The Bias Against Goodwill (vintage, collectible, sell, sale)
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Well, when everyone boycotts it because of CEO-envy or some such nonsense, what do you expect?
They depend on donations.
Could they perhaps have less donations because people have less money and less purchasing mistakes?
Also, it is a well known fact that Resellers hit Goodwill and devour anything of value that fits their criteria. We run the risk of donations being sucked up by a business owner and sold for a profit (so, it is not getting to the intended end user). Watch a few YouTube videos with people that do this for a living (a living that exceeds six figures a year).
Well, when everyone boycotts it because of CEO-envy or some such nonsense, what do you expect?
They depend on donations.
I don't think it's CEO "envy", more like disgust. They depend on donated merchandise so the CEO can bank $500K+ a year? Sounds like a dirty business model to me, on the thrift store side of things. I also run a business but I have to buy supplies and materials to operate it. Nothing is donated for me to profit from.
I boycotted them for years because of this. Lately I've stopped in if I'm on the hunt for something in particular, though they are last on my list when I'm out thrifting. I was there today and saw the same employees that were working there a year ago, and one is in a wheelchair...so I'll give them some credit for creating jobs that must not suck too bad, based on seeing the same workers there.
I don't think it's CEO "envy", more like disgust. They depend on donated merchandise so the CEO can bank $500K+ a year? Sounds like a dirty business model to me, on the thrift store side of things. I also run a business but I have to buy supplies and materials to operate it. Nothing is donated for me to profit from.
I boycotted them for years because of this. Lately I've stopped in if I'm on the hunt for something in particular, though they are last on my list when I'm out thrifting. I was there today and saw the same employees that were working there a year ago, and one is in a wheelchair...so I'll give them some credit for creating jobs that must not suck too bad, based on seeing the same workers there.
Looking at the 2022 tax return for Goodwill of Houston, total revenues were $192 million, which doesn't include the value of donated items estimated at $80 million. It operates 45 stores and employs over 2,000 people. The CEO makes $900k per year, which is not unreasonable for an organization of that size.
There is no obligation for employees of non-profits to make below market salaries.
I donate to the Purple Heart Foundation. They're mission is to help military veterans and their families. I'm ok if the Foundation's officers benefit financially from donations, as long as the Foundation's mission is fulfilled. I'd rather the Foundation have well-paid, competent officers than underpaid, underachieving officers.
They're all different I've noticed, even within a single city. There was one in Tucson that had this horrible, very angry manager that thoroughly enjoyed berating, arguing and even screaming at the customers. Really, she should have been in deep therapy, not in a Goodwill manager position. I only went once, it was awful. The other store was as pleasant as could be. People told me she had been there for years. Probably like a government job, they have to die to be replaced.
Well, when everyone boycotts it because of CEO-envy or some such nonsense, what do you expect?
They depend on donations.
No! I dropped a package off for an employee. Silk PJ's and matching shorts/jacket. New. Her colors and size. Bow and note on the package. She was really nice to me when I had loads of donations and was getting together with a gentleman who treated her right. The local manager confiscated it off her desk and his wife bragged on FB.
She was by no means "unemployable" but out of the work force while taking care of a spouse with terminal cancer.
We donated a fair amount to Goodwill over the past year. It's the closest donation center to us and usually it's just easier to donate an item than it is to list it for a paltry amount and try to find a buyer for it. Even giving stuff away can be a hassle. Someone might put dibs on your item and then never come by to pick it up.
Our Goodwill seems to be well run, I have both donated and shopped there and never had a problem.
If they choose to place an item on Goodwill.com and they want to deal with the logistics of selling and shipping it - more power to them. I do not.
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