Goodwill

My favorite Goodwill in Salem! Out of all the ones there, it is always the cleanest. Sometimes it’s busy but they seem to have the best selection they keep things nice there. They often have the same employees, and it’s nice to see familiar faces. Their prices tend to be better then the other Goodwills in Salem.

clean, but always crowded location. horrible parking lot. good selection of items though.

For A Goodwill it was standard to what I expect to see, I was grateful that things were organized by SIZE. (A friend told me she went to a Goodwill in a different part of the state that was completely organized by color. So, everything blue was in one spot, all clothes yellow were together regardless if xs or a plus size. Not Good.) Again, I was glad that everything was organized by size, and in a logical way.
I went in there looking for ugly Christmas sweaters for a Party; no luck. This location was very picked-​over at this time of year regarding the ironically ugly christmas sweaters. I was however, able to be creative and find two that would work for me and my friend.
Even though I didn’t quite find what I was looking for in the specific sweater area, I did find 3 other awesome finds that were perfect, well-​priced and I wasn’t even looking for them initially, but they were nice gems to find in the treasure hunt!
All the staff was really helpful, courteous and really friendly. PRobably the best customer service I have had at any good will location.

I remember when Goodwill was fun to shop at. It used to be that one could dig through the racks of clothing and find amazing articles for dirt cheap. That’s the point, right? I mean, Goodwill gets all this junk for free, so no matter what price they slap on it, they’ve come up.
Not anymore. The last few times I stepped foot in here I noticed two things: One, the place was trashed and crowded and two, their prices have jumped to the point that it makes no sense, financially, to purchase used clothing when one could just as easily head to the clearance rack at any clothing store and do just as well.
Goodwill, like Wal Mart, has their market targeted. People think they’re still getting a good deal just because they once did, and will continue to shop here for dead person clothes and dumpy furniture because somewhere, in the bad of their minds, they still believe $ 20 for a pair of used pants is a good deal. Right.
I hate Goodwill.

Usually this particular Goodwill has a great selection and is clean. My last visit here, though, was atrocious! The place was thrashed!!! I could not get through the aisles without bumping into or running over something. I also found spiders crawling on the clothes I was scanning through. Ewww! I hope they get this cleaned up and back to what it once was before it looked like the TV show «Hoarders» was needing to film an episode.

Goodwill is what it is… they have a formula and they stick with it to the letter. I’ve been in many Goodwill stores and this one is the same layout, same type of goods, same pricing (which is getting higher all the time for a thrift store).
This store, however, was very messy the day we stopped in – especially the toy/​game aisle – looked like a bomb went off over there. Very hazardous and just ridiculous to allow that much stuff to be all over the floor! The restrooms needed cleaning, the drinking fountains were out-​of-​order (and covered up with 3 – 4 blankets obviously snagged from the merchandise stock, what’s up with that?). The staff were average and that’s not saying much since it is what it is.