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[@Barry_D]

they are trying to sell preowned clothing for more than new on the clearance rack at TJMaxx and Ross

[@ebaybae3575]

Yes, I frequently see Dollar Tree items priced at $2 and $3! So ridiculous!

[@RicMorton]

The Goodwill close to me has a Ross next door. I know which entrance I'll use next time!

[@johnkawakami8395]

I see Ross tags at the Goodwill. LOL. I also saw a dollar store item for sale for .99. Whenever they get some padded mailers, they cost as much as new ones.

[@maryanne2025]

nuts isn't it? and most of it looks like crap to me. Also check out JC penny

[@Barry_D]

joe lane please inform everyone of the programs at Goodwill that help the poor. You need to get the word out. Now if you are talking about Salvation Army or St Vincent DePaul, yes they do help the poor and needy. Goodwill is a for profit company period. They are trying to open stores in every zipcode and they are running up the prices on commercial real estate so their competition (Salvation Army and St Vincent DePaul) cannot afford to open more stores that really do help the poor and needy

[@cody3650]

The best is when your shopping at Goodwill and a clearance tag from Target is still on the box for $4.99 and Goodwill is selling it for $12

[@Greg-jo1ft]

Hate to say it, but thrift picking was ruined by youtubers - years ago. This is not a new thing.

[@AlexM-vt5pu]

Seems like every industry is being affected by KZbinrs. People watch the videos then they all want to go out and do it for themselves.

[@KristyLeeVlogs]

DiggingIntoYesterday I kind of agree. Reselling isn't as easy as it looks in these videos (it isn't really hard) and people soon realize it actually takes work and years to build it into a business. I think it may be a fad that will fade with time but I could be wrong.

[@Greg-jo1ft]

Yes, it's a lot of work and to make any real money at it you have to grind constantly. I think a lot of people are just drawn to the allure of being their own boss, but don't push themselves hard enough to really get anything out of it. These types are better suited for a traditional 9-5 and would most definitely make more money working for someone else. In this game there are no time clocks or set hours, but if you have no drive you aren't gonna eat.

[@pittsburghmike5962]

It's the reason I stopped making KZbin videos. I always thought people were stupid by putting out their business model and sales out there for attention. I started doing that myself then had to step back. Thrift picking isn't ruined. I'm still getting amazing stuff every week

[@bluemoon4361]

DiggingIntoYesterday no it was the greedy ceo of goodwill. They are their to help people make something of themself to be able to support their familia this is what reseller on youtube are doing. Goodwill just got greedy. Where are all the people they have help get jobs. By trying to get the youtube reseller they are also hurting the community with their stupid prices.

[@Night-Taco]

You won't believe how many Dollar Store items I have found at Goodwill for $1.99. Used of course.

[@lclark715]

That is the worst part. If Goodwill is hiring eBay & jewelry experts to maximize profits, why don’t some of these ‘experts’ tell the Managers at Goodwill that you shouldn’t price used $ Store items for more than new? Anyone who shops at the $ store recognizes most of their brands.

[@maryanne2025]

are you serious ..wow

[@Donna777]

SAME HERE! I just shake my head!

[@Night-Taco]

Back in the day Goodwill was sexy and now it's just... meh...

[@Night-Taco]

Well said

[@MIgardener]

I think you are spot on Pete. I think it is their choice to raise prices, but they will kill an entire industry in the process. They think they can get what ebay is getting, but only because everyone thinks they can get the prices they see on ebay. I think it is immoral to bring in free stuff and jack the prices up sky high, as well as pick through certain things and sell them on ebay exclusively. Goodwill has an ebay account and they hire professionals to value the good items and they throw them up on ebay before anyone like you gets to even look at the items. It is getting pretty scammy if you ask me.

[@westcoastpicker167]

A lot of their items get sold on shopgoodwill.com as well.

[@MakingEndsMeet_JudysStopNShop]

Westcoast Picker and did you see how outrageous their shipping fees are on their auction site?!? I was like well maybe I can find some good deals on here till I saw the shipping costs... Ahhhh NOPE!

[@emil246]

Some of those Goodwill accounts sell DVDs for five bucks where is the professional?

[@JoseNoulezdeMiguel]

You guys have made Goodwill clever. Blame this on yourselves!

[@curtegerer7151]

True, but their re-seller business is going to quickly dry up if the prices and inventory are not there. Then, what will they do? Maybe there are enough newbie re-sellers who will pay the prices for a while and learn the hard way.

[@jacobbambam5460]

The golden age is gone ppl. that is what happens posting videos about making killer money. Goodwill CEO saw it.. and said "HEY, I am losing so much money."

[@BigDirtDawg]

Exactly, it's only so long a company will let a bunch of people rub it in there face about how much money you make off of them. It's not dead because they still make mistakes but the margin is slim

[@JoseNoulezdeMiguel]

You hit the nail on top!

[@foofly2885]

Exactly.

[@frenchpicker]

I agree

[@curmudgeoncapitalist]

I agree, to a point. We are the ones taking the risk. Cleaning, checking operation, listing and then taking the hit if returned. We ship, pay fees etc. also, in my little town, there is no where near the exposure (market) that commands the price. We list on an international platform and still have to wait for the sale.

[@atripa645]

GreedWill

[@gjohnson6884]

FreeStuff GreedWill

[@Crazywaffle5150]

I work at Sears full time. We sell clearance T shirts band new sometimes as $2.99 or $3.99. NEW. NOT USED. Shows how greedy Goodwill is selling used ass shirts for that price.

[@phillyflash43]

LOL, GOODWILL is just taking advantage of The Greater Fool Theory!

[@carolthomas8743]

Crazywaffle5150 and Sears is going out of business. Terrible.

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Carol Thomas Yep. LOL. I work at the last Sears in Kansas. I got a job the purposely because of that. I get allot of clearance stuff I can flip.

[@marcdavis8436]

Goodwill is not greedy. They have the same right as we resellers to make as much money as possible.

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Marc Davis I don't mean greed as in immorally greedy. I mean greedy as in "expecting to much" in return for products in a store that basically looks like a dumpster. It will be their downfall as a company because they got "greedy". Understand my context. You can say a drug lord got greedy or was greedy for screwing over his dealers and it got him killed. It has nothing to do with "rights". It's just my opinion. Of course they have the right. It's just retarded and them being greedy. Anyone can get greedy.

[@ETERNITYISHERE]

My problem with Goodwill is they talk about helping the community there's a lot of people that I know need helping the community that cannot afford their stuff! That being said talking to a couple Managers from the East Coast they don't want to give up the good stuff to resellers but yet there's a lot of talk of the managers taking the stuff for his shelf and reselling it themselves... my local Goodwill had a dresser priced at $900 how can somebody that really needs a dresser they can't afford new pay for that.. bottom line managers and CEO are worried about their salaries. PS people need to watch the CBS story they did on Goodwill and how the CEOs and the regional managers make Megabucks and they still pay disability people less than a dollar an hour the name of the video is (Goodwill exploits workers with Penny wages) sorry this is all text to speech for the grammatical errors

[@barbaric_emu7572]

Their mission is to help people who have a hard time working get a job, not to supply cheap items to the community. They also use their proceeds to do a lot of charitable work. Their mission was never to provide cheap goods, it's just something got used to for a while and started thinking that was the case.

[@SteveTx76]

Visited the Salvation Army store in Galveston, Texas recently. They had an art deco period bedroom suite (in decent shape, not great) priced at $2699.99. They are just as bad as Goodwill overall.

[@LynnVids1]

I always thought their mission was to help poor people out with clothing and household goods at low cost. Not to help resellers make $50 off of $1

[@foxtale5025]

the thing is that, at $50 or a other high price nobody will buy it at a thrift store. atleast no poor people. if it is priced $1, then either a reseller gets to earn some money on it (and they are most often not rich as well) or someone else that is poor gets to buy it. but then it atleast gets sold.

[@zachary_attackery]

They hire people on disability and pay them like 2 dollars an hour, meanwhile the CEO is a billionaire

[@hav2win]

Goodwill has moved all the better stuff to their online store. And the prices are crazy.

[@Night-Taco]

This is how you fix the problem: Go on Google Reviews and RATE your local Goodwill. Let the general public know the item you donated was listed on Ebay 24 hours after you dropped it off.

[@LynnVids1]

I think the public who donated it would rather know that Goodwill listed it and made money (hopefully for charity) - fulfilling the purpose of those who donated the item - than to see it listed on ebay by a reseller instead. Sorry, just being truthful here.

[@carolinapicks4641]

People Don't care where it goes they just want the stuff gone from their house. I could see goodwill going totally online. They get crazy prices for stuff on their auction sit And the shipping they charge is crazy high.

[@Kkoroveshi25]

A C that's funny. but a true solution.

[@Kkoroveshi25]

C M goodwill is a scam lol..

[@bluemoon4361]

A C. Thats great

[@jimd1617]

Great video =) When resellers Tag goodwill in instagram posts and haul videos, plus tell what brands sell for, and how much profit they make it comes back to bite you in the ass! Yes they are watching...

[@dfpperez8545]

That's right!!!! I don't like it. They are going up on prices really bad. As you said ( not meat on the bone)!goodwill

[@jimd1617]

I didn't say that! Your reading comprehension skills are seriously lacking... Im talking about people on IG that literally TAG Goodwill to show off what they're buying to resell. Stay in school, kid.

[@TileReseller]

Goodwill isn't using Instagram to educate the staff, they're using Petes videos, they told him that. Pete's one of the only real honest resale Channels, the part he plays in ruining goodwill is the majority

[@buywelllistwell8791]

Before IG and FB resellers kept tabs on other resellers that were their competition and they copycatted them. GW managers saw this and have kept ratcheting prices up knowing they can always wait till sale day if they reach too high. But some resellers keep buying even at crap margins because they have a hobbiest mentality not a business mentality.

[@timsworld9342]

Sir were going to have to ask you to leave before you break everything in the store thanks. LOL

[@MichaelHasebroock]

Tims World I thought the same thing, hilarious comment, lol.

[@curtegerer7151]

You break it, you own it!

[@frenchpicker]

LOL

[@sue28877]

I agree they are overpriced. Another thing. I get irritated that they ask me to round up every time I purchase.

[@BigDirtDawg]

That round up thing is crazy ain't it? I feel like saying I already rounded up 3 times what I should paid

[@phillyflash43]

Ask them if you can round down, esp. if you're between jobs/hard times, etc....

[@johnwolf1475]

@@phillyflash43 that actually works sometimes!!!

[@mrbobsshow]

I've never had them to ask me to round up maybe that's a local thing ?

[@GoodUsedGoods]

I wish t shirts were $2.99 here in Ont Canada. Its $7 a t shirt, $11 for button down, $12 for jeans, $8 for shorts and $45 for suit coats. Clothing game is almost a no go around here. Great video Pete! Also the last few goodwills I went to the managers asked why I dont spend a few $100 every time now. I explained its because you put all the video game son ebay and try to ask ebay prices for everything in store. I told them I have a e waste guy now I deal with for electronics. The one manager said they have seen about 35% decrease in sales since raising the price but a 18% jump in revenue! So they are not changing there ways. He almost seemed mad I did not want to spend $100s any more.

[@thomasparisithinkhub]

I am in New York, Nassau County on Long Island. I find plenty out here to resell, but never at Goodwill. Goodwill is absolutely overpriced, in many instances they are asking for more than retail prices. I think it's plain disgusting the way they get 100% free inventory and then charge retail prices as if it is new.

[@susangarcia6233]

Can you imagine? Back in the 1960's and 70's, Goodwill actually hired handicapped people and TRAINED THEM to REPAIR things, in-house! They took in donations of broken TV's, radios, furniture, washing machines and other appliances, and FIXED them, then sold them at affordable middle-class prices! They don't do that anymore. That was really helping the community, with those jobs and skills.

[@i.m.7710]

Wow!! Real skills!!

[@wandajuul5150]

Back in those decades this country made things that were designed to be repaired if they broke. Now we have planned obsolescence--you either can't fix the item, because it was designed that way, or it's more expensive to fix than it is to get a brand new item. Don't blame that crap on Goodwill. You don't see many small engine/appliance repair shops around anymore, either. That is how our economy has been designed in the last few decades.

[@johnmickey5897]

They have become the middleman in the eBay selling in there system instead of the reseller. The only time stuff that's resell-able or profitable gets put out is when they make a mistake or they do not look up the value before pricing it. I was going to their store here 365 days a year for a while and it was only then that i would find great deals but in perspective I spent over $10,000 in one year at our local goodwill in 2015, that was more than the entire sum of all my garage sale spending, other thrift store spending, and Craigslist buying, and what I also noticed was the goodwill buys were always the things I made the least profit on. When the do have good stuff, It's not hard to spend $50 at goodwill for $150 in value if you spend a long time looking. But at yard sales it's easy to spend $50 over several sales and finding $500+ in profitable stuff. What's most amazing is the rummage sale stuff was being sold dirt cheap by the people who bought it new and the $5 they put on a DVD Recorder with remote is fine with them, there not mistaken on value or anything, they just want it gone. But then look at goodwill, they get a DVD recorder for free, no idea if it works, they put $79 on it because the same model is $100 on eBay, and they are firm on the price.

[@ebaybae3575]

good observations!

[@reneekiernan]

Our local Goodwill CEO was fired last yr. A reporter uncovered he was one of the highest paid in the country - making a million dollar salary.The Board was questioned for allowing it to go on for 15yrs. In our area, everyone quit shopping and donating to Goodwill bc of it. Their frontline min wage employees are the ones who have to take the impact from the hit. I've noticed that after a year, and a new Board and CEO, that they are finally getting good donations again.

[@markywonder1]

@Craigslist Hunter, I get great stuff from the Craigslist "free stuff" column, much better than Goodwill, best time to work the free stuff column is Saturday and Sunday after 4pm, going up to 8pm

[@CraigslistHunter]

Great tip. Thanks for watching. Cheers !!

[@danavorbach3810]

That's also a great way to get supplies, especially at the end of the month when people are moving - I get tons of bubble wrap/boxes/and packing peanuts that way.

[@markywonder1]

yes, I agree with that things I received from the free column in good condition with good market value: snow blowers/Ariens, lawn mowers, ladders, power drills & saws, wrought iron patio sets-Woodard brand, ovens ,home furniture, commercial gym equipment-Icarian/Precor brand, industrial shelving, vintage electronics, Klipsch & Cerwin Vega speakers, Crown amplifiers, free weights, dumbbells, weight benches, office furniture & equipment etc...

[@ward26102]

You are a true hustler. Good work. :-)

[@markywonder1]

thank you Laura for the wonderful compliment

[@JASN-oj5qu]

I seldom find anything at Goodwill except smalls. way, way too many people in the game now.

[@sdvma]

Bingo Thank you KZbinrs

[@oversizedshipping]

Making videos about how much you can make thrifting and people start to notice man.... prices and competition goes up.

[@carolinapicks4641]

I think thats what happen to vcr sals I cant give them away now and the goodwills want 15.00 each for them

[@oversizedshipping]

darryl holder I get them for about $12 usually sell for about $50 can make a little if you get creative with shipping but they need to be combos.

[@bobbythebuyer]

I know.... people are so stupid....once hits mainstream...the game is over....and the real issue is just the internet 6 years ago people weren't looking items up unless they know they paid a lot for it...now cause of videos and people wanting to "show off what they found / help ppl quit their day job" goodwill/salvation is for ppl who need discounted items for them....how can you get mad at goodwill hahaha go out and find the real deals...not the easy bullshit t-shirts and shoes (2.99 way to much hahahaha...oh wow 14.99)

[@supersunshinethrifter9770]

I totally agree with you, Pete! Goodwill is way over priced now. I rarely find anything worth reselling there anymore. It seems like a lot of their merchandise is being sold at retail prices.

[@hulahickey6959]

I use multiple approaches thrift stores, yard sales, barn/equipment/farm sales, Craigslist Free, & occasional curb shopping. I do this because I like the thrill of the hunt and that hopefully I can make some $$$ doing it. Most of these new resellers will grow weary in a year or so with a garage full of picks. I'll wait it out and be there when they decide to sell it all at a bargain.

[@retrohero4055]

I am a reseller in a small town in Oregon. There is a good will 2 minuets from my house. I stop there 2 or 3 times every day. They have a schedule of when they put new stuff out and I am there at that time so I can get the first look. They have a lot of turn over and some staff that will not look everything up so good stuff gets to the shelf at a good price. I thing goodwill has changed the pricing strategy but there is much move competition for it. I make $800-$1000 per week or about 1/3 of my income from goodwill, but I also out hustle my competition.

[@troymattingly3071]

Great job! it's good to hear positive talk in this resell world. That situation with your local Goodwill sounds awesome.

[@retrohero4055]

Cantcha Guess? :p Good afternoon, I sell mostly used hard goods. Used electronics and kitchen appliances, sporting goods, tools and antiques. I very rarely sell glass or clothes. I also sell anything MCM decor like clocks and wall art. I can get old mcm tables in poor condition and sell the tapered legs for $15-$60 per set. Plus anything that just catches my eye. The way I think is people will spend money on what they enjoy like eating, sports and music.

[@thetwotravelers546]

That's the way to do it, congrats on knowing how to run a business. Best post yet

[@thetwotravelers546]

Cantcha Guess? :p Sure that's part of the problem, everyone wanting to know what you sell so they can under bid you. Just go out and make it happen. This is what the guy is trying to tell us, be ahead of the game and don't try to be like the next person.

[@debmartindale6991]

What's MCM?

[@MaggieLoveMTC]

I go to the thrift stores and I can't even make myself look for items to sell anymore. The last few times I've gone to the thrifts, I've come out with 1 or 2 items....not worth it anymore. I find myself shopping for myself instead. I think those stores are going to lose a lot of resellers buying from them, but they still have a lot of interested people to buy their stuff. I always see lots of teenagers shopping and I families with loaded carts. I feel bad for resellers that depend mostly on thrift stores to earn an income...prices are too high to make it worth it. I do the reselling thing because I can't get a regular job as I'm a caregiver, but I do it to have spending money not necessarily for bills. I'm going to have to find another way to make money. I'm used to the extra money...I can't go back to how it was. I've had more freedom with the extra money. I'm done with thrifting as my main source. Tfs. Cheers!

[@650tonyd]

MaggieLoveMTC go to church sales and offer up is pretty good

[@ebaybae3575]

Goodwill IS gouging re-sellers and the general public. C'MON! Those prices are ridiculous! I say all re-sellers unite and not shop any thrift store for 1 week. I know it's difficult to do, but if we all band together and agree to call it a "re-sellers boycott" week where we designate the week and a call to action. Goodwill and other thrift stores will see the impact re-sellers have on the community. Think about it...if the clothes were sold for $1.00 each, we would not have to send them to the landfills the way we do. I went to a Salvation Army on the south side (I believe the one on Cicero) and there was an employee throwing all of the ceramic figurines into a large garbage drum. I asked her why she was breaking them and throwing them into the trash, she said "Because they are not selling". Jeesh! Of course not-not at the prices they were asking! So, they would rather throw them away, then sell them for a quarter or ten cents. SMH

[@susangarcia6233]

Only in America. No other country or people in the world would be that wasteful. Others in the world re-use everything. I agree with you. If they "can't sell" something, then have a good old-fashioned "blow out sale" for 25-cents and free up that shelf space! These fools don't seem to realize the carrying cost (i.e., STORAGE cost) of merchandise that doesn't move fairly quickly. Every year, I sell a few things (on Craigslist) AT A LOSS, just to get them out the door and out of my storage space.

[@alfa156]

It's the end of a bull market.

[@donaldbrown7746]

Unfortunately Pete, I agree about the Videos... Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy your videos as-well-as other resellers videos... However the fact remains that there is too much information out there which leads to too many people in the business which leads too thrift stores hiking prices. I am a teacher but have been a reseller part time since 1990’s. The golden age was 1998-2012 or so... I still make good money but it’s tough. Do not use the reward cards, they track your purchases. I had a manager tell me that what ever I buy (he knows I resell) they raise the price by 10% no the same item next time. They keep doing this until they see me not buy the item. I have noticed on backpacks for example. I live in an area where good quality backpacks come in weekly. Sometimes I find three or four a week. They are good sellers... I usually pick them up for $15 or less and sell them for $50-$150... The last several months the Good Will has raised their prices to the $35-$50 on the backpacks I was picking up. It’s all about the data we are giving them on the rewards cards. They analyze what’s flying off the shelf and then they crank up the price...

[@Dan-nj7tr]

Wow, that's scary.

[@donnap6190]

It’s happening at every Goodwill, they are going to price themselves right out of the market they were intended for

[@johnkawakami8395]

They want to sell power adapters for $8. They sell stuff so expensively that people are using their phones to see if it's cheaper online. I thought they were all resellers, but, no, some are checking on Ebay to see if it's cheaper there.

[@Brandon-bw1cp]

Eh the one I work at has decent prices. Some of the stuff is way overpriced though

[@GA1dad]

Thanks for the video Pete. Gotta say though,, good for Goodwill for identifying loss of revenue. While I understand the frustration in losing a resource, it was bound to happen eventually. You guys showed them through your videos that the public will pay big bucks for their wares,, so why shouldn't they ask the same prices that the resellers are selling it for? After all,,, they are in it to profit,,, not to provide profit for others. Think about it,,, you've made several videos showing you purchased a $5.00 VCR from them and then sold it on ebay for $40.00. Why wouldn't they cut out you ( the middle man ) and maximize their profit on the same item using the same pricing model? Remember,, you guys showed them that the public is willing to pay that price. Through your videos you are setting the price that they can also sell at. All that said, I still love ya Pete,,, keep on hustling!!

[@bornagainalcy]

GA1dad. I understand your point. I don't think you get the reseller's view. The company has completely abandoned their initial goals. It doesn't matter who buys what.. So it morally and financially makes no sense. They are blaming us resellers when we physically and financially put in the WORK to make a small profit while giving them LOTS of business & MONEY. While they are screwing everyone else in the process. They should favor the reseller.

[@kishahillhouse9059]

My local Goodwill has actually started basing their prices off of Ebay prices. They are trying to sell a rocking horse with a broken head for $25.99...crazy....Because of their price hikes my ability to source has plummeted and my sales have dropped by 63% in the last 30 days. I understand they are a business but come on. I am a quadriplegic and reselling has allowed me to be a productive member of society again but if I can't source I'm screwed.

[@LindaPalmerTagTeamMoms]

Yeah we noticed the game change here as well in NW Arkansas. Jacked up prices on jacked up merchandise. Now we go straight to yard sales. We do free pick ups yeah we have to sort thru some stuff but we are a big family and a full size truck load only takes a few mins to go thru. And we take the not so good stuff to....NOT GOODWILL unless a lot then we get a donation receipt for taxes.

[@Dan-nj7tr]

"Because of their price hikes my ability to source has plummeted and my sales have dropped by 63% in the last 30 days." Lol, I know this is horrible, I'm a re-seller myself but that was just a little funny.

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

Try other thrift stores and online flipping, like letgo and offerup. Goodwill has never been the best place for sourcing because they've always been the greediest chain thrift store. It doesn't sound like you can easily do garage sales, but it should work out if you do online flips.

[@roguedolphin]

You can occasionally get a rare score at Goodwill but I've pretty much stopped going everything is so overpriced. $4.99 for a basic T-shirt!! And you thought $2.99 was overpriced. It's become a waste of time at Goodwill.

[@carolinapicks4641]

Tshirts are 3.99 here in NC

[@johnkawakami8395]

They're 1.99 in Los Angeles. 5 to 7 for short sleeves and polos, and a little more for long sleeves.

[@rochelledupris4437]

Ours are $4.99 too, you've got it cheap Pete!

[@lclark715]

Our GW prices used tees for $3.99. I wait til 50% off certain color day and maybe can find one occasionally for $2. I just got myself clothes at Kohl’s end of season sale for about $4 each BRAND NEW. I don’t shop the thrifts much anymore even for myself,it’s just too hard to find a good price.

[@cycosteve2006]

I guess they watched all your videos and it wised them up!!!!

[@sdvma]

Not just his, like he said there are 100s of people like him telling people and teaching them how to compete with them. And then they call them a "community".

[@BigDirtDawg]

Yea it's not just Pete it's the whole KZbin community making everyone so called professional resellers including Goodwill and mom n pop thrifts

[@clovis7575]

It's the freaking internet! Everyone has a cell phone now and even grandma & grandpa are looking up items! The internet is great but it's also killing so many businesses.

[@phillyflash43]

svdma Yup, blaming Pete is like blaming a single drop of rain for flooding out your basement!

[@McCucumber]

Just made over $100 profit on a goodwill find. Found something else the other day will make around $120 on. It's hit and miss. Some stores price a walkman for 2.99 others have it for 14.99 behind a showcase. Think every store is different. Some of the store managers don't have a good eye, some do. Bought this light up pink flamingo for $5 sold for over $100 the next day. Saw a generator the other day for $75, looked it up and you can get it new for the same price. That same store I bought a Sony Walkman for $2.99 sold for $80 on auction. You're not gonna find stuff every day. I mean you can find cheap stuff everyday, if you want to list hundreds of things. But I'm going for $100 and up profit.

[@lowbloodsugarfeedme]

This started happening before Ebay, it began as soon as Antique Roadshow became popular on tv, then another hike a few years later with the DIY repurposing shows, now with KZbin and Ebay things have gone insane. I refuse to shop at thrift stores with Antique Roadshow pricing. They're greedy. They get all of their products free, any profit should be appreciated by them. It's trickling down to garage sales. When someone says " these are going for xx price on Ebay", that's when i wish them luck and leave.

[@ward26102]

They are greedy? You fault a business for making money? They are a business, even if non-profit. They have no obligation to lose out on making money so you or any other reseller can make money.

[@lowbloodsugarfeedme]

I'm not a reseller. I just like to thrift. Any business is allowed to make money but when the Goodwill started seeing that things were going for thousands of dollars on the Antique Roadshow, they thought everything would be that much so they started marking up crap that was worth $0.02. Apparently they thought old broken vacuum cleaners were suddenly worth $30. And old broken tables were worth 75 bucks. Crazy stuff, most prices were more than brand new.

[@SKINBALL77]

Been doin good at estate and yard sales lately though...well some of them..just gotta stay hungry...

[@sdvma]

The problem is more pickers

[@susangarcia6233]

My best picks have been at yard sales. You want to catch that old guy who is moving. He just doesn't want to take it all in the move and has lots of old, quality stuff. I got some amazing tools that way. Some are so good (American-made) that I keep a few for my own use!

[@nv5292]

An estate sale in my neighborhood had all items priced extremely high. The last day of sale there were no big discounts. Next day, huge dumpster in front of house. Items not sold went into the huge dumpster and it was filled to the top! All went to the landfill, just too greedy to lower their prices.

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Estate sale are the shit! lol. I love going on the last day. They practically give things away depending on the person. I like buying up the watch lots. Watches are always unpicked because people don't take the time. I got some really good brands just a day ago. Making over a 500 dollar profit.

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Depends on what you look for. I always look for things know one would expect is valuable. Like auto parts. Allot of vintage auto parts go for allot of cash. Some lady who run's an estate sale might know about antiques, at the same time she probably knows nothing about a vintage pair of Moroso valve covers. :].

[@crossblades400]

Yeah good will sucks. I've known this for about two years now. Their prices went way up about two years ago and I noticed it then. It makes me sick. Also, their CEO makes more than a million dollars a year. This whole "charity" thing they flex is such a scheme to just charge more.

[@berryfreak465]

We have $1.79 Mondays on a certain color. GW prices things SO high that a lot of stuff ends up there on Mondays. We still find deals!

[@gruverecords7957]

The Goodwill game has been quickly dying off in the past year for every reason that you mentioned. Also, I hear from store employees about entire categories of items that have disappeared from the stores because they're going on the Shopgoodwill website. All we can do is wait until their stores are inundated with unsellable inventory and they finally get the idea. On the other hand, it's also sad that there are so many uninformed new resellers who are actually buying this overpriced junk from their shelves. Let these newbies cycle themselves out of the game by next year and things might change.

[@onyxmystique9680]

Gruve Records I’m one of those newbies, and I don’t buy stuff that doesn’t have any profit. Nobody does that. It’s a waste of time and money. But if I go to several goodwills, I often find stuff that got missed. The “pricer” was high that day or didn’t recognize the brand. I have the best luck with full priced, mispriced items than heavily discounted ones. I keep track of the tag colors so I know which items are the new ones, and I go at times when they are putting new stuff out and just scan the categories I sell for new items pretty quickly. And if all else fails, you wait until half off day and usually that’s enough to give some items a profit margin that makes it worth it. You were a newbie once, too, so don’t go piss on Newbies because Goodwill learned how to use the Internet. But I only go to each Goodwill near me about once a week.

[@martinmang1]

It gets harder every month at goodwill

[@arniec6817]

Goodwills in my area are junk, so it must be the high end items are going to auction. Savers is off the chain, charging retail prices. I quit going to these stores because it was a waste of my time. My local honey hole, they sit around looking everything up on eBay all day and it makes me crazy. It is very challenging for me to find stuff. I never find the same thing twice at a good price, and I count on the volunteers who don't want to look crap up all day. I do well at estate sales but only if there's no jewelry or guns. Jewelry and guns brings the buyers who bid everything up too high to make a buck. Can't do garage sales yet because I'm taking a one year old with me everywhere I go. She isn't ready. I love the work though. Thanks for the video, Pete.

[@whitebathroomguy]

Pictabelly Sly yup and you can thank big mouth resellers bragging in the stores about how they find items and make alot of money..I don't care if I find a gold bar I always let my mouth shut to employees in thrift stores...the employees and managers over time caught on and that's why the prices are jacked up...thanks big mouth resellers for ruining the business

[@lindaJS7]

Pictabelly Sly my husband worked at goodwill when he was young, decades ago. The big bosses took the good stuff right off the top and employees got second pick. What was left got sold. Goodwill not so good.

[@johnkawakami8395]

That explains the Laserjet 4 and Kenwood vintage stereo I saw in cage bin thing that got put into a truck. Those donations never hit the shelves.

[@robertripper]

In my opinion, every downturn creates new opportunities. Issues with Goodwill, issues with eBay, such as Goodwill going up in prices and too many resellers pushing the prices down on eBay is just the market correcting itself. Many resellers will get frustrated and quit, regular customers will slow down their buying, Goodwill will eventually have to come down on prices. Remember guys, Goodwill DOES NOT set the prices - the market DOES! There will be more room on eBay for those who survive. Smarter sourcing has to become the competitive edge for any reseller who want to stay in the survivor category. Research, education and persistence are the keys. The rules of the game may change with the age of information, but the principles of buying low and selling high never will. The market is evolving, so naturally, we have to evolve with it. Every change is an event that kills existing opportunities for some, but at the same time creates new ones for others. Disclaimer: I am not an expert, just using some common sense.

[@DavidSchneiderIP]

I agree. The market will level out.

[@goldstallionhustle5774]

Scrolling through all these negative comments then I finally stumble on yours. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@robertripper]

Thank you.

[@spongebob03]

GoldStallionHustle Co-sign!

[@MikeGush.]

Ha! Gotta be the most dramatic music set to thrift shopping ever! Felt like jack sparrow was about to jump out from behind the clothes rail!!! Funny when you knocked over that vase too Pete. Respect for Everything u bring us! You're a great help!!! Mike

[@muthersmustache]

One pair of jeans were price dated 12/25/2017!! 8 months ago! WoWzA

[@briantheoakbrookpicker578]

Pete, I agree it’s getting harder to source thrift stores but they still miss things - they are looking up more items in the back - I have also gotten more selective in my sourcing over the years.

[@jackhammers2004]

Facebook marketplace has replaced goodwill for me

[@650tonyd]

Offer up also. I got a brand new 3 burner coleman camp stove that retails for $150 for $60. I did not buy this to resell but for personal use

[@tootall5559]

a smart thrift will move stuff out at cheap prices, depending on how much is coming in. By the way, most people think goodwills are a non-profit enterprise, the fact is they are not, they're strictly for profit and always have been. They're now trying to get retail, obviously. What they fail to realize is they're not going to move all that much at full retail.

[@tootall5559]

Most thrifts in my area have either gone out of business, or they've gotten so high I don't even bother to look there any more. Fortunately, there is one good one not too far away, they generally sell things by the bag full, 5 bucks for a large paper grocery bag, whatever you can fit in it. a small paper shopping bag for a dollar, whatever fits in it. Even when I buy stuff that doesn't fit in bags, they're still pretty cheap, sometimes they sell larger items really cheap just to get them gone, floor space is always at a premium. What clothes they don't put out for resale, they sell to a company that takes the material and makes other things out of them like cleaning cloths. Of course, they started the bag thing when just simply huge amounts of goods kept coming in. Now, some is trash, but if you're selective, you can find stuff to resale at very cheap prices sometimes making ten to 150 times your investment.

[@tootall5559]

Oh, they've been investigated, many times. Fact is, they never claim to be non-profit, and do not file under non profit, so they're in the clear... technically. Though ethically, yeah they're kinda screwing us over. A small percentage of what they make does go to charity, so they can get away with a lot. One of our local thrifts that helped what is called Hannah Home and some boys ranch sold out... to a for profit company... a small percentage still goes back to the charities, so they continue to use the charity names, but if you go in the store, you can tell they're definitely not non profit any more. Used to be I could buy stuff cheap there, so cheap it was cheaper to go buy more clothes than do laundry. (I didn't have my own then so I had to go to a laundromat) so I'd just go buy more sweats, and t-shirts, the only thing I had to launder was my socks and underwhere, which can be done by hand. Now, forgeddaboudit. they want more than retail for used junk, and are now selling a lot of new but cheap merchandise at inflated prices. Or at least they're trying to they certainly don't get the business they used to. The parking lot used to be full all the time, now there's hardly anyone in the store at any time of the day. Why would anyone pay retail for used when they can pay the same for new or maybe even pay less for new.? Back to Goodwill, the guy that founded it got rich and sold out years ago, I don't know if he's even still kickin' but he's no longer involved. They used to hire handicapped a lot, but that wasn't out of any sense of altruism, they hired them because they could get them cheap and often some state or federal program paid their wages and benefits.

[@tootall5559]

well its a multi billion dollar company, they can get away with anything they want, if they know who to pay off.

[@johnkawakami8395]

Goodwill is a nonprofit. A nonprofit is just a specific form of corporation, and it doesn't mean they can't have huge revenues. They just need to use the revenues for their job training thing. My guess is that they are making a trade off on revenues: they used to count on volume, but now they are looking for the margin, and figuring out ways to get rid of inventory outside of the retail locations, like at their bins.

[@tootall5559]

I think you better check again Most of them don't even have job training programs. I'm not sure how it all works, they may be some kind of franchise deal now. Once upon a time, some did have job training programs and such. I don't know about all of them. However, if you check closely, they are not incorporated as a non-profit. Least ways, not today.

[@TheHikercrone]

Garage sales, auctions, flea markets & the outlets are the only places I will buy from now. And as much as I love watching your channel Pete, you're absolutely right that the overload of KZbinrs & the subsequent reseller increase, has changed the whole playground. I had begun a channel about 3 years ago but stopped because I realized what I would be contributing to. You asked for opinions & here's mine - been in the game for several years & it's certainly changed the past 2-3 years.

[@susangarcia6233]

Craigslist is our best local marketplace for just about anything imaginable. I've found some amazing deals.

[@Night-Taco]

Goodwill is an eBay business now that sells their merchandise on Ebay. Crazy Huh?

[@RippSnortin]

Around here (so Cal) finding deals at thrift stores has been over for a long time. Ever since they figured out how to do eBay. Goodwill doesn't need you to buy. They are going to take your customers. And you showed them how. Good job.

[@jamesconroy7030]

Today I went to Montgomeryville PA Goodwill. First I bought a pair of B&W DM580 speakers for $10!! Took em' out to the car, went back in, got a Kenwood remote control worth $35 for $1, a Braun Coffee maker worth $40-50 for $10, and a set of easy outs (for removing broken bolts) worth $40-50 for $4. Then I went to the weigh & pay bins (same location but separate) Got some printer ink (one goes for $35, and 2 more that are $10 each), a hair curler worth $35 or so ($1.54 per pound), and a WWF Wrestling VHS box set worth $25 for $2. Also got some cleaning supplies, and a few A/V cords to include with VCRs.

[@redneckersonsresales4073]

pete broke the flowers

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Also. They are selling shit full resell price "as is" or broken.

[@CharlesMichaelSidwell]

That is what pisses me off to no end. They sell shit that is broken. They don't even test it to make sure it fucking works the way it's supposed to. That, to me, is a scam. I won't ever buy electronics from them again. They sell shit sky-high and they don't even know if it works. And the thrift stores that put electronics into a bag and hang it on a hook are the worst. If you open it up to see if it works or not, they won't sell it to you because they call it product-tampering. Yet they won't let you return it when you get it home and try it out. It's all a goddamned SCAM.

[@jeffball1037]

Hey Pete..love your vids...i'm in north central Ohio...around me are mainly Goodwills and a Volunteers...i sell mainly clothing and so far there is plenty and pretty good brands and prices are pretty fair compared to other Goodwills across the country...now, non clothing items are low quality and very picked over before they get to our area...now and then i will find something i can flip for a decent profit..we have a short garage sale season, so i will buy a lot at these and list as time goes just to always have a mix in my Ebay store... I agree that they are catching on but at mine they do offer dollars off cards or % off cards and i take advantage and use these all the time.. it does help...i just keep working the deal and even though there are ups and downs i keep learning about new things to look for...at my house, so far, i have a happy wife therefore i have a happy life...

[@vinnieboombatzmd3508]

At a Goodwill by me there's been a Sony Hi8 video cam (no battery or cords) on the shelf for 6 weeks priced at $49.99. I LOL every time I pass it. They definitely try to get ebay listed prices on a lot of things (electronics mainly). Over priced stuff doesn't sell here. It sits, taking up space on their shelves. They'll learn eventually and lower prices. In the mean time, the more amateur part time flippers that get scared off and quit, the better.

[@phillyflash43]

In every cloud there's a silver lining, they say ;)

[@troymattingly3071]

Pete, You know Goodwill sells on eBay... As brick and mortar, Goodwill is the store with prices comparable to eBay prices. Moreover, People can shop at those prices in a Goodwill and not have to wait for merchandise to be shipped to Them. Goodwill managers are loving this opportunity to sell in the stores and on eBay, when profit margins can be increased. They are basically copying You, Pete. I just don't like it when They do it in their sort of hypocritical way. It was over for Goodwill, with Me 3 years ago, or more. They are worthless to a Reseller, here in Southern Indiana. To Goodwill, I would ask Good WHAT?

[@BigDirtDawg]

Basically copying who?? O ok lol

[@curtegerer7151]

No they can't shop Goodwill instead of eBay. How many people are going to scour Goodwill stores for days and weeks on end looking for an item that can be found on eBay in a matter of minutes.

[@claywinn32]

Curt Egerer exactly if I am willing to pay Ebay prices for something then I will sit at home in my recliner and order it from Ebay where I can return it and get my money back if it doesn't work. Instead of out driving around hitting up Goodwills hoping to find what I'm looking for and then can't return it.

[@LynnVids1]

Exactly, and realistically, as John Jones said, "They are not there to sell items wholesale for resale".

[@bornagainalcy]

I don't think you get the reseller's view. The company has completely abandoned their initial goals. It doesn't matter who buys what.. So it morally and financially makes no sense. They are blaming us resellers when we physically and financially put in the WORK to make a small profit while giving them LOTS of business & MONEY. While they are screwing everyone else in the process. They should favor the reseller.

[@sampson4886]

Goodwill has been dead for 2yrs bro. It seems like often they price the items right about ebay price. I personally only go there if I'm "scrapping the bottom of the barrel" so to speak. The troubling thing is salvation army is similar now. The other day I offered to buy ten pairs of shoes at a discounted price and got shot down hardcore. Not to mention at least five of them were risky items. Thrifting is becoming a hardcore lottery. Takes the fun of thrifting away. Love your work and insight.

[@PATRIOTPICKER]

I stopped going to Savers and Goodwill about a year ago. In my area no meat left on bone. It’s ok though, I stopped doing EBay. Still resell but source and sell elsewhere.🤙

[@debmartindale6991]

Are you willing to share from where to source and to where to sell?

[@Connie_my1flippinglife]

I source clothing and shoes and I do not go to GW anymore. In my area they do not have the designer brands and what they do have is too high. They sell a lot of Walmart brands and I can actually go to Walmart and get it cheaper. I shop clearance only for clothes and I have one local thrift store I go to for shoes which is not affiliated with Goodwill. They have $1 Mondays and I can get some decent shoes to resell sometimes. Great video, thanks!

[@dzfaz]

LOL Adrian at the beginning.

[@TileReseller]

You said goodwill was ruined by KZbin and youtubers and that they distribute YOUR videos for education. You're my favourite youtuber and unfortunately you are the problem. Goodwill uses your videos to educate the pricing staff, you are literally the reason there is no meat on the bone. They told you that to your face

[@dakotaflora6998]

Sad but true

[@nancytoka4279]

I totally disagree

[@ObbyShaggz]

It's REALLY location based, most of my locations are still fairly reasonable in general; some items are cheap, others are completely insane priced. For example of the insane with clothing, ANYTHING Calvin Klein branded starts at $10.99, it doesn't matter if it has stains or is very used, 10.99, if it's new with tags, at the very least, double that price, then you'll have random ass brands like Jones New York which is kinda like a so-so brand and they have them jacked at like $85 for a blazer that's new with tags, which is note worthy that these on sale / clearence are cheaper than that at the actual store... Examples of the good are the really random items, I think that's why they're still 'good' because Goodwill doesn't have the knowledge to price them. I wouldn't exactly these items are worth a lot of money but items priced at .99 - 4.99 that are actual resale value of like 15-40 on eBay / Amazon that could ship First Class or Padded / Regional A FR. It's definitely not what it use to be though, everything has at least doubled but if you're willing to do those small items, it adds up quick.

[@bobsamurai]

when they price items so high, how are they able to not have all of their stores overflowing? i imagine at some point they receive more than they sell and just throw stuff away to make space

[@susangarcia6233]

True. They are hiding from the public how much they are actually sending to the town landfills. It's a scandal waiting to happen. They could move ALL of that merchandise if they'd quit being stubborn and just lower the prices, have a "blow out sale" till it's gone.

[@bobsamurai]

People do treat thrift stores like garbage dumps and from what i hear from these videos where insiders talk about goodwill, the stuff is not exactly in the most sanitary of environments while they're on the trucks so a lot of things they throw away are for good reason . Goodwills are busy places, but not busy enough to sell $20+ vhs cassette players. What they don't understand is that each store has its own economy based on their environment. Ebay has millions of customers and your neighborhood goodwill has maybe hundreds. No excuse for them to mark up ripped up JCP suits to $25-30. Some of the stuff that's marked up in my goodwills I wouldn't in good faith auction off at 0.01, i would just toss it in the bin because it makes my store look bad, and im a guy selling clothes from home, i don't have a stockroom loaded with hundreds of items. I hope they catch on to the potential profit of fast cash with virtually unlimited merchandise

[@BigDirtDawg]

@@susangarcia6233 they send nothing to a landfills lol. They auction the junk and what doesn't sell off to 3rd world countries. I'm not lying either. They dont even donate it to the needy countries. They sell it to them. I have a friend that worked in the back room getting those pallets together

[@BigDirtDawg]

@@bobsamurai they do not throw that stuff away. It's auctioned off in pallets to 3rd world countries. Goodwill is more petty than people realize.

[@theejoeylee]

It goes to the Goodwill outlet AKA "The Bins" after it sits

[@AlvinTexas1]

I'd like to see your prices at your shop Pete

[@noblsht]

Right I would guarantee you there's not anyone going to Pets Shoppe to buy things to resell, it's funny how these resellers will go to a garage sale or wherever and complain about the price being too high and then they turn around and resell it for four times what they paid for it kind of disingenuous, and dishonest,They should have to give their merchandise away so the resellers can get rich/earn a living

[@Mrhilljack]

The goodwills here in Arkansas, have been no good at all for sourcing for at least the last 4 years. I don't even darken their door.. they are a useful place to ditch old tvs & monitors because they will still take them to recycle.. I don't see them as a viable source even for personal items as matter fact, they are just to high.. I used to Sell a lot of books on ebay but never from goodwill industry's they have had someone looking them up here in central Arkansas for last several years. These goodwills here even list stuff on ebay themselves.

[@troymattingly3071]

True, for sure, Man! We have the basically same Goodwill scenario, here in Southern Indiana.

[@Jacob6875]

I mean Goodwill isn't for re-sellers to make money. They can and will likely sell most of the things you showed For example $20 for a VCR Combo isn't to much when we regularly sell them for $60-80 on Ebay.

[@KJ19967]

Just wow! I don't go to Goodwill ever! What happened to a charity organization??

[@theshowaboutnothing3952]

I stopped thrift stores they are looking up prices on eBay completed listings, the prices are always close to ebays solds. I source garage sales and flea markets.

[@annb1]

Garage sales in my area catching up with goodwill prices, so won't be long before they are not an option either.

[@clovis7575]

You have so many more options! Storage auctions, Thousands of online auctions, Ebay, Amazon, Estate Sales, Yard sales, Facebook Market Place, Let go, Offer Up, Mercari, Liquidation pallets, and tons of other places to source. I can keep going. Find some of the smaller thrift stores. I live in norcal and we have a ton of options out here. People just need to hustle more! I do agree Goodwill prices are out of control.

[@shawntannehill]

I work at the Goodwill at a donation site. They have us putting any items that are worth money in a special bin so they can sell online on ebay. This is why you are not seeing anything good in the stores. All gaming stuff, high end purses, collectables, etc are all sold online. They said the online sales are starting to surpass the store on money being made.

[@havenforheroes1055]

I have a shop and stuff comes in but I also source thrift shops, auctions (local and online), yard sales, flea markets, distributors of new items, Facebook marketplace, letgo, and offerup. Yeah I know its total overkill but I run a collectibles shop Comics, Cards, toys, retro video games and vinyl as I have to be always sourcing to find those unique items that are home runs that also legitimize the shop as a real collectors hangout. At Haven for Heroes we pride ourselves our relentless buying and sourcing. We are in NY on the border of PA and NJ in a small city called Port Jervis. I really appreciate all your videos if I'm not learning something I'm entertained Thanks Pete.

[@ericchan5055]

I'm no longer going to thrift stores in the Bay Area. Almost impossible to find electronics worth reselling. I feel they push everything good onto their online auction web sites.

[@lovejoywellnessmassage8915]

It's coming from corporate. A goodwill pricer person told me she/he has to make her numbers quota or get fired. So they jack prices up

[@Crazywaffle5150]

Eric Love If you don't move product. You get fired anyway.

[@carolinapicks4641]

She going to get fire anyway because no one is going to pay those prices LOL

[@omfug7148]

I still find stuff at the Goodwills in my city, not every day, but I pick up a few pieces a week, I found a print for $9 that I sold for $450---that is really rare of course, but I still find items that I can sell in the $30-$50 range fairly frequently. I sell ONLY collectibles and antiques although I will pick up decent men's shoes if I find them, at my local GWs those can cost up to $20 so I am super picky about what I buy.

[@AmplifiedAcoustics]

Goodwill is a critical element in the chain of reselling. If it changes prices, prices change elsewhere as well, like on ebay. If they put their prices high, prices on ebay will go high aswell because there will always be demand on certain items no matter what the price is, and the final buyer will always buy the item for what the market demands. If you think about it, there will always be money for resellers to make. I am talking about used and discontinued items that you can't just walk into a retail store and buy them brand new. It's always the end buyer who pays more.

[@4G63addict]

From my experience lately, it really depends on the store and thier employees. I am pretty close to my main store and speak to the manager quite often. I actually tell them what is WAYYY out of market and they correct it or try thier best. Some of their prices are completely laughable. They have employees sitting in the back all day on laptops looking up items and most of the time they price off actual listings which are way overpriced. They are trying to stick to the 1/3 price but it really takes a good researcher to do that correctly. Other Goodwill stores I go to are employee picked with inside jobs with people coming in making private deals. I literally see this constantly. They will call thier friends up to come to the store and purposely price a high dollar item for cheap and hand it to them when they arrive to the store. Let's not begin to talk about the permanent marker that Goodwill uses to price stuff at certain stores. Even if the price is right and it's happened many times, I cannot purchase the item because it is ruined by permanent marker embedded into the item. That is the stupidest thing I have ever seen and it's only a certain Goodwills. They could make so much more money at those stores but those stores are the worst ones because resellers cannot touch some of the items. Brand new jeans... marker saying 19.99 right inside on the tag. You are never getting that out. This is only some Goodwill stores that use sharpie marker. Come on Goodwill....No one wants to remember for the rest of thier life that they got a overpriced item at Goodwill. And the "Hand Sanitizer" trick only works on certain plastic items. You ruin 90% of the items for resellers which is a HUGE part of your business.

[@lisar313]

My jaw hit the floor when i saw the prices! Unbelievable.... i'm out if this is what all Goodwills will be doing. I'll not support thrifts that are greedy like that. This is also why i never round up at the registers. It's only to line the pockets for corporate.

[@Dan-nj7tr]

They ask you to "round" it up, but the CEO of Goodwill make like what, $2.3 million a year.

[@lclark715]

When they ask me to round up I tell them no. Last time they asked I said “I donate here & I pay these ridiculous prices so no I can’t round up.”

[@dakotaflora6998]

I round up when I spend 14 and some change to get my stamp. I don't care if it's 2 cents I will never round up any other time.

[@pickinjunk4165]

Goodwill in almost every city have eBay stores

[@unbelievablevideos3557]

I just sold that same VCR ..good score Pete, have a good day!

[@ChristineBishop]

Where I live I am still doing very well with GW in my moms area the next state over her GW are horrible and over priced. Seems like the better area the crappier the items and more $$ things are ? I also think with all these stores like platos closet, clothes mentor, clothes encounter , thred up people are now trying to get a few dollars for items instead of donating...

[@kurtdahle]

they would never put a 120 dollar trumpet on the shelf here,behind the counter only

[@patmccrady6063]

All thrift stores have become boutiques. I understand these places have overhead and they help the community but come on!!! They get this stuff for free!!!

[@personvlog2338]

You are spot on Pete. I found some things from Goodwill but not.like it use to be. I now find the best deals from Craigslist, auctions using auctionzip, and using sites like Bid FTA or Capital city online auction.

[@andrewhime7701]

When the pheasant realizes it is trapt under glass.

[@josephroethig5797]

Thrift stores are dead and they don't know it yet, the game is changing.

[@Sizzorfite]

I gave up on Goowill.... prices around here are almost at ebay retail..

[@followyourheart7818]

I love that you give credit to the music; very often I like it and listen to it while working.

[@retiredandreselling1261]

I know depend on garage sales to keep me in business i will buy out garage sales and put the inventory in storage and rely in that during the winter

[@gode2235]

They dont pick prices at the pay by the pound

[@Prihoda15]

Hi Pete ... its normal market if there is demand prices will go up .... i am from another type of bussines ... and continet also :) .... But similar situation was here in Czech republic and Germany after the fall of comunism with used cars from west. In Germany and Austria it was cheap .... then the postcommie countries start buying the worthless cars and prices went sky high :) ...If all reseller stop buing there they will drop again ..... but its a problem that there will be people doing it with minimum profits but still doing it so it may taky a very loooooong time to happen :(

[@phillyflash43]

Right. Some are only hobby resellers or retirees looking to stay busy and be part of the "reseller community." Profits (or small losses) are inconsequential to them or they're just not serious enough to stick to the buy low sell high strategy of a real business survival strategy.

[@jamisonusmc88]

My Goodwill are still okay. It was never high quality in my area, but id say I can still find something at least 2/3 times.

[@danavorbach3810]

You can almost tell when you walk in if it will be hit or miss. If I see everything arranged on the shelves by color then I know they care and took the time to try to price stuff accordingly. If I walk into chaos and messy shelves I know I'm going to find some really great stuff for cheap. Regardless there is always something you can pull to flip, but it's not always worth the time to search for it.

[@solidstate90]

I walk through my Goodwill's here in eastern Washington and always walk out in shock, the prices are crazy i mean don't they get this shit for free .

[@tjv323]

Welp guess I'm staying up a little longer

[@rcelestefelix9299]

GOODWILL IS YOUR COMPETITION! They sell on eBay. All the electronics, typewriters, adding machines, radios, small appliances, vintage dolls and many other vintage items are no longer sold in their stores and never appear on their shelves. I found a 1948 Royal manual typewriter in its case for $20 at Goodwill last year by sheer luck. I went back and asked a manager if she sees typewriters there often, she said "Never on the floor". When I told her I bought one there, she said she has to "talk to guys in the back so they don't mistakenly put them on floor again." I asked about old adding machines, she said those sell on-line as well. Those heavy typewriters cost a lot to ship, some over $50, so by the time you pay for one and the cost of shipping, as an on-line buyer, you pay way too much, and you can't even test machine before purchase. Most times they sell the typewriters on eBay as cheap as they used to sell them in their stores, so they make the same money, but the shipping may double the price, so the post office ends up making a lot of money off the buyers. RIP OFF!!! Shame on Goodwill; they are denying the local community persons, where the items are donated, the opportunity to buy items at a fair price.

[@unbelievablevideos3557]

I know goodwell prices are crazy, I can't make money on Goodwill and Salvation army just buy themselfs I also have to yard sales, flea markets, auctions and wholesalers is how I make it all work. I believe it is becoming a different game Pete we as Resellers have to be better than the next person.

[@onagoodday627]

My favorite LOL markups were the Target clearance items that Goodwill was getting and pricing at 50% off retail. These items didn't sell in Target at 75% off so what makes Goodwill think they can raise the price back up. I guess there are a lot of stupid people that don't know these items were Target clearance and think they are getting a deal.

[@phillyflash43]

LOL, some GW's even sell the FREE USPS priority shipping supplies

[@sirpainter1]

I get 99 percent of my items for free cause I dumpster dive & have lived in my my house for 30 years so just finding n hoarding I guess. Had crab legs for dinner last nite. Free.

[@debmartindale6991]

FREE crab legs? I'm almost afraid to ask!

[@Dan-nj7tr]

Is your house made out of cardboard?

[@eddya.3776]

That mannequin head with the beard stubble will haunt me in my dreams.

[@theguide4032]

Goodwill is definitely being at the right one at the right time. You can still find items to make very good profit on but only if Goodwill is a full time gig for you. Yes Goodwill and like stores have definitely raised prices to retail and even higher than on many items especially if the item is in its original packaging but still used and missing parts. Very sad! but it doesn’t help when they announce that they have a new "goody cart" coming out to the floor and you have 10 people jumping all over the cart grabbing everything and anything and looking items up on their phones. I recently visited a few goodwill stores I used to shop at and these were really great ones with tons of stuff to pick through and I was really shocked to see that those stores are now all selling store returns. Goodwill is buying truck loads of store returns and selling them at their stores for huge profits. This is unfortunate but we as resellers have to move on and figure it out and we will! Great videos Pete! Thanks a bunch from California.