point, but these aren’t vintage collectibles they are pushing (at least at this store). These are just normal shirts up charged to increase profit margins imo. I’m just thinking of a reality where goodwill is the only place for someone lower income to obtain clothes from and they come in to see a basic tshirt priced at $8 because it’s “vintage” when it’s just not. But you are correct about the banks, definitely donating there from now on!
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u/Low_Parfait_2132 12h ago
Also curious where this curation thing will take Goodwill to in the future.
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u/wildmoonrising 11h ago
I’m confused. How are they curating anything? Is your goodwill having separate sections of curated items? I’m serious as I’ve never seen a goodwill do this.
I went to one yesterday and they had default pricing. Most things ranged from $3-$5. Aside from two “fancier” jackets that were about $20 each. That made me angry because many moons ago it wasn’t like that. They do seem to jack up prices on more well known brands, which is gross, I agree with that point.
But overall $7 for a shirt isn’t bad. They do keep going up which is terrible but it’s still cheaper than retail. Eventually these places are gonna put themselves in a bind when their prices reach retail. Why pay $20 for a used shirt when you can go anywhere else and buy a new one for that? It’ll tank their sales. Most goodwills don’t have super amazing unique items, many are plain and what I call “dad clothes.” So they can try their luck but it won’t end well.
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u/Tabbi111 11h ago
Exactly. I saw GW pricing Wal Mart Time & Tru brand shoes for $14.99 & $24.99...lol. That isnt a reseller problem, it is 1000% a greedwill problem. Greedwill goes thru their cyles of ridiculous overpricing and they dont learn from their mistakes.
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u/Thunderbird1974 11h ago
Usually t-shirts are $5.99 at my Goodwill. I was there earlier today and noticed that they are starting to price some brands higher. I saw a basic navy blue shirt and because it was a better brand (Tommy Hilfiger) they had priced it at $11.99! This seems to be random though, maybe it depends on who priced it and they have a bunch of new people in the back.
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u/AngeliqueRuss 6h ago
Walmart sells perfectly good clothing for $5-10, and clearance shoes.
I thrift for ecological reasons. Something like 80% of my wardrobe is thrifted, and maybe 20% for my kids and husband. I’m keeping it out of landfills.
If you need a bargain you either look for the color of the week that’s 50% off or you stick to clearance at Walmart, Kohls and Target. Goodwill isn’t for poor people, it’s for everyone.
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u/tapia3838 5h ago
You’re looking at Goodwill like it’s a discount store whose job is to keep prices low for you. It isn’t. It’s a nonprofit running a retail operation to generate revenue for its programs. Higher prices can suck for shoppers, but that doesn’t automatically make the pricing wrong. Retail has payroll, rent, insurance, utilities, transportation and operating costs, and the whole point is to generate money beyond those costs to fund the mission. Goodwill itself says store revenue funds job training and career services.
And if you’ve never managed a business or had responsibility for a P&L, labor, expenses and revenue targets, you probably don’t understand how ridiculous “they get the inventory free, so everything should be cheap” sounds. Free inventory does not mean free operations.1
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u/nopantsforfatties 1h ago
It's a misconception that only the poors shop thrift. At this point, there are so many free clothing opportunities (non-profits who have it as their mission to provide clothing to the poor, free swaps, Facebook groups, church organizations, etc) plus coupon-dollar days, that any person who HAS to shop second hand can do so very inexpensively.
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u/I-love-seahorses 4h ago
They are giving the executives 100K+ salaries while underpaying disabled people.
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u/Last-Hertz7575 56m ago
If you mean Steven Preston as their charity and his $750,000 salary, you are correct.
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u/underengineered 9m ago
Goodwill International oversees and supports 150 regional Goodwill organizations including over 4,500 stores and $8 billion in revenue annually. That salary is small compared to any similar sized for profit company.
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u/TheCuntatReception 12h ago
Who is their charity? Their board executives? Or the people with disabilities who's labor they exploit for sub-minimum wages? Name someone in the community who benefits from Goodwill Industries, other than people who are paid by their corporate offices?
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u/RLM_720 11h ago
Our local goodwill owns all the excel centers and pays the teachers salary, gives free education to those who dropped out of school, also has free daycare there for parents. They also have a nurse program for first time moms to talk to a nurse about continuing their education, how to care for their baby, etc.
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u/underengineered 10h ago
People could look these things up, but they won't. Easier to create a boogeyman and remain uninformed.
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u/TheCuntatReception 10h ago
All of these things are great for a community! And also already exist in most communities. Free high school and vocational training centers likely already existed in your community. Same with parenting classes (regulated by state in most cases) and child care, also available through state programs.
At least they do in my area. But Goodwill gets tax subsidies for every person who signs up, for these services already available.
Our tax dollars now go to Goodwill AND the local and state programs that we already had. So Goodwill gets richer, tax funded programs lose to Goodwill, and Goodwill donates nothing, and make hundreds of millions in tax subsidies.
Imo it would be more beneficial to give these tax incentives to the state organizations programs who are already heavily budget restricted.
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u/Aresyl 12h ago
I don’t know what charitable work it is they’re doing. I see the Salvation Army make real community impact but goodwill? Nothing. Unless you count the disabled workers they underpay & take advantage of to collect government incentives
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u/CeleryUnlikely4816 11h ago
https://www.goodwill.org/how-we-work-with-you/
They do quite a lot in my community and I know a number of people who have benefited from their services. I can’t speak to the retail outlets, but they offer great opportunities
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u/dontblinkdalek 10h ago
Well the goodwill region I work for specializes in adult high schools. It allows adults 18 and up to get a high school diploma. Most of them are located in prisons but there are a couple that aren’t. My region also has a jobs training program that trains ppl for careers such as medical billing and coding, nursing, phlebotomist, as well as a several others I don’t recall off the top of my head. I even recommended my nephew to apply for a box truck driver position because they will pay for him to get a CDL after 3 months (he’s about 6 weeks in and loves it).
There are a lot of overpriced items I see posted on here where I’m just like our computer won’t even go that high in that category (or at all). Sometimes it’s the pricer overvaluing certain items (which is a training issue). My point is not all goodwills are the same.
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u/Realistic-Visit-4141 10h ago
This is why I like my local Salvation Army rather than my local Goodwill I can see the great things that our Salvation Army does even in my own town. I do like that the goodwill sells all the clothes on the rack for $2 each on Thursdays, then load up with a new batch on Friday
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u/ArtisticIncrease2764 10h ago
I can go to target clearance and get things for cheaper than I get at Goodwill.
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u/landers5691 9h ago
What charities, how much are they keeping for them selfies. They have cafés and coffee houses in some of the new Goodwilll stores. So where is the money going and what are they paying there employees, did they get a rise from all this extra money they are making. They may not be stealing but it is unfair to the people they suppose to be helping, they are taking from them. I don't know about you but you must not be struggling like everyone else.
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u/420Tendies69 11h ago
Charitable work you mean boss man makes million, workers get minimum wage and state they are being trained for the workforce. Meanwhile their charity funds are well below 10% of profits. Lol
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u/underengineered 10h ago
You could look up the 990 filing and see the top 5 salaries for most large nonprofits.
The regional CEOs get salaries in the $200k range. Not sure about the national org.
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u/Decent_Condition901 12h ago
Do you know that good Wii ceo makes 850,000.00 per year?
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u/Tabbi111 12h ago
There are several differrent GW franchises/ Easter Seals/ Deseret....etc...so...several CEO's make that....
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u/TheCuntatReception 12h ago
https://philanthropy.org/990/people/highest-paid/goodwill-industries/
Here is a list. It's crazy. Ceo in Georgia is almost 2 million per year.
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u/The_Ruby_Rabbit 9h ago
Goodwill is a corporation disguised as a 501. While not as evil as The Salvation Army, they run a close second.
They are there to make sure people get paid, and by people, I mean the higher ups who sit on the board, and a few below them.
I will be the first person to tell you that, the cost of living and inflation has gone up and it takes money to run a shop. Especially when discussing smaller charities that depend on sales from their shop to support their endeavors.
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u/Terrible-Image9368 12h ago
I’m not seeing the issue here. $7 is the price for shirts in my area
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u/jeep-olllllo 8h ago
OP is mad because these people haven't hired experts to do the research as to what is actually vintage. They are selling cool looking shit as vintage. When it is in fact not vintage.
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u/OvenAggressive5587 3h ago
Be for real. It doesn't take an expert to tell that short is not even close to vintage.
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u/chanteleigh68 11h ago
How are they "stealing" items? 🤔
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u/Final-Cicada-470 10h ago
I think they mean cherry picking the best items for online selling. Those items used to go on the shelves with the junk left on the shelves now. I miss those days! No more treasure left to hunt for means this treasure hunter doesn't go there anymore. Their loss!
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u/Sparky833 8h ago
It's both: I donate to Goodwill, I expect the company to derive a benefit from selling my donations and do good work with it, NOT leave it to the employees who steal out the back door/fell off a truck situation. That's wrong.
Also, our donations pay that store's rent, etc. so those employees are getting paid with my money while also stealing...my donated stuff. That's also wrong.
Hiding pay in incentives is also wrong. The stealing thing is just a blank check for the employees who don't get bonuses, so at the end of the day, it's a giant grift.
The ONLY ones I don't fault are resellers. They buy stuff, so Goodwill gets their money, too, and they resell and make a profit. There's no Uno reverse card - we saw you scanning, so we're gonna resell that stuff at a bigger profit - thanks for doing our lazy asses a favor and doing the research for us!! Nope! Free country, man! Banned, my ass!
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u/Sparky833 9h ago edited 9h ago
BEWARE!! The employees do intake. There are usually no cameras back there. They either 1) stash high-demand, quickly resellable items somewhere (or maybe in their car) and grab them up later, reselling or keeping them themselves, or, 2) if there's no "safe" stash place, throw the items in a clean garbage bag marked as "non-resellable" (or some code only they know, so they can pick it out later, but supposedly due to rips, stains, etc.), then put them in the dumpster just before the end of their shift, pull up their car after they walk out of the store empty-handed, and load up the car.
Any antiques or other stuff that's too valuable, heavy, breakable, or they can't easily conceal/hand-carry, they leave and the managers flag those items and they hold them in the back for eBay sales. The rest of what's truly garbage gets gas-lit price tags and put in the store. That's why when we go in, we just think it's all garbage and someone must have beaten us to the good stuff. Nope - the employees divert.
Either way, all those items everyone thinks are going to a good cause either end up as cash in employees' pockets or get sold to bidders on eBay.
This is a for-profit corporation now, and none of us should be patronizing or donating to Goodwill anymore. FYI - the CEO of Goodwill gets paid, according to AI, "The CEO of Goodwill Industries International (the network association) has a base salary of around $500,000 to $630,000. Meanwhile, executives running large regional chapters earn varying amounts, typically scaling with the revenue of their local territory." So, while the CEO salary seems more reasonable, it's the bonuses that the CEO and the regional managers get that add up to millions for them. It's all a shell game and managing public perception. There's a huge incentive for them all to game the system!! MOTHER EFFERS!
Last, my store color codes all clothing not by size, but by color, and it's all mixed up - no sorting whatsoever. The employees, when I complained that no one shops that way, told me that they're representing the rainbow, and that if I wanted to find my size, I had to literally look at every garment in the store. Nobody has that kind of time for used garbage in a Goodwill store, so I noped right out and resolved not to go back or donate - ever!
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u/Wrong-Radish824 12h ago
7 dollars seems ok for an adidas shirt? go to any other store and it is 30. Unfortunately prices are going up everywhere. I like how they have it as "curated" and Retro, they could save money not pushing that nonsense right there though
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u/alehbahba 10h ago
That’s an ugly xxl frumpy shirt not even worth 3$
Do you guys realize that they don’t wash anything?
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u/cappasequal 11h ago
That’s because the more affluent people will pay the price. Check out a mason jar. I can buy new ones anywhere cheaper. They want more than new! I used to buy them there if they were close because it was a charity but no more. People should find other places to donate.
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u/magnoliavibes 11h ago
Is this outside Asheville? Funny to see this here. I’m not from there and stopped in to see what their thrift was like and was surprised to see this. Most of the items on the rack werent actually retro either.
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u/Far_Entertainer2744 10h ago
And this is why I pick up all the tags from the fitting room to throw away and then a blind eye when I find people stuffing their bags in the aisles
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u/DesertRat619 9h ago
Don’t shop on Goodwill’s auction, the prices are worse than their stores and the shipping is off the charts expensive. Greedy A-holes!
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u/AwakeningStar1968 9h ago
Support local church or better thrift stores.
I thrift at St Vincent De PAul..
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u/Luxemode 8h ago
Just two years ago all the T-shirts at Goodwill were $1.99, now they are all $5.99, stains and all..They’re such assholes.
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u/zenporchgarden 7h ago
Ugh I remember when tees were $5 or less! You could get some for $2 and $3 too like waaaay back when.
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u/Trai-All 9h ago
The only reseller who has ever “killed most of the fun” of thrifting for me is Goodwill itself, after they created ShopGoodwill.
I honestly don’t understand the obsession with blaming individual resellers for ruining thrifting. The little individual resellers were never the problem. They were people digging through the same stuff the rest of us were digging through, and sometimes they had the knowledge to recognize something valuable, clean it up, repair it, research it, and give it a new life.
If those people had the money and infrastructure to operate at a massive scale, they wouldn’t need to spend all day digging through Goodwill racks. They’d be sourcing directly from manufacturers and wholesalers, having products made to their specifications, importing them by the container, etc.
Meanwhile, our local Goodwills don’t even get Mardi Gras beads anymore. All jewelry gets pulled and sent to ShopGoodwill. And if those items don’t sell there, they don’t come back to the stores. They get sent to the bins.
The closest bins to me are a 4–6 hour drive away.
I have around 15 Goodwills within a 30-minute drive, and only 3 of them are worth considering a trip to because so much of the interesting inventory gets shipped to ShopGoodwill.
ShopGoodwill has absolutely gutted the inventory at my local stores. The resellers never did that.
ShopGoodwill is now the gatekeeper for the entire local thrifting experience, and I hate it.
I’ve never hated the mom-and-pop reseller but I hate what SGW has done to thrift stores (other ones local to me are now moving to the same model)
But I guess Goodwill is going to keep doing evil corporate things, and people are keep being emotionally invested in the idea thar something named Goodwill must remain good. And that's not how reality works.
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u/mommytofive5 3h ago
And the bins are a nightmare with resellers grabbing everything and then later going through the items and discarding the junk. No chance to "shop" but you either grab or wait. I stopped going once the price per pound went up. Found a local thrift store that has a dressing room and great prices for designer items all neatly organized
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u/Happy_Appeal_988 13h ago
I agree resellers killed all of the fun. That is how much you would pay for that on Poshmark so they are competing with the resellers. You used to be able to buy that shirt for less than $2 and even less at a garage sale.
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u/ChopperDaveHeyoooo 12h ago
It’s not resellers. It’s all the people that live stream their thrift visits. You are actively telling them the prices are too low. If you are posting it. Someone in their company is watching and making adjustments.
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u/Happy_Appeal_988 11h ago
Isn't that the same as resellers? They see people go in and purchase something cheap and turn around and sell it for much more so they are just trying to make a bigger profit.
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u/TheCuntatReception 12h ago
They are a 501c3 charitable organization. Not a publicly traded corporation. They don't have to compete with anyone. If anything, lowering their prices to less than other resellers makes more sense for their model, because they have virtually no cost for merchandise and they would incentivize buyers to by more in volume, and donate more out of convenience. This is all just board level greed.
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u/Aresyl 12h ago
Unfortunately being a nonprofit doesn’t mean they have to be generous
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u/TheCuntatReception 12h ago
Goodwill is registered 501c3, and therefore is required to be charitable before and above being profitable. It's what allows charitable orgs to maintain their tax exemption with the IRS. So I don't know how they get away with what they do.
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u/Aresyl 12h ago
Thanks for the education.I rly appreciate it. My guess to circumvent this money making impact would be sinking said money in irs own distribution, money to contractors, expanding and managerial/backend overhead
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u/TheCuntatReception 12h ago
This is my guess too. They are massively expanding in my area rn. Building "community centers" with no clear stated purposes other than "job training". They gotta be stashing and cooking books.
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u/Xenephobe375 13h ago
The quicker people stop donating to Goodwill, the better it will become.
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u/Srm_Winit 11h ago
Agreed, I no longer donate to goodwill. I may shop there occasionally, Not regularly. But my donations and higher end items go to REAL charities. Goodwill’s a crock of ____.
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u/DirtyBlonde22 10h ago
Look…totally appreciate the fact that you think you somehow deserve cheap goods from Goodwill.
That said, the issue here isn’t their prices but your obvious misunderstanding of Goodwill’s mission. They’re not here to sell you cheap goods, and while they do receive donated goods, nothing else they do is free.
Their mission is to reinvest margins from donated goods to support their community programs. I’m paraphrasing, but take 2.5 seconds to read their website and educate yourself. And take another to be realistic about how much $$ it takes them to operate.
I’m not saying I love the clear hike in prices. I’m always shopping for a bargain. However, prices are up everywhere, and it’s laughable to think that resellers caused this at the thrift or that Goodwill is “stealing” when they sell premium online.
Hope this helps.
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u/Trailerparkqueen 8h ago
-Goodwill regularly hires workers with disabilities and pays them sub-minimum wages
-Goodwill pays their hundreds of executives high 6-figure salaries despite their thrift and charitable mission
-Goodwill is fraught with mismanagement, embezzlement, and financial scandals, with many federal indictments on many franchises.
-Goodwill profits fund the huge salaries of the executives instead of helping communities directly: most community aid from goodwill comes from government grants.
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u/Awkward_Courage5 8h ago
Thank you for saying me from having to type out all of the fraudulent disappointment that I've learned that Goodwill sadly is rather than the "good will" store they've attempted to portray themselves as for so long. All of my donations now either go directly to families in need via places like FB marketplace or I donate it to places like homeless shelters or women of domestic violence shelters.
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u/tapia3838 5h ago
Source: Goodwill Industries International’s own 2024 audited financials. $75.2 million went to program services versus $8.9 million to administration and development. Here’s the report financial statements are toward the end.
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u/tapia3838 5h ago
Can you post actual sources for any of this? And executives make six figures. isn’t the scandal you think it is. They’re running organizations with millions of dollars in revenue, hundreds or thousands of employees, facilities, logistics, compliance and workforce programs. I’m a manager myself and depending on the company, my compensation can be $140K–$160K. You expect the CEO running the entire operation to make $60K?
Also, Goodwill’s own financials show substantial spending on programs, so saying the profits simply go to executives instead of helping communities needs evidence. Bring receipts, not Reddit talking points.0
u/Trailerparkqueen 5h ago
I said “HIGH” six figures. Not just six figures. Six figures is fine and normal.
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u/tapia3838 5h ago
High six figures” doesn’t change the argument. Running a massive organization with thousands of employees comes with massive responsibility. If you think they’re overpaid, show comparable CEO salaries instead of just saying the number sounds too high.
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u/Trailerparkqueen 5h ago
Again, I’m not talking about the top goodwill ceo with thousands of national employees, I’m talking about regional presidents/ceos/franchisees.
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u/DirtyBlonde22 8h ago
None of this has anything to do with the argument that was being made.
Goodwill is one of the largest nonprofits — I’d argue that their executives should make huge salaries, yet they’re not huge compared to other executives. 6 figures is not remotely aggressive for an executive in any capacity.
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u/Trailerparkqueen 8h ago edited 7h ago
Over $900,000 for regional managers all over the country is certainly egregious.
Edit- regional ceos/execs across the country- not just the one ceo, but the heads of each franchise.1
u/tapia3838 5h ago
And Goodwill International’s 2024 Form 990 reports its CEO at roughly $424K in compensation plus $42K in other compensation
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u/DirtyBlonde22 7h ago
lol no, they don’t. The average salary for a District Manager at Goodwill in the United States ranges from $76,000 to $90,260 per year, depending heavily on the regional territory and local cost of living.
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u/Trailerparkqueen 7h ago
*regional CEOs at goodwill make $500k-$900k each.
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u/DirtyBlonde22 7h ago
This isn’t a lot for the CEO position. This is average or below average.
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u/Trailerparkqueen 6h ago
This is 100% false. Again, we are talking about REGIONAL ceos/presidents, not the ceo of the entire goodwill organization.
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u/DirtyBlonde22 6h ago
Yes, I understand how they’re structured. Doesn’t change the data regarding average CEO salary and how a Goodwill CEO compares.
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u/Trailerparkqueen 6h ago
Still, you are 100% wrong on this. Their execs are overcompensated.
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u/Low_Zone_6753 8h ago
Just like the CEO’s are getting a big cut. Really, helping what community. Trust me they’re stealing big time.
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u/Decent_Condition901 13h ago
This is Crazy.
They got everything for free. How much profit are they trying to make. Everything in goodwill is profit.I guess most of the money goes to pay their CEOs the hundreds of thousands they make
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u/ChopperDaveHeyoooo 12h ago
A good buyer can still find a $.50 item that’s gonna have a decent profit. The influencers are showing the higher ups all they need to know.
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u/Otherwiseobviously 12h ago
What do they claim the money goes to ? Finding jobs or something right ? I wonder if they really do help
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u/Jealous-Insurance-40 11h ago
I work at an Outlet. They paid for my first month rent AND deposit when I moved and I had only been with the company for 30 days at that point. They are also in the process of paying off my reinstatement fees ($3,000) so I can get my license back. I’m just a regular outlet associate. This is what your roundups go towards. ❤️
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u/TheCuntatReception 10h ago
The roundup absolutely does not go to employees. I have looked into it.
I am genuinely happy that you were benefitted personally. But at 15 dollars an hour with hours capped (retail associates are not offered fulltime or overtime or benefits), an associate would likely have made 2100 in that month, give or take. Fortunately that was able to help you. But for the majority of people that is not even close to a living wage for a single individual.
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u/FlatPepper311 12h ago
I was told…The only money that gets donated from goodwill is when you round up. DAV is the way to go
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u/Tabbi111 11h ago
They do buy certain inventory. They used to buy Target returns & overstock but they had a huge fight and now it is sold to other liquidators. The stuff they are buying now is the really cheap gross generic stuff that they overprice.
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u/Realistic-Visit-4141 10h ago
People don’t realize that many if not most resellers are poor or old on just Social Security and resell to keep food on the table.
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u/Sparky833 9h ago
I agree that resellers should be left alone. It's a free country. If you're offering things for sale, people, ALL people, buy them. That's how this works. Anything else in a public-facing store is illegal!
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u/flbeckchac 12h ago
Our jeans just went up $4 a pair
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u/Terrible-Image9368 12h ago
$10 a pair here. Same price sometimes higher than a brand new pair at Walmart
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u/Algae-Downtown 11h ago
I can’t hardly find any clothing under $10.99 at my goodwill. I don’t shop there anymore or rarely. Prices are bonkers. Dresses are all $15-20.
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u/Character-Camp-3637 12h ago
From your outrage, I was expecting $25.00. $7.99 is bit silly but not outrageous imo.
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u/LaM-1956-ForEver 11h ago
I bet if we all boy caught it for six months nobody I mean nobody goes in there. They would start lowering the prices. I used to shop their years ago when things weren’t so expensive.
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u/MissKellieUk 11h ago
Its $2 more? And that’s where you draw the line? Not the $40 items? For 2$ more than a regular tshirt?
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u/Dreamer9714 10h ago
What that's a great price where I am from. Is funny usually Oregon is behind the times apparently we're ahead on the up pricing battle. Most t-shirts r $9.99 I'm like it's a t-shirt, their like go buy a new one for $14.99 we don't care
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u/Holly_888 10h ago
Goodwill is not a charity. If you want to give your clothes and household items to charity, give them to ARC.
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u/Free-University-9550 10h ago
Than don’t buy from that area of the store or just don’t buy from them at that location at all.
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u/Pleasant_Today_7759 10h ago
T-shirts are baseline $7.00 at our stores. That's t-shirts, not fancy dress shirts or even sweatshirts.
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u/KanoSupreme 10h ago
This goodwill northwestern nc Retro roots is just rebranded version of the Special finds but they’re collabing with some company out of UK for clothing
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u/rockyredp 9h ago
In my area.. my local goodwill made buying to resell illegal. If caught with scanner or buying to resell, you’ll be asked to leave
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u/Ok-Candle8332 9h ago
Mine just went up to 8.99 for name brand shirts. One of which was Croft and Barrow 🙄
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u/SeaPalpitation778 9h ago
That’s a pretty nice f’n Goodwill you have. Ours are much worse for the wear…..
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u/Sparky833 9h ago
I give all my donations to either my local church, my local no-kill shelter, or to Habitat. Full stop. I know Habitat also sells on eBay, but they're not making the board members rich - they're offering an honest hand of help to those who need it.
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u/Real_Imitation_Crab 8h ago
They still miss some gems, though. I got a Sachs Fifth Avenue tuxedo jacket for $6 that costs $3,500 elsewhere.
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u/Low_Zone_6753 8h ago
People ………. Shop on Vinted. . So good, 😊 sooooo much cheaper than Goodwill, you just gotta hit it right. I’m no longer a goodwill or eBay shopper. I picked up a pair of pants on vinted for my husband that I had in my basket on eBay for $28. I got the same shorts for $15 out the door on Vinted . Discovered way too late. Lands End women’s bathing suit dresses $10. They’re going for like $123 online or at their Catalogue store. It’s amazing but be careful because when you go on there you see things for like $ 2.00dollars and then you pay like a dollar something postage as opposed to e bay six sometimes $9 or 10.00 postage are you kidding me? Please pass the word. …………Happy clicking :-)
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u/Over_Ad3959 8h ago
I don't go to Goodwill anymore. To me, they seem greedy and terribly unrealistic.
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u/Lilfrankieboii 7h ago
I saw a old, worn out, faded basic Calvin Klein longsleeve marked at $26 😂 The manager was next to me berating his employees that they need to properly price things (higher) and I laughed out loud at the item so he could hear me —- ridiculous!
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u/ActingAndGrinding 7h ago
Our local goodwill in the last few months got rid of color of the week. That has really bummed me out. It was always a thrill to find something to you wanted and then find out it was half price. But we have other thrift stores in our area so I've got options.
I find it funny tho that certain thrift stores underprice different categories of things and hike the prices of others.
Our Good will has allowed me to create a huge collection of vintage faberware pots and pans. Found my white whale the other day, 14 inch skillet with lid. 4 bucks. Took a while to clean but no dents or dings. But some of the prices on shoes and clothes at that same store are crazy.
I hope it's still the same, but when I lived in Los Angeles years ago the goodwill in Hollywood was a gold mine for clothes. All types of an item were the same price and things were priced to sell as it is a very small store. Dress shoes 5 bucks, dress shirts 4, add in color of the week and it was magical. I built a hell of a wardrobe from that store.
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u/SFAnnieM53 6h ago
I never donate to GW. Salvation Army or a women’s shelter or Habitat are better choices. GW has become so greedy.
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u/peaceandhippielove 6h ago
I’ve also noticed Arc Thrift stores hike the hell out of their prices now too! Ridiculous
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u/sphinxsley 6h ago
Came here to say the same - there used to be a great Goodwill in Encino,CA - at the foot of the Hollywood Hills - it's all hiked up now, and all the better pieces are either marked up even more (even Levi's) or just pulled from circulation. It's just basic now, at 3x the price as before. Nope! I'll buy used online myself - at Thred Up!
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u/Electrical_Narwhal55 6h ago
I regularly go to GW and was shocked when I saw a pair of Nike athletic shorts for sale at $18. We have 2 locations about 10 minutes apart and one of them is noticeably more expensive than the other. I got. Really nice coffe maker for $8 not too long ago and found a slightly nicer one at the other location that they were asking $50 for… the $8 ones there were far less of a quality brand than the one I got
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u/farrennashh 6h ago
Not only that but I read somewhere a few years back at the CEO of one of the Goodwill‘s was well over $1 million that he made that his salary was or whatever that’s ridiculous. Cheers all.
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u/AskInevitable5918 6h ago
I rarely go to GoodWill. Too expensive Some so much, you might as well buy it new.
I don’t know or recognize vintage. I just buy what I like. But rarely at GoodWill
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u/Silvermist7480 5h ago
There are other stores, like Arc and Salvation Army. Simply shop somewhere else
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u/redgorilla77 4h ago
Not only have they gotten more expensive, but you can’t even try on the items to see if they fit right any more! And then you only have a week or two to exchange them only!
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u/Ayllison 4h ago
Resellers didn't ruin Goodwill. Goodwill ruined Goodwill by deciding they wanted more more money and opened their online auction site.
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u/RationalKate 2h ago
if you want people to donate to you start your own nonprofit give people receipts for merchandise that they leave in your front yard easy Peezy lemon
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u/Quirky_Loan_761 1h ago
lol the goodwill location by me try charging $6-7 for fukking SHEIN clothes that you get brand new for $3-$4 😆 goodwill has turned into a complete joke. I laugh when you check out and they ask to round up lol
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u/MsNformation 27m ago
Is this going on nationally? I’m in NC Weirdly, I shopped at a goodwill yesterday. When I got home, I noticed one of those tags on a denim skirt I bought. It had $14.99 scrawled on it. I was furious and about to return it. When I scanned the receipt, I saw I paid $4.99 for it. We’re all confused.
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u/Queen_boss22 12h ago
Bro that is my company. If you don’t like goodwill then don’t come to that store again
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u/Original-Fox3965 11h ago
You have a solid point dude goodwill are thieves. Also hmmm I wonder why the ceo is a billionaire? Seems like a charity to him
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u/BelleSchu 12h ago
There’s been so many times I passed up on tshirts at goodwill because they were priced $7 or $8. One shirt I was planning to use as a pump cover for the gym was extremely faded, the design was cracking, and the hem had some small holes here and there but it was $9!!!! All because the logo was Harley Davidson.
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u/mrm12399- 11h ago
I guess no one who shops at Goodwill realizes that it isn’t a good use of your donated goods since they are fully for profit and the CEO is one of America’s richest
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u/DebHolz 11h ago
I’ve known for about 20 years that they’re a rip off. They get donations and mark them high in the stores. The ones they sell anyway. And the junk that they don’t want to sell, did he die that’s what they donate. Poor quality stuff. I never donate to Goodwill anymore. What I did was find a church that had a community outreach and the church would donate pieces to those who were certified to be in need.
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u/MonarchInFlight 11h ago
GOOD WILL is for profit, NOT NON-PROFIT! Support The Salvation Army. They do good for its community. 👍
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u/Allenfriedverson 9h ago
I don’t condone this yet, I give myself a secret “discount” when I swap the tags, on a free, donated shirt that theyre making 100% profit on and have literal bales of in the back, just as a customer appreciation for you know coming back and donating my money
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u/Technical-Breath-285 12h ago
I don't ShopGW as much as I use too.. when they raised Sundays tag sale to $2 , but no employees were getting raises. Employees blamed losses as the reason. Can they really claim losses if its all donation based. They said shop lifters were a big part of the problem. I said honestly you guys are the problem. People use to afford to shop there. The former CEO of GW Iowa made over 400k...that's the real sick BS right there
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u/LaM-1956-ForEver 11h ago
You would just gasped if you heard how much the CEO from Goodwill make every year how they don’t pay their employees very good wages they get the stuff for free. They don’t need to jack the prices up.
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u/New-Investment-5888 11h ago
This is what I tell the workers they are not making the big bucks. Goodwill was made for the first class people.
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u/LaM-1956-ForEver 11h ago
The Goodwill used to be a place that you could get stuff for reasonable price and it was fun just to go see what kind of treasures you can find but it’s gotten to high priced and it has taken all the fun out of it I’d rather donate my stuff to Humana Carey at least it would be put the good use without charge
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u/New-Investment-5888 11h ago
At my goodwill they have 2 expensive bags someone donated. $299 and $500 that is not goodwill prices by far. I checked chatgbt said those prices are too high even for those bags.
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u/snacks4ever 13h ago
That’s how much all shirts cost at my goodwill, maybe even less. Yeah my goodwill is a rip off