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Then there's a post complaining because someone who got something wasn't really "in need." I didn't realize that was a requirement... I thought a person just had to need/want the item? I used to do Cheapcycle and Freecycle; there wasn't all this drama...
Now it seems people get stuff for free there, then turn around and sell it online. Not cool.
People lie through their teeth to get stuff for free. I was selling my old iPad (selling, not giving away) on Marketplace, and some chick messaged me and said her son was in the hospital with a terminal illness and it would just make him SO happy to have an iPad...as if that story would somehow get her the item, for free. Unfortunately for her, she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer and her profile is fully open. That told me all I needed to know to shut her down. This goes on ALL the time.
The only bias I have against Goodwill is that I've found their selections to be crappy, and far inferior to competitors like the Salvation Army. This has been the case for every Goodwill I've shopped at, and I've been to quite a few!
I tend to donate useful things to ReStore, affiliated with Habitat for Humanity.
I've found Goodwill to be useful to get golf shoes. I don't golf, but I use the shoes when I epoxy coat a garage floor - then throw them away. Ditto for clothing that will be used during epoxying the garage; once done, throw them away (they'll have epoxy on them.)
Goodwill can be useful to procure old hot air popcorn poppers, which I repurpose to roast coffee beans at home.
There are too many sources for second hand clothes or other items in our area. The prices they charge are high and of course they are trying to make money for a good cause but we go elsewhere for second hand stuff. Some of the sites have been mentioned already in this thread.
The only bias I have against Goodwill is that I've found their selections to be crappy, and far inferior to competitors like the Salvation Army. This has been the case for every Goodwill I've shopped at, and I've been to quite a few!
However, at least where I live, you can exchange Goodwill purchases for up to ten days, whereas SA's sales are final. Personally, I change my mind a lot!
That looks like four articles for the same scandal from 20 years ago.
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