Originally Posted by Roxanne
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Our local charity store doesn't even price anything anymore. If you are interested in something you have to drag it to the checkout counter and after the clerk sizes you up, they make up a price to suit what they think they can soak you for. Definitely have different prices for different folks...
I used to donate nice clothes there a LOT, but the last time I was in the back (warehouse) part of the store where the bigger things are sold, I noticed this huge machine like a trash compactor-- it actually BALED UP loads of clothing into gigantic 'bricks'. I have no idea what they do with these (landfil?) but the back part of the warehouse was stacked to the roof with them. My guess is they don't even look at the clothes you donate... just throw it in the baler!
I go there to keep an eye out for used sewing machines and/or fabric, but they probably wouldn't sell it to me for what I could pay.
they ship them off to 3rd world countries!
No, they actually sell them for scrap.
Ditto on that!!! My DH & I worked at a factory that got bales of those clothes in them and they were for cleaning machines. I hated using the clothes for a clean-up(on weekend maintenance), but would have rather used the fabrics in a quilt. The city where I used to live has a non-profit bldg. that hires "mentally" challenged people and they got thru the clothing from the Goodwill's and remove the buttons, zippers, snaps or other items and then bundles them and SELLS them to factories for cleaning rags.
Our Goodwill is also too HIGH priced for me too. I can go to WalMart, Target, TJMaxx, Ross, Marshall's, Steinmart and Beall's and pay alot less money for NEW items.