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[@lydiaabellbradbery7049]

I like the way you positioned your camera on the cart so we could watch you interacting with the merchandise. Most resellers use only one hand when filming. I also like that you took the time to bring the item up close to the camera while you explained the features to us. Great content, I hope you make more videos like this. Thank you!

[@gblargg]

It's like the view a child in the child seat of the cart would have. He's teaching us.

[@aarond23]

That $1k piano will sit there for as long as that store is there lol

[@ualemp902]

Every time I see a piano in a Goodwill, I know for sure someone will start goofing around playing it while I'm in the store...annoying!

[@kingzippythethird]

Agreed. Most people give them away for free these days unless it's a prome name. Tuning costs hundreds of bucks...

[@alvaroakatico9188]

You can try and make a deal if you think something is too much. Those prices are not set in stone. Talk to the store manager and make an offer.

[@jamesconroy7030]

Go on craigslist, and search for "free piano". There will always be a few posted.

[@tr7287]

I wouldn’t even take it if it’s free because of the transportation issue.

[@fourbyfourblazer2]

In Los Angeles at Salvation Army all pairs of shoes are less than $10 a pair regardless of how much they might be worth. Good Will is a rip-off.

[@jennak.8541]

Especially considering the fact that they receive all this stuff as a donation...aka FREE. It’s despicable!

[@tonyhaziri9659]

Right Jenna and they sell it all they money goes on their pockets

[@John_Notmylastname]

Their clothes aren’t however. I can attest to this personally. They all sell for a flat rate depending on the day it may be super cheap. Especially the slacks. If you have a job that requires dress pants the local goodwill is your hookup destination. My recent haul of Brooks Brothers would have cost me probably $600 brand new. Four pairs of wool slacks cost me $40.

[@WendyDahling3]

Honestly we can’t afford it anymore.

[@SURFERGRL72RAKM]

Yeah Goodwill here in 🇨🇦 is actually really expensive. Doesn't matter if it's a couch, t-shirt or pair of brand name jeans such as Levi's. They used to be fair with their prices but not anymore. Going to the Salvation Army or Bible for missions store is the only affordable way to go. I have snatched up a few deals on shoe's in the past at GW. Otherwise you can get brand new Levi's jeans from Walmart for the same price & type (example 501) so why buy used from Goodwill. 🤷‍♀️ The other place I enjoy shopping is at the Habitat for Humanity store, they have pretty much everything now including pet food and so forth.

[@alphaskwurl]

He's teaching them how to fish instead of leaving fish on the bank in case someone walks by. He's giving away info that could help people get out of a financial tight spot. He does this at no cost to the viewer. He's literally creating his own competition, willingly. How is this wrong? It's not. It's truly not.

[@CJ9007]

I miss back when this wasn’t over saturated. Now everybody and their dog scopes out goodwill for flips.

[@ldlink3935]

I concur, because of this video, I go every other day, I am making $5,000.00 in profit a week!!!!

[@lmc3307]

Solutions: get a real job or find a niche and resell one type of itwm

[@joshcryer]

The Goodwills in Vegas are still very very good. So many old people dying there and their estates go to Goodwill (Goodwill has trucks to pick stuff up and families just opt to have Goodwill grab everything). Sells for ridiculous prices. Pete could actually make way more money flipping basic stuff, but he seems to scope out legitimate collector items, which is cool.

[@killjoyclown]

Especially retro games

[@shofan70]

That store looks well stocked. Thrift stores around my place are almost empty due to the pandemic.

[@tpc9002]

Yea mean or eithe same shit every week

[@pearlmax]

*Plandemic

[@dawncole4270]

Pete, thanks for taking us to Goodwill.

[@davidharris4030]

You are teaching the tricks of the trade. That is some great insight on how to find extra stock for your store. That never crossed my mind about going to a Goodwill store. It may look easy but you still gotta do the work ! Great video Pete!

[@Sillysoft]

I really liked this video. I hope you do more like this, very informative, very easy to follow. This was just awesome to watch. Good job sir!

[@CarolinaHustler]

Love these videos, remind me of years ago when I started watching you. This is how I learned. Great video

[@relicresells4884]

Good call on the phone--no pun intended

[@benjaminwadsworth7208]

Hey Pete! I love all your content. I really appreciate your thrift store trips and would love to see more of those if possible. Thanks brother!!

[@joycescott6066]

Love the thrift store adventures . (the old stomping grounds) You found some great stuff, and as always I learn something new from you EVERY video ! TFS Piotr✌

[@garryjha1]

It's been one year Pete and I don't think you will be judged on this anymore,at first I had a problem with it,I don't anymore, Bless you and I love you in Christ Peter!

[@patwalling7184]

Awesome finds Pete I always think that Good Will is so over priced on their things and they definitely throw a lot of things that are donated away. Hope that you will get all that you want out of these finds. Great job!

[@resiack]

Wow, that Goodwill is so much better than the one in my area.

[@blackbeauty71872]

Yes! I love these Thrift store Finds videos!

[@colinhughes916]

Your a Great Picker , Eye for Bargins Love Your Pets , You are Awesome From UK 🇬🇧

[@ThriftyTreasures]

Always hustling hard, love it 💕👊🏻🤑

[@RS-ch1rd]

Goodwill stores here in the UK are called charity shops, you can’t find a bargain in charity shops they do their research and charge top money for everything.

[@hawaiiflowerchild3039]

thank you again How Fun to spend my 2am shopping w/you and yes shipping sucks all now-had to pass up some pretty cool things

[@stacy-vintagekatco7258]

Loved watching you shopping and seeing what you gravitate towards. Plus, you GW looks flipping amazing!! I would literally be in there for hours and hours digging around. So jealous.

[@meesharene8801]

Yes, that phone is awesome! Your store there is so quiet! Good finds! I love all the vintage!

[@SharkDude1]

Good will is pretty much a retail store. The sell things at retail prices. I avoid them at all costs.

[@doiron12]

Its all crap. Yardsales are the way to go!

[@jamesconroy7030]

Good, More bargains for me. THANKS!

[@A10TOES]

@@doiron12 I no longer do yard sales, Why waste gas & time when it’s fun hunting for treasure under one roof.

[@sheridansplace1607]

Yeah they suck. In my part of town they only employ family and friends.

[@michellecastaneda4104]

@@doiron12 Hell even yardsales are high. We live in a reselling world

[@rayparamio4025]

Nice seeing you again thrifting and hopefully one day dumpster diving. #Cheers

[@catsforhire9116]

Wow those 1970s Coleman lanterns were a great find! Love your channel

[@Al3xGUNNINGWARFARE]

I havent watched your channel for over 8 months but this is the type of content that i subscribed for ,

[@resellchick3196]

I missed good ole' Craigslist Hunter thrifting videos! Yay!

[@timscanlan1095]

I just started watching and thank you . Very entertaining.

[@wiljanmatos4673]

Cheers Pete iv been watching your videos for a year now and love the way you show people how to flip and make money thank you for that from new jersey

[@flix4u]

Love Goodwill hunting - the activity and the film.

[@quietdeluxe]

Great haul, Pete. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheGardenerNorth]

I saw those Coleman lamps as well and new you were going to nab them. Sweet deal!

[@adamtr1121]

I’m learning a lot by watching your videos. Keep it up!

[@arodyanksfan]

Pete: "This lamp has has a date, 1984". Then looking at the plug "Yeah this isn't to old, maybe 80s to 90s". Haha oh pete we still love you!!!

[@kalik5665]

Lol I caught that too 😁

[@natpop4910]

Really enjoyed the video! More like this please !

[@bernicehoggsfav]

I'm so happy to see you back in a Goodwill. Life is returning to normal!

[@godschild5587]

not yet

[@KameraShy]

Not in Illinois. Restaurants and bars closed down again and I am betting there will be another total lockdown soon. Governor Tons Of Fun is drunk with power.

[@chadnollenberg1237]

Good job Man, Thanks for posting

[@ChatNoirVibes]

great video I watch you a lot and love your channel, just started my own KZbin channel and eBay business, and honestly, it's hard some days but then I realize that the nature of the game so keep it up, love the picks for today can wait to see them sold.

[@HempysHub]

Great Show as always, keep them coming!

[@mtkim9345]

Good to see you out there, Pete!

[@jbb8382]

I can't wait to visit your store!

[@CheesyGhostOnToast]

This video makes me want to treasure hunt at my local goodwill. Thanks for the idea.

[@reneehenrichs4538]

Wow! You scored some awesome finds. I haven't been to a Goodwill Store since the pandemic either. I've only been to our local thrift store twice since then and I usually shopped there at least twice a week. I did all of my thrifting for the year at garage sales. Now it's time to List, List, LIST! Best of Luck during Q4!

[@GenosFinds]

Interseting video. Very informative. I saw you in Kajun Resellers Show. I just subscribed

[@WestW3st]

Even pre-pandemic it really seemed like goodwill got wind of videos like this, and all the other ones pertaining to resale for profit. The things in my local goodwills (like old school technics receivers/speakers/etc) that used to be well priced for me to make a profit on are now priced much higher so that the margins are too low for me to be really interested in. :\

[@Andy-ug2hm]

I was in bay area for a bit last year and hit up every goodwill and literally found nothing ebay worthy to make even $20. Nothing but ridiculously priced garbage which seemed odd as plenty of rich people in area who like to donate. Couldn't even find a reasonable printer for myself. Later searched for printer on ebay within close shipping distance and first listing click on what do you know.... Seller profile SF Goodwill with like 1.5 million feedback lol They are literally reselling everything of value on ebay. Noticed same in Chicago. Denver was pretty bad too. Seems all bigger cities like that now. Some smaller cities can be ok. Stopped to visit friend in Reno and found tons stuff. One store was priced high but couple other ones were sweet. One high end rare older mint technics sold for 500 same day. Couple Ross sound that went for 250-300. Brand new tivo in box that went for 160. Then bunch of smaller items that went 50-100. We were only out 2-3 hours could barely fit stuff in the car. All the items were priced good too nothing over $15. They definitely get the good stuff still just don't put it out anymore most GWs. Used to buy pallets same crap. Stuff went from going 5-10% value and 90% items good to like people paying 25-50% and now 25% items good. Don't even see how those people can break even. Tried going distributor route buying bulk new product and some distributors don't even take new clients anymore. Ones that do are trying to sell bulk with higher per item price than ebay/amazon prices. Year back was considering getting a warehouse and buying truckloads of overstock/returns and had good supplier but it just seems market is crazy. Prices keep going up, quality down. Think these YT videos brought in masses of people trying to make a living for themselves and ruined everything. Especially with pandemic and many out of work. Garage sales are probably only way to go but even there have tons competition now. Its just not worth it anymore. Unless small scale hobby. Sorry for the long novel, had to get it out. lol

[@thorazine0076]

@@Andy-ug2hm I"m in sacramento I saw the same thing you did, but now it's going back to normal, i just am able to look for things others have missed, the hires are not experts and have a ton of stuff to price, so still lots slip through the cracks.. just have to go to several stores, right now goodwills are worth pickin here in sacto

[@jackiechapman8189]

Gr8 buy's Pete... Love the art deco plane it's going to sell fast... Also the Coleman vintage lamps are very cool and good shape... Well done... Stay safe homie...👍💕🔥⚾😷

[@A10TOES]

Oh I ❤️ that plane Pete picked up, I would have bought it to set in my living room for a conversation piece!

[@missd1428]

geese so jealous!!! I live in So Cal and Ive never seen such a huge goodwill where I live, sure wish we did though lol. very cool, another great educational video with more helpful content!

[@jeffdorris5321]

Keep up the good work Craigslist hunter. ☮🐈🦜

[@cherylhicks1409]

What great finds! Our goodwill store is about a 1/4 of the size of that store, I was just amazed!

[@rickytorres9379]

I live in the metro Atlanta area and I shop at goodwills all the time, and I have NEVER seen a store as fully stocked as this one! EVER

[@PAWILLIA]

When Pete goes to Goodwill you watch haha great info.

[@robbylake3784]

Welcome back to Goodwill Pete! You got some neat stuff.. :)

[@monicarichards1473]

Pete if your phone is mint you should be much higher than the comps, check those comps condition that is probably why they got those prices for their phone also don't forget to check the blanket section for those bolo ones Matt talks about them on his channel. Thanks for the content and for doing a thrift sourcing video it's been a while, miss seeing ur hunt but do understand that the thrift stores are getting greedy and overcharging for used items in most cases. Until the next one Cheers!!

[@nate3877]

Great video I like this series right after I toke one

[@deadbugdoug]

Thats a big Goodwill. Lots of stuff.

[@capfantasy]

Last spring I found one of the black desk payphones for $4. It sold pretty quick for $40.

[@HAMRADIOJOE4178]

ASK THE MANAGER IF HE HAS THE KEY TO THE PHONE.

[@JakeDaMistake]

DONT TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE

[@HAMRADIOJOE4178]

@@JakeDaMistake HAHAHA

[@CottonEyedBro]

This is refreshing to see. Taking a page out of some other resellers books. Nice to see you get out of the store. Thanks.

[@DPir1320]

Watch some of the older videos when he was dumpster diving, going to garage sales and resale stores. I imagine most of the recent videos have been at his store because a lot was closed down

[@pamv183]

I like your video. What a giant Goodwill.

[@abjames3098]

great score on that airplane... such a nice piece..

[@tanslife3095]

Great video...I love thrift shopping Goodwill haul designer purses consignment and

[@jeffshadow2407]

Similar to the Tour of Your Store video! Fantastic!

[@kmgirouxflips824]

Always thinking about who your potential buyer is. That’s why your good at this for sure

[@VIENDOLATELE]

Hey im new in the channel , and i love the adventures of you people geting stuffs , i like that you care of animals , that cat and his partner the bird chiken😆 are amazing, greetings from México ✌🏻

[@the_telephone_exchange2368]

At 13:04 in the video when Pete opens the leg brace box and starts to close it a strange ghost orb shoots out from behind the light shade in the trolly and flys over his sholder even the camera moves ....check it outs its freaky weird .......Cool video mate some nice items in that goodwill 👌👍😀

[@Clouditivity]

These videos are pretty interesting!

[@georgekelly9797]

I likr these shopping trips with you. Thanks

[@yvonnegravatt5152]

Super jealous of that Hugh Goodwill and its stocked:)

[@hypatos671]

Here in guam. Some small korean mom and pop stores use those kinds coin operated telephones , for customers, the one where , when someone answers u have to push a button then it takes the quarter, an makes a neat sound, if no answer , no charge. Pretty neat.

[@lyndajohnson126]

First time watching. Good Video.

[@Kai-Made]

I think a lot of folks miss the point here. As far as I understand, the prices in stores like GW are higher now because so many NOT POOR people shop there...for "bargains" so they jack their stuff up so they make as much as feasible so they can do their charity bit. Periodically near me, all the GW stores will have give away days...for like 2 dollars a bag. so, it is not so cut and dry as everyone things. We had a protest that would directly benefit the poor in my state and Good Will stepped up and provided several hundred dollars worth of coats, dropped off food a couple times, and gave us tents and bedding for the winter sit ins. While they are fairly Christian, this is one of the instances that a Christian organization has stepped up.

[@thorazine0076]

I have been selling off and on in ebay for the last 2 years, but have recently been getting more serious about it and setting up a tracking system , especially after xmas, finding a lot of open box items.. that's all I really buy.. calculators and a few other out of box items... I don't know stuffed animals or clothes or out of box electronics, I have a decent eye for vintage stuff when I see it, but I'm learning to stick with what I know and can hit mutliple stores in a few hours. in the last 2 weeks have spent 10 hrs a week picked up 50 items all worth 2k gross and can potentially make 1.5 k net and making about $20.00 a day in net sales... I have gotten faster at listing mulitple items and even packaging as I know what supplies to use and have on hand...also knowing which items to pass up makes a big difference.. I find speed is the big difference, have to get past the learning curve 1st

[@retrorusty1708]

Hey! That’s my local Goodwill! So awesome! We shop at that woodmans grocery store too!

[@annwolf4084]

great video. Your shows are always fun to watch. For the brace, to sell it on Ebay, does it fall under the category that you need to be doctor's office? I remember trying to sell a CPAP part years ago and couldn't. Thanks.

[@Mr5150Sarge]

The cowboy lamp was really cool. Nice picks. They should work out well for you.

[@michelelara5982]

Good picks but that lamp was crazy looking!!

[@repthehuskers]

I’ve hit a few lucky licks at my local goodwill out here in San Diego. My best find was an 11pc 1980’s Ping eye 2 red dot Copper Beryllium golf club irons for $22 and sold them on eBay for $475.

[@JG-hz5kh]

how did you ship them ?

[@TheGauges420]

@@JG-hz5kh ever heard of 'local pickup' as an option?

[@JG-hz5kh]

@@TheGauges420 yes. I never had someone go with local pickup. So how does one ship golf clubs?

[@repthehuskers]

@M H, I wrapped the heads of every club with some foam like material that had came in a surround sound system I had, then wrapped 5 of them together in bubble wrap and then the other 6 together in bubble wrap, wanted to make sure there was no way they would get damaged, then I used the box the sound bar from my surround sound system came in and put packing paper in it so they wouldn’t shift around. Shipped them through FedEx which was probably more expensive but it’s convenient for me and I think it cost like $49 to ship from California to North Carolina.

[@JG-hz5kh]

@@repthehuskers Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

[@hypatos671]

@8:29 i did some research and thats AN ABSIT brothers lamp from 1984 and pretty highly valueable.

[@sidrobles6194]

I love that cowboy lamp 👍👍

[@hawaiiflowerchild3039]

Aloha again-the PHONE how cool-remember like movie props too Would luv to find any coin operated machine now-Especially a vibrate bed!!

[@shitballs782]

I love that lamp

[@valeriesrtaskey9208]

I want the matching teal vases. Lol

[@sonnypate6808]

Pete's like the terminator of resale. Goes into thrift store and scans quickly and efficiently. Profit or no profit is his goal. He doesn't choose with his heart he chooses with his bottom line. Love it.👍

[@tammy6992]

From what I understand goodwill is a for-profit company I haven’t completely checked it out but I got it from good sources

[@Indygrandma56]

I love shopping at goodwill...you can sometimes find unique items

[@DS-ky9dl]

That store looks very well stocked! I could have a good time there.

[@fractals12]

I like your NASA shirt with Chinese on it!

[@ariennelandry9207]

Those lanterns are awesome!

[@yvonnebrown7096]

Goodwill gets items free, sell them at bargain prices, underpays their workers. Minimum percentage goes to charity but their CEO’s are paid massive bonuses. Not only do they get government backed finance as they are classed as charity therefore I don’t think they pay taxes because they are classed as charity. Maybe there is big money to be made in opening a thrift store!

[@StevieZero]

That art deco plane was nice

[@MeandYouHello]

Thanks for sharing this video

[@BarefootIguana]

Great video

[@abelgomezjr.9703]

3:26 Those Sony speakers are great / great for Sorround sound home theater. I have some myself. Top shelf

[@laurenvanwinkle9529]

First. This is an amazing store. It has so many things that are not apparel related. I am super jealous. Secondly, the thrift stores around me have really jacked up their prices. It is really maddening.

[@brianlund8709]

I see you have a Woodmans down there by you. I love your videos

[@careyjohnson4143]

Great content, keep it up.

[@texicano30]

I liked that payphone great condition.

[@leehughes9341]

When we were in Los Angeles(Buena Park) last year (February 2020), we used to go round the thrift stores. Salvation Army was one of the best as you used to have back of the supermarket receipt discounts of 50% plus daily discounts on different colour tickets. My daughter brought lots of expensive American Girl Dolls clothing for a few bucks, worth many multiples of that! I only wish we had stores like that here in the United Kingdom!