Goodwill

HUGE location with lots of options! A lot of like-​new clothing, nothing fabulous or trendy, but great basic clothing. Decent shoe selection, and LOTS of home décor! There’s so much that they have it sorted by color, which I think is great! Knocking off a star for the incredibly slow and unhelpful staff.

I browse around quite often before going to Stop and Shop.
The staff is not too friendly except for the older woman at the register.
Recently while browsing I came across a nice ladies wallet with two prices on it. One was $ 3.99 and the other $ 1.99,
I went to the register and there was a woman there that I’ve never seen before. There was no line so I approached her with the wallet and said there are 2 prices and showed it to her, and said I hope I get it for the lower price. She got very obnoxious and said, this is a good wallet, and its $ 3.99, because of her attitude I quickly said I didn’t want it.
My guess is that she wanted it for herself.
Little does she know that I know, after afew weeks that goods are not sold, they dispose of them. It’s no loss to them.
So what was the reason for her attitude.
Don’t know…

almost every goodwill is a bit dingy, this one is but it’s not the worst. the staff is a bit off putting, and not very friendly but they are teenagers to be fair. they have a good selection of items and a lot of clothing, some of it’s high end but you have to dig for it. it’s convenient and close and cheap!

Brought 5 bags of clothing with no one at the donation desk. I looked down the hall and called for the 2 employees conversing but they ignored me. I went into the store to speak with someone, but there was ONE register open with a line at the end of an aisle. I went back to the donation center to finally get the employees’ attention and they huffed with annoyance, that they actually had to talk to a customer. Both were very rude.

Please do not donate your things to them. I have donated a lot of things to other Goodwill locations and non-​profits and have never had a bad experience — until I went here. I came in with 2 heavy boxes of holiday stuff from my mom’s house after Mom moved to assisted living. First complaint, there is NO designated parking for drop off. Ridiculous, since they have plenty of parking. This just illustrates how little they care about their customers. So I drag 2 heavy boxes in, had to struggle to open the 2 double doors by myself, while the incredibly rude teenage girl at the counter doing nothing watched me, never offering to simply open the door. When I got in and asked about donating she said they couldn’t take the holiday decorations. OK, I get it but there were non-​holiday items in the boxes but she didn’t care to hear it. I guess I looked dumbfounded because a very nice customer offered to walk me over to the actual donation area so I could ask them. The girl at the counter never said anything more, no thank you no sorry, nothing. When I got to the donation area I was met by two more rude teenagers. They must be required to do community service at the high school here because none of these kids wanted to be there and they made it very clear. Long story short, the 2 idiots wouldn’t accept anything either and yelled at me, «its a rule its not our fault!“They didn’t even offer to help me carry the heavy boxes back to my car. I asked them to throw the stuff away and they said they couldn’t. ??? I walked away furious. I have always had the exact opposite experience when donating items to non-​profits, most are grateful for the donations as that is how they make their money. I will NEVER go back here again. In fact, I stopped on the way home at a church run mental health thrift store and was treated like gold. Someone needs to teach these kids how to be polite. How sad.

So-​so book collection, flat our poor bric-​à-​brac. Tons of space here but most of it is devoted to clothes. If that’s your thing I’d give it a try.

Overall, every goodwill store I’ve been in is pretty dingy looking. You can find some good hidden treasures though, you just have to hunt.
Today I found an oil burner for $ 5.99. I have an almost identical one that I paid full price for in a store in the Palisades Mall for $ 40. Needless to say I was happy with my find!