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acrowsmurder t1_iu5d1rr wrote

Reply to comment by ItsChitznGiggles in LPT: While Goodwill is a great place to donate to, try donating to the local food pantry if you can. They will give it to a very needy family for free. by [deleted]

Really? Can you explain?

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broken_softly t1_iu5i23n wrote

So, America used to pay companies to hire the mentally handicapped. You may remember interacting with them as Walmart greeters if you’re in the right age gap.

Then, the government cut the funding. While Walmart simply whittled them out until they were replaced with the elderly, GoodWill fired them all in one fell swoop.

Don’t shop at Goodwill.

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ItsChitznGiggles t1_iu5dd93 wrote

Do you mean besides the obvious? They take donations and turn around and sell them for 100% profit. Half the time, they overprice the donations as well. Not to mention the uneven distribution of wealth within their own company.

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Joe434 t1_iu5ftjt wrote

You don’t have to be a dick about it, the person above you was asking a good-faith question.

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ShinePDX t1_iu5lou3 wrote

They also have to spend millions of dollars sorting and disposing of the tons of trash that people donate. They could charge less on what they do resell if people didn't use them as a dumpster.

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acrowsmurder t1_iu5o2ly wrote

I thought they donated a portion to charities/social programs? Sorry for my ignorance.

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ItsChitznGiggles t1_iu5obkf wrote

Unfortunately, no. I truly wish they did. There are a lot of non-profit organizations that do that that you can look into.

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acrowsmurder t1_iu5ouqd wrote

I recently donated all my old pots and pans to GW, and on the way home remembered the Food Pantry takes those kinda things too, and got bummed out. Now learning more about GW, even more so. If I had the money, I'd buy them back and take them to the Food Pantry.

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Awanderinglolplayer t1_iu5m839 wrote

You realize sorting/cleaning, land for the store, electricity for the lights, wages for the workers doing this all, costs money right? Do you live in a fantasy world where this all just gets done for free?

Goodwill takes money so they can afford to have some central location for all donations to go to. That’s just how shit works.

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[deleted] OP t1_iu5it0p wrote

Goodwill is the world's worst pawn shop. A sketchy place with "WE BUY BROKEN GOLD" in neon might give you $15 for an item that you originally paid $100 for. They will re-sell it for $50.

Goodwill will re-sell the same item for the same price, but pay a whopping $0.00 to the person donating.

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ClockWeasel t1_iu5m3d7 wrote

Goodwill lost its “non-profit” status after being found to have no material charitable activities. Your average “we donate 10% to charity” for-profit company is more than 10 times as charitable.

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