Goodwill 'pulling aside' more items, fewer good books

[thriftyinkentucky]

ok time for my pet peeve o' the day. It seems that Goodwill stores here in Louisville, KY are more and more "pulling out" what they consider to be "special" items and putting them behind the counter with corresponding ridiculous price tags. Lately they have been doing that with shoes of all things! One of our Gdwills has a whole rack of poor condition shoes with price tags of $6 and upwards...needless to say they have been there a really long time and are not moving! I also notice that there are rarely any decent cookbooks anymore either, nor childrens books. I think the book re-sellers have really had a big impact on that.....I am guessing Goodwill is going through books with a fine tooth comb to put on their website. (that is why I really had a big problem with the mass quantity book resellers that went through the bins with their automatic price checker device......apparently Goodwill has noticed and now there are very few good books left grrr)

Okie dokie enough of my pet peeves o' the day

[valleythriftshopper]

I don't go to Goodwill very often, although the one by me isn't too bad unless the item has tags on it then they mark it up.  I have never seen much for books there, but it gets picked over fast.  The Salvation Army is starting to go up in prices for clothes, especially new with tags, even if it is just Old Navy or Apt 6 (Kohl's brand) or something fairly inexpensive.

I went to a church sale today and all the clothes and handbags were 50 cents!  I got a beautiful dress and some other stuff, scarves were a quarter!  Check out your local church sales for sure, the spring is the time when they have alot.  Many churches have websites so you can look at their calenders to see when they are or I do a google search for my town or surrounding town + church sale + the date and I find them that way too  or of course check the newspaper. 

[elvisgurly]

ok time for my pet peeve o' the day. It seems that Goodwill stores here in Louisville, KY are more and more "pulling out" what they consider to be "special" items and putting them behind the counter with corresponding ridiculous price tags. Lately they have been doing that with shoes of all things! One of our Gdwills has a whole rack of poor condition shoes with price tags of $6 and upwards...needless to say they have been there a really long time and are not moving! I also notice that there are rarely any decent cookbooks anymore either, nor childrens books. I think the book re-sellers have really had a big impact on that.....I am guessing Goodwill is going through books with a fine tooth comb to put on their website. (that is why I really had a big problem with the mass quantity book resellers that went through the bins with their automatic price checker device......apparently Goodwill has noticed and now there are very few good books left grrr)

Okie dokie enough of my pet peeves o' the day

You should try to find a thrift store near you that isn't a chain.  I have a local thrift store that prices a lot of items reasonably.  Right now their paperback books are only $.25 and many of their other items don't go for much.  Then again it seems that sometimes they make whatever price they want, but it's usually not that high.

[Firekinghunt]

Sounds like your Goodwill is switching to selling on shopgoodwill.com . You can search shopgoodwill on youtube and watch the process for it -it's scary! They actually scan EVERY BOOK that comes in, and it cross checks it with prices on amazon/half.com - if it is worth a lot of $$$ and in good condition, it goes to be sold on-line. If it is in crummy condition and not worth $$$ it goes on the shelf for the customers. Any area that participates in shopgoodwill siphons off ANYTHING worth more than a dollar or two and puts it online. It really leaves nothing worth buying in the stores, sad indeed!

[elvisgurly]

Sounds like your Goodwill is switching to selling on shopgoodwill.com . You can search shopgoodwill on youtube and watch the process for it -it's scary! They actually scan EVERY BOOK that comes in, and it cross checks it with prices on amazon/half.com - if it is worth a lot of $$$ and in good condition, it goes to be sold on-line. If it is in crummy condition and not worth $$$ it goes on the shelf for the customers. Any area that participates in shopgoodwill siphons off ANYTHING worth more than a dollar or two and puts it online. It really leaves nothing worth buying in the stores, sad indeed!

Plus IMO they set the bids way too high for certain items.