The Goodwill Store

Don’t bother to get out of your car for this store. I know most GW have a smell, but this one is really bad! The selection is poor and the lighting is dark. Prices are laughable, come on $ 14.99 for a pair of outdated jeans!!!

This store is pretty large with a good selection. Prices are good as usual with a goodwill store and the staff is very friendly! Plus, they have 4 dressing rooms so you won’t have to wait for one :)

Easily one of the most well-​curated Goodwill stores I have been too. Everything was well organized, and clearly labelled. Mostly clothing, but there are quite a few good things to be found if you spend the effort to look around!

Friendly staff. I usually find at least one thing when I go. I get all my Chicos and North Face. Small selection of children’s things, but I still find name brands. My favorite thrift store.

Came to donate, not shop; very pleasant employees inside the main store. At drop-​off section, as I staggered in with my box…“Whaddya got?” I showed her. «Put it in there if you can get it up.» Pointed to overflowing bin, no offer to help. Shoved my box in, headed back to the car… no offer to help. I had a van full of stuff, including bags of rags, which i brought in next. A little more pleasant in explaining that they didn’t take rags (despite recent newspaper article to the contrary) but the lukewarm reception and general lack of helpfulness sent me elsewhere.

Really a stunning used store. I had a wonderful time just going through their t-​shirts, a great selection there was. There was also a solid offering of books and sharper quality lamps and that style of smaller materials. But the real attraction here is the clothes and they had an enormous amount, great quality and pricing was solid.

I know goodwill stores like no other. I’ve done nearly every state the eastern seaboard, including 9 in one day. So, listen up, Hyannis… this one is for you. And yes, it’s my wife’s fault. She’s the addict; I’m along for the ride, and more often than not, the entertainment.
This trip was forced upon my compliments of mother nature, who decided to drown out our last day on the cape for vacation. Cabin fever forced 9 of us to go to goodwill, an hour away.
So here’s the verdict. My rubric for grading is the Unilocal norm, notarized and copyrighted, in order of importance.
Smell: C. I know aunt Ethel’s been dead for ten years, but please, someone, wash her bras before dropping them off. That disco suit that’s been in the cedar chest since 1977? Yup, it’s here, and stinking up the store. This store suffers from a common malady, known as mothballitus. Common to goodwill stores with poor ventilation and musky clientele. Fabreeze, anyone?
Muzak: B. pop radio station. Nothing exciting. A few tunes to hum, albeit off key due to pinching the nose.
Lighting: C. Poor lightng in goodwill is unacceptable. Stains must be seen, reconciled, and considered. If I’m going to walk a mile in someone else’s bodily fluid stains, I want to know about it. No fair for me to get malplaque and not know about it. Bring your own black light and/​or LED headlamp.
Cleanliness: B+. pretty good. I wouldn’t volunteer to eat dinner off the floor, but nothing out of line.
Organization of clothing: C+. The organization of men’s pants is maddening… put all pants of like color together, and then expect men… who hate shopping… to sift through 79 pairs of tan khakis, looking for the magical ³⁴⁄₃₀ that isn’t stained, ripped, or from 1986. Maddening exercise of needle in a haystack. Few goodwills have caught on to the logical method: sort by waist size, regardless of color. Give me the size that fits, I’ll decide on the color. State college, pa… case in point. Bravo.
Quality of clothes: A-​. Pretty darn good. Lots of quality brands… should be, considering the cost of living on the cape. Mr. Bean, tommy h., Ralph, et. Al were present. Not bad. Not much ghetto brands, if that’s your thing.
Employees: A-​. Pretty good. No noticeable issues.
Other notes: no toys… good location…
This store has the goods, but needs the store to show them off.

Pretty good selection, mostly clothing with books, housewares, and toys in the back of the store.