Goodwill

We live in a very consumer driven society. We buy. We get rid of. We buy. We give to someone else. That’s the beauty of Goodwill. You get to be the beneficiary of someone else’s consumerism. About 75% of my wardrobe is from Goodwill stores. Right down to my Old Navy down feather coat. They partner with Target stores so occasionally you’ll find new Mossimo brand clothing here. I’ve even purchased a brand new Kitchenaid food processor from a Goodwill.
Not all Goodwills are created equal. The location here is superb in my opinion. They have a pretty good sized cd, dvd and book section. Love that. Their selection of women’s clothing is vast. Sweaters usually run about $ 4.99. Items are usually in decent shape too. This Goodwill is worth a visit.

The managers here need to learn a thing or two about how to treat their employees. I come here a lot and the employees are always working extremely hard to serve customers. It’s the managers who have stinking attitudes over nothing. You can tell who is a micro manager by how much they scream and run in the back room to most likely play on their phones again.

Good Will thanks us for helping get people jobs, but fail to tell us just how low paying these jobs are. I wonder if Corporate Good Will executives are paid so LOW? Yeah, right.

Great shopping experience. Employees, especially one named Annie, went out of there way to help me.

Over the past few years, Goodwill has turned into my favorite place to shop, especially the Batavia location. It is a great place to find nice, gently used (sometimes new with tags) designer clothing, shoes and accessories. It is a great, convenient place to donate your unwanted and/​or unused items. Even better, most of the staff is very friendly, and you can always find a manager or supervisor on the floor, eager to address any questions or concerns, or to just chat with for a while. As with any resale store, the more often you visit, the more likely you are to find great things. I almost never leave without a bag or two full of great items.

During high school, I worked at Goodwill. Although it’s been years since I’ve worked there, I try my best not to donate there or support them. Most of my problem is within the donation center. Sure, I know many places are different once you know what’s going on behind closed doors, but this one is very different.
The drive thru is nice for drop offs, but inside the doors is a belt where the employees sort through what can be sold and what won’t be sold. What won’t be sold is thrown away immediately. This includes toys, books, furniture, home décor, etc. What they do deem valuable is put on carts and brought out. If it doesn’t sell in 3 weeks, they throw it away.
As far as clothes go, they sort through the stuff that can be sold and what can’t be sold. Out dated or poor quality clothing are packaged and shipped to be sold to other stores that may have a better chance at selling it.
Anything that is truly valuable they put it up online for auction.
As far as the things go in the cases, make sure you know the purses are real Coach or Guess. They will even mark up purses that are fake.
I know it’s a relatively affluent area, but the prices on brand name jeans & clothes are going to be similar to what you’d find at Plato’s Closet. Higher than everything else.
While working there, it was always drilled in my head that they were trying to increase sales. On an average day (5 years ago), this branch made about $ 5k — $ 7k per day (roughly $ 2 milion per year). The average employee made about $ 8 per hour which was great since I was a college student, but full time that means someone is making less than $ 17k per year.
Anyway, they do sell Target merchandise that was previously on clearance, so there’s that.
However, just keep in mind when you donate if it’s not in perfect condition, it’s just going into the trash.

I just wanted to state that I witnessed an argument between 2 employees on the premises. In which the one employee shoved another. I was so appalled by the one employees behavior I set aside any hope for a purchase and left the store that Saturday night in November. Apparently the Christmas season isn’t a time of cheer at Goodwill. I have also seen on numerous times, managerial staff disciplining and yelling at employees in front of customers. This to me is not a way to run a business, nor is it ethical.

I’ve never been inside, but this is the place to donate! They have a carport of sorts that you pull under and someone walks to your car, hands you a receipt, and takes your stuff. No where else I have ever been is this efficient — literally no where. It literally takes about 45 seconds! I love this place!

This is my favourite Goodwill store. It’s more spacious than some of the others. They often have brand new in-​the-​box furniture from Target. I got a nice piano keyboard with a stand for super cheap last year. This is one of my fav places to go Christmas shopping!