r/GoodwillBins

Today's find was a few cassette tapes, the "A rumor of war" book, the Beach Boys album, and the KitchenAid Classic stand mixer. The stand mixer was seven dollars and eighty five cents. Other than it powering on and spinning up at the bins, I haven't tested it yet. This is my second KitchenAid stand mixer I have found.

These things were found within the past 10 days or so. ESS goggles, U.S. Navy cap, U.S. Navy blouse, Army cap, elbow and knee pads, Vietnam era duffel bag, signed team Glock photos, some cat plushies, and some WWII era gaiters made by Tweedie Footwear Corporation dated 1-12-45. The Team Glock photos are signed by Randi Rogers, Dave Sevigny, and R. Lee Ermey.

Other things that were not pictured were some DVDs, cds, vhs tapes, cassette tapes, and other G.I. clothing.

Found a bunch of cool things today.

The first floral jumpsuit, I’m trying to find some info on it. I see 1-2 pieces listed on poshmark but that’s about it.

I had an early appointment and decided to go to the bins because I'm not usually up and around when the better stuff seems to come out and after a quick pass before a rotation, I saw a Thinkpad in a bin getting wheeled back. Grumbled to myself but figured I would see what else I could find. The employees wheel the back rows of bins to the front and let us forward, so while everyone else is champing at the bit waiting for the new bins to come out, I look through the ones that are open and... a laptop! And there's another one poking out of another bin! The first one I found was dented and the screen was busted but these are at least 11th generation processors, I can definitely upcycle these. So while everyone else bolts for the new bins once the chain comes down, I loop around and grab three more laptops from that other bin. None of them have RAM or SSDs and the bottom plates were pulled off but they'd clip back on easily.

Finished looking around, got some other things, including a backpack that I stuffed the laptops in because they were heavy (I don't use carts because of maneuverability and I'm not trying to buy EVERYTHING that's interesting) and then go to check out. Cashier weighs everything else that I got, I plop the backpack on the scale and say it's also electronics.

"Are these computers? We can't sell them..."

Why not? Because they might have personal information. I told her that none of them had any storage (didn't mention that the bottom panels were all pulled off the laptops and that I suspected someone further up the supply chain stole the RAM and SSDs because who would donate computers taken apart like that...) but that didn't matter. She asked if I wanted to talk to the manager, I did and he came over with a stack of laptops. He said they had to go to GoodTech or whatever, which... not surprised, it's not the first time I had heard of that policy. Also he had another laptop that I had seen in someone else's cart so I knew he wasn't singling me out or anything, this load just had a bunch of stuff that they could sell for more on their site instead of to people who could actually use it. Shame, because this would have easily been my best haul from the bins ever.

At least it wasn't a total loss, I did get some other useful bits and the vintage Air Force parka in the last picture.

What do I do with this photo album of tiger woods now 😭

I could be wrong but that is definitely not their normal tag 😂

Here’s a few upcycled pieces me and my partner made. @creatives_by_be on Instagram

Found the cutest bikini top, some small trade items for Geocaching, a few tarot cards and glue for junk journaling, a random doll and parts, a cute scissors clip, and an apple tin.

Regretted not wearing gloves

There are hundreds of them in the Romeoville Illinois bin and they are all empty, is this for drugs? Just curious they are cute and weird