are employees at GOODWILL allowed to take home items that are donated? (prices, store)
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I googled it and found this site. I donated a lot of my kids clothes over the last couple of months. Imagine my surprise when my daughters friend came to school wearing her old outfit today (with her initials still inside-so I know it was hers). Her Mom bought it at the consignment store in town. Well I donated it to the Goodwill in town, how did it end up sold to consignment? This burns me up. If I had intended for the clothing to get sold, I would have done so. People donate items so they go to a good cause, not make the Goodwill Employees money. Uggghhh!!!!
I knew a manager at a Goodwill store. The main store would get tons of donations, even new things from department stores, and they would divide these things up and send them to the different stores. The employees would take what they wanted before the merchandise went out on the floor. The employees in the main office just had to wait until it got to the store, and they would call ahead and tell the employees at the store what to hold back for them. I couldn't believe it! I know several employees decorated their homes with Goodwill donations. I will never donate to Goodwill because of this.
This is just awful news to me. I had no idea Goodwill did that.
All the books I am done reading and don't want to reread go to Goodwill. That's gonna' change right now. I'll donate them to my local library for their sales.
Some other things I donate are going to a battered woman's shelter from now on.
I am also going to check with Catholic Charities and see what they need.
Darn. Goodwill was a place I donated to all the time. No more. No more.
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I never thought about this & I was not aware that they did this. When you think about it, though, these are workers who are probably working for minimum wage so maybe they need the items.
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Yes, I have heard about this, also.
It's probably something they let workers do. Maybe because some at places like church stores are volunteers they let them take their pick.
if a person donated some collectors items to GOODWILL does the staff have the right to take any of it for themselves? or does it all go out on the sales floor or other distribution centers? ebay?
Could depend on the region, know someone who's VP of sales. Employees can not purchase. Collectibles go to shopgoodwill, listed and auctioned online.
What doesn't sell in the stores goes to the Outlet. Clothing that doesn't sell at the outlet go to third world countries. Wares that don't sell go to monthly auction.
if a person donated some collectors items to GOODWILL does the staff have the right to take any of it for themselves? or does it all go out on the sales floor or other distribution centers? ebay?
I used to go to the thrift shop for the Methodist Church and one day I was told by someone whose MIL worked there that when they are going through the donations they always squirrel the good stuff away for themselves. I noticed that many of the display tables had big drawers in them and I began opening them (when no one was looking) and often found some really nice stuff that had been put in there for safe keeping. When I brought them up to the cash register nobody ever refused to sell them to me.
It is my opinion that most thrift shops allow or at least "look the other way" if their employees help themselves to the cherry donations before they go out on "the floor".
Clothing that doesn't sell at the outlet go to third world countries.
In most regions it comes back to the regional distribution center and put into a baling machine. Then the bales are sold to a recycler.
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I donated a lot of my kids clothes over the last couple of months. Imagine my surprise when my daughters friend came to school wearing her old outfit today (with her initials still inside-so I know it was hers). Her Mom bought it at the consignment store in town. Well I donated it to the Goodwill in town, how did it end up sold to consignment?
Anyone can buy from GoodWill. Most regional locations have auctions to the local public nearly every week to sell things in bulk.How do know that the person who is re-selling the item at consignment didn't walk into a store and buy a load of stuff during their 50% off sale held weekly? You don't. GW needs to convert as much as possible to cash.
Remember whatever they can't sell one way or another, gets sent to the dump. And since GW is a commercial entity they have to pay for dumpster services nearly daily (they get alot of stuff that should have gone to the dump in the first place from donators).
I wouldn't have a problem with staff getting first choice on donations ... as long as they paid for the items.
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