Don't donate to thrift stores anymore

Oh, do shut the fuck up, whore.

OP, I would agree with you in some cases, especially with big corporate chains like Goodwill and Salvation Army.

I'd much rather give to a local thrift shop.

But resellers are driving the prices up. There are people who will sit outside a shop waiting for it to open and basically push people down to get to the new items.

Why do I want to get that guy naked with just his leather jacket on so I can blow him ? The 'dude bro' really turned me on. He can 'thrift' me any time he wants.

I give to the aids thrift in my town

Ooh, a 12-minute YT video!

I donate to HousingWorks. There's a dropoff bin in my basement so it's easy. It's also, usually, overflowing.

I have a bunch of stuff to donate in my area, with three choices: Salvation Army, Goodwill (brand new store opened up in a former 'Walgreeens' location) and 'Savers'. Where do I donate ? None of the churches in my area have thrift stores.

Blow by blow:

It's incredibly dull. He repeats himself constantly. 5 minutes in, and all he has said is shit is overpriced at Goodwill, with lots of examples provided, by somebody else - it looks like a stitched video. We're watching a video of a video. The host keeps promising that he will explain what he's getting at, but as of minute 7, he has not done so, in true YT fashion.

Ok, maybe by 7:30. The main point? Goodwill has its own resale sites, undercutting the thrifter/ebay/poshmark sellers. The point is that the thrifter/resellers made Goodwill get into the game.

The ka-ween providing stitched-in video and additional commentary about the prices of goods at his Goodwill, well, he's queeny. Also, the Goodwill he's using as an example carries clothing and accessories that are much better in quality and of more bougie provenance than anything I see at my Goodwills.

For some reason, he says he'll post the ka-weenie guy's contact info, and then he posts the guy's phone number?

The important parts of this message could have been provided in far less than 3 minutes.

I’m just glad to get rid of all my shit. Salvation Army will take whatever you give them

Salvation Army is right-wing and homophobic and Goodwill pays gargantuan salaries to its executives. Find local charities - just do a search for thrift shops on Google Maps. I have a National Cancer Society shop and a Ladies Assistance League shop near me and probably more.

Just stop buying used stuff.

Stop buying stuff. Period. You have all the clothes you will ever need

Thrift shops have become choosy on what they will accept. I ain’t got time for that shit

I have lots of books, CDs and DVDs I want to get rid of. HousingWorks will only take media in their original cases. I dropped them off at a local nursing home instead and they were thrilled. I took the books to the library and they loved them. I tried to donate dozens of vintage playbills, souvenir brochures and window cards to BCEFA. They very politely told me that they only accept those things if they're autographed. I threw them in the trash.

Seriously, please don't give a thing to Salvation Army.

NOT A CENT!

Eat shit, troll.

Haven't donated to the Sally Army in decades. Fuck them.

After my parents died (two months apart), it became my job to empty out their house. I filled up boxes to drop off at Goodwill, the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul and any other charity that maintained a donation box. I never felt an ounce of shame trying to get rid of stuff, even knowing the not-so-rosy stories behind a lot of these organizations. I had used all my FMLA time trying to care for my Dad as he died, so I wasn't posting on DL virtue-signaling where I donated stuff.

I went to a local thrift store a year ago and the prices were exactly the same as the new stuff in cheaper stores. $40 for jeans and $20-$30 for t shirts.

I always donate my unneeded stuff to St Vinnie, the Restore or any other place that will take it.

I don’t care if they resell my stuff. Why would I? I don’t want it and I don’t have time to dick around trying to sell it myself.

I always buy at thrift stores, too. Got a bunch of jeans for $7/pair. Can’t beat that

When I lived in Chicago I gave to Howard Brown (LGBT medical care) and now give to Revivals (same idea, raising money for DAP Health, also gay health care).

the Humane Society and the st. Vincent stores in my southwestern town are the ones that feel connected to the community.... and not the national corporate chains

R19 Might as well just shop at Plato’s Closet where they supposedly filter out the crap.

A few years ago, I read about a woman who froze to death overnight because her arm got stuck in one of the big clothes donation bins. She was recorded pulling up to the area in the middle of the night. I assume she was trying to get stuff out of the bin to resell on eBay or some other site but alas her selling days are now over.

In reference to those non-descript white box trucks charities send to pick up at your residence, a former neighbor told me if they have a small logo on the truck (can't remember the damn name on the logo,) it means the charity is in actuality selling the items to a for-profit company. The truck belongs to the company so, the items are not going to those in need.

Lastly, I read an article a few months ago about a 22' x 15' vintage handmade wool Afghan rug in great shape that was priced at 6,000 at a Goodwill store. The thrift shoppers were outraged at the price, yet a savvy shopper would have scooped that up in an instant. Definitely the wrong demo for that rug.

"Just stop buying used stuff"

No longer option

R24 Like that episode of Roseanne where she tried to sabotage the new restaurant in town and gets her boobs stuck in the vent trying to hide fish up there.

Just donate to a local independent thrift.

I’m sure they get first pick but I don’t mind that. If you’re working in a thrift shop you haven’t got much either.

R24 The first paragraph of your response belongs in the 'urban myths' thread, not here.

Remember Domsey’s warehouse in 90s Williamsburg, Brooklyn?

You could pay a fee and be allowed to access the piles of clothes that came into the warehouse before they were readied for the sales floors. This is how many of the vintage stores in NYC like Screaming Mimi’s or Reminiscence got their merchandise. They got first dibs, climbing huge hills of crap before the grubby hands of the public were allowed to even look.

Was it even cleaned yet? How did they work out price?

I still find decent things for good prices at many of my local thrift stores.

R12: “ Stop buying stuff. Period. You have all the clothes you will ever need”

Trump, tariff-proofing his economy ^^^^

Four years ago I donated 18 boxes of books, VHS tapes, DVDs, records and CDs to the local Big Brothers Big Sisters. Yeah, they sell the stuff and use the $ for their cause like everyone does. Only now they only take clothes. I chose them because they pickup quick - you don’t have to wait two months for a date, even in the fall.

I'd lost weight and dropped a slew of cargo pants in a Red Cross bin.

Was that a good choice? I thought at least they'd use them as opposed to sell them (this was right around the time of the hurricane in NC). Do they?

So many people don’t get what thrift shops are about. Making money off the shit is the whole point

OP who is the podcaster guy. How do I know him. Is he a former child star? What college did he go to? He looks so familiar.

Charity organizations should be trying to maximize their profits from donations. The whole point of donating is for them to generate revenue to support their charitable work.

The real issue is whether YOU support the charitable organization. There is a difference between Salvation Army and Goodwill, as well as other organizations that accept donations for resale.

I’m sorry, but if I do not see a hot guy, this thread has no relevance for me.

I tried to sell some brand new stuff with the tags still attached to Buffalo Exchange in NYC. You want to talk fussy? The store is loaded with dirty crap yet they wouldn't take my clean, new GAP stuff because they weren't on trend. When my friend gets rid of her old clothes to make way for new ones she puts them in a bag with a 'help yourself' sign and leaves it in a park frequented by homeless people. Not a bad idea.

"I’m sure they get first pick but I don’t mind that. If you’re working in a thrift shop you haven’t got much either"

Even when they put it on their own Ebay site for sale?

OP the role of thrifts stores is not to provide you with a bargain, nearly all of them have a greater role to fill to help people or animals and they must attempt to maximize their income to fill these roles. Now some of them are bigoted and some over pay their executives but if you have something you don't want any longer either sell it or donate it, better than it ending up in the landfill.

Which btw some of the stuff that ends up in a landfill the workers there will take and sell themselves. A friend of a friend worked in a landfill and we were in his two car oversized garage once and it was packed to the ceiling that he had brought home from the landfill. Much of it still in the original boxes thrown out by stores.

The thrifts of old where one could find a Tiffany vase or sterling silver items are gone forever. Even the ones run by little old church ladies are now researching items before putting them out. No one hates this more than me,Ive been an avid thrifter since I was 12 . I dont care what they do with hteir money,never have,but I do care that the thrill of the hunt has been pretty much eradicated. Oh it still happens,some things still slip thru but thats rare now. Last year I found a Russian pre-revolution silver cloisonne spoon for $3 and a set of Rococo 800 silver candlesticks for $20 but those were about it. Its over my dear,it was a great run but alas,the i=phone brigade,resellers and internet killed it . As an aside if you wonder who pays those ridiculous prices they are asking now ,its young people . Ive seen them plop down 100's for shit thats worth far less. To me it seems like they young have little concept of money . They havent been broke enough yet I guess.

If you’re in an urban area and you have clothing, you can dress a tree.

Somebody will grab it - perhaps wear it or swap it for something.