Goodwill

I wont be going back. Every time I find something they try to overchatge me. telling me that a shirt is long so it is a dress ! Now they are pricing individually. and I can buy brand new stuff for less if I watch for clearances. A kohls brand kids dress was marked $ 8.99 .used ! Needless to say, I didnt buy it. Can find better stuff on Ebay. Plus, It appears that they are getting a lot fewer donations lately due to the truth about the company coming out, or they are selling all of the really good stuff on Ebay. Either way, this place sucks the last 6 months that I have gone here.
interesting article in
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:GOODWILL CEO and owner Mark Curran profits $ 2.3 million a year.
Goodwill is a very catchy name for his business.
You donate to his business and then he sells the items for PROFIT.
He pays nothing for his products and pays his workers minimum wage! Nice Guy.
$ 0.00 goes to help anyone! Stop giving to this man.
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We always enjoy exploring Goodwills and Salvation Army stores, i found a few nice shirts and a pair of shorts, my wife found a couple blouses she liked and a few books.

I was in the area and trying to waste some time, so I stopped in here on a whim. I found plenty of great Xmas items for cheap. I was pleased until I got home and tried to get my lighted tree topper angel to work. It didn’t…whomp.whomp…whomp. $ 9.99 down the drain. Don’t they check stuff before they put it out? Anyway, the rest of the stuff was good.

This is the closest Goodwill to my house. During my vacation, I was cleaning the garage, closets, and anything else not nailed down. I moved my car out of the garage to make room for the stuff I no longer needed, wanted or could use. After boxing it all, I start to load my car. First trip was with 15 boxes.
When I arrive at the donation doorway, two young guys run out to help me unload. A young woman gave me a receipt and I headed back home. Wish I could have taken those two guys back with me to help load the 2^nd batch in my car. This time I only had 12 boxes. Again the two guys hustled out to help me. This time the lady asked if I would be back with more before she handed me a second receipt.
Nope, didn’t go back because my back was hurting but I still have more closets to go.
The inside is usually packed with everything you can imagine. I have picked up a few woven baskets, and my best buy was a slightly charred real wood end table. After some sanding, a coat of varnish, and a new top on the old table, it looks great in my living room.

This Goodwill is very hit or miss. I’m on a mission to not buy anything for the home that is brand new, so Goodwill has been my mecca for the past few months.
Occasionally their furniture and dishes are the bomb– last time I walked out with a hundred bucks worth of stuff. That’s a lot of good will treasurez, yall.
This time– not so much.
What I can say is that compared to the other Goodwills in the area, the selection is much better and there is no «dirty diaper» element– it’s clean.
C’mon!

Not the worst, but certainly not the best Goodwill location. They are in a nice building, but usually don’t have as nice a selection as the Goodwill at FM1431 and Parmer Ln.

I have a thing for quirky ceramic bowls. This location almost always scores me a good find since they tend to have a large selection to choose from in that department.
I can usually find some good kids’ books there as well that we amazingly don’t already own.
Worth a stop in! You just never know what you’ll find.

Sweet Lil Old Stranger Lady (to me): I’m proud of you, dear!
Amazonian Me smiling down at her: Yeah? Why’s that?
SLOSL: You’re buying those heels and tall women should never be afraid to wear heels. Glory in your height!
Me: Wow! Thanks!
Me looking down at the high gloss 5 inch candy apple red FMP’s I’m buying for $ 7 and almost feeling guilty thinking of why I’m buying them (see
). Almost!