Goodwill's New Pricing Strategy is a Huge Bummer...

[@dawnd9222]

My local small-town Goodwill is ridiculously priced. I quit going. I always love how they get it for free and then ask you if you want to round up your purchase. Nope no I dont.

[@Northstar_Picker]

You guys have had some of the best, most lenient Goodwill pricings for the bins i've ever seen and they still are compared to what we deal with where we are, so I would just be happy with the situation you have and the fact your not dealing with hoards of people snatching everything out from in front of you because the people to bin ratio is ridiculous even at 8am. Your dealing with a casual, amazing, very reasonably priced bin experience compared to some of us, LIVE IT UP!

[@lorim4651]

100% agree!

[@zeediddy1252]

Talk to the manager. I found a full tool box with vintage craftsman tools. Here in the northeast we always had weighed pricing in all categories. I told the manager this would cost like 100 dollars. He gave me a flat rate of 10 bucks. Since then I approach them with various items and try to work something out.

[@virusanity4168]

Willing to bet the manager and leads find you annoying for doing that repeatedly.

[@zeediddy1252]

@virusanity4168 Willing to bet your slow.

[@virusanity4168]

@zeediddy1252 I work in retail. We dread people like you who barter for items. Don't like the price? Don't buy it.

[@zeediddy1252]

@virusanity4168 How dumb can you be it's a goodwill outlet not a regular retail store. They literally encourage me to do this. Reading is fundamental.

[@zeediddy1252]

​@virusanity4168 It's not a regular retail store, it's a goodwill outlet. I am encouraged to do this. Reading is fundamental.

[@thriftingtiger]

They prob raised the prices cause they saw some guy in the parking lot buying a bunch of plush from some other guy.

[@writnnopinion3645]

*cough cough* or maybe watched a few of these video on this crazy invention called KZbin, all the wheppersnappers are using it now a days

[@HairyTornado]

@@thriftingtiger 😂

[@1Life_FITS]

Sometimes the hustle beats it's self. Move smart people....😂❤

[@leewillers4621]

😂😂😂

[@cherylmiller8430]

Thanks, Mose, for letting Josh and Hayley use your channel 😂😂😂

[@JacksonvilleTammy]

So happy you two know your place in the family because yes Mose is the star...we love him. Great video.

[@tracymckenzie7195]

Moses is definitely the star of the show, you both are a extra special bonus lol, great video.

[@trinasthings]

You’re right about how people leave stuff behind because it costs too much by weight. Most of the heavy items at our outlet gets put in the Goodwill store right next to it. Our outlets doesn’t sell glassware either.

[@ppshale7223]

Josh and Hayley!!! Thanks for taking us along! I appreciate you both so much!!! Mose in the leaves rolling and sneezing so adorable!!! Stay safe stay great and keep up the good work!!!

[@tamaranichols6720]

Haley, the Vera Bradley print that you weren’t quite sure how old it was, it was from around 2004 or 5. My daughter used to sell it in her store, and gifted me several of the pieces. It is a special addition one that promotes breast cancer awareness.

[@leewillers4621]

OMGosh! I almost forgot to leave a comment! I was too busy looking thru the other comments…especially the parking lot plush one😂. Mose is too cute! I’m so glad he allows you to wait on him and film him!❤

[@aniadzieniszewski8655]

Goodwill has been getting greedier and greedier to the point that people are not shopping there as much as they use as well as no longer donating to them either. I’m in NY however and I’m only speaking of my local goodwill

[@stefanfenwick]

I think people are shopping there a ton actually and that’s why the prices have gone up

[@garettanderson6772]

I've been shopping at Goodwill since the 80's and shopping there hard core since ebay came out and have never seen a disabled person working at Goodwill. In the 80's they had cartoon illustration of a kid in a wheelchair on their price tags. They used to advertise on TV that they employed disabled people. Not that long ago they had giant posters on the walls showing special needs and handicapped people they employ. I have never seen one in real life. Goodwill is a racket.

[@Hayzink]

@@garettanderson6772what does a disabled person look like? You are speaking here like everyone that’s disabled is in a wheelchair

[@Micheleseeker]

Yes, My NJ goodwill's have raised the prices for sure and have curated anything decent out of the store to sell online. I might by one or two things for personal use and even if it is overpriced, I want to keep it out of the landfill.

[@NYyankeeboi]

Same here in So Calif.

[@BlackHeartVintage17]

Fluent Pet is so much fun! Good luck teaching Mose - keep us posted!

[@lindamcdaniel3631]

Chicago suburban GW’s are so expensive because of CEO salary that caused all stores to raise all prices independently. The bins are just things that should have been thrown away. I go to those independent neighborhood thrifts that help those that need assistance.

[@thewoodchick7462]

I only go to those now. or ones that are church run. The prices are fantastic!!!

[@au_barb]

Rockford and NW IL GWs are still pretty reasonable, thankfully. I find nice things out here, but not as many brand names in clothing. Doesn't matter to me for personal use, but I don't think there's a whole lot out here for resale.

[@mc2120]

Goodwill here stopped senior discount, military discount, no bathrooms, no fitting rooms, no color tags on shoes and purses, no coupons, no furniture...when you donate they look at everything and won't take curtain rods unless they're in original packaging, same for candles and other items. Bins are 2.19 a pound, 2.99 a lb for clothes, 1.09 a book. I quit shopping and donating a long time ago.

[@rebeccalichtenfels4540]

I hope you donate to a place that deserves your things and a place that properly serves its recipients. I think Goodwill lost its way a while ago.

[@bees_audhd_miscellany]

No bathrooms would be a major dealbreaker for me. More and more I’m seeing Goodwills in struggling neighborhoods have locked bathrooms, and it’s a total turn off.

[@SuperNathan777]

You must live in a terrible area or something

[@garettanderson6772]

It was 39 cents a pound when I first started going to the bins. No kidding.

[@virusanity4168]

​@bees_audhd_miscellany they don't employ janitors. Go to a restaurant if you need a washroom.

[@freyap3370]

Can we start a petition to get a video with just Mose clips, from when he was a pup to now? He is such a cutie! ❤

[@denniselgatoblanco824]

OMG! Teaching Mose to talk would be a great series! Love to the buddy!!

[@denniselgatoblanco824]

also, that leaf rolling clip needs to be a youtube short!

[@AlexMendezW]

It’s been a good week with all of these uploads 🎉

[@OhmegadJT]

Testing the waters! Seeing what people are willing to pay/put up with.

[@iamsylar789]

The Goodwills over here in Southern California just stopped the 50% off color of the week for all goods. Now they just do it for clothes on weekends only!! ….more goods to get shipped off to the Bins that will then be shipped off to a landfill 😂

[@wolf870626]

Mine in Indiana changed 2 years ago and took away the color of the week, coupons and discounts for seniors and veterans while also raising prices across the board. Horrible and greedy business practices from them especially since at the same time they gave the executives raises and built them a new office building in Indianapolis.

[@rachelbrown7721]

Really? I haven’t seen that in my goodwills in Orange County.

[@avengingmime]

That sucks; haven't been in a Socal Goodwill for months so I didn't notice yet...are there still different color tags so new arrivals are easy to pick out or is it all one color now?

[@gemflipper]

They should have just raised the price on the bag of plush. Maybe $2 to $3 for a whole bag of plush. They'll get stuck with a whole bunch of plush.

[@ILOVEMALIBUUUU]

@@gemflipper i agree with this totally!

[@brendamaun5455]

I was going to say that. You beat me to it.

[@jackochainsaw]

They'll change strategy when they sit long enough. Moving stock is quite important in a place like Goodwill.

[@brandonliwanag2251]

I promise I was totally listening at the end 😂🤭🫠 buuut Mose!! Omg what a cutie!! 🥰😍❤

[@melissan.2201]

Every time you grab a Vera I thinkof your last video about the land....450,000 Vera Bradley's to go!!!

[@bayouboyentertainment2106]

So from what i've been told by a few employess i know that work in my area Goodwill's, the managers from each section of our state all have to go to meetings every so often in these meetings everything is discussed, pricing, sales, setups, etc so what's probably happened is if that's the only bins that charges $1 per bag of plush that's probably why they did away with it. We've lost a few great marketing ideas in my area because another store's manager complained about it in one of those meetings. There's a Goodwill in my area that prices differently than the other stores but most customers have learned not to speak of it now because word would just get back to another store that prices higher for the same stuff and then they'd be forced to conform to the higher price. Most every bins I've been to in other states charges everything but electronics and furniture by the pound so doesn't surprise me that eventually happened at yours.

[@avengingmime]

This is the sort of thing that happens when managers meet unsupervised...or God forbid go to a seminar...then come back full of clever ideas. There should be a minimum % of regular frontline employees required for every meeting just to keep them grounded 😁

[@TimeMachineVintageNJ]

They're going to have to pay to empty dumpsters full of suitcases and plushies. LOL. They'll figure it out quick

[@apotter4343]

Made my daughter a “concert bag” for Christmas….clear bag with lots of handy things to have at concerts

[@ratchuk2023]

Love the videos, thank you for sharing! Been thinking about the land for sale next to your house. You have 395k subs so I’m thinking if we all chip in $3.54 then you have $1.4m and it’s community owned, not for building! I’d love to own about a square inch of the USA 😂

[@Micheleseeker]

WOW! what a cool idea!!

[@mutantbrain92]

I wish Goodwill understood that even if they priced everything at $1 they would still make a 100% profit because everything is donated to them for free. I don't understand how they don't understand that haha.

[@jkhoover]

They still have to pay for rent, utilities, labor, and all the other expenses it takes to run the business.

[@mutantbrain92]

@jkhoover true. Just wished they cared more about people with less of an income that wanna be able to afford decent clothes.

[@LUMBEEPHENOM2012]

Greed

[@michaelmeyer4682]

​@@mutantbrain92, u can thank resellers for the increased prices. They single handedly ruined thrift stores, flea markets, yard sales, and estate sales.

[@karenshaffer1265]

Greed

[@Fam4Moore]

I have a couple of Scotties that would say Mose has the right idea! They love to do that, especially right after getting a bath.... LOL

[@cindywest9773]

Love Mose! He was enjoying the sunny day!❤

[@cindicarnes1731]

My bins does 1.79 for everything but books. And you are right at the end of the day they are left with all the big heavy stuff. Last time i was there I found an 8x 10 rugable which are very expensive. It was dirty but I knew I could clean it but not for there price. The manager came by and said if you want I will take 5.00, Snatched it

[@PumpkinPatchVintage]

My outlet stores price everything for $1.99 per pound, including books. They are crazy if they think anyone is going to purchase books. 📚 I’m starting to loathe Goodwill.

[@marys.5552]

Mose is just so darn cute. I could watch him all day long.

[@Bigbunnygamer]

That dive computer is one of the best scuba brands for a dive computer.

[@lorim4651]

SCORE with that Frye bag! Being bin obsessed, your vids help me get it out of my system when I can get there! Mine is an hour away, such a bummer.

[@travisw6378]

welcome to goodwill for the rest of us, not surprised they increased the price, hopefully they change it back

[@DynamicDawson]

$2.09 at our bins..... so jackets in some cases end up being more at the bins then the store they got discounted at... lots more people are picky now at the bins, getting less items... does Goodwill know if they charged less, they would make more $$$??? Probably not🤔😆

[@user-qf2pk4ip3z]

Why is it that my Goodwill bins is like a prison yard riot when they put stuff out on the floor and everyone else's is so polite and tame? It looks like an animal feeding frenzy where I go. You have no idea how soft and cuddly you got it here!

[@Dee-Bamababe-1]

Mose was the star of the show! 😁

[@reginacorbin3929]

Your Goodwill bins have such a nice selection of items. Mine is one step from the landfill.

[@amyhamilton8127]

Love your blogs! Absolutely love mose!! ❤ 🐶 Thank you for posting your adventures

[@hourlyflipper]

LOVED the Mozz rolling in the yard candid video! What a great way to end!!!

[@petesinacore3265]

My local goodwill raised prices on everything. Hats went from 3$ to $7 each cds went from $1 to $2 etc etc. Manager told me it’s all because of minimum wage going up that they can’t afford to pay staff if they don’t raise prices lol 😂

[@virginiamoreland9059]

That's intestesting since Goodwill often employs people with mental disabilities and get a special exception to minimum wage laws in order to pay them about $3 an hour.

[@bobbiellison4315]

They won't be able to pay staff if they don't sell anything either.

[@denisemayer3837]

I’m loving all the videos you guys have been posting but Hayley your right mose is the star ⭐️ 😊

[@henrys3629]

They can't give away books at my Goodwill, but they wheel out thousands per day. The also just put limits on the free boxes so I got none for shipping and had to put them back. Thank your lucky stars you don't pay 2.79 hardback. GW bins also took away most XMAS and Halloween stuff warhousing for other stores. Brutal.

[@andrewturnbull4842]

They charge for boxes as weight at my location, thought I would do them a favor my cleaning a box out of the bin but nope they wanted money

[@suejohnson5794]

Az goodwill ever other Saturday 50% off. Just started doing it again after a few years. Bins had boxes not even emptied like the just went from drop off to bins.

[@neenster1000]

One of the changes in the regular stores in NJ is they used to have 2 color stickers that were half off for the week and then 1.00 on Sunday. Now it's just the 10% off on senior day and 25% off on Sunday.

[@andreavelez1320]

I wish I lived near you. Now that the semester finished I would go help as voluntary😂😂 Greetings from Puerto Rico❤

[@danielleblakeman7066]

I have always been charged by the lb for plush. Thats why I don't pick many up. I used to buy a bunch of squish but it actually got too costly.

[@bargainspotter1027]

I shop at a Goodwill Outlet in North Carolina (one of them) and everything is $1.89 per pound including books, etc. The only exception is furniture or electronic items. I don't buy any books because it is too expensive to pay per pound and also avoid heavy items. There are no sales or exceptions for heavy items. Same at a South Carolina one that I went to recently in Greenville and probably won't go back. A fire safe without keys was there but didn't buy it because it would have probably cost more used than new in the store. I even asked the cashier if there were exceptions for super heavy items like that and she told me, no. Wish they gave some thought to these situations because it will all be in the land fill but may have otherwise been purchased. By the way, your Goodwill Outlet seems to be much nicer than ours.

[@PumpkinPatchVintage]

I shop at Goodwill outlets in PA. Ours are $1.99, including books. Nothing ends up in the landfill. They sell all the leftovers to companies overseas, that’s why they don’t give a rip about giving local customers a good price. Goodwill is such a misnomer they do no good.

[@sarahkoltz8017]

Books & media are $1 each at my bins. It's so funny how they vary a ton.

[@nifty2bthrifty366]

North Charleston bins made the same change. Toys used to be .69 a pound and now everything is just $1.89.

[@usroadtripper]

I'm in Nashville and ours have been $1.89/pound for quite a while, with items over I think 20 pounds being charged less per pound. They've never had individual prices unless they were larger items like furniture. EDIT: Books are cheaper too, I think $.59/pound.

[@tonywong2021]

My goodwill bin in Okc has mostly trash now in their bins except for clothes since changes in management less people now regularly shop there it feels like. Worker's there constantly yell at people treat people awfully

[@almostoily7541]

Only one of my local Goodwills have percent off color tag days anymore. They used to have.49¢ clothing days and I knew kids in the family and church sizes. I didn't resell I'd just donate back if something wasn't claimed 😂 It got so the kids at church would tell me if they like cargo pants or fitted ones, etc they knew I wasn't letting them do without when I could get a large bag of clothes for ten dollars or less. I could get books 10/$1 and they would run sales for 20/$1. I have a daughter who loves to read and I would fill a box of books for her at Christmas and birthday. I've found a couple that ended up being signed by the author. Not valuable but certainly cool.

[@ElizabethCoulter-h4u]

how have you done with the Steve Madden products? my daughter bought a winter coat and a duffle bag and both didn't last. the zipper broke on the duffle, and it had hardly anything in it and the winter coat pocket ripped at the seam. I was able to sew it back but based on the price of the coat, that never should have happened. I wrote to the company and never heard back. Things just aren't made the way they used to be.

[@dolfinwriter5389]

We don't have Goodwill bin stores like this anywhere near where I live, and all of the Goodwills have asinine pricing. The one bin store in my hometown is suddenly closing, so I won't even have that now. Gonna have to start hitting yard sales harder come spring.

[@biancanagy3342]

That's just pure and utter greed Goodwill! You get this stuff first free . Shameful 😮😢

[@rollingwithstones]

Plush has always been sold for the per pound price at my Goodwill Outlet which is $1.39 - but we rarely see plush in our bins, let alone enough to fill a bag. Your Outlet should have increased the price on a bag of plush, even $5 would have been reasonable. I don't know if your Outlet has special prices for other things. My Outlet charges less for glass, housewares, books and any item weighing more than 10 pounds.

[@N83Gaming]

Here in Missouri, Goodwill Thief Store is now called "Goodwill Retail Store" all of there prices went up 4X. Even VHS went from 20 cents to now 99 cents. I love little mom and pa thief stores. We don't have Goodwill benz in the town I live! "Springfield Missouri"

[@annseabolt6645]

Do you mean thrift

[@michelew13]

What does a full bag of plush weigh? Confused by the decision to change pricing. If it didn't sell in the stores, why up the bins price? Smh. We don't have GW bins near me. We have plenty of overpriced GW stores though.

[@HairyTornado]

We’ve had some bags that have probably weighed 30-40lbs. So instead of $1 that bag would have been $79

[@michelew13]

​@HairyTornado that's crazy!!

[@Navajodavid]

the pricing switch is how our G/W Bins have been for a long time in Northern California and they send at least 1 to 2 20ft dumpster bins a week to the dump

[@sheilacowles]

Mose is the greatest!❤

[@lesliecowan7029]

I was so glad to see you back at Goodwill bins🎉😊

[@jordanclark1715]

Man I almost grabbed a new orleans pelicans pub glass at goodwill today and now you showing that hat I might be interested in

[@wanye777]

Please do a video of busiest time of the year for resellers

[@PumpkinPatchVintage]

Books 10 for $1.00? That is a banger of a deal! Everything is weighed at my local Outlet stores. They don’t give a rip. They sell whatever is left to companies overseas.

[@evgcami777]

Mose is definitely the 🌟star🌟 of the show!!

[@shelleyzaragoza2195]

Thrift stores prices are so insane higher for used donated items. You can’t find good deals any more in thrifts stores. Now in days you can get new items much cheaper in the regular stores.

[@ranrunnn5280]

Goodwill is following what Germany has done for 40+ years.(Selling by weight) Keeps employee labor costs down - they don't have to pay to put tags on everything.

[@rebacarmack8335]

The regular stores have had price increases also.

[@jakewilson7112]

but their items dont come pre used.

[@CCMTVPuyallup]

Love Mose! We don't have a puppy anymore and he gives me all the smiles!

[@moca2611]

Wow that place is empty… and they nice stuff. the closest outlet store is like 1 hr from my apt. I haven’t been there because the location is not good (safe) …the other one is 90 min away and that one is always packed, literally you have to fight to get a spot when they put out the bins! Is crazy 😰😭😔😅

[@Prez13]

It is the high quality of content we want! LOL

[@TheAntiqBoutiq]

They’re calling it Greedwill now 😊

[@kimross6279]

Personal opinion, Goodwills are getting very greedy. Nice finds, Moses is ham❤. ❤😊

[@Boise_Nation]

That's the same type of pricing at my local bins in Indiana... that amount of leftover is crazy.

[@dianasanner3669]

Our bins are $1.99 and books .50. Every thing else is weight. You have to watch what you pick up. 😢

[@tracyzoon5805]

The pricing is not bad. I went to your bins yesterday and checked out your booth on my drive down to Florida. Got myself one of the plush dogs from your booth.

[@HairyTornado]

Thank you!

[@mariasant7810]

Mose is spreading happiness - one leaf at a time ❤️

[@alexcutajar3992]

That Venezia bag is Venice written in italian pronounced "Venetzya"

[@annejeanette27]

Mose is the bees knees! Such a great dog!

[@brianf4342]

They closed our outlets in Montgomeryville, PA and just made more regular goodwill space. I stopped going prices are too high for stuff they get for free.

[@shelleywilson7170]

That is one HAPPY dog! ❤

[@marleybob3157]

I'm quite happy for you guys to replace Goodwill bins footage with videos of your dog. I also bet I'm not alone.

[@RealRetirementRants]

The Goodwill Outlet I have gone to in the St Louis area never (in the several years I've gone) had a different price for plush and other items- they all were weighed. They do glassware cheaper (39 cents/lb?) and books by the inch (they measure the spine).

[@michellegreenbaum3774]

Hi, Love your videos. By the way, you missed a pair of On Cloud sneakers when you picked up the sneakers.

[@Pugs309]

Sweet oogie boogie mask. Gotta love mose n the leaves .

[@juneyshu6197]

Ours stopped cleaning and organizing, displaying nice clothes by color. Just threw em on racks, I quit going.

[@RedGumDropz]

rip to all the teddies that wont be saved from landfills 😢😢

[@MariaFairfield-w6l]

Our Goodwill has always priced everything by the pound. Books were a little cheaper but still weighed up.

[@JenFromNY14]

Will you ever do a video of you going to the bins for other things then your usual?Like challenge yourself to see what else you can pick up besides the normal and see how much you can make.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@EverydayResale]

Hello, I commented on a few of your other videos and your community has helped me out a lot! I made a full video and I am about to come out with a chest harness video. If anyone has any tips I would love them (I’m currently working on editing my next video). Thank you!

[@4kCrispyClips]

I like your style of editing!

[@OriginalNethead]

It was only a matter of time before they jacked up prices at the Bins too. They've already ruined the reguar stores here by overpricing everything and taking out anything acually worth purchasing. The only things they sell that a reseller would want are too heavy and fragile to even think about buying; shipping costs would eat all of the profits if the prices the store charged hadn't done that first. I walked in last week and walked around. Right before Christmas they should have been loaded and all that was there were leftovers and trash. I walked out.

[@stephaniegreene7789]

Mose is awesome! ❤

[@johnmcgill4076]

Mose be like: "walk"! "walk"! "wa...SQUIRRELL"!

[@jenniferfox301]

If Mose takes to that button thing your lives will be so much harder. He will make sure you have no spare time. ❤ from UK 🇬🇧

[@kathybarnett1905]

Last yr. Here in indiana. Stopped senior discount. Half price color day and 99 cent sunday color. Very disappointing

[@BloomByCC]

Honestly, it sounds more like they're trying to take the employee discretion out of the picture. It's the same problem with all of corporate America, there are nuances in everything. And even though you guys still have good pricing and lower competition, I think you're still spot on when you say those items just aren't going to sell.

[@kathybarnett1905]

Awwwww. Bummer on your switch!! Josh. Your picture has what we call " the swatted fly look". I think they are shooting themselves in the foot with the change

[@Zeftilldeath8878]

My outlet raised their prices five times in 8 years, and guess what? The store continued to get busier every year because they get free advertising on social media. Now they are expanding the store. Yes, a lot of plush will get thrown out at this location, but a dollar a bag does nothing for their bottom line. If they are getting busier, they should raise prices. This is basic economics.

[@HairyTornado]

Sure. Charge $5 a bag if you must. But they went from $1 for a 25lb bag of plush to $47.25 for that same bag. Seems a little extreme.

[@1sickkitten]

@@HairyTornado I think people are just annoyed because most goodwill outlets have never had the $1 a bag deal. Your location seems to have been an outlier with that deal.