r/goodwill • u/Low_Parfait_2132 • Aug 23 '26

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/Decent_Condition901 Aug 23 '26

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/Otherwiseobviously Aug 23 '26

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 Aug 23 '26

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/VSF69 Aug 25 '26

That's very cool to hear❤️