Minnesota Goodwill Thrift Store Pricing Has Become Ridiculous!

[@RetiredandReselling123]

C'mon Goodwill ... you are a non-profit organization getting your inventory for FREE. Pass some of that savings on to your buyers - whether they are resellers or people who prefer shopping second hand!

[@somenygaard]

Do you sell exclusively on eBay?

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@somenygaard- I resell on eBay, Poshmark, Mercari and Facebook Marketplace.

[@RobinLee-kb3xj]

@@RetiredandReselling123 AMEN THANK YOU

[@RobinLee-kb3xj]

I so agree with you. I haven't been to Goodwill in a while. The prices are getting so ridiculous. They forget everything they get is donated. And what they don't sell gets thrown away.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@RobinLee-kb3xj - I truly don’t understand how their pricing structure is working for them?! People have been commenting that it’s the same for them all across the country.

[@RobinLee-kb3xj]

@RetiredandReselling123 I know everyone I talk to said the same thing. I've been going to the Salvation Army.

[@sherrypuckett6686]

Well thats why i stopped giving a long time ago . They sell on eby and some of their own sits . When was the last time u saw a handicap working within the stores . Thats when i stop giving to them Thats what this was made for.

[@trinasthings]

All Goodwills across the country are raising their prices from what I’ve seen on other channels. It’s crazy.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@trinasthings - Who is the buyer they are trying to attract now? Their pricing makes no sense at all to me!

[@jajcirbela5217]

It's ridiculous!! It's not thrifty anymore.

[@Chicago48]

I just went to a new Goodwill and I thought the prices were very good. They had colors that were 1/2 off. I wasn't shocked. I thought it was reasonable. It must be a regional thing. The one thing I noticed was there were a lot of NEW Packaged items like socks and lip balm. Almost like going to Walgreens.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@ - I’ve seen those exact packages you’re talking about too. Not sure where those come from??

[@Willsreclaimedvintage]

Hello, great thrift with me. Yes, goodwill prices can be ridiculous, but if you search hi and low, you can always find some deals.Thanks for sharing your thrift trip

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@Willsreclaimedvintage - Thank you for watching!

[@inezwatson6192]

I don't understand why Goodwill is charging so much.. all the stuff is free.. the cheapest thing at our Goodwill is $3.99

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@inezwatson6192 - I truly don’t either. I love vintage linens. I used to be able to buy lovely items for .99 cents and $1.99. Same things are now $14.99 and $19.99.

[@somenygaard]

Our closest Good Will is a huge one and the prices are really inconsistent. Usually they are insanely cheap or very overpriced. What is funny is when the item still has its Ross price tag on it and it’s less than the Good Will price.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@somenygaard - It’s really hard to understand?! Who is teaching the pricers the process? How does it make sense to upcharge when the price tag is on the item? Craziness.

[@christinadiaz6460]

Thank you for doing this video … I wonder why these items are priced so high when it’s donated.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@christinadiaz6460 - Thanks for watching 💕

[@loripowell7654]

I worked at goodwill for 4 months & anything of value they would google it before they priced it….. MY MGR. told me that resellers have wrecked it for the average person & her district mgr. has directed them to price accordingly. My personal opinion about designer name purses…. Most are junk” pleather” & made in China. I’ve bought purses in Italy & their real leather purses smell of a real heavenly leather! I will still shop the thrift stores but will just pass on the overpriced stuff.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@loripowell7654 - So interesting! I often wonder if the pricers at Goodwill are looking at the SOLD listings. I doubt they are. So much goes into pricing. It’s not just brand name. It’s style and color and trends. Since they are given so much FREE inventory - it would be so much more beneficial to price it to sell. For everyone! Even those bad resellers who are trying to earn a living this way ☺️ (Hahaha - that me!)

[@margaretalbert69]

Yes, you can do better at Home Goods or TJMax 😂

[@sherrypuckett6686]

They have people sitting at computers looking up the things as they come in quite a set up .

[@jillglass4914]

I have noticed the pricing going up too.. Minnesota Native here;))

[@margaretalbert69]

I've found items from the Dollar Tree in GW selling for $3...what😮😮😮? Crazy

[@lorimckellarAKAloutae]

Ikr!!! Makes u wonder who's pricing their stuff??? Illegal immigrants??? We are a sanctuary state aren't we??? Seems we must be with the largest solmolian community in the US!!! When I go to unique thrift store i always see Latino people working there, and they always give u that blank deer caught in headlights stare when asked a question, lol.... U know they got to be seeing what's at the Dollar Store so they can better price their items. When I worked at value village they were real particular about who priced items, especially antique or real good quality designer items would be put to the side for 1 special pricing girl to come in and price those special items, and then of course they were put up in the cases by the register. They were always overpriced IMO, I think a lot of thrift stores will do that because most of them run on a four week cycle and usually on the 4th week it will go half priced. Whenever we were about to have a huge holiday sale where everything would be half priced, the manager would constantly remind the pricers to price higher because of the sale!!! Most thrift stores run much the same I've found out. I've worked VV and many years ago at Ragstock!!! 💜💜💜

[@catherinemfaulkner]

I don't understand, the proceeds are supposed to go to helping underprivileged or homeless. every store has a couple million pieces of merchandise. They could price all of those pieces of clothing at 2 dollars and would have a tremendous turnover, instead of heading to the bins, and then on to the landfill. I guess it's the same old thing of greed at the top. The CEO's think there is more profit in selling one item at 10 dollars rather than selling 5 items for 2 dollars. Crazy, when all of these items are donated to begin with.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@catherinemfaulkner - You just said EXACTLY what I am thinking.

[@carol.luna.stella]

Well done on two good finds 😊

[@cyndijobes]

I was in Minneapolis the end of June this year and was excited to shop at a few goodwills during our visit with family. I was shocked on the prices there. Way higher than I pay in a suburb NW of Chicago.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@cyndijobes - It’s truly so disappointing. Who do they think their buyers are? They are not appealing to anyone anymore.

[@scrabbleking1]

I don’t think it’s that Goodwill and other thrift stores have become greedy. It’s simply that daily they watch resellers come in checking everything on their phones and hoping to buy cheaply to resell at a huge profit. They have decided to get their share of the pie which is very fair. I love shopping thrift stores for myself so I don’t mind paying their higher prices. But I truly wonder where poorer people now find necessities at a price they can afford.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@scrabbleking1 - I so agree. What happened to the stores where people could get clean, desirable items at an affordable price? It used to be the Goodwill. They are a non-profit organization who obtains their inventory for FREE.

[@christineconnors1062]

Goodwill IS already getting "their share of the pie", THEY get everything dropped off for FREE. Resellers spend TIME and MONEY to sell. There is room for all. 😮

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@christineconnors1062 - 100% correct 😔

[@StefanyFuson]

This is exactly how all of the thrift stores near me are, too. It's infuriating. I dig to find things just like you are, and it's maddening to spend any time in a thrift store and to not be able to come away with anything because the prices are too high or there is nothing on the shelves. It's even more maddening to know all of that will end up at the bins and then right in the trash, all because they are pricing way too high.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@StefanyFuson - Could not agree more!? I am doing my best to stay out of thrift stores. I am not donating to them anymore. We are recycling our textiles at a place very near our house, and donating our hardgoods to church/community based organizations.

[@StefanyFuson]

@RetiredandReselling123 I love that

[@kimberlyspurling-morales9605]

Prices in small town Iowa are getting crazy as well. I don’t buy much there anymore

[@pennyskelton1851]

Goodwill is also putting so much online. Our Savers stores are high. Their overhead is higher. Our Goodwills are horrible in my area.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@pennyskelton1851 - It has gotten out of control!? Who is their buyer? Thats why I see so much of it end up at the Goodwill Outlet. With the $34.99 sticker still on it. Pricing it lower would help so many people in the long run.

[@carol.luna.stella]

I love your videos, thanks for taking me along!

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@ - Thank you so much for the support! 💕

[@jadestone8552]

West Texas Goodwill Stores are pricing themselves out of business. I don’t shop there any more because I am not supporting a CEO THAT MAKES SIX FIGURES and the folks working there are barely making minimum wage. Also here the stuff is junky and dirty

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@jadestone8552 - It seems the Goodwill stores have truly lost their way. It’s just simply terrible business model for so many reasons.

[@margaretalbert69]

Why do they put out burned out candles??? 😮

[@amandakropen3273]

LOL!

[@wheelmeouttahereincarnations]

Monticello?! That's the closest one to me however I'll travel further as it's absolutely not good ! Can't find anything and the pricing is insane.

[@arsenacar2761]

Same thing here in Illinois prices are very expensive too!

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@arsenacar2761 - Who do they think their buyer is?! The pricing is so out of touch with the economy.

[@patriciaaxton9323]

I'm fed up with my local Goodwill in NJ. I'll only step foot in there when I can get my Sr. discount. They did away with colors Mon. - Sat. Only on Sunday will they give you two colored tickets at $2 and $3 (but there's hardly anything in those colors). It seems that PA has better Goodwill stores than NJ from watching KZbinrs.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@patriciaaxton9323 - All of their merchandise is FREE!? Why aren’t they passing some of that on to their shoppers. Better question - who are their shoppers?? It’s maddening.

[@lindaashmore1246]

Went back to shopping at stores .. after 40 years of thrifting

[@OriginalNethead]

Prices here have gone nuts and anything worth buying is MIA. Where I used to spend $20-$100 week I now spend $5/month. I found a 1-quart plastic gelato container marked $1.00 - a buck for something out of someone's recycling bin. Three dollar prices on used Dollar Tree merch. The "good" items are Target pallet merch. Any pottery and glass nice enough to buy is already damaged. What they forget by pricing resellers out of the market is they're also pricing the poor, disabled,and disadvantaged out of the market...and they CLAIM to exist to help those very groups. They also forget that traditional resellers are/were often those same disabled types trying to keep the lights on. So "oh we're making more money to do our work" ....by taking it out of the pockets of the people we're allegedly helping? No evidence of that near ME, by the way. I'm disabled and all they will do for me is pick my pocket lint. Sorry charlie. No tuna for you.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@originalnethead - it’s truly maddening for so many people!

[@hiyellagal]

Bottom line....It's pure greed and jealousy.

[@christineconnors1062]

CrazY! This is my 2nd year selling (just on Poshmark) Last year I did net profit better then this year. My cost of goods have gone up and my net prices have gone down, (buyers are NOT paying what they did last year). GW prices have not only tripled with no quailty control...dirty, damaged, smells... I used to enjoy the hunt at both Twin City bins, but haven't been since Summer... NOT all , but many of the shoppers are increasingly bold and rude. I shop alone and some are in large groups, cutting you out and shoe bins are crazy with none paired together, shoppers just grab one of each and put them in thier bags. Have you even been there when a HOmegoods bin comes out? Shoppers just break stuff in their haste to what? Hoping after the holidays to try again.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@christineconnors1062 - I agree with everything you mentioned. The bins are the Wild Wild West. The regular thrift stores are insanely priced (Just did a video yesterday about the one in Minnetonka. That was nice!). It’s definitely not what it used to be. Hoping it can all turn itself around again 💕

[@jillglass4914]

I have noticed that too.. Minnesota Native here;)

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@jillglass4914 - Right?! There is no rhyme or reason for how things are priced anymore. Except that it’s all overpriced! 🤣

[@TammyB-x2h]

Not just the high prices but there’s never any of the color tags on the shelves. I was in the back of a GW in the books section, they had a worker back there picking up all the current color tags and putting them in a shopping cart to take to the back. Think about it, how many color of the day tags do you see on the shelves?

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@TammyB-x2h - Great point!

[@kimfrommn7162]

Excellente !!!!! 🤗❤️👍🙋🏻‍♀️

[@margaretalbert69]

I WON'T buy any shoes in GW

[@maryinthemaking7211]

I’ve pretty much given up on my Goodwill of Northern Michigan. I think they are cherry picking the better items for online sales and the prices are much too high.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@maryinthemaking7211 - It truly is just so maddening. The pricing makes no sense at all.

[@bobbipetty7411]

I only go to thrift stores on senior discount days. Goodwill has gotten greedy 😑

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@bobbipetty7411 - Me too! I used to be able to use coupons on the other days. They did away with that. Goodwill has lost their way.

[@hiyellagal]

The market is now saturated with reseller's due to the economy, which is why thrift store prices have soared. I've been in the business (as a hobby) since 2012 and have done pretty well, but now-a-days it's nothing like it was since the pandemic.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@hiyellagal - I don’t see resellers being able to afford to shop at the Goodwill. And those that need a better price or just like to shop second hand can’t afford it either. And it all ends up in the landfill.

[@TammyB-x2h]

I’m not a reseller but I don’t understand this kind of thinking. I hear this comment often too. It doesn’t make sense for GW to raise the prices because of resellers. A reseller wants to flip the item for a profit, a higher GW price cuts into their profit margin. A GW price increase also prices the average consumer out too. My honest opinion is GW is greed driven so they mark up the prices, not due to resellers.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@ - Well said! I couldn’t agree more 💕

[@Magnoliaflwr9006]

It's because of resellers and "influencers" that prices have sky rocketed. From the KZbin channels I've viewed, someone finds a bargain on an item and sells for double the price. Consumers continue to pay those prices. Goodwill and others know they can command their prices because someone out there will pay a resellers advertised price.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@Magnoliaflwr9006 - I do get that. It makes sense for random clothing brands that no one knows about and Goodwill learns about them from an “influencer.” But our Goodwill is upcharging the prices for JC Penney and Target. And there is no rhyme or reason on why the hard goods are extremely expensive?!

[@lindaashmore1246]

I stopped shopping at goodwill .. even kids clothes which were once 5 dollars or less ar not double

[@joycejudge8942]

Goodwills in western PA are the same. Pathetic. Ive been a thrift shopper for 50 years. Gone are the good days. I dont even bother getting a cart anymore

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@joycejudge8942 - It’s so disappointing what Goodwill has become. I miss the days of having fun shopping there.

[@daleannayoung9438]

I agree...Goodwill needs to lower their prices! I just shake my head when I go there and think they must be out of their minds!

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@daleannayoung9438 - Couldn’t agree more!

[@juliegraham2164]

Target is in Texas also.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

Yes - I was meaning their headquarters are here in Minnesota. Thanks for watching!

[@ritamaher9192]

Where are you selling your items?

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@ritamaher9192 - eBay and Poshmark! Thanks for watching 💕

[@vernettapalmer9412]

Delaware prices are very expensive also.

[@margieivy-foray8392]

I was in Minneapolis in September and went to Goodwill. Priced too high. Spent 4 days shopping at the bins

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@margieivy-foray8392 - I totally get it! Which Minnesota bins did you go to?

[@margieivy-foray8392]

@ the one I shopped at every day was on Lake Hazeltine Dr., Chaska, Minnesota

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@margieivy-foray8392 - That’s one of my favorites! Lots of resellers - but I think it’s somewhat cleaner than the others.

[@margieivy-foray8392]

@@RetiredandReselling123it was.

[@TarmoAlholinna]

The cheapest item in my Salvation Army is 1.99..

[@susanmascitelli6219]

There prices are out of control. I will throw it away before donating to the Goodwill. They are a total ripoff!

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@susanmascitelli6219 - Agreed! We no longer donate to them. There is a clothing recycling bin in a parking lot close by and a really nice community store that has a wonderful mission. All of our donations go there now.

[@forthewynaugsburg2181]

I can't do the bins anymore. They act like horrible animals and destroy so much glassware and china and literally destroy the books there. I see so many mothers there with infants and toddlers under school age. And with that they usually have one older child, that should be in school, sitting on the side babysitting the younger non school aged kids, for HOURS. Bins are beyond depressing and not worth the rats and broken glass from the customers

[@forthewynaugsburg2181]

If you are going to go to the bins, wear a mask, and invest in industrial gloves. And be very aware of the stealing that goes on among carts, people physically fighting over products etc etc....some goodwill outlets literally have pd in raid gear in case things happen, and they always do....

[@jajcirbela5217]

There's some really rude people they literally take things out of your hands, I call all them aggressive people "piranhas"

[@TarmoAlholinna]

Vera Bradley is insanely priced, I think. I don’t care if it’s Vera Bradley .. it’s a DONATED item!!!

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@TarmoAlholinna - and I don’t see anyone really carrying a Vera Bradley bag around here?! Why are they priced so high?

[@TarmoAlholinna]

They may charge themselves out of business. And it’s a business to help people…

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@TarmoAlholinna - I couldn’t agree more!

[@Ggrma45]

Our Goodwill prices are almost full retail...it's ridiculous. Not everyone is a reseller. Unless you go on a senior day you are. S.O.L. Salvation Army is even worse.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@Ggrma45 - I truly wish it would go back to the way it was. It was so fun going into these stores. You never knew what treasures you’d find. And you could afford to buy them!!!

[@lindaashmore1246]

They need new people running it and go back to the 2020 prices .. to get their customers back ..

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@lindaashmore1246 - Couldn’t agree more!

[@annabreu4165]

Try Maryland prices…$40 for decor that consisted of a plain wooden box with 3 Mason jars…dusty and dirty… really Goodwill? Overpriced then doesn’t get sold and ends up in the landfill.

[@RetiredandReselling123]

@@annabreu4165 - That’s unbelievable. Goodwill is missing the mark. Get the items in for free. Then get them back out to people who want / need them. And keep items OUT of the landfill 🤬

[@sherrypuckett6686]

Like i told you they are selling just like u are doing. The have a whole vido that tells all .

[@lisamiinch3350]

There prices are terrible! Never go there!