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Here in SW Florida the Goodwill stores will ask you “would you like to round up to the next dollar” when you are checking out. So if your total is $21.11 for example, they will ask if you’d like to round that up to $22.00.
Amazingly a lot of people say yes! Hello....more free money for Goodwill, since their items are donated in the 1st place. What a SCAM!! Add all this change up after a week’s time and it has to be significant. Is this practice happening in other areas of the country?
I shop at Goodwill, and have noticed they rarely do that, but sometimes. Maybe it depends on the employee or they have timed cycles where they do that.
Goodwill Industries does a lot of good - I don't begrudge them my half dollar when I check out. If it bothers you, just decline.
It's not just Goodwill, many places do this now. Would you like to round up to the next dollar with the proceeds going to XXXXXX charity? No is my answer every single time.
Most Goodwill's ask that question, you can decline, the extra few cents goes into their charity fund to help the needy.
If you don't want to help the needy then why are you shopping at Goodwill?
I bought something at Goodwill today. They asked if I wanted to round my change up to the next dollar to help their adult education program. I said no thanks, handed the man my money, and went on about my day.
I didn't think it was anything I needed to get worked up over.
If it's a charity shop that I support, I say yes or tell them to keep the change. I'm not sure exactly what Goodwill does that qualifies it as a charity. Willing to learn though.
If you don't want to help the needy then why are you shopping at Goodwill?
A lot of us shop at Goodwill because WE are needy. And if they don't stop raising their prices, they are going to price themselves out of the second-hand market.
I barely go into mine here in my town anymore. Prices are getting silly. Too much Target "new" junk, often priced higher than Target was trying to get for it on clearance. And the donated items they get for free? Old, scuffed shoes for $10 and up, used shirts for $5 and up, nope. I won't even donate to them any more. They used to at least give you a discount coupon to use in the store for your donation, but they have gotten too stingy for that.
Maybe not all the Goodwills are like this. But if I do go, I never round up. I worked at a department store that was doing this and none of us ever got a clear idea of where exactly the "rounded up" money was going.
I prefer to shop the church direct-charity and mission thrift stores where I know they are actually putting people from bad situations to work, because I can see it.
They have been doing that for yrs. - just like grocery stores asking about donating........... you either say yes or no.
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