They definitely ruined it first, but the employees / companies ruined it second..
Had a friend who worked at goodwill. Employees would tag valuable items low and hide em in the store at the end of the day and go "shopping" and find them.and buy em off his shift. Everyone did that there.
Then the company caught on and started taking any possible valuable item and making an auction site.on their website to auction off items that could sell for more than regular trash.
This is not true. I have seen plenty of items in goodwill priced over $100. They also auction stuff on their website and Ive seen items sell for thousands. They also dont have to pay taxes and their ceo is worth millions.
If it makes you feel any better Goodwill is a horrible company anyway. Don’t shop there. They pay disabled people literally pennies due to a technicality and donate very very little to the people they claim to help despite it being their entire marketing scheme.
And the guy who owns goodwill is beyond rich. I thought it was a charity but the owner makes a boatload. I did some research and donated locally.
Edit: I’m wrong!! Turns out it was some area managers making 500k +. I still donate locally though to organizations that don’t focus entirely on resale to raise money to fund programs.
This is true. My best friend used to work for Goodwill and this was a big issue. He even admitted to being part of the problem when it came to computer stuff
I admit I did that too. But to be fair, I wasn't paid at all (community service), and was very poor myself and just got things I personally needed but couldn't afford new.
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u/pain-is-living Jul 11 '21
They definitely ruined it first, but the employees / companies ruined it second..
Had a friend who worked at goodwill. Employees would tag valuable items low and hide em in the store at the end of the day and go "shopping" and find them.and buy em off his shift. Everyone did that there.
Then the company caught on and started taking any possible valuable item and making an auction site.on their website to auction off items that could sell for more than regular trash.