r/goodwill

I’ve shopped goodwill for my entire life. They finally priced me out. I’m sure I can still do goodwill bins but that’s it. Storefronts are too expensive! I literally cannot afford to shop there anymore. Furniture they got for free priced over $100. Even furniture that’s locked without a key. Clothes all 6.99. Insane. They should all be ashamed. My days of shopping at goodwill are over.

I "cashed out "10 min before break because found a used bloody tampon sorting through donations. I stated hos i hated my job in frusteration ,but thankfully no one paid no mind to me. I know i should wear gloves ,but tbh it too time consuming and eaiser to sort without. I salavaged the whole bag. I know there has been worse ... ivr seen bloody pads and someone found a dead mouse once. We also had a live snake hiding behind our station. I am losing my mind and working in 100 degree weather is not helping.

Does anyone know if goodwill actually sells bulk/lots of broken jewelry?????

Hey everyone. For better or worse, I’m in a Goodwill store these days at least one per week. I am always asked at checkout if I’d like to round up and I usually do, once. If I go again the next day, I won’t. Anyway—my cousin and I went to a Ft. Lauderdale (Davie) location yesterday. I dropped a pretty penny ($89.20) and didn’t notice in my rush to leave that the cashier gave my total verbally as $89.99, never asked if I wanted to round up and once we left we both realized our totals were rounded up (75 cents for her, 80 for me) without the cashier asking.

My question is, is this normal practice at all? I know from my experience it is not. We were both pretty upset by the assumption and the principle because this particular goodwill already had inflated prices compared to some others in the region. We’re planning to call corporate to report this cashier because even though it’s not a financial breaking point for us, it can be to others.

Any insight greatly appreciated!

I am sharing this strictly for community awareness and public safety. It has come to light that the current store manager Kara T. Brumley at the Goodwill located at Elkview WV, in Elk crossing Mall plaza, is a registered sex offender.

​You can verify this information and view the official public profile, photograph, and status on the state registry here: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legal\_affairs/cps-worker-arrested-in-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-boy/article\_8a77c04b-9af8-5465-8b3e-10fd3055d2c4.html

And by looking up Kara T, Brumley on apps.wv.gov.

Working for Goodwill she can hire minors, and be around them which isn't right.

​Please use this information to make informed decisions for yourself and your families when visiting this location. Please keep all discussion civil and within Reddit’s rules; do not engage in or encourage public harassment.

How do y’all clean your goodwill clothes? I went there for the first time today. Im planning on freezing them, then handwashing them, then sending them through a wash and dry cycle. Is this a good way? Should I do more?

I'm not naive about the possible conditions of donations. Yet, in my all of my trips to a thrift store, Goodwill and others, I hardly see critters.

EXCEPT FOR RECENTLY I was at a Goodwill type chain and a roach was hanging out on top of a suitcase.

Antennas wiggling, it didn't have Egg sac but it looked grown. ( I looked close to see if maybe its a beetle or something) He looked back at me and scurried a bit but didnt run. I tried to wiggle the suitcase to make it fall, so I could step on it but it just ran back inside the suitcase.

I will probably never go back to that store.

Anyways

Do yall have pest control?

I just tried to donate a small coffee table to Goodwill along with some games. I took everything to the donation drop off area and the worker took the games and told me that I had to take the coffee table inside of the store to donate it. I drove back to the parking area, parked, carried the table in and the person inside of the store told me they aren't accepting furniture donations. I hauled it back out to my truck and drove it back home. What a waste of time and gas. I looked at their website before going to the Goodwill and I actually tried to call to ask about their current donation policy before I drove to the Goodwill and I just got a recording that said that nobody is available to take a call. I know that I will get a reply saying that I should donate the item somewhere other than Goodwill but there is no place else close by that takes donations.

I discovered the auctions last month. I have won 4 auctions.

The first one shipped right away.

The second one took a couple weeks to ship only after I sent them a message asking when it would ship.

The third item has been over a week, and I sent a message asking when it would ship. No response.

And I just won a fourth auction this weekend. I am guessing I will have to reach out in a week to find out when it will ship.

Is anyone else experiencing slow shipping, or am I just having bad luck?

I, thirty minutes ago, just got a callback and a confirmation of my first shift, I am both excited and mortified. What will my shifts be like? I live in a town of about 13,000 people, and at this donation warehouse, I will be the sole attendant. Will I be constantly busy and on my feet? Will I have down time where I’ve completed my tasks and can take a minute to respond to a text? What will I do about breaks if I’m the sole attendant?

This is my first actual job in years and I am very nervous. Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

I clock in and start working and hear my manager talk about sum "other managers wouldn't let that fly, other jobs would've fired you" while talking about some employee to her assistant manager (for everyone to hear btw lol). And then here comes in the other assistant manager (the store managers bestie) high as fuck, can't keep her eyes open, moving slow, slurring speech, and is obviously high because she has a habit of this and everyone knows about it, and the store manager even asked her "you ok girl?" but yet the store manager "lets THAT fly." 💀

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