Where Goodwill's Best Donations Go

I've gone to plenty of different Goodwill's and was wondering where all the best donations went. Today we find out!

Thanks to @ESGWNRM and Phil for the tour!

[Lesseplesse]

Goodwill is just another reseller, not thrift store

[leewilliams]

I used to go to the Goodwill religiously, but after I found out that their CEO makes over six figures and they tend to sell a lot of their good stuff on social media and other platforms, I stopped going to Goodwill and stopped donating.

[joannajohnson]

This video explains why I can never find any valuable items at any goodwill. They are keeping the profits. Now I get it.

[OldLadyInFL]

I won't shop at Goodwill anymore exactly because of this. I had a pair of shoes in my cart once, and the employee took them out because they were name brand and gave them to the office. I saw her taking them out and asked her WTF she was doing, and she said she would lose her job if she let me buy them. I left my cart, walked out, and never came back again. My store will take entire boxes of donations, peek in to see what it is, and throw it away without even putting it out, especially clothes or kitchen items like pots and pans. If they don't need something, it just goes into the great big dumpster out back. I will never give this scam operation another penny of my money. What services are they supporting? I went to their job center once, and all they did was give me some papers on how to write a resume. They did not help me find a job at all. ITS A SCAM PEOPLE!!

[zack]

This explains everything. Shopping at Goodwill use to be one of my favorite things to do. Since Covid, I noticed there is nothing but plastic "junk drawer" stuff to look through. No need to go back. Goodwill lost a loyal customer.

[Faith-qpus]

This is explains why my local
Goodwill only has garbage to sell

[dawnmole]

The thing is, if they’re a business, fine. But don’t pretend to be some kind of charity that gives back to the community. Resellers at least don’t lie about what we do.

[kmclane]

I donate almost exclusively to a homeless/battered woman shelter! They offer FREE items to women who have escaped their abusive homes, some leave without anything. And I’m talking about the kids too. One trip last year I took in 19 bags of clothes. Blessings and Peace ✝️❤️

[lm]

This is precisely why I will never donate to Goodwill again. I have chosen a family-owned local consignment shop to straight up donate to.

[realgk]

My family lived in poverty when I was a child and when I was a kid like 8-18 I used to love going to thrift stores because I could almost always leave with something cool for super cheap. This explains why the last 5-10 years I never find anything good at Goodwill. This makes me sad too because I’ve donated a ton of stuff too thinking that some kid would be super excited to find it instead of it ending up in some old dusty collectors basement. Sad

[Diggin_Ohio_Jewels]

I Was Wondering Why Goodwill Only Had Junk in Their Stores Lately...
I Don't Want Goodwill to Get All he Deals--I Want Local People to Get the Deals.
Well, I'm Done Donating to Them...
Goodbye Goodwill...

[brandyschmitt]

Here's the difference. A re-seller BUYS their stuff. Goodwill gets it for FREE.

[stevenkirby]

Goodwill's non-profit status should be revoked, they're scamming the IRS

[rustyshackleford]

We donate the good stuff, they keep it for themselves, put the junk out in the stores, use the stores as drop off sites. Brilliant.

[dottieditto]

My sister and I donated all my mom's clothing and kitchen items to our local women’s shelter.

[kylebarns]

Best way to stop them, is to stop giving them donations. Give it to the smaller programs

[jayfanes]

“People aren’t going to the thrift store looking for a $20, 000 Rolex.”
That’s kind of actually what people are going to the thrift store for. They just don’t want to pay $20, 000 for it. And they definitely don’t want to go on shopgoodwill and pay $30, 000 for it.

[drop]

So much for getting a good deal at goodwill. 100% non profit but the CEO gets a six figure salary

[nuthinbutlove]

I used to donate trash bags full of great clothes to Goodwill frequently. Then i learned that some Goodwill employees put the good stuff aside to take home for their own use or to sell online.
Needless to say i don't anymore.

[allyivy]

The beef that I have with goodwill is that they are supposed to do “good will” for the neighborhood, not profit for themselves. If they can’t even donate to a family whose home burned down, they should not be donated to.