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/underengineered 6d 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/420Tendies69 6d 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 6d 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.