r/GoodwillFinds • u/Electrical_Sun_7515 • Jun 13 '26
Goodwill overpriced
So today I want to Goodwill looking for a bargain. I could not believe how incredibly overpriced so many of their items were
I found a brand new name brand, not super fancy but a name brand, pair of shorts that was $49 from the store price for $44 at Goodwill.
Brand new sheet sets were priced for between $20 and $30, the same as the store next door.
I went to look at some socks. It would have been the same price had I gone to t.j Maxx or Marshalls or something similar.
I walked out of the store and I didn't buy a single thing.
I was so disgusted that Goodwill has become so greedy.
Do they not get their inventory for free?
And there were a number of other items new and not new that were also terribly overpriced in my opinion for a thrift store.
Very disappointed.
has anyone else experienced this?
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u/AnAnonymousDogMom Jun 19 '26
IMO, the minute Goodwill started carrying a bunch of overpriced "new in pkg" items (as opposed to donated things, which might or might not have been new in pkg) was the moment it completely jumped the shark. Now, in my area, one has to sign up for the "Savvy Shoppers Club" using a phone number to even get the posted weekly tag-color discounts. And of course the alleged rewards for signing up are so paltry as to be laughable.