Local Goodwill sale sucks!

[ahardb0dy]

If I went to a goodwill and saw an item at one price and they were having a sale the next day and than on the next day the item was priced higher than it was previously, I would complain on the spot and threaten to call the newspapers on them trying to rip off the consumers!!!!

Ira, if you used a strong wood, ran the grain longways for strength maybe a coat or two of clear might work

 

[el cad]

The two Goodwills I frequent in Baltimore County are very cheap on electronics. Most BBXs have been$5 to $40. I got a 1970s GE AM/FM 9V for the wife at one of the Goodwills for 75 cents, it is a real good tuner. It is pretty rare for them to have anything good though. I went to one this week and no radios at all and just one weird Monkey Wards receiver that had a built in 8 track and a joystick that was a combo fader/balance speaker control. I almost bought it, but I don't really need any more receivers, since I recently kick that habit. It was either 12 or 21 dollars.

Mostly the Goodwill electronics area is full of VCRs, cheapo Speakers and small TVs. Oh and of course all those fad food prep toys like quesadila makers, smoothie or schmore makers, and tea brewers. I go mainly for the Target video game discards they have every so often. The games are $10 mostly.

I have stopped by Salvation Army near here a few times and have never wanted anything or the price was way high or was completely broken, There was one near York, PA that always had some cool random stuff but I never got anything. Mostly old video game stuff though.

 

[monchito]

i already told ira to check the storage place for some nib m90

 

[ahardb0dy]

Ramon, are you trying to say Ira's storage looks like the inside of a certain bus drivers house??

 

[ViennaSound]

The last charity shop i went to was age concern,i got a mint Sharp GF9500 with origonal vintage mains lead for £5,but i'm with you,the prices of some other stuff they sell,they'r in cloud nine with there prices

Also the GF7500 i saved a few minutes before dumping.
This one was luck, i got it for 3euros.
First he wanted over 20 for it....

 

[retrohead]

try a jvc 3060uk tv box for £50????? i bagged it in the end for £3 when i made them come to their sences a bit as for what im going to do with it?burn the bloody thing i think nah its ok,good sound and tape working at least

 

[bill]

Thrift stores hold the upper hand when it comes to electronic now. They get the stuff for free. They put a dream price on the stuff knowing even if they dont sell it they can put it on a pallet with all the other electronics they can't sell and ship it to the ahem recycling depot where they pay a flat rate for the stuff. A interesting tidbit value village actually gives less than two percent of its profits to charity. That's correct less than two percent. It is a pretty common thing in the thrift store world. A lot of thrift stores also are now checking prices on electronics using eBay and other online stuff. They are completely nuts with some of the prices they are asking. Every now and then I still manage to find a gem but not so much anymore. I seem to think the last real scoop I got from a thrift store was a pair of 1960s sunglasses that are worth a nice bit of scratch. Sadly as with everything I find I enjoy them to much to sell them. Many thrift stores will take offers if you ask. Some of them won't but at least you can ask. I will never donate anything to any of the mainstream thrift store chains knowing they give 2 percent of profits,

 

[bill]

That's true in large part bill but I'll restate wouldn't it be better to sell everything at a low price than to sell almost nothing at higher prices even if your trying to maximize profits as you surmise? That's whats happening at my local Goodwill, they are hardly selling any of their electronics because prices are to high then when the shelves over flow every month they clear em out and throw it all away. How does this help any part of the system? They aren't making money, useable items aren't getting passed on to someone else and the land fills are filling up quicker because this stuff is heading out to the garbage.

Oh I agree inventory turns are what should be important in that game. I also think its pretty lame that most of them send the old tvs right to the recyclers now. I mean instead of asking 200 dollars for a fifteen year old 37 inch tv they should ask maybe 20 . I see more and more regular people shopping at thrift stores now. Its a really wierd thing actually. I mean with housing here soaring and gasoline around 5.50 a gallon no ones got any money. So they know people will pay 40 bucks for a used VCR. It all comes down to greed really. One glimmer of light are the free stores opening up here. That's right stores where things are free. I agree tho if I was operating a thrift store I would rather have things turn over fast for some money than storing it on shelf space at a exorbitant dream price. Thrift stores for me have become a quick in and out. No radios or bikes I'm out. Most of the stuff is as costly as new stuff from the sears clearance outlet now. It's a joke really.

 

[stereomann]

I went to a thrift store a few weeks ago
& they had a 1980's fisher vcr for $20 that did not even play a tape
i wanted to buy it to fix another vcr i had so i asked the manager if they would go down on the price
she said ok but you can not return it i said ok if it;s a good price i'll buy it
than she said 14.95 & i said no way

$5 off for a vcr that does not even work how dumb is that
at $15 it was still not a good deal i dont know what these people are thinking

i have found a few 80's boomboxes in the past but i have not seen any for a while now mostly late 90's early 00 ones