Goodwill Industries

First time there. People not friendly I’ll go back to forth
is clean and organized. i don’t live in Tucson, I come down to visit my family and stop at forth ave location.

So how do you rate these thrift stores, in comparison to each other or just in general?
This store was brightly lit, was organized, but still had that «thrift store smell.» Prices are somewhere between Deseret Industries and Savers. Curious as to why this store has three dollar signs for the price range rating. It is a thrift store, after all.
Selection is not bad, pretty broad. The staff is helpful and friendly.
Would I return? I don’t know.

I love coming here to give all my stuff away. The staff is friendly and they always chat up a storm with me. It’s probably because I label everything and separate items into different categories, but nonetheless, they make giving extra fun! Holidays are just around the corner, so and goodwill could always use donations.

This Goodwill used to be different, but they’ve remodeled and grown a little. The staff at this location is hardly ever friendly and the last cashier I had was downright rude. Not sure it’s worth a trip across town to come here, but I’ve stopped by once or twice in the last year.
The selection and prices are typical of most Goodwill shops, but the items are a bit. well, it’s obvious it’s a secondhand store.
Anyways, better than some, worse than some.
So, literally. Meh, I’ve experienced better.

I live not to far from here and I drop by more than I should (Like I need crap like another hole in my head). 99% of the time I find nothing they sell the cool stuff on line and the prices have gotten out of control. I do find shorts and shirts for work but that’s about it, and I usually only buy them when they are on sale. Due to their overcharging I have not been donating to them, it is my little way of protesting (not tat they really care, it’s just what I do). The bathrooms are clean and for some reason going to goodwill always makes wanna shit, way TMI huh.

I like the book collection at this Goodwill. Decent collection of stuff, real titles worth reading (for my tastes, which run a little less mainstream than the usual James Grishams you find at most donation centers). Even some good DVDs here and for $ 3.99 a DVD it’s a decent price.
I have been here 3 times and with the rare exception of a cool barbeque oven oven that I got half off on a sale, I rarely find stuff here. There’s a LOT of clothes but clothes aren’t my bag, baby. So if you like clothes you really should go here for the amount.
There were a few interesting items my latest visit but just not enough here to grab me for a return visit. This is however a well placed location along 1^st and a large store and has bathrooms for men and women (I pay attention to bathrooms, mind you) and a nice drive up donation center.

On a scale of all the Goodwills I have been to, this one ranks pretty low. Although, I was thinking recently about why there are so many thrift stores in Tucson and where they get all their crap from… I have a theory, but that is another story. I have bought a few things here. For one, a leather chair with ottoman, so classic, worn in, and no smells. Hooray! That cannot be said about most of the items here. It is mostly trash and you see the same items laying around gathering dust for months.

I unexpectedly spent $ 18 and an hour here today while waiting for a brilliant shop across the street to fix a tire — a 30 minute job. This place is huge, organized quite well and has a good mix of new styles and oldies-​but-​goodies. As with most Goodwill locations, rotating tag colors are 50% off every day of the week. Some prices were crackheaded-​bad ($ 19 for a sorta-​gently used pair of shoes from Target?) while others were crackheaded-​good (quality designer dress for $ 3.99).
Wicked loud soft rock was bumpin’ on the speakers — «Father Figure» by George Michael is the grossest song I’ve ever heard and every woman there at 8:30 a.m. seemed to know the words, including the following:
That’s all I wanted
Something special, something sacred —
In your eyes
For just one moment
To be bold and naked
At your side
I never want my father bold and naked at my side. Especially now that he’s dead.
A 40-​something male employee in a NASCAR hat was whistling «YMCA» while interjecting with «It’s fun to stay at the y-​W-​c-​a.» Har har har. See, ’cause then he’d be there with a buncha ladies.