One time I was dropping some junk off at goodwill and a lady pulled in next to me with an SUV FULL of Thomas the train stuff. I made a comment how cool it was and she said “do you want it?” Well of course I want it! Right in my van it all went while the goodwill people watched.
I seriously love this story so much. I love to imagine the manager of that goodwill (all of which are the kind of person that feels personally insulted when someone finds a valuable item in their store) was out there watching it happen.
Good for you. I won’t donate to good will and seldom buy anything. If I’m in the area, I use their remodeled restroom’s . That’s it. They have out priced me, and everything decent that you could have made a buck, they list online. I’m done
A Goodwill worker saw me handing-off an ottoman to a lady who said her daughter could use it in her dorm. He told me to pull out the donation area, otherwise its considered stealing (by the lady)!
I once bought a sign to paint from Goodwill for TWICE the price that Dollar Tree was selling it at (I had no idea that it was a Dollar Tree item). I was so upset and now I no longer buy items of that nature at the thrift store I go too (not a Goodwill).
FINALLY!!!! Do not buy at goodwill do not support a bussiness that hides behind the "helping community" lie....No customers or drop in sales will send the message that high ridiculous prices are not a way to go.
@@EmosVidz there are many venues from which a reseller can buy good items...just need more efford and work...goodwill and thrift stores are not the only places for sourcing.
I hate anything Goodwill. I stopped donating to them years ago once i did a deep dive into these donation stores. Goodwill CEO, at the time i did all of this digging, was paid a yearly salary of 2.4 million a year. All products are donated so no overhead. Employees make minimum wage. $0 goes to helping anyone at all. March of dimes, only a dime out of each dollar is donated. Unicef CEO was paid like 1.1 million a year, all expenses paid and also included a rolls royce. Less than 5 cents of each dollar is used for good. I strictly only donate to Salvation Army now. CEO is paid a $13k yearly salary and housing is included. 96 percent of each dollar is used towards the needy. Im sure these numbers have changed since it has been a while since i checked but im sure they've only went up!! Stop donating to Goodwill!!!!
I have also noticed Salvation doesn't charge sales tax, where Goodwill does. That, to me, proves Salvation is a real non-profit, because they aren't required to charge sales tax.
It used to be that when people thought of donating stuff they would be told by friends, "Take it to Salvation Army!". But, Goodwill over the years spent a lot more on advertising and opening new stores in every major town that they could. So, now people think Goodwill when wanting to get rid of junk. But, I agree: stop donating to Goodwill!! Take it to Salvation where they don't charge the community sales tax! That, to me, is a better benefit to the community than greedy ol Goodwill.
A few months ago my friend’s mother died, and her daughter bagged up 12-15 large trash bags of high end designer clothing and took it to Goodwill. I asked her if she got a receipt for the estate taxes / donations . She was not thinking about that and called the next day and asked them for a receipt. They said no, they couldn’t do it. It could have been their policy, I don’t know. But another thrift store got the crystal and glassware, and they were happy to give her a receipt a few days later. There is the difference in “helping people”.
Interesting fact. I own a thrift store in my local town and the local goodwill employees including the manager donate ther personal items to me instead of goodwill. Says something about the store.
We used to have the greatest Goodwills around the valley here in AZ. Great prices, good quality, clean, well-displayed and cared for floors. What a change! It's as if corporate greed itself has moved in with fewer and less friendly staff, little care as to how things are displayed, and poor quality items. I don't donate or buy there any more. I am not a reseller. Just someone who loves to thrift!
They have raised prices on items to were resellers won’t buy because they can’t make any type of profit and regular buyers won’t buy because they can get the item new close to the same price or can’t afford it at all. Shot themselves in the foot being greedy!
The GW’s in Florida and a new one in Michigan are full of new stuff from China . All the tops of clothes racks and end caps are strictly new stuff and used to be used stuff. Whole rooms Are dedicated to full retail especially for holidays.
I purchased a watch at Savers and paid $99 for it. When I got home, I realized it was counterfeit. I went back the next day for a refund for exchange in value telling them it was a counterfeit. They said no. I filed a police report and gave the police the watch as evidence. I am going to report it to the Attorney General’s consumer protection dept per the info given to me to the police once I get the report back.
Stop being a greed little b. You bought used a item at a second hand store. You're not entitled to a guarantee that it was authentic or that the store was even aware of it. Or selling it is anything other than second-hand junk. That was your mistake. Trying to be greedy. Grow up and eat your mistake.
@karahupp4589 Another chain of thrift shops that have ebay prices. I have found some decent stuff I really only go there because it's close. I only go there for dolls.
I was in a goodwill in 2019 where someone asked an employee they knew, why there wasn't any good stuff anymore, she responded that it all goes online. Goodwill thinks they are Ebay or Amazon, and charges accordingly. They will slowly kill themselves off with greed. They also do nothing for the community, they employee people for less than minimum wage and get tax payer money to "help" people.
UMM well they have been selling on Ebay and Amazon for at least the last deacde and half each region has a ebay account and amazon account! so if there selling on ebay and amazon i would not doubt they have that mindset same thing with salvation army they all have ebay and amazon accounts
"They will slowly kill themselves off with greed. They also do nothing for the community, they employee people for less than minimum wage and get tax payer money to "help" people." this i 100% agree with you on and i feel they should lose there NON PROFIT TAX EXEMPT status just have the government rip it from them TEACH THEM A DARN LESSON!
I kinda disagree with this statement. I know the regional manager of Goodwill in Northern California. You wouldn't believe the amount of traffic their website gets daily. And the money they make from online sales. From what I hear, they are actually ramping up sales online and in the future closing down alot of the retail locations and favoring "donation locations " and "90% clothes retail locations" (which they are already starting to implement). Notice how most Goodwill's are now majority clothes? They are making BANK off clothes alone. I don't see goodwill slowing down anytime soon. Even with higher prices their sales have only increased. Because most people will pay up for crap. Whereas resellers (like myself) will pass on higher prices items because of the low profit margin. To some people, $5 off retail is enough to make them happy. Hell, my dad was excited to get a new fire pit at Goodwill that was originally $149 at target, for $139 no tax. Resellers do not effect Goodwill's bottom line. They don't care about you or I.
I've been stating this for several years now,also not to get political or get flagged there is a new element added to the game and that has to do with an influx of people from other countries. I have at least 8 Goodwills I can drive to in my area and they are flooded with them.
I need to find another place because at this point I'd rather dump it than give it to GW. The problem is the other thrift that's a stand alone and says they help people from DV, they also hike up their prices to ridiculous $ amounts.
THIS soo much lol, lot of which tries to operate as a business and fail. People misunderstand these stores, they are all business, as they have employees to pay/rent, etc, they can't survive by giving out free stuff or very cheap stuff. Its nice that they offer simple jobs to people, which isnt a bad thing, we have a local good will here, that hire a lot of handicap type people here.. Unless its done by a government owned entity/volunteer non profit.
I have found a Christian thrift store that I donate to . They have days if discount for seniors, military, teachers , they have a 40% off everything in the store once a week, they give vouchers for people who are in need, people starting out after dire circumstances to shop the store. Their prices are reasonable, they give a 20% off coupon when you donate and a 50% coupon when you purchase. That place is packed!❤
OBSERVATION..goodwill would rather sell 1 item for 50 bucks rather than 20 items for 50 bucks. They arent in the business anymore of moving inventory at a decent price to help the community. Greed has taken over.
They'll argue that goodwill wasn't meant to help the community with cheap priced items. Instead it was meant to help people get jobs in the area. Got into a huge argument with a higher up at goodwill not that long ago. They've gone wacky. They have jewelry selling for thousands of dollars. They make a ton of $$ now
After my last yard sale, I posted my leftovers on my local Buy Nothing group. I’d rather give things to people in my community who want them, than give them to Goodwill.
My local goodwill hates resellers so much that they started putting their Goodwill price tags on the barcodes of box’s, games, DVDs, ext. So no one can scan them with Amazon/ebay apps. It’s crazy to hate a large percentage of your customers.
I watched a video of a reseller being confronted by a homeowner that was having a yard sale. When the reseller wanted to purchase some of his items the man asked him if he were a reseller; when he replied yes, he said he hated resellers and wouldn't sell him anything.
I volunteer at a non profit thrift store. We get donations from local retail stores. We have to put a line through the UPC because people will buy it and then return it to the retail store. 😢
We used to buy a lot from Goodwill back 30 years ago. Stuff was a .25 or a dollar. Now its $8.99 or if you do online they have a handling fee and charge for 35 pounds when it may weigh 3. So, we visit all the others. Habitat, local thrift, etc. Eventually it will catch up to Goodwill.
"shipping weight" calculated by package volume/dimensions and literally ignoring actual weight is such a bull shit scam. Want a 2lb pool cue shipped? 30-60 bucks. Want a 2lb camera shipped? 7-14 bucks typically. Complete bull shit.
I have a friend who’s been decluttering for 2 years now. She calls monthly , I take it to donate for her and in exchange I pick thru it first and get a pedicure free monthly from her for taking off her hands🙌 win win for all!
It is very true that Goodwill has gotten expensive and have forwarded their best donations to their on-line site. My very favorite thing is finding something at Goodwill that they do not recognize as valuable. Makes my day and happens pretty often. They cant catch everything
You're right, here's my reply to another person here: "They do miss things. I bought a 1st edition Beginner Book with dustjacket for $0.89 that has sold in lesser condition on eBay for around $60.00." YAY! Love the book, verified true 1st edition!
I think us resellers are like gamblers, we only hear about the times we win! I would love to see a video on what's not selling. Just to give us an idea. We need to hear about the losses too in order to get a full rounded picture. Let's not deceive the newbies.
I sell items from estate auctions and have a success rate of about 98% on my sales. Yes, I will lose money on a sale every now and then, but I learn from the mistake and try to avoid repeating it.
I have started using goodwill as a drop for the junk that isn't worth reselling. I once unloaded an entire pickup truck full of stuff that would have otherwise gone to the dump. It was fantastic. Saved me the dump fee!
I only give to Goodwill when I just want stuff gone and don't care what happens to it. I usually give to a local thrift store that gives to the community by the way of running a food bank. All profits go back to the community in food. They buy food with money made at the thrift store. Their prices have recently gone up, but so has the price for food. I'd I'm not wrong they sometimes give donated items to poor or people in need. I can support that.
@@teebeesporteeyour welcome, I and alot of other I know do the same thing. My good will uses banana boxes to store goods. I recently dropped off about 10 such boxes worth of stuff at my good will, they will be lucky to sell 2 boxes worth. My advice is get a better job friend. This retaliation is only going to intensify.
Funny, having a giant yard sale to raise money for a high school volleyball program is how I got into reselling. Some of the items were too good to just get yard sale money for. So, I learned how to use eBay. Once I finished with that I started selling things we had around the house and it kept going from there. That was back in 2007. Great video today. I always enjoy your content. I appreciate you very much.
I completely agree with you about Goodwill. After a recent yard sale we had we donated what we could to Habitat for Humanity, and at the last moment a reseller came in and bought all my clothing as a lot. Another reseller bought all my Vinyl LP's as a lot. We did keep some items for donation to the local animal shelter and some for a yard sale in October. But overall we were very happy at our results. Great information, THANKS.
Once our local habitat store put their items online, everything just about doubled in price. But I get it because it sells. If people are dumb enough to pay that much for used items, let them.
I used to get most of my clothing at Goodwill. Now, prices have doubled. Silk or cotton Hawaiian shirts were $3.50, and now $7-10. Used shoes were $5-10, now $10-20.
Reselling is much different today. I was a part-time reseller from about 1996 to 2015, I had over 10,000 sales on Ebay. I stopped when I picked up a part-time sales job that included bonuses which eliminated my need to resell on my own. The big difference is that in my day (I'm 75), reselling was primarily antiques and older collectibles and the audience was older people who enjoyed history and collecting historical items. Today, the older collectors are gone, the focus now is on new and reusable items. My sources were, folks who cleaned out homes, storage buyers, antique shops, flea markets and yard sales. When I first started, before Ebay, I sold directly to antique stores, that's the true definition of "picker". So, today, where do you source? Yard sales and thrift shops? I specialized in old books and ephemera. Much different today, I watch from afar, enjoy videos like yours and the others but chuckle when I see resellers excited over stuffed animals.
Most of the excitement of modern resellers is about the money they can make with an item. There's little passion for for the items. Nearly all resellers check a lot of items with Google Lens and than you see the real interest. Sometimes an item is picked with a lot of enthousiasm but if it doesn't sell for enough according to Google Lens it is just not bought. I understand that pickers need to make a living but if the passion is only about the dollars that can be made you could earn money a lot easier.
I give all my donations to our local thrift store, after expenses, they send all their money to support a Christian charity that helps third world countries. I also buy my goods from this thrift store. I also have 3 friends that I have met thru the thrift store and they bring me items to sell for them and we split the profit 50/50 and they are happy.
@@carneades. I don't know about that. After working in a factory for years, and in home health care (which fast food workers made more than me!) and ruined my back, I think shopping would not be that hard. I have wanted to do something like this for years, but I'm too chicken to start. BUT, I think I would have a passion for it, if only to experience being my own boss for once, and accomplishing something on my own.
@@alorraloradon't be scared! Just start. List any of your own items, 1-2, list them cheap so you can experience the thrill of the sale and go through the whole sale/shipping process. eBay makes it very easy to list, check an item with Google lens and use "sell similar" so you can just use other sellers titles etc and learn. Full time reselling is my goal, I've had lots of jobs but nothing is as rewarding and freeing as being your own boss, even if you work more hours. Good luck!!
Have a business card with “free removal for your non solds” from yard sales! People don’t want to drag it back into the house or deal with it after it didn’t sell.
Resellers are creative by nature so all of these ideas fall into their wheelhouse. Ultimately reducing waste is everyone's goal and we resellers can feel proud of our contribution to that end.
It’s funny to me when a civilian thinks that reducing waste is doing their part for the environment when there is a full fledged war against planet earth being waged everyday by multinational corporations who run on natural resources. Every single person on earth put together couldn’t pollute during their entire life as much as one of these world owning entities farts out every second of every day.
The thrift stores in the 80s were awesome. They had bins of silverware you could dig through. I found a lot of antique solid sterling silver spoons and forks. I once found a writing box that looked cool. I found out it was French, from Napoleon's time. $800 profit. Cha Ching. Lots of similar events for me. Now, I wander the isles hoping and praying for that one thing that slipped by the people who screen the good stuff out before it goes to the stores. I knew an old alkie from Boston. He had worked in the sorting area of Goodwill and said high end stuff from the rich people's house were always being donated (for the tax deduction). They'd have their items appraised by a profession before they donated them so they knew how much to claim. He had a huge collection of antique (real antique) dolls that was valued in the thousands. Ah, the good old days of treasure hunting.Bless you for earning money selling mugs and games,. We were going for the big scores.
My experience from the Goodwill bins is that they have a trash compactor inside the back part of their store. They do NOT like people looking into this part of the store, and get really mad if you take a 5 second peak. When the stuff on the tables time runs out, it goes straight to the trash compactor, it's never shipped away to other stores or countries. That is my experience though, here in NH.
Thank you. That's really upsetting, sending usable products to the landfill. I saw items at a Salvation Army tossed once as well, lots of books that should have been spared.
@@A100-NDThe Salvation Army gets completely inundated with stuff sometimes and a lot of it is stuff that doesn't sell at someone's yard sale, but the person donating it still thinks it's worth holding onto (as long as it's someone else holding onto it).
i bought donation bins that were unused, asked property and store owners to put them up. i give 90% away directly to people in need and then pay my 1099 at the end of the year. i don’t claim to be a non profit. but i feel that i do more than salvation army and goodwill. prices went from $1 shirts, $3 pants, $5 jackets to $5, $10 avrg, and $10-$30 jackets. they don’t donate at all to shelters. i collect 5%, sell 5% that gets saved for more bins and the rest is given to churches, shelters and schools.
Charging $6.99 for 5 busted up hot wheels in a bag is crazy! Torn up sports cards in a bag for 14.99! It's crazy! I used to go all the time now very rarely.
I found a 10lb bag of 82-89 joes for 4.99. I thought they were knock offs at first. Plus they were double bagged so it was really cloudy. Got home, and it was crazy.....every joe was taken completely apart. Almost like it was a collection ready to replace the o rings. Every single joe was complete with weapons, and accessories. Took me a week to get em all together. I was literally only missing less than 20 joes from the entire 80s. Even had 4 or 5 rare variations. Made about 3k off that bag....this was only a couple months ago
@@DrewM86 Flipper mentality. Make $3k off the bag but had the bag been priced at $20 you'd be on here whining and crying about how goodwill is cutting out the resellers and being greedy lol. I've been reselling for 10 years and it's disgusting how the "newbies" and even the old schoolers whine about so much now and think they should get everything for pennies.
@@WhoDatBenny Goodwill also discovered the internet. And it's resellers that inflate the prices. So prices of 2nd hand stuff increase. That's the law of the market.
@@carneades. True. And how did they discover all this? Because of videos like this from @commonwealthflipper These videos are all for personal gain, not to "help" the reselling community they actually hurt it. Because goodwill and other vendors (yard sellers) and so on see them and realize they're losing out. So they hike their prices too.
One of the things that affect donations now too, is the fact that you cannot deduct up to $600 for deductions any longer you have to itemize your taxes now
The items goodwill online are not sold above market value. Goodwill runs auctions and people bid what they are willing to pay. Who decides market value? Answer: buyers. So how are they selling over market value???
@@ebayvideo6383idt you've ever been on the goodwill site or even eBay store because they 100% do sell items as buy it now on both platforms and charge high on everything they think is worth something + shipping is ridiculous. I've bought books on GW's eBay and if there's free shipping it's because they're sending it to you IN A BAG 😂 so those are your choices, pay 2x shipping or get it delivered in a bag/in fuvked up condition. But to the main point, everything is not an auction, the market does not decide the value & you're wrong.
I BOUGHT THE HELLO KITTY :-) I love Hello Kitty and am so excited to get it. Thanks Kevin :-) On another note: It's obvious you spend time and effort thinking about what to talk about here and on the Trash to Cash podcast and I want you to know I appreciate it. Thank you for sharing the information. You have the soul of a teacher and I like that. Thank you.
I approve 💯 my local goodwill has gotten absolutely bizarre. $199.99 for an unassembled threshold chair . The manager came over to the counter last time i was there n flipped thru everything i bought to see what it was. Annoyed 😒 goodwill used to be fun.
I rember back in the 80s when my children out grew there clothes I donated them to the Goodwill then one day I happened to be looking in a thrift store and seeing my kids clothes for sale! Here I was thinking I was donating to people that could not afford stuff only to see they were reselling to make a profit! Recently there came a Goodwill store in my area my friend was telling me her son worked there and they were googling prices on items to price,Never going to a Goodwill again!😡😡😡😡
I don’t see why people get so mad over someone thinking outside of the box. I love watching your videos because I’m constantly getting new ideas as to how to expand my reselling business.
Thanks for starting/cont. the convo, brainstorming, & promoting creative thinking! It's pure entrepreneurialism & helping one another succeed... let's help our fellow man! (Goodwill certainly isn't doing that).
I had to take my son to do an ACT test in Lynchburg a few weeks ago. While he was there, I checked out one of those Goodwills. I also have a window washing business and we do the 6 Goodwills from Lexington to Harrisonburg. And I have noticed the prices keep going up and up. They even have that special finds rack where they mark up all the good stuff. Love your channel!
A primary reason Goodwill raised prices and changed strategies is because all the resellers were bragging and bragging very loudly…saying things like “Goodwill is so stupid! Look what I found and made $250 profit on!!” or some variation of that. All that bragging!! Is Goodwill greedy? Maybe. But there are resellers out there who have proven to everyone that THEY are very greedy as well. I know they love what they do, though, so maybe it’s worth it?? 😂 Being boastful is, generally speaking, not a great thing to do. 🤷🏼♀️
I agree. Resellers are a huge part of the reason Goodwill keeps jacking up their prices. In my local GW they no longer put out ANY jewelry, books, albums, stuffed animals and the list keeps getting longer. I don't defend GW's sh*tty greed but resellers are just as guilty.
Yeah I don’t feel bad when resellers complain about the price increase at thrift shops. They’re doing the same thing. I mean this guy made 400% profit off those 3 mugs. I guess the only difference is small business vs corporation which I’ll always choose former but 400% mark up 😂
I think the problem for resellers is the way the system works. You check sales comps, purchase ,clean and list and you wait!!! People start reselling with sales comps on the brain but eventually they sell that’s why you don’t go full time till you know the trends. I loved the commentary you are always respectful and on point.
I stopped going to goodwill forever ago. The small thrift shops, charities and garage sales are infinitely better. Goodwill does not have bins where I live or anywhere even close, so there is zero reason to go there imo.
Have you ever talked to any of the goodwill employees? I had the same opinion as you, and probably a worse one, as far as the whole thing about getting donations and marking them up grinded my gears. Anyway, I did a deal with someone a couple months ago who turned out to be an ex goodwill employee, and he told me about how goodwill paid for their housing for 6 months, helped with rehabilitation, and paid for college courses. Since that time, I've also had another local employee told me how goodwill did the same thing, along with encouraged the employee to save extra money, and at the end of 6 months, they matched it. along with paying for her college courses, and rent for 6 months. Just a regular employee. I'm in a small area and I don't think goodwill has a PR department, but thats made me feel a little differently about them as a whole.
Hello and thank you for your great channel and ideas on this trend with the Goodwill! I just found your channel and subscribed today. This video really helped me solve some major problems in my business. Awesome content!
Happy Friday Eve Kevin, I live in a state with awesome Goodwills. On Monday certain colored tags are only $1.99, no matter what they originally priced it. Purchase a picture frame with a Maya photo, paid $1.99, sold it for $300.00 plus 100.00 shipping, I feel grateful and appreciate that my state has awesome Goodwills. ( garage sales are still my favorite, the hubby and I get up early, get coffee, and head out to garage sales. Those are my favorite days). Thank you for sharing your thoughts and education with us. Loving you from Seattle Washington, Cheers xoxoxox ❤
Agree on the garage sale thing .. I've hosted garage sales before and the point of them is to MOVE inventory// "stuff" in a very TIGHT window lol .I think garage sellers forget this and try to get TOP value lol silly ..If you want TOP value sell it on ebay or FB or somewhere you can have the item sit but that is not the main concept of a garage sale.
so true. I get so tired of watching a reseller go to a garage sale and the person running the garage sale has looked up what it would sell for on Ebay and wants that amount!! With none of the expenses and time involved. I'm always amazed. I feel like telling them, "You go ahead and list it then, and then you can pack and ship it when you are done"
We have two community yard sales a year here in ours. A lot of communities do that out here in AZ. If you watch while out driving they will even put out signs during the week letting you know about it ahead of time.
As a hoarder/reseller/collector I totally understand why Goodwill went to this business model, I have bought from ShopGoodwill online auction a few times at the killer deal pennies on the dollar price I want to pay. I still go into the physical stores even though they pretty much suck compared to the honey holes they used to be. But the stores DO make mistakes and very valuable items DO sometimes slip through the cracks are not sent to auction. Yesterday I bought a very fine but filthy sterling silver bowl for 99 cents, a few weeks back I bought Austrian made Swarovski binoculars for $4.99. The treasures are there, just fewer of them, continue to support the stores even though they are much less fun to shop at.
You're right, they do miss things. I bought a 1st edition Beginner Book with dustjacket for $0.89 that has sold in lesser condition on eBay for around $60.00.
@@ebayvideo6383by that logic a wholesaler shouldnt sell to retailers. But lets not forget goodwill are supposed to be a charity. Tell me what other business gets their stock for free, reduced or no tax, voluteer workers. Im might be wrong about the voluteers but im not american and the equivilent in my country run with some staff but volunteers as well.
I screw over goodwill corporate by specifically sending my worst stuff to them. I buy storage units and donate the decent stuff that I don’t want to deal with to local thrift stores, and send all the bulk terrible stuff to Goodwill. That way I provide work to the item sorters, but don’t give them anything that’s going to end up online.
Our local DAV store has been half empty for many months, so I've been donating for weeks as I clear out 2 houses and move. Hard rain from Debby is here, so I cancelled my truck porch pickup today. The DAV rep on the donation center phone was not nice, so I'm done. I am clearing all cheap/excess to the dump and retooling 2 spare BRs to sell the furniture and inventory on Facebook and eBay. Time to look out for #1!
There is plenty of Thrift Store competition in my area. Goodwill can price themselves out of the market all they want, I will just go elsewhere. Which I have, but the idea was to go and get something older, in good condition, good quality and at a reasonable price. They’ve lost sight of that market. It’s sad because the younger generation has caught on and enjoy the older, quality materials at reasonable prices. That younger market is opening up.
First time I’ve come across your podcast. I love your setup! I started selling on eBay in 1997. It was before everyone caught on to it and almost anything I listed sold. It was also at a time before auctions started selling online. At that time I lived in a huge bedroom community with big subdivisions that would have community sales. It was fun. After about 10 years, I burned out. I also sold for people who didn’t even have a computer for a percentage. At the time I worked a weekend job, so it worked well. I still have lots of items I bought back then, I donated a lot of items when we retired and moved into a rural area. I think about starting back with the items I have, but it is a lot of work. I admire and watch quite a few you tubers still selling. New subscriber here. Enjoyed your show!
It's telling when you see an item(storage bin) for $9.48 at Goodwill a week after buying an identical item for $7 at Target. The local Goodwill's and SVDP have their own eBay stores. The Savers thrift stores offer a 20% discount if you donate to them. This is the only reason to donate to a thrift store. 12:30 That's a really good idea.
I run ads in Craigslist, FB Marketplace, Nextdoor, etc...offering to make Goodwill and donation runs for free to help the community. I use this as an opportunity to get a first look at what people are donating so I can pick threw it all and grab anything I can sell for a profit. It also gives me a chance to inquire if they have any video game consoles, video games, silver, gold, sterling or any other collectibles they might be wanting to sell. Finally, I take their information and call my local donation centers that offer free pickup service and pass on my customers information so they can arrange a time to pick up the rest of the stuff I already picked.
I pretty much stopped going to goodwill once they quit selling jewelry in store. There are plenty other places to source in my area. As far as donations, there are resale, thrift and consignment shops where I can bring unwanted or unsold items
I do my Thrifting at an up cycle shop and a few other thrift stores, but I stay clear of our local Goodwill. Thankfully, the vintage ads, postcards, and empty match books have been gifted to me, and those are what I’ve been trying to resell in my store.❤❤
A creep was taking pictures of my daughter under the Goodwill changing room wall. My wife caught him and the guy fled leaving his girlfriend behind. I confronted them but six months later they still didn't get a divider to the floor to prevent the creeps doing it again. They don't care about you or the safety of children.
Part-timer here with a full-time job. I get lots of calls from my car magnet sign and I've done adds in the newspaper, those have helped keep me in stock pretty good. Thanks for the great vid!
I hardly ever pick a Goodwill anymore. Last 3 times I went to the same store, all of the overpriced items I would have bought if they had been priced properly were still sitting on the shelf.
My Goodwill also raised its prices, but there was a lot of backlash. They have since lowered their prices, especially on clothing, by $2 less per item this past month. We also live in Virginia. Yard sales have dried up around here, especially since the pandemic.
This is what bothers me about when people say resellers are ripping people off. We are just part of the foodchain here. I buy at tag sales too and more often than not like you said what doesn’t sell gets donated but resellers still get called out. If folks want to get eBay pricing at a sale they can shoot for the moon, or they can store and list it themselves. Resellers are not stopping anyone from getting the prices they want to get. We all have free agency.
Exactly! Goodwill says they give people jobs, so do they think resellers don’t need to support themselves? It makes me angry when they want you to round up at checkout. Yuck!
Great video! Thanks for the insight. I used to donate all of my stuff that didn’t sell on eBay or my garage sales to Goodwill, but a lady approached me at my last garage sale and asked if I wouldn’t mind donating any leftover clothing to her for the refugees that she helped. She said anything they couldn’t use, she would give to a pet rescue for their thrift store. Win win, and less going to goodwill to line their pockets.
They hired people like you who know the value of the product . Jewelery, expensive bags, cameras, exc. To cut you guys out. And make better profits on eBay . Only hurting the people who actually have to shop there.
That’s been on going for years. They don’t have enough resources to deploy grab it all, in every store, and including the bins. I find amazing profitable items every single day.
A couple months ago I went to Goodwill in Crestview Florida with my granddaughter. I bought her a scented candle. Didn’t even bother looking at the price, it was $9.99. I bought it anyway and will not be giving them anymore of my business. ☮️🇺🇸
It sucks, as I've had to really rely on the thrift stores here in my small town (mainly Goodwill). Prices are insane. But I lost everything in my house fire and literally need things as cheap as possible. I even called (& mentioned to an employee while at the store) about my fire and they didn't offer any help when all I had was literally the clothes on my back.
@@ghost.ranger1628Salvation army kicked out Americans and went to the border to fill their centers, even helping them w maps into the country ect. Traitors..
The real estate angle is what I just started doing. I started typing a comment to let you know about it and you came in with it at the right time so I didn't waste my typing and or look like someone who didn't pay attention to what you said. Haha. It's a great place to get good stuff.
You are spot on with Goodwill. It takes me about 4 or 5 hours in one store to fill a cart now. They took away returns. They cover the outlets with tape so you can't even test the stuff first. They use black permenant marker to price some stuff. 😡 At least before if you bought something and it was damaged you used to be able to bring it back and trade it in for something else. Do you believe they took returns away? They charge top dollar on stuff they got as a donation. I stopped going unless it is a holiday when they mark it 40% or 50% off day.
@@valeriesantos8178 If the maker is on vinyl or other durable material, try a little isopropyl alcohol (ordinary alcohol you find easily) on a tissue or soft cloth. I used that successfully on a book cover, where Naphtha did not work.
My store literally has junk in the shelves almost 95% of the time now. Im just really good at picking the small things that they miss because its not in a marked package for them to look up prices on ebay.
I unfortunately agree. There are quite a few within 100 miles of me. I went to a local about 1 or 2 times a week, but no more. Toooo expensive or its just garbage and expensive. There are other small charity, church/hospice/school fundraiser etc I visit.
Non profit is an accounting/tax structure. They can’t retain profits…schools and churches make profits …they just have to spend the money on salaries, buildings etc… they are not necessarily charities.
Goodwill has branded themselves as the name of donations. I hear people say “If it doesn’t sell I’ll just Goodwill it all.” That’s powerful stuff to overcome for smaller companies and individuals.
This is going to be hard reason to accept.. especially among the TH-cam Reseller community…. Putting up videos that say I bought such & such for $2.00 at a Goodwill , estate sales, etc… and sold it for $20.00 IS THE THE #1 REASON why prices have went up. Think about it…. How many TH-camrs make these videos… due you not think that these companies do not see these videos ? Why wouldn’t Goodwill not start putting up Auctions? ( I personally don’t agree with it ) same goes for a lot of estate sales around here. Several of them in my area are starting to listing items online themselves as they are making more money for the estate and their business as they work off a percentage of the final sales. As much as I hate to say it… the TH-cam reseller Community Educated these businesses and they listened to what you had to say about the dollar gap between “purchase” price and “sold for” price. Now that the “gap” has come closer together…. The common feeling is that there is not enough meat on the bone.
You are 100% correct. The TH-cam resellers are the reason the prices have shot up. But you can take it a step further. TH-cam resellers will never quit because many of them make more money with their videos than they do from reselling. And why do they make so much money? Because we watch their videos! So really we are the reason prices have gone up. But will we stop watching the videos? Probably not 😂
@@johnr.e.789 pfffft 😂 this is the comment you make when you have the most basic, fundamental understanding of economics and try to apply your little understanding to everything tangentially relevant.
This is 100% the Main Reason why thrift store prices have shot up. People love to brag and can't keep their mouths shut. Years ago, if you find a good profitable hustle you didn't go running around telling everyone about it.
@@johnr.e.789 Demand is up because there are hundreds of youtube channels telling everybody they can go to the thrift stores and buy stuff cheap and make money, which increases traffic at the stores. When the stores started seeing more traffic they said lets raise our prices. The higher demand is directly caused by the reselling youtube channels, which caused the prices to be raised.
I absolutely hate Goodwill's Business model. They often hire handicapped people and pay them little to nothing while they reap the rewards of paying $0 for their retail products! They've been doing this for decades when I recently found out about it! No more Goodwill for me!
When dropping off stuff at my local Goodwill last year or so I noticed so much that was literally garbage - as if people use GW to aviod paying to go to the landfill. I don't understand why the employees even accepted some of this stuff, they must know that it is not sellable, but they seem too timid to tell people no.
Many GOODWILL stores seem that way because everything of value is sent to their shop goodwill website where they ask retail for everything to cut out the resellers from the equation
I'm new to reselling and I love your "shack", specifically the tables. Can you make a video showing how you constructed them. I want the same exact setup with the boxes but I'm in my basement...or dining room for now.
@KirksCORNER Their profit goes to supporting their community programs. It is a legit charity. Just because we don't like the prices is irrelevant to the work that they do. Their mandate is to raise money through sales in their stores to support their programs. Their mandate doesn't include providing goods at low prices.
Goodwill in my area Rocky Mount Va has just gone way overboard with their prices . I might go by there once a month. CDS used $2 and dvds are $3-5 used. all new sealed cds or dvds are more than those prices and used records are $3 and up. and 25% of the store is new items that you can buy at the dollar store for $1.25 and they sell it for $3-$5 dollars. Great video by the way.. Hope to see ya at a sale soon.
I used to work for a security company and Goodwill was out customer. They use donation centers to collect the goods, they process the stuff at the stores. From there it goes retail or goes to online. The retail goes through its tag color everyone knows of. Then it gets pulled and shipped to another location where it goes out. After so many locations, it goes in the garbage. They don't recycle anything. If they can't sell it, they throw it away.
I don't resale but Goodwill is now the Walmart "Evilmart". I used to find fun collectible stuff for my collections or to trade with friends. You have really good insight on the pulse of the "industry". Thanks.
Recently I bought a rare DVD from goodwill and flipped it on eBay for $25. It was rare because it was issued only to Emmy awards academy. Not a retail product.
My friend saves her boxes for me. I just picked up all the summer boxes because I grab her step daughter from school 3 days a week. I keep buttering up all the estate people, hoping they give me better and better deals. I have one company that loves working with me.
Not only is Goodwill overpriced where I live, but so is Habitat for Humanity. If I go to Habitat for Humanity in a Colorado city that has population 200,000 or more it’s 30% the price of where I live.
I love watching you pick! You’re very respectful and are definitely right about Goodwill and many other thrift stores in my area are using the strategy you spoke of. Even antique stores seem to be doing the same.
One time I was dropping some junk off at goodwill and a lady pulled in next to me with an SUV FULL of Thomas the train stuff. I made a comment how cool it was and she said “do you want it?” Well of course I want it! Right in my van it all went while the goodwill people watched.
I seriously love this story so much. I love to imagine the manager of that goodwill (all of which are the kind of person that feels personally insulted when someone finds a valuable item in their store) was out there watching it happen.
I wonder what they would do to someone who shopped the line before the cars got to the drop off area.
Good for you. I won’t donate to good will and seldom buy anything. If I’m in the area, I use their remodeled restroom’s . That’s it. They have out priced me, and everything decent that you could have made a buck, they list online. I’m done
Awesome!!
A Goodwill worker saw me handing-off an ottoman to a lady who said her daughter could use it in her dorm. He told me to pull out the donation area, otherwise its considered stealing (by the lady)!
The thing I despise most is that the price used Dollar Tree items for more than you can buy it new.
I once bought a sign to paint from Goodwill for TWICE the price that Dollar Tree was selling it at (I had no idea that it was a Dollar Tree item).
I was so upset and now I no longer buy items of that nature at the thrift store I go too (not a Goodwill).
That drives me crazy!!
Used to be Goodwill is Crap at this time! It is big business and a big disappointment now. I donate to shelters or social service organizations now.
FINALLY!!!! Do not buy at goodwill do not support a bussiness that hides behind the "helping community" lie....No customers or drop in sales will send the message that high ridiculous prices are not a way to go.
@@lolitabonita08 Salvation Army is still in my area keeping prices down.
@@EmosVidz lucky u ...in my area they close several stores..and the deal they had for 1 dollar day was removed right after Harbey hit Houston.
@@lolitabonita08 yeah tuff when thrifting has turned into going to the mall to shop Retail 😡
@@EmosVidzSalvation Army store in my area has jacked the prices way up. It feels more like a boutique store in a high end mall than a thrift store.
@@EmosVidz there are many venues from which a reseller can buy good items...just need more efford and work...goodwill and thrift stores are not the only places for sourcing.
I hate anything Goodwill. I stopped donating to them years ago once i did a deep dive into these donation stores. Goodwill CEO, at the time i did all of this digging, was paid a yearly salary of 2.4 million a year. All products are donated so no overhead. Employees make minimum wage. $0 goes to helping anyone at all. March of dimes, only a dime out of each dollar is donated. Unicef CEO was paid like 1.1 million a year, all expenses paid and also included a rolls royce. Less than 5 cents of each dollar is used for good. I strictly only donate to Salvation Army now. CEO is paid a $13k yearly salary and housing is included. 96 percent of each dollar is used towards the needy. Im sure these numbers have changed since it has been a while since i checked but im sure they've only went up!! Stop donating to Goodwill!!!!
It is so sad that I am too white to give to the Salvation Army.
I have also noticed Salvation doesn't charge sales tax, where Goodwill does. That, to me, proves Salvation is a real non-profit, because they aren't required to charge sales tax.
It used to be that when people thought of donating stuff they would be told by friends, "Take it to Salvation Army!". But, Goodwill over the years spent a lot more on advertising and opening new stores in every major town that they could. So, now people think Goodwill when wanting to get rid of junk.
But, I agree: stop donating to Goodwill!! Take it to Salvation where they don't charge the community sales tax! That, to me, is a better benefit to the community than greedy ol Goodwill.
@@blumobeanhuh? LOL. WTF does that mean?
@@blumobean why would you be too white? Don't they take anything? I've seen a lot of total throw out junk at the Goodwill.
A few months ago my friend’s mother died, and her daughter bagged up 12-15 large trash bags of high end designer clothing and took it to Goodwill. I asked her if she got a receipt for the estate taxes / donations . She was not thinking about that and called the next day and asked them for a receipt. They said no, they couldn’t do it. It could have been their policy, I don’t know. But another thrift store got the crystal and glassware, and they were happy to give her a receipt a few days later. There is the difference in “helping people”.
Interesting fact. I own a thrift store in my local town and the local goodwill employees including the manager donate ther personal items to me instead of goodwill. Says something about the store.
Thanks for relating, very interesting.
Wow. That says alot. But good for you. 😊
We used to have the greatest Goodwills around the valley here in AZ. Great prices, good quality, clean, well-displayed and cared for floors. What a change! It's as if corporate greed itself has moved in with fewer and less friendly staff, little care as to how things are displayed, and poor quality items. I don't donate or buy there any more. I am not a reseller. Just someone who loves to thrift!
They have raised prices on items to were resellers won’t buy because they can’t make any type of profit and regular buyers won’t buy because they can get the item new close to the same price or can’t afford it at all. Shot themselves in the foot being greedy!
Or cheaper new, for that matter. Or for free.
The GW’s in Florida and a new one in Michigan are full of new stuff from China . All the tops of clothes racks and end caps are strictly new stuff and used to be used stuff. Whole rooms
Are dedicated to full retail especially for holidays.
Not only
Agreed
@@jordankline5520 I see items sit for months Halloween blow mold $500 🤣goodwill 🤣
I purchased a watch at Savers and paid $99 for it. When I got home, I realized it was counterfeit. I went back the next day for a refund for exchange in value telling them it was a counterfeit. They said no. I filed a police report and gave the police the watch as evidence. I am going to report it to the Attorney General’s consumer protection dept per the info given to me to the police once I get the report back.
What is Savers?
@@karahupp4589 Value Village -- same company
@@karahupp4589 Savers is a big thrift shop chain in Australia, and probably other places.
Stop being a greed little b. You bought used a item at a second hand store. You're not entitled to a guarantee that it was authentic or that the store was even aware of it. Or selling it is anything other than second-hand junk. That was your mistake. Trying to be greedy. Grow up and eat your mistake.
@karahupp4589 Another chain of thrift shops that have ebay prices. I have found some decent stuff I really only go there because it's close. I only go there for dolls.
I was in a goodwill in 2019 where someone asked an employee they knew, why there wasn't any good stuff anymore, she responded that it all goes online. Goodwill thinks they are Ebay or Amazon, and charges accordingly. They will slowly kill themselves off with greed. They also do nothing for the community, they employee people for less than minimum wage and get tax payer money to "help" people.
UMM well they have been selling on Ebay and Amazon for at least the last deacde and half each region has a ebay account and amazon account! so if there selling on ebay and amazon i would not doubt they have that mindset same thing with salvation army they all have ebay and amazon accounts
"They will slowly kill themselves off with greed. They also do nothing for the community, they employee people for less than minimum wage and get tax payer money to "help" people."
this i 100% agree with you on and i feel they should lose there NON PROFIT TAX EXEMPT status just have the government rip it from them TEACH THEM A DARN LESSON!
I kinda disagree with this statement. I know the regional manager of Goodwill in Northern California. You wouldn't believe the amount of traffic their website gets daily. And the money they make from online sales. From what I hear, they are actually ramping up sales online and in the future closing down alot of the retail locations and favoring "donation locations " and "90% clothes retail locations" (which they are already starting to implement). Notice how most Goodwill's are now majority clothes? They are making BANK off clothes alone. I don't see goodwill slowing down anytime soon. Even with higher prices their sales have only increased. Because most people will pay up for crap. Whereas resellers (like myself) will pass on higher prices items because of the low profit margin. To some people, $5 off retail is enough to make them happy. Hell, my dad was excited to get a new fire pit at Goodwill that was originally $149 at target, for $139 no tax. Resellers do not effect Goodwill's bottom line. They don't care about you or I.
And they sell tr@sh. DVDs or vhs never work. Clothing is dirty.
I've been stating this for several years now,also not to get political or get flagged there is a new element added to the game and that has to do with an influx of people from other countries. I have at least 8 Goodwills I can drive to in my area and they are flooded with them.
Goodwill is a "for profit" company, masquerading as a charity. Take your things anywhere else and actually help someone or an animal.
Thank you! I too hate thier business model
True, the mgr of Salvation Army said the same.
@@smitastic7030 I like our humane society thrift helps animals aswell.
I need to find another place because at this point I'd rather dump it than give it to GW. The problem is the other thrift that's a stand alone and says they help people from DV, they also hike up their prices to ridiculous $ amounts.
@@moneynmedia unfortunately to at garage sales people don’t put prices on then look up see first list for outrageous price and ask that🤣
the goodwill in my town went out of business, walmart was cheaper
Lol I believe it
@@seymourwrasse3321 had tell them few times this is what it cost in the stores🤣
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THIS soo much lol, lot of which tries to operate as a business and fail. People misunderstand these stores, they are all business, as they have employees to pay/rent, etc, they can't survive by giving out free stuff or very cheap stuff. Its nice that they offer simple jobs to people, which isnt a bad thing, we have a local good will here, that hire a lot of handicap type people here..
Unless its done by a government owned entity/volunteer non profit.
I have found a Christian thrift store that I donate to . They have days if discount for seniors, military, teachers , they have a 40% off everything in the store once a week, they give vouchers for people who are in need, people starting out after dire circumstances to shop the store. Their prices are reasonable, they give a 20% off coupon when you donate and a 50% coupon when you purchase. That place is packed!❤
I’m not usually one of the fanatical zealots who wish things like this but I say it’s high time to boycott goodwill
OBSERVATION..goodwill would rather sell 1 item for 50 bucks rather than 20 items for 50 bucks. They arent in the business anymore of moving inventory at a decent price to help the community. Greed has taken over.
They'll argue that goodwill wasn't meant to help the community with cheap priced items. Instead it was meant to help people get jobs in the area. Got into a huge argument with a higher up at goodwill not that long ago. They've gone wacky. They have jewelry selling for thousands of dollars. They make a ton of $$ now
They wouldnt give me a job, when im disabled . Thats about when the prices started to climb @@jacobg6528
help the community? who goes into business to help a community lol you go in business to make money
@donaldvonglitchenberger4108 most non profits start as a true non profit..greed takes over!
After my last yard sale, I posted my leftovers on my local Buy Nothing group. I’d rather give things to people in my community who want them, than give them to Goodwill.
And then they have the nerve to ask if you want to round up for charity when you pay!
it infuriates me when they ask 😡
My local goodwill hates resellers so much that they started putting their Goodwill price tags on the barcodes of box’s, games, DVDs, ext. So no one can scan them with Amazon/ebay apps. It’s crazy to hate a large percentage of your customers.
It's like if wholesalers hated retail stores.
I watched a video of a reseller being confronted by a homeowner that was having a yard sale. When the reseller wanted to purchase some of his items the man asked him if he were a reseller; when he replied yes, he said he hated resellers and wouldn't sell him anything.
@@hiyellagal Oh man, how ridiculous.
I volunteer at a non profit thrift store. We get donations from local retail stores. We have to put a line through the UPC because people will buy it and then return it to the retail store. 😢
@@kathybesancenez3186, we have to do that with food at the Food Pantry.
We used to buy a lot from Goodwill back 30 years ago. Stuff was a .25 or a dollar. Now its $8.99 or if you do online they have a handling fee and charge for 35 pounds when it may weigh 3. So, we visit all the others. Habitat, local thrift, etc. Eventually it will catch up to Goodwill.
"shipping weight" calculated by package volume/dimensions and literally ignoring actual weight is such a bull shit scam.
Want a 2lb pool cue shipped? 30-60 bucks. Want a 2lb camera shipped? 7-14 bucks typically. Complete bull shit.
I have a friend who’s been decluttering for 2 years now. She calls monthly , I take it to donate for her and in exchange I pick thru it first and get a pedicure free monthly from her for taking off her hands🙌 win win for all!
I hope you aren’t donating to goodwill
@@CE-jl1lv it’s a church space
It is very true that Goodwill has gotten expensive and have forwarded their best donations to their on-line site. My very favorite thing is finding something at Goodwill that they do not recognize as valuable. Makes my day and happens pretty often. They cant catch everything
You're right, here's my reply to another person here: "They do miss things. I bought a 1st edition Beginner Book with dustjacket for $0.89 that has sold in lesser condition on eBay for around $60.00." YAY! Love the book, verified true 1st edition!
I think us resellers are like gamblers, we only hear about the times we win! I would love to see a video on what's not selling. Just to give us an idea. We need to hear about the losses too in order to get a full rounded picture. Let's not deceive the newbies.
Yeah I part time resell and take losses but it balances out
I sell items from estate auctions and have a success rate of about 98% on my sales. Yes, I will lose money on a sale every now and then, but I learn from the mistake and try to avoid repeating it.
I have started using goodwill as a drop for the junk that isn't worth reselling. I once unloaded an entire pickup truck full of stuff that would have otherwise gone to the dump. It was fantastic. Saved me the dump fee!
yea thats the problem, i have to sort through your junk
@@teebeesportee you're welcome, have fun!
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I only give to Goodwill when I just want stuff gone and don't care what happens to it.
I usually give to a local thrift store that gives to the community by the way of running a food bank. All profits go back to the community in food. They buy food with money made at the thrift store.
Their prices have recently gone up, but so has the price for food. I'd I'm not wrong they sometimes give donated items to poor or people in need. I can support that.
@@teebeesporteeyour welcome, I and alot of other I know do the same thing. My good will uses banana boxes to store goods. I recently dropped off about 10 such boxes worth of stuff at my good will, they will be lucky to sell 2 boxes worth. My advice is get a better job friend. This retaliation is only going to intensify.
Funny, having a giant yard sale to raise money for a high school volleyball program is how I got into reselling. Some of the items were too good to just get yard sale money for. So, I learned how to use eBay. Once I finished with that I started selling things we had around the house and it kept going from there. That was back in 2007. Great video today. I always enjoy your content. I appreciate you very much.
I completely agree with you about Goodwill. After a recent yard sale we had we donated what we could to Habitat for Humanity, and at the last moment a reseller came in and bought all my clothing as a lot. Another reseller bought all my Vinyl LP's as a lot. We did keep some items for donation to the local animal shelter and some for a yard sale in October. But overall we were very happy at our results. Great information, THANKS.
Once our local habitat store put their items online, everything just about doubled in price. But I get it because it sells. If people are dumb enough to pay that much for used items, let them.
Goodwill charges way too much for stuff they got for free
The ones in my area price Dollar Tree items at $3.99. Even at 50% off sales, still higher than DT...!
The thrifting hasn't dried up around me, they just price gouge everything
I used to get most of my clothing at Goodwill. Now, prices have doubled. Silk or cotton Hawaiian shirts were $3.50, and now $7-10. Used shoes were $5-10, now $10-20.
Reselling is much different today. I was a part-time reseller from about 1996 to 2015, I had over 10,000 sales on Ebay. I stopped when I picked up a part-time sales job that included bonuses which eliminated my need to resell on my own. The big difference is that in my day (I'm 75), reselling was primarily antiques and older collectibles and the audience was older people who enjoyed history and collecting historical items. Today, the older collectors are gone, the focus now is on new and reusable items. My sources were, folks who cleaned out homes, storage buyers, antique shops, flea markets and yard sales. When I first started, before Ebay, I sold directly to antique stores, that's the true definition of "picker". So, today, where do you source? Yard sales and thrift shops? I specialized in old books and ephemera. Much different today, I watch from afar, enjoy videos like yours and the others but chuckle when I see resellers excited over stuffed animals.
Most of the excitement of modern resellers is about the money they can make with an item. There's little passion for for the items. Nearly all resellers check a lot of items with Google Lens and than you see the real interest. Sometimes an item is picked with a lot of enthousiasm but if it doesn't sell for enough according to Google Lens it is just not bought. I understand that pickers need to make a living but if the passion is only about the dollars that can be made you could earn money a lot easier.
I give all my donations to our local thrift store, after expenses, they send all their money to support a Christian charity that helps third world countries. I also buy my goods from this thrift store. I also have 3 friends that I have met thru the thrift store and they bring me items to sell for them and we split the profit 50/50 and they are happy.
@@carneades. I don't know about that. After working in a factory for years, and in home health care (which fast food workers made more than me!) and ruined my back, I think shopping would not be that hard. I have wanted to do something like this for years, but I'm too chicken to start. BUT, I think I would have a passion for it, if only to experience being my own boss for once, and accomplishing something on my own.
@@alorraloradon't be scared! Just start. List any of your own items, 1-2, list them cheap so you can experience the thrill of the sale and go through the whole sale/shipping process. eBay makes it very easy to list, check an item with Google lens and use "sell similar" so you can just use other sellers titles etc and learn. Full time reselling is my goal, I've had lots of jobs but nothing is as rewarding and freeing as being your own boss, even if you work more hours. Good luck!!
@@burtlewis_SC a lot of people trying makes it tuff need find good items.
The G in goodwill stands for Greedy……...
Do you resell? lol
@@raidersdfence correct
Have a business card with “free removal for your non solds” from yard sales! People don’t want to drag it back into the house or deal with it after it didn’t sell.
Perfect. Give Goodwill inferior leftovers!!
Resellers are creative by nature so all of these ideas fall into their wheelhouse. Ultimately reducing waste is everyone's goal and we resellers can feel proud of our contribution to that end.
It’s funny to me when a civilian thinks that reducing waste is doing their part for the environment when there is a full fledged war against planet earth being waged everyday by multinational corporations who run on natural resources. Every single person on earth put together couldn’t pollute during their entire life as much as one of these world owning entities farts out every second of every day.
Goodwill is just horrible anymore, My Salvation army had a new Lego set for $65 too 😂😂😂
I don't hate on em theyre tryin make money too
The thrift stores in the 80s were awesome. They had bins of silverware you could dig through. I found a lot of antique solid sterling silver spoons and forks. I once found a writing box that looked cool. I found out it was French, from Napoleon's time. $800 profit. Cha Ching. Lots of similar events for me. Now, I wander the isles hoping and praying for that one thing that slipped by the people who screen the good stuff out before it goes to the stores. I knew an old alkie from Boston. He had worked in the sorting area of Goodwill and said high end stuff from the rich people's house were always being donated (for the tax deduction). They'd have their items appraised by a profession before they donated them so they knew how much to claim. He had a huge collection of antique (real antique) dolls that was valued in the thousands. Ah, the good old days of treasure hunting.Bless you for earning money selling mugs and games,. We were going for the big scores.
My experience from the Goodwill bins is that they have a trash compactor inside the back part of their store. They do NOT like people looking into this part of the store, and get really mad if you take a 5 second peak. When the stuff on the tables time runs out, it goes straight to the trash compactor, it's never shipped away to other stores or countries. That is my experience though, here in NH.
Thank you. That's really upsetting, sending usable products to the landfill. I saw items at a Salvation Army tossed once as well, lots of books that should have been spared.
@@A100-NDThe Salvation Army gets completely inundated with stuff sometimes and a lot of it is stuff that doesn't sell at someone's yard sale, but the person donating it still thinks it's worth holding onto (as long as it's someone else holding onto it).
i bought donation bins that were unused, asked property and store owners to put them up. i give 90% away directly to people in need and then pay my 1099 at the end of the year. i don’t claim to be a non profit. but i feel that i do more than salvation army and goodwill. prices went from $1 shirts, $3 pants, $5 jackets to $5, $10 avrg, and $10-$30 jackets. they don’t donate at all to shelters. i collect 5%, sell 5% that gets saved for more bins and the rest is given to churches, shelters and schools.
Charging $6.99 for 5 busted up hot wheels in a bag is crazy! Torn up sports cards in a bag for 14.99! It's crazy! I used to go all the time now very rarely.
I found a 10lb bag of 82-89 joes for 4.99. I thought they were knock offs at first. Plus they were double bagged so it was really cloudy. Got home, and it was crazy.....every joe was taken completely apart. Almost like it was a collection ready to replace the o rings. Every single joe was complete with weapons, and accessories. Took me a week to get em all together. I was literally only missing less than 20 joes from the entire 80s. Even had 4 or 5 rare variations. Made about 3k off that bag....this was only a couple months ago
I quit going to GoodWill for resale. They sell broken up junk there.
@@DrewM86 Flipper mentality. Make $3k off the bag but had the bag been priced at $20 you'd be on here whining and crying about how goodwill is cutting out the resellers and being greedy lol. I've been reselling for 10 years and it's disgusting how the "newbies" and even the old schoolers whine about so much now and think they should get everything for pennies.
@@WhoDatBenny Goodwill also discovered the internet. And it's resellers that inflate the prices. So prices of 2nd hand stuff increase. That's the law of the market.
@@carneades. True. And how did they discover all this? Because of videos like this from @commonwealthflipper These videos are all for personal gain, not to "help" the reselling community they actually hurt it. Because goodwill and other vendors (yard sellers) and so on see them and realize they're losing out. So they hike their prices too.
I hate when Gma dies and family packs all her stuff up and drops off at GW!
One of the things that affect donations now too, is the fact that you cannot deduct up to $600 for deductions any longer you have to itemize your taxes now
all the quality items are selected to be sold at Goodwill’s website, above market price, and extremely overpriced shipping rates….
The items goodwill online are not sold above market value. Goodwill runs auctions and people bid what they are willing to pay. Who decides market value? Answer: buyers. So how are they selling over market value???
@@ebayvideo6383idt you've ever been on the goodwill site or even eBay store because they 100% do sell items as buy it now on both platforms and charge high on everything they think is worth something + shipping is ridiculous. I've bought books on GW's eBay and if there's free shipping it's because they're sending it to you IN A BAG 😂 so those are your choices, pay 2x shipping or get it delivered in a bag/in fuvked up condition.
But to the main point, everything is not an auction, the market does not decide the value & you're wrong.
I did got battletech book.good price.its liked 60 percent of.i was happy
I BOUGHT THE HELLO KITTY :-) I love Hello Kitty and am so excited to get it. Thanks Kevin :-) On another note: It's obvious you spend time and effort thinking about what to talk about here and on the Trash to Cash podcast and I want you to know I appreciate it. Thank you for sharing the information. You have the soul of a teacher and I like that. Thank you.
I approve 💯 my local goodwill has gotten absolutely bizarre. $199.99 for an unassembled threshold chair . The manager came over to the counter last time i was there n flipped thru everything i bought to see what it was. Annoyed 😒 goodwill used to be fun.
I rember back in the 80s when my children out grew there clothes I donated them to the Goodwill then one day I happened to be looking in a thrift store and seeing my kids clothes for sale! Here I was thinking I was donating to people that could not afford stuff only to see they were reselling to make a profit! Recently there came a Goodwill store in my area my friend was telling me her son worked there and they were googling prices on items to price,Never going to a Goodwill again!😡😡😡😡
some there prices our good
I don’t see why people get so mad over someone thinking outside of the box. I love watching your videos because I’m constantly getting new ideas as to how to expand my reselling business.
Thanks for starting/cont. the convo, brainstorming, & promoting creative thinking!
It's pure entrepreneurialism & helping one another succeed... let's help our fellow man! (Goodwill certainly isn't doing that).
I had to take my son to do an ACT test in Lynchburg a few weeks ago. While he was there, I checked out one of those Goodwills. I also have a window washing business and we do the 6 Goodwills from Lexington to Harrisonburg. And I have noticed the prices keep going up and up. They even have that special finds rack where they mark up all the good stuff. Love your channel!
A primary reason Goodwill raised prices and changed strategies is because all the resellers were bragging and bragging very
loudly…saying things like “Goodwill is so stupid! Look what I found and made $250 profit on!!” or some variation of that. All that bragging!! Is Goodwill greedy? Maybe. But there are resellers out there who have proven to everyone that THEY are very greedy as well. I know they love what they do, though, so maybe it’s worth it?? 😂
Being boastful is, generally speaking, not a great thing to do. 🤷🏼♀️
OMG....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! I've been saying this for a long time now.
I agree. Resellers are a huge part of the reason Goodwill keeps jacking up their prices. In my local GW they no longer put out ANY jewelry, books, albums, stuffed animals and the list keeps getting longer. I don't defend GW's sh*tty greed but resellers are just as guilty.
BINGO! Resellers are just as bad as Goodwill and just as Greedy.
Yeah I don’t feel bad when resellers complain about the price increase at thrift shops. They’re doing the same thing. I mean this guy made 400% profit off those 3 mugs. I guess the only difference is small business vs corporation which I’ll always choose former but 400% mark up 😂
Exactly. Goodwill sucks of course, but this is a major part of it that is left out of the conversation completely in reseller circles.
We have a guy around here that always picks up everyone's left over books from a yard sale, he fills his car multiple times a day. Remarkable!
I think the problem for resellers is the way the system works. You check sales comps, purchase ,clean and list and you wait!!! People start reselling with sales comps on the brain but eventually they sell that’s why you don’t go full time till you know the trends. I loved the commentary you are always respectful and on point.
I stopped going to goodwill forever ago. The small thrift shops, charities and garage sales are infinitely better. Goodwill does not have bins where I live or anywhere even close, so there is zero reason to go there imo.
Have you ever talked to any of the goodwill employees? I had the same opinion as you, and probably a worse one, as far as the whole thing about getting donations and marking them up grinded my gears. Anyway, I did a deal with someone a couple months ago who turned out to be an ex goodwill employee, and he told me about how goodwill paid for their housing for 6 months, helped with rehabilitation, and paid for college courses. Since that time, I've also had another local employee told me how goodwill did the same thing, along with encouraged the employee to save extra money, and at the end of 6 months, they matched it. along with paying for her college courses, and rent for 6 months. Just a regular employee. I'm in a small area and I don't think goodwill has a PR department, but thats made me feel a little differently about them as a whole.
GW also has alright benefits
Coffee cups are 4.99 minimum at the GoodWill now. I have seen a couple for 14.99. Absolutely insane.
Hello and thank you for your great channel and ideas on this trend with the Goodwill! I just found your channel and subscribed today. This video really helped me solve some major problems in my business. Awesome content!
Happy Friday Eve Kevin, I live in a state with awesome Goodwills. On Monday certain colored tags are only $1.99, no matter what they originally priced it. Purchase a picture frame with a Maya photo, paid $1.99, sold it for $300.00 plus 100.00 shipping, I feel grateful and appreciate that my state has awesome Goodwills. ( garage sales are still my favorite, the hubby and I get up early, get coffee, and head out to garage sales. Those are my favorite days). Thank you for sharing your thoughts and education with us. Loving you from Seattle Washington, Cheers xoxoxox ❤
All good ideas! Resellers are getting creative and that's good. Thank you for sharing your opinion - I always enjoy your point of view.
Agree on the garage sale thing .. I've hosted garage sales before and the point of them is to MOVE inventory// "stuff" in a very TIGHT window lol .I think garage sellers forget this and try to get TOP value lol silly ..If you want TOP value sell it on ebay or FB or somewhere you can have the item sit but that is not the main concept of a garage sale.
so true. I get so tired of watching a reseller go to a garage sale and the person running the garage sale has looked up what it would sell for on Ebay and wants that amount!! With none of the expenses and time involved. I'm always amazed. I feel like telling them, "You go ahead and list it then, and then you can pack and ship it when you are done"
Exactly! When I see a garage sale with those eBay printouts, I turn right around and head to the next sale.
We have two community yard sales a year here in ours. A lot of communities do that out here in AZ. If you watch while out driving they will even put out signs during the week letting you know about it ahead of time.
As a hoarder/reseller/collector I totally understand why Goodwill went to this business model, I have bought from ShopGoodwill online auction a few times at the killer deal pennies on the dollar price I want to pay. I still go into the physical stores even though they pretty much suck compared to the honey holes they used to be. But the stores DO make mistakes and very valuable items DO sometimes slip through the cracks are not sent to auction. Yesterday I bought a very fine but filthy sterling silver bowl for 99 cents, a few weeks back I bought Austrian made Swarovski binoculars for $4.99. The treasures are there, just fewer of them, continue to support the stores even though they are much less fun to shop at.
People seem to forget Goodwill is a reseller and not in business to supply inventory for resellers.
You're right, they do miss things. I bought a 1st edition Beginner Book with dustjacket for $0.89 that has sold in lesser condition on eBay for around $60.00.
@@ebayvideo6383by that logic a wholesaler shouldnt sell to retailers. But lets not forget goodwill are supposed to be a charity. Tell me what other business gets their stock for free, reduced or no tax, voluteer workers. Im might be wrong about the voluteers but im not american and the equivilent in my country run with some staff but volunteers as well.
@@A100-NDGoodwill sells nothing for 99 cents let alone 89 cents. Even kids books and paperbacks are 2$
I love your "down to earth" videos! Thank you. Josh and Hailey turned me on to your channel. Keep up the great work 👍
John Fisher
Portland, Oregon
I have now started donating to the SPCA thrift store in Madison Heights.
I screw over goodwill corporate by specifically sending my worst stuff to them. I buy storage units and donate the decent stuff that I don’t want to deal with to local thrift stores, and send all the bulk terrible stuff to Goodwill. That way I provide work to the item sorters, but don’t give them anything that’s going to end up online.
I appreciate the way you think 😊
Smart
I do the same thing. I rarely go inside the stores anymore. It's all crap.
I don't even thrift anymore, I hit yard sales and I've been hitting online auctions when it's not yard sale season.
Love your shop so organized!
Our local DAV store has been half empty for many months, so I've been donating for weeks as I clear out 2 houses and move. Hard rain from Debby is here, so I cancelled my truck porch pickup today. The DAV rep on the donation center phone was not nice, so I'm done. I am clearing all cheap/excess to the dump and retooling 2 spare BRs to sell the furniture and inventory on Facebook and eBay. Time to look out for #1!
Don't think you should judge a whole organization based on one bad phone rep - maybe they were facing some flooding at home and had to be at work!
I work for a factory and people love to bring me packing material and boxes. I love getting it, and they are so happy that it is being reused.😊
Good on both you and them. Even the tops of pizza boxes are a good source of stiff cardboard.
There is plenty of Thrift Store competition in my area. Goodwill can price themselves out of the market all they want, I will just go elsewhere. Which I have, but the idea was to go and get something older, in good condition, good quality and at a reasonable price. They’ve lost sight of that market. It’s sad because the younger generation has caught on and enjoy the older, quality materials at reasonable prices. That younger market is opening up.
First time I’ve come across your podcast. I love your setup! I started selling on eBay in 1997. It was before everyone caught on to it and almost anything I listed sold. It was also at a time before auctions started selling online. At that time I lived in a huge bedroom community with big subdivisions that would have community sales. It was fun. After about 10 years, I burned out. I also sold for people who didn’t even have a computer for a percentage. At the time I worked a weekend job, so it worked well. I still have lots of items I bought back then, I donated a lot of items when we retired and moved into a rural area. I think about starting back with the items I have, but it is a lot of work. I admire and watch quite a few you tubers still selling. New subscriber here. Enjoyed your show!
It's telling when you see an item(storage bin) for $9.48 at Goodwill a week after buying an identical item for $7 at Target. The local Goodwill's and SVDP have their own eBay stores. The Savers thrift stores offer a 20% discount if you donate to them. This is the only reason to donate to a thrift store.
12:30 That's a really good idea.
I like to donate to thrift stores that I get good things from as a thank you, also the tax write-offs are piling up
I run ads in Craigslist, FB Marketplace, Nextdoor, etc...offering to make Goodwill and donation runs for free to help the community. I use this as an opportunity to get a first look at what people are donating so I can pick threw it all and grab anything I can sell for a profit. It also gives me a chance to inquire if they have any video game consoles, video games, silver, gold, sterling or any other collectibles they might be wanting to sell. Finally, I take their information and call my local donation centers that offer free pickup service and pass on my customers information so they can arrange a time to pick up the rest of the stuff I already picked.
I pretty much stopped going to goodwill once they quit selling jewelry in store. There are plenty other places to source in my area.
As far as donations, there are resale, thrift and consignment shops where I can bring unwanted or unsold items
I do my Thrifting at an up cycle shop and a few other thrift stores, but I stay clear of our local Goodwill. Thankfully, the vintage ads, postcards, and empty match books have been gifted to me, and those are what I’ve been trying to resell in my store.❤❤
A creep was taking pictures of my daughter under the Goodwill changing room wall. My wife caught him and the guy fled leaving his girlfriend behind. I confronted them but six months later they still didn't get a divider to the floor to prevent the creeps doing it again. They don't care about you or the safety of children.
Both of the Goodwills close to me have closed their changing rooms ~ I don't buy clothes for myself there anymore😢
Both of the Goodwills close to me have closed their changing rooms ~ I don't buy clothes for myself there anymore😢
I’m so sorry to hear that for your daughter!
Part-timer here with a full-time job. I get lots of calls from my car magnet sign and I've done adds in the newspaper, those have helped keep me in stock pretty good. Thanks for the great vid!
I hardly ever pick a Goodwill anymore. Last 3 times I went to the same store, all of the overpriced items I would have bought if they had been priced properly were still sitting on the shelf.
My Goodwill also raised its prices, but there was a lot of backlash. They have since lowered their prices, especially on clothing, by $2 less per item this past month. We also live in Virginia. Yard sales have dried up around here, especially since the pandemic.
This is what bothers me about when people say resellers are ripping people off. We are just part of the foodchain here. I buy at tag sales too and more often than not like you said what doesn’t sell gets donated but resellers still get called out. If folks want to get eBay pricing at a sale they can shoot for the moon, or they can store and list it themselves. Resellers are not stopping anyone from getting the prices they want to get. We all have free agency.
Exactly! Goodwill says they give people jobs, so do they think resellers don’t need to support themselves? It makes me angry when they want you to round up at checkout. Yuck!
Great video! Thanks for the insight. I used to donate all of my stuff that didn’t sell on eBay or my garage sales to Goodwill, but a lady approached me at my last garage sale and asked if I wouldn’t mind donating any leftover clothing to her for the refugees that she helped. She said anything they couldn’t use, she would give to a pet rescue for their thrift store. Win win, and less going to goodwill to line their pockets.
They hired people like you who know the value of the product . Jewelery, expensive bags, cameras, exc. To cut you guys out. And make better profits on eBay . Only hurting the people who actually have to shop there.
That’s been on going for years. They don’t have enough resources to deploy grab it all, in every store, and including the bins. I find amazing profitable items every single day.
A couple months ago I went to Goodwill in Crestview Florida with my granddaughter. I bought her a scented candle. Didn’t even bother looking at the price, it was $9.99. I bought it anyway and will not be giving them anymore of my business. ☮️🇺🇸
It sucks, as I've had to really rely on the thrift stores here in my small town (mainly Goodwill). Prices are insane. But I lost everything in my house fire and literally need things as cheap as possible. I even called (& mentioned to an employee while at the store) about my fire and they didn't offer any help when all I had was literally the clothes on my back.
Salvation Army will help you.Goodwill will not.
I'm so sorry, that's terrible!🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@ghost.ranger1628Salvation army kicked out Americans and went to the border to fill their centers, even helping them w maps into the country ect. Traitors..
I had a similiar situation. I donate only JUNK to Goodwill to balance it out 😬
I’m sorry that happened to you. 🩷
The real estate angle is what I just started doing. I started typing a comment to let you know about it and you came in with it at the right time so I didn't waste my typing and or look like someone who didn't pay attention to what you said. Haha. It's a great place to get good stuff.
You are spot on with Goodwill. It takes me about 4 or 5 hours in one store to fill a cart now. They took away returns. They cover the outlets with tape so you can't even test the stuff first. They use black permenant marker to price some stuff. 😡 At least before if you bought something and it was damaged you used to be able to bring it back and trade it in for something else. Do you believe they took returns away? They charge top dollar on stuff they got as a donation. I stopped going unless it is a holiday when they mark it 40% or 50% off day.
We can return here in Va. but only in the form of exchange no refund.
True + I’ve tried everything that reseller YT’bers use to get the black marker off… none of em worked. I guess I’ll try Lift Off next.
@@valeriesantos8178 If the maker is on vinyl or other durable material, try a little isopropyl alcohol (ordinary alcohol you find easily) on a tissue or soft cloth. I used that successfully on a book cover, where Naphtha did not work.
My store literally has junk in the shelves almost 95% of the time now. Im just really good at picking the small things that they miss because its not in a marked package for them to look up prices on ebay.
I unfortunately agree. There are quite a few within 100 miles of me. I went to a local about 1 or 2 times a week, but no more. Toooo expensive or its just garbage and expensive. There are other small charity, church/hospice/school fundraiser etc I visit.
You are always insightful without judgement. Thx for being a good human. 💛
The Goodwill and other stores here are non profit, so it's amazing how many people think that they are benefiting the community but they are not.
Goodwill is a FOR PROFIT organization
Brother you do not understand what a non profit is
Their higher ups get huge bonuses and wages.
Non profit is an accounting/tax structure. They can’t retain profits…schools and churches make profits …they just have to spend the money on salaries, buildings etc… they are not necessarily charities.
Goodwill has branded themselves as the name of donations. I hear people say “If it doesn’t sell I’ll just Goodwill it all.” That’s powerful stuff to overcome for smaller companies and individuals.
This is going to be hard reason to accept.. especially among the TH-cam Reseller community…. Putting up videos that say I bought such & such for $2.00 at a Goodwill , estate sales, etc… and sold it for $20.00 IS THE THE #1 REASON why prices have went up. Think about it…. How many TH-camrs make these videos… due you not think that these companies do not see these videos ? Why wouldn’t Goodwill not start putting up Auctions? ( I personally don’t agree with it ) same goes for a lot of estate sales around here. Several of them in my area are starting to listing items online themselves as they are making more money for the estate and their business as they work off a percentage of the final sales. As much as I hate to say it… the TH-cam reseller Community Educated these businesses and they listened to what you had to say about the dollar gap between “purchase” price and “sold for” price. Now that the “gap” has come closer together…. The common feeling is that there is not enough meat on the bone.
You are 100% correct. The TH-cam resellers are the reason the prices have shot up. But you can take it a step further. TH-cam resellers will never quit because many of them make more money with their videos than they do from reselling. And why do they make so much money? Because we watch their videos! So really we are the reason prices have gone up. But will we stop watching the videos? Probably not 😂
Ridiculous. Prices are up because demand is higher than supply.
@@johnr.e.789 pfffft 😂 this is the comment you make when you have the most basic, fundamental understanding of economics and try to apply your little understanding to everything tangentially relevant.
This is 100% the Main Reason why thrift store prices have shot up. People love to brag and can't keep their mouths shut. Years ago, if you find a good profitable hustle you didn't go running around telling everyone about it.
@@johnr.e.789 Demand is up because there are hundreds of youtube channels telling everybody they can go to the thrift stores and buy stuff cheap and make money, which increases traffic at the stores. When the stores started seeing more traffic they said lets raise our prices. The higher demand is directly caused by the reselling youtube channels, which caused the prices to be raised.
I absolutely hate Goodwill's Business model. They often hire handicapped people and pay them little to nothing while they reap the rewards of paying $0 for their retail products! They've been doing this for decades when I recently found out about it! No more Goodwill for me!
Goodwill have became a dumpsite
People now donate items that literally has no value
They do it from my understanding to 1) get back at the corporate for ‘ripping’ off the consumer and 2) to help keep the employees employed 😊
When dropping off stuff at my local Goodwill last year or so I noticed so much that was literally garbage - as if people use GW to aviod paying to go to the landfill. I don't understand why the employees even accepted some of this stuff, they must know that it is not sellable, but they seem too timid to tell people no.
My goodwill checks what you drop off and refuses some stuff. And I don't bring what I feel is junk. idk
Many GOODWILL stores seem that way because everything of value is sent to their shop goodwill website where they ask retail for everything to cut out the resellers from the equation
I'm new to reselling and I love your "shack", specifically the tables. Can you make a video showing how you constructed them. I want the same exact setup with the boxes but I'm in my basement...or dining room for now.
Goodwill is a for profit company masked as a 501C3
Why the owner allegedly drives a Bentley and lives in a mansion.
@@TacocasakingThere is no “owner” of goodwill. There is a board of directors and a team of management. It is a registered charity.
Goodwill should be brought up in Congress.
@@violetgypsiethat needs pulled they are for profit only these days
@KirksCORNER Their profit goes to supporting their community programs. It is a legit charity. Just because we don't like the prices is irrelevant to the work that they do. Their mandate is to raise money through sales in their stores to support their programs. Their mandate doesn't include providing goods at low prices.
Love your Granny Square Blanket on the chair! :)
Goodwill in my area Rocky Mount Va has just gone way overboard with their prices . I might go by there once a month. CDS used $2 and dvds are $3-5 used. all new sealed cds or dvds are more than those prices and used records are $3 and up. and 25% of the store is new items that you can buy at the dollar store for $1.25 and they sell it for $3-$5 dollars. Great video by the way.. Hope to see ya at a sale soon.
The ones in my area (South Bend, IN) routinely price Dollar Tree items at $3.99. Even at 50% off sales, that's still higher than DT...!
I used to work for a security company and Goodwill was out customer. They use donation centers to collect the goods, they process the stuff at the stores. From there it goes retail or goes to online. The retail goes through its tag color everyone knows of. Then it gets pulled and shipped to another location where it goes out. After so many locations, it goes in the garbage. They don't recycle anything. If they can't sell it, they throw it away.
I don't resale but Goodwill is now the Walmart "Evilmart". I used to find fun collectible stuff for my collections or to trade with friends. You have really good insight on the pulse of the "industry". Thanks.
Recently I bought a rare DVD from goodwill and flipped it on eBay for $25. It was rare because it was issued only to Emmy awards academy. Not a retail product.
My friend saves her boxes for me. I just picked up all the summer boxes because I grab her step daughter from school 3 days a week.
I keep buttering up all the estate people, hoping they give me better and better deals. I have one company that loves working with me.
Not only is Goodwill overpriced where I live, but so is Habitat for Humanity. If I go to Habitat for Humanity in a Colorado city that has population 200,000 or more it’s 30% the price of where I live.
Its because Goodwill has huge Amazon reseller accounts. They sell tons of items on Amazon.
I love watching you pick! You’re very respectful and are definitely right about Goodwill and many other thrift stores in my area are using the strategy you spoke of. Even antique stores seem to be doing the same.