Goodwill Juanita

Prices are a bit higher here then even at Bellevue location. Layout is beautiful.

This was oddly my last stop on fish day, after my friend had become inspired to add a bigger tank to his collection he wanted to come here! I was skeptical because half the time for me goodwills are usually disorganized clutter bombs filled with people on a feeding frenzy and packed full of junk. This goodwill is pretty big since it used to be the albertsons. Everything is really organized and there’s plenty to be had! The «pet» section is right up front and has different things for multiple pets. Soon enough my friend found a decent 10 gallon tank and a pretty much full set up for under 20 $ when it’s easily worth closer to 100 $. I’m not sure if this is a regular occurrence at thrift shops but I’ll keep hunting!

I live only a couple of blocks away, so I decided to show up for the grand opening right at 9:00 when they opened. I figured there might be twenty people in line? Nope. The line was around the building. It actually looks pretty jazzy for a Goodwill store. It’s in the location of the former Albertson’s. The building had been vacant for several years,
The parking lot was packed. I thought, hmm… maybe I should come back later, but then I figured that as long as I was parked, I might as well go in. The line moved along pretty quickly, and they had employees applauding us as we trooped in. Just after I got in I saw a pair of Boston Acoustics bookshelf speakers for ten bucks, and I thought «SCORE!» and so I grabbed them and got in line at the cash register. Short line for the registers that early in the day.
I went back about an hour later, thinking that things would have cleared out by then and I could sort of peruse the rest of the place. Nope. Sill plenty of shoppers wandering around and the line was now wrapped around the inside of the store waiting to get to the cash registers.
People do love a good deal in this neighborhood you’re going to see some ‘quality’ donations.