Goodwill Shopping Secrets They Don't What * YOU * To Know !

Here are 10 Secrets to Shopping at Goodwill that only the Employees know about and now you know about.

There's A LOT of information in this video but don't worry about getting out your handy pen and paper BECAUSE I've written it all down for you. Before we go into the list I should say every districts Goodwill is a little different - so these are not hard and fast rules!

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[anniehegr]

Goodwill does NOT have a nationwide business model. Decisions are made about selling, stock levels, returns, discounts, etc at the DISTRICT level! If your local district has high prices or no returns or discounts, try going to the next nearest district.
A Recovering GW Manager

[teriw]

You should always wash everything brought home where ever you purchase it.

[classicrocklover]

If you see an item on a shelf that looks like an obvious "new" store return - OPEN IT AND INSPECT. I was going to buy a "new" Instantpot that Goodwill had marked "new" and "salvage". But i told them in the store i wanted to open and inspect it. Good thing I did - the cord was missing, the inner pot was missing, and there was food stains all over it!

[joshuacook]

My wife found a genuine Lassen painting at our goodwill! She cried because she loves him and all his paintings!

[Timsinterestingthings]

Great notes. I am a former Goodwill Retail director. They often use Febreeze on clothing and have scent stations throughout the store. The outlet stores can be a huge win. Return policies vary by area, not all of them take returns or exchanges. The number one secret to reselling success is knowing more about items or categories than the person pricing goods in the back. That is often a high turnover job, so they are not all expert at products.

[keezjordan]

Always look between the out of season clothes. Employees stash what they want in hard to find places. In summer look in winter coats section

[marlenecotla]

Goodwill needs to consider that making a profit is not by overpricing their items especially when it's as-is. You can sell more if you give a much lower competitive price no other store can compete. Another is Goodwill needs to hire proper managers that are experienced to work with disadvantaged people. I had worked at Goodwill for 8 years and the whole management and employee treatment was very sloppy. I got tired of hearing so many complaints about the pricing that was beyond my control. Customers too had a tendency to gripe about items that were actually considered dirt-cheap but they wanted it for free. Goodwill needs to stop taking advantage of higher prices and people's money as a scam for "charity".

[Charlene-kx]

Goodwill thrift stores used to sell jewelry, not anymore. It all goes online now to the highest bidder. All their high end stuff goes online. It’s all about money, folks!

[soal]

I'm glad your goodwill is great! Mine? Not so much. Manager and employees are rude. The prices are more than buying brand new at walmart.
I drove by today...no cars in the parking lot. I hope they get the hint!

[elizabethacosta]

I learned to shop at thrift stores with older staff. I find in my area they practically give things away or underprice a lot of highend things.

Younger staff are notorious for pricing things based on what they find online or mark it up to boutique prices. You might as well buy them new.

Always shop with older staff. Also they're just more polite and helpful.

[judyjimenez]

Where I shop at the Goodwill in my town they advertise $.99 clothing on Mondays. On Sunday the day before you can buy a certain color like yellow the day before. Also on Wednesdays the household goods like plates and nick-nacks are on sale for $.99 cents. Here is the kicker! The bedding and linens are supposed to be on sale also, but before they open the Goodwill foe Wednesday's sale they change the Color so you can't buy the linens and the other items that were supposed to be the sale color like yellow is the sale color for that week it's suddenly changed to Blue! Something Stinks at Goodwill! Also if something is priced really high and doesn't sale they will trash it instead of marking it down. I, never give to Goodwill anymore! I, take my donations to Salvation Army or set them on my lawn marked FREE!

[janicecorn]

Love your sweater and necklace! Thanks for the info!

[pamelad]

Goodwill's prices are crazy high considering all their items are donated! I don't think there are any secrets to shopping at their stores. Sometimes you find something that you consider a "bargain" but the majority of items are either overpriced, damaged, or extremely out of date.

[marilyns]

Check the return policy. Since COVID, my region is no longer able to take any returns or exchanges. It should be clearly posted.
Also, as Shauna said - furniture isn't shipped to other areas. Resources don't exist to do that. College towns might seem have more furniture because college kids leave it behind when then move out.
Clothing items that are not sold after a reasonable timeframe are shipped out to brokers. It helps keeps the clothes circulating so that customers always have new stock to choose from.

[fallofegg]

Here’s a fun fact for those who don’t know, all goodwills are broken into different stand alone counties or areas. For example I work for the SBVC Goodwill, while a quick 30 min drive south every good will is completely separate from us (LA/SOCAL). They all operate differently, and have different policies. Also I love working for goodwill, our county takes really good care of us.

[MaryGrace]

Becky-It is Love-at-first-listen. This is excellent info. and I can't wait ti consume more of your content (it'll have to be here on YT) I'm not currently on any other platform. I will be selling on all the places you mentioned here so I guess I''ll be "getting-on" them. Many Blessings to you & yours.

[gailremp]

Some thing I've learned over the years as I have my little bag of stuff that I take into a store to test things. I have a measuring tape, a magnet, lightbulb, a per/pencil/or ...little stuff like that. You can save a lot of hassle. Now in central Florida, if you return an item, you have to pick out something right then you can't go away with a merchandise credit or something and come back in a few days. It's right then. So maybe it is different in different parts of the country I am not sure.

[racemartin]

Just wanted to say thank you for the insightful video regarding Goodwill stores.

[mamatimeposh]

That was very informative video. Some things I knew but some I had no idea!! Thanks for sharing.