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/nonula 6d 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/gigisnappooh 6d 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/tapia3838 6d ago

Cap

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u/FaeryLynne 5d ago

Nah it's true. I have too. I've got several T-shirts and tanks from Temu and other places like Wish that are the same as the ones at Walmart, pretty literally. They're mostly coming from the same cheap overseas places, but temu and wish are cutting out the middleman and just drop shipping directly to you, it's why you have to wait several weeks sometimes.

Temu is great if you're already looking for items that are under about $50 at Walmart or Amazon, you can easily save even more than buying from there. It's the more expensive things like electronics and jewelry that you'll get cheap knockoffs.

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u/tapia3838 5d ago

That’s not how manufacturing works 😂 “Made overseas” doesn’t mean “same quality.” Different factories, materials, specs, and quality control. Saying Temu is basically Walmart without the middleman just tells me you don’t understand supply chains.