Oh Man, my Goodwill just raised prices

**Judi Dial** · 04-21-2011, 01:48 PM

I just heard on the news yesterday that there is a worldwide cotton shortage. The interviewer was talking to some clothing maker and they were talking about whether or not they could keep prices down for new stuff, with so little cotton available!

That maybe part of why the blouses have gotten harder to find?

Judi

**Mrs.Mayhem** · 04-21-2011, 02:02 PM

I live in Ontario. Our Goodwill is equal to Salivation Army in price. T-shirts sell for $1.99, blouses and fancy short sleave shirts are about $5.49. Jeans $9.99 . Every Friday though they do a 50% off sale on everything in the store. It is usually a crazy freefore all, no carts available and long waits to pay for stuff. But you can really find some amazing deals. They have been doing this for over 2 years now. If they ever stop I will never shop there again. We have another second hand store called Value Village and it's extremely pricey.

**pollypurebred39** · 04-21-2011, 04:08 PM

Judi, I swear, I haven't got a clue. It was just weird.

**FrugalKate** · 04-21-2011, 08:21 PM

The prices at my Goodwill and Salvation Army have gone up too. A lot more people are shopping there these days. On the bright side though at least the money they make are going to help those who are truely less fortunate and needy and not lining some Big Box CEO's and Shareholder's already fat wallets. So I don't really mind having to pay a little more under those circumstances.

**frugalfranny** · 04-22-2011, 01:44 PM

Our GW prices have gone up too but not nearly as high as our
Value Village............which is just STUPID in their pricing. And now they have started the 'card thing' which I haven't investigated yet.............hate carrying more plastic!! (and usually don't participate, depending on the info they ask!)

Also, the smaller GW that is closer to my house is higher $ than the much bigger one that is downtown.

Might not hurt to check on another store. You would think they
would have CONSISTENT pricing but not so here.

**imagine** · 04-22-2011, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by frugalfranny

Our GW prices have gone up too but not nearly as high as our
Value Village............which is just STUPID in their pricing. And now they have started the 'card thing' which I haven't investigated yet.............hate carrying more plastic!! (and usually don't participate, depending on the info they ask!)

Also, the smaller GW that is closer to my house is higher $ than the much bigger one that is downtown.

Might not hurt to check on another store. You would think they
would have CONSISTENT pricing but not so here.

My goodwill has plastic cards. You buy one for a year and get 10% off your total purchases.

I would love to check out more places. Can't small city/town not much of another choice.

**MrsClaus** · 04-22-2011, 04:52 PM

Hit city wide garage sales last Saturday and checked out the Goodwill that just opened. The place was packed, but honestly I saw better prices at the garage sales. I'll probably go back and check it out when there is not wall to wall people, but I was not impressed with the prices.

**eris** · 04-22-2011, 05:14 PM

Our Old Navy had a huge area of sweaters for 97 CENTS

**Jets Jewelry** · 04-24-2011, 05:35 PM

It is a shame. All this revolution going on about going green, reuse and the Goodwill and Salvation Army has gone up in price. I could see if they had to buy most of there stock, but 95% of the items are donated. Where is the "Goodwill". One of the thrift stores in my area will quote you a price. One day it's a dollar and the next it is five dollars, depending on who is at the register. Without free giveaways I could not survive. My bills are going up, my insurances, food, gas. I could at least count on thrift shops to supply a working wardrobe and household items. I thought thrift stores were started to help the a person, not rob them.

**imagine** · 04-24-2011, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Jets Jewelry

It is a shame. All this revolution going on about going green, reuse and the Goodwill and Salvation Army has gone up in price. I could see if they had to buy most of there stock, but 95% of the items are donated. Where is the "Goodwill". One of the thrift stores in my area will quote you a price. One day it's a dollar and the next it is five dollars, depending on who is at the register. Without free giveaways I could not survive. My bills are going up, my insurances, food, gas. I could at least count on thrift shops to supply a working wardrobe and household items. I thought thrift stores were started to help the a person, not rob them.

While there may be some Thrift stores that were started to Help the person, I think most were started to earn money for a charity.

Salvation Army Thrift to earn money for the Salvation Army

Goodwill Thrift store to support the Goodwill and it's charities (depends on area what they donate too I think some Goodwills are Easter Seals some are to help teach people to work)

Some other thrift stores help veterans

I suspect that their prices are rising because the charity needs the money. It might also be because their cost to run are increasing light heat, the building etc.

Yet it still doesn't stop me from whining for a while.