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| - Here's a flow chart of how Goodwill works:
-individual buys nice (new) item, pays full price
-new item gets damaged/out-dated/is unwanted
-old item gets donated to Goodwill (for free)
-Goodwill marks up price to approximately 1/3 of its original value
-individual buys damaged/outdated item for 1/3 of what it would cost to buy new
for most items (furniture, DVDs, shoes, clothes, dishes, etc), paying 1/3 of the new cost for an item that is dirty, damaged or faded, does not make sense.
Clothes:
-more women's clothes available than mens
-heavy on t-shirts
-often has a pretty good selection of scrubs, but they aren't sorted by size
-jewelry is limited to "costume" jewelry like Mardi Gras beads and plastic bracelets.
Shoes:
-most shoes look very worn, borderline unwearable
-many Golden Girls-eque pumps, limited otherwise
Sports Equipment:
-a whole slew of golf clubs, mismatched
-lots of tennis rackets
-seemingly no equipment for any other sports like softball/baseball, soccer, etc.
Household Goods:
-cups/mugs are 99c each. Most other thrift shops you can get them for 10c-50c.
-nothing glass or ceramic appears to have been washed. Vases and bottles have remnants like entire leaves stuck to the inside
-paintings are drab, dull and sun-wasted
-kitchen appliances prices/descriptions are marked on the appliance itself with permanent marker. Good luck getting that cleaned off.
DVDs/Movies/Books:
-paid $5 each for DVDs. Unreal.
-the prices weren't "marked", you found out as you paid at the register.
I'm just convinced that you could go yard-sailing for better prices on household items, hit up Zia for cheaper records/CDs/DVDs, go to a second-hand bookstore for more affordable reads, and go to a place like Buffalo Exchange to get quality used clothing at a moderately reasonable price.
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