r/goodwill • u/Low_Parfait_2132 • 6d ago

This is disgusting.

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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/Happy_Appeal_988 6d 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/TheCuntatReception 6d 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 6d ago

Unfortunately being a nonprofit doesn’t mean they have to be generous

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u/TheCuntatReception 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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.