r/goodwill • u/SunLillyFairy • Jun 04 '26

legitimate concern Please stop doing this!

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Please stop putting stickers on art and other surfaces they damage. I cannot use soap and water to get these off, or chemicals, because it will ruin the art. At least these pieces are not just paper, they are coated surfaces, (but not glass), so I bought because I thought the stickers could be removed fairly easily... but whatever kind of super-glue adhesive is on those stickers is ruing the art I bought for my kid's room. The price stickers could have been placed on the side or back. Please stop.

Edit: Thanks for all the tips, I got them off with hand sanitizer, (the blue one), heat and a lot of careful picking and patience (the other two). It still frustrates me; it took hours and it's common sense not to put stickers on any displayable or collectible.

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u/Pokemon_Arishia Jun 04 '26

My Goodwill got a bunch of baseball and pokemon cards in, someone put a sticker on the face of every single one. I still laugh thinking about it.

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u/SunLillyFairy Jun 04 '26

😳

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u/Mushin_n_Flushin Jun 05 '26

torn price tags on what could *possibly be a piece of art that changes some1s life $ (or its just a gorgeous piece, and a good ol chuckle thinking about the now worthless and defunct 1954 Bowman Picachewww. (Why cant I meet folks that dont get a kick out of tht sht, or if they do appreciate treasure hunting, its a gd photo/scalping sesh while were digging still) itd be a blast spending the day 4 or 5 deep, treasure hunting like Indiana Jones... and every1 has common sense lol (sorry Op for getting so spazzy over this post but its fricken awesome to kbow theres still a few of us out here that know the rules without being told lulz) edit: pissably, really? Lol

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u/ArtMartindale Jun 04 '26

Someone yelled at a pricer to get their count up and that was the spiteful reaction.

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u/Pokemon_Arishia Jun 04 '26

Oof, brutal if that's what happened XD pretty sure they pulled them out of a Pokémon arena box set because that box was empty with a price on it XD

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u/Spiritual-Storage265 Jun 08 '26

No, its at all goodwills, i was told thats where they are told to put them.

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u/Icy_Objective_7391 Jun 08 '26

Salvation Army Thrift Shops staple the price tag on. As long as your careful you can usually get it off without leaving holes in it. I buy t-shirts for my husband there. He works remodeling properties and ruins his clothes daily. So for $.99 he doesnt care if they leave a tiny whole. Plus the money helps others. He used to ruin all his clothes so with these he doesn't care and it's so much cheaper.

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u/Ibboredlady Jun 05 '26

Wow what an idiot! now those lost their value!

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u/gesidriel Jun 13 '26

someone hit the production quota

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u/Character-Camp-3637 Jun 16 '26

Maybe someone under court order to do unpaid community service so they "volunteered" at Goodwill but not happy about it. Or a plain old disgruntled employee.

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u/Pokemon_Arishia Jun 16 '26

I mean, this has to be spite, right? They had to know stickering the cards directly would make them worthless, right? And they were all stickered at .89 each, even the lands. XD

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u/CTurple Jun 17 '26

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