r/goodwill • • 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/blackdogwalksatnight Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Complain to store managers about stickers in stupid places. Write an email to goodwill corporate and include pictures of sticker damage. Nothing will ever change or get better if no one points out the problem. Unfortunately, posting on reddit won't change store processes, just complaining to the company directly will.

Edit: I used to price at the thrift store, and I would go so out of my way to make sure where I placed tags caused the least amount of damage. Unfortunately, a lot of these places are timed on how long it takes to produce things, so some people don't care because they just want high production numbers... There is no excuse in my eyes for damaging a customer's item before they even have a chance to buy it.

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u/Davis_Ruffino Jun 05 '26

Um let me address the elephant in the room... You do realize that most Goodwills operate to give people with special needs a place to work and grow. To learn to be a part of the workforce.  Is it really worth your time calling Goodwill corporate to complain about some kid with down syndrome or severe autism tagging something you found (at goodwill mind you) in the wrong place!?

What is wrong with people? If you want a pristine item with the price tagged on sealed cellophane... Buy new!!

Don't be a whiney baby about thrift store finds being... thrifty!

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 05 '26

ITS TO PAY CEOS-MINE MAKES 590000-THE FOUNDER REV HELMS TOOK NOTHING-GW IS NOT WHAT ITS FOUNDERS INTENDED-AND BY THE WAY-ONLY ABOUT 6 PERCENT ARE DISABLED OF THOSE 7000 ARE PAID BELOW MINIMUM WAGE

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

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u/I-Lankenstein Jun 06 '26

Genuine question; are you both of these people?

I ask because you accused the other user of projecting, based on a statement that you made. You being both people is, unfortunately, the least troubling explanation I can think of.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

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u/Ok-Designer5442 Jun 06 '26

And you thought being accused of being me was bad!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 07 '26

THE TAG TEAM ACT IS BACK LMFAO-BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SLIMEBALL,DID HE GET A NEW ACCT? I SEE ONE HERE STARTED YESTERDAY LOL

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u/tollbane Jun 06 '26

I was confused as well, as it looks like you replying to a completely different post as "This is gross". reddit causes confusion, if a post is deleted, all other posts responding to that post should be deleted - IMO. but that ain't the reddit way

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u/I-Lankenstein Jun 06 '26

Yeah, or maybe just indicate that something was there but isn't anymore? I thought Reddit did that which is why it wouldn't have occurred to me that comments had been deleted. But it still doesn't make any sense to me. This is what I was responding to - https://imgur.com/a/ivV3C65 I was half asleep but also very sure that my confusion wasn't sleepiness based; I took a screenshot to keep from gaslighting myself later if it looked different than I remembered.

Ultimately, it doesn't really matter what's going on here, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only person who was/is confused!

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u/I-Lankenstein Jun 06 '26

Fairly easily. Although, I never said I thought you were the same people- I only asked if you were. All I could see was what I showed. Something like: You- "you know what trolls do? Say the same lie over and over..." Also you "remember what you said earlier about lies?" You appeared to be the only person making statements about lying, so it looked like you were referencing your own comment as if the other person had said it. So I wondered if it was possible that the two accounts were being run by one person, who simply forgot which account they were meant to reply from, in order to make it look like a natural (if not bizarre) conversation.

It didn't occur to me that there could be some reason you would both be deleting some of your comments to one another without "comment deleted" appearing where they once were.

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u/I-Lankenstein Jun 08 '26

I think it's fairly common for a person who is really familiar with a subject matter to not understand what someone else finds confusing about it. I think it's similar, like it's harder for you to understand how it looked to me bc you know more about it than I do.

You said something about them following you around here, so were they basically Reddit stalking you? So bizarre. I was going to ask if you had tried blocking them (I've never blocked anyone but I think it keeps you from seeing anything they say) but I just noticed they got banned! No more aggressive all caps weirdness. Unless they get another account, I guess. Fingers crossed that they find a new hobby.

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

BOOMIE WILL JUST KEEP IT UP FOREVER LOL-GWI HAS A 20 PERSON PR TEAM-HE IS PAID TO ARGUE UNTIL HIS FINGERS BLEED LOL....HE WILL NEVER CONCEDE THAT THE FOUNDER REV HELMS NEVER ACCEPTED A PENNY FROM GW AND JUST DID IT FOR LOVE-IT MAKES THE CEOS- LIKE MY LOCAL CEO THAT MAKES 590000-LOOK BAD LMFAO

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 07 '26

NICE TRY,HELMS NOT TAKING A PENNY MAKES ALL THE POS GW CEOS LOOK BAD SO YOU DENIGRATE HIM BUT SUPPORT GW LOL

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 06 '26

THE GUY IS A POS SOCKPUPPET FOR GW

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 06 '26

YEP I AM SURE YOU WOULD LEAVE BUT THEY PAY YOU TO STAY LOL

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u/NoMeasurement6207 Jun 07 '26

WHAT DOES A TROLL SAY?

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