It's true that Goodwill stores are an excellent source to discover survival items that are on the top of the list for not a lot of people.
After all, most of us give away the stuff we don't want to Goodwill as opposed to buying supplies from them.
However, a lot of people donate all sorts of items to Goodwill and several of these items can be utilized for survival purposes and even as part of a vital survival cache.
If you visit a Goodwill store regularly you will undoubtedly find a variety of survival items at a fraction of the cost as opposed to buying them new.
Best of all, because Goodwill items are screened before they are put out for display, the wide majority of the things that are there are in good, if not fantastic condition.
To check out a list of survival items you can find and purchase at a Goodwill store if you are persistent, head to the next slide.
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Cassandra Wesolowski its not cheaper by far i could go buy new for the prices GOODWILL charges
William Tripp That depends ENTIRELY on what region the store is run by, and the discretion of the manager at that particular store.
For instance, Goodwill of West Michigan runs15 stores. Two of those are overpriced regularly, the other 13 are reasonable to downright cheap(I bought a Griswold cast iron piece at one of the reasonable stores yesterday for $5 bucks).
Now, look at Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids. Half their merchandise is NEW products they bought and marked up. All donations go through a warehouse, where they’re divided into three categories: sell online, sell in stores, and “hog trough”(that’s my term for it. I stopped there once, and it’s basically huge bins of JUNK wheeled out into the public area, where they are descended upon by packs of people like hogs fighting over the slop they’re fed. I spent an hour there, and found nothing in the thirty odd bins they had out. Everything in their retail outlets was overpriced, and their internet auctions are downright insulting.
So someone starts a business and makes a bunch of money and now he’s a bad guy. Stfu!
Well tell me were else u can get a towel for a dollar. Tell me were u can get a kids out fit for 1.99 or a bra for 1.99 hell a skirt for 3.49 and so on. Where can u get a 1500 dollar speaker system for 25 bucks? Or a pair of coach shoes for 10 bucks brand new nike shoes 8 bucks. Tell me where cause id love to know. And for the troll that talks about my spelling how dare u try to make people feel like they are stupid at goodwill we call people consumers and help our consumers not put them down to make our self feel good like u just tried to do about me. Throwing harsh words around and putting people down applause for u ML$#%&!@*i make well over ten a hour and hiring right now a cashier start out at 9 a hour so when did 9 a hour become min wage??
Bragging about making $10 an hour? Feel better now after blowing your gasket, Cassandra Wesolowski? Discussing an issue doesn’t make one a troll. I am not putting people down who shop at Goodwill, nor the employees. I shop there myself. Minimum wage in my state is $7.25, and that’s what the basic GW workers are paid here, while the CEO makes millions. If you took the time to read my comments, it was the irony of a CEO who pays zero for the merchandise, and pays his workforce a less at hand living wage. Sorry honey, if you want to defend this, go right ahead. But tell me that you can live on $10 and hour without another source of income.
Rob Clark, there’s no problem with a business owner making boatloads of money, but when he does it on the backs of low paid employees, and everything he sells he paid nothing for, then he’s really shrewd, or he’s a$#%&!@* So stfu yourself.
Yard sales:)
Goodwill is one of my best places to cabbage on to bags, knives, camo, boots and all sorts of military surplus
Not much of this stuff comes up in my area. People here seem to know the value of the unused stuff they have. The only things you really find in consignment shops here is clothing, children’s toys, and furniture – lots of dressers for some reason.
Every time I’ve been in a Goodwill store, I find nothing but other people’s junk!! And around my area, even the (way) overpriced clothing they sell is always tiny sizes and hippy looking$#%&!@* Nothing for a big guy like me!
My Goodwill kicks$#%&!@* I found 3 pairs of 5.11 tactical pants with the tags still on for 5 bucks a piece.
CEO of Goodwill makes $850k annually. I will not shop there.
Ceo is paid over $850k. I will NOT shop there.
Scott Paddock I agree demographics play into pricing. I have family in the Grand Rapids area coincidentally. I myself live in Pinehurst NC.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/charities.asp
To each his own. The snoops link I post it talks about other Charities also.
Tammy Russell yeah, it’s a bit exaggerated … but the REAL thing about goodwill is they pay some of their employees PENNIES an hour. and this is TRUE … give me a minute to find it.
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/25/19062348-disabled-workers-paid-just-pennies-an-hour-and-its-legal
i don’t know if it has changed … but that’s ridiculous.
I didn’t know about that, I know that the people that worked in my mom store got paid more then that. But that was a different state they also had better labor laws then PA.
f**k “Goodwill”. Corrupt organization. Donations do NOTHING for the poor.
Andrea Drouin Davįs
You can buy rum and beef jerky at goodwill?!?!
That’s all I’ll need
Perfect haha
And a toothbrush. Goodwill is the perfect place to get one of those I’m sire
Oh yaa haha
Might wanna hit up the dollar store for jerkey and a toothbrush lol
That’s a better plan
pallet of sardines in oil
you can save even more $ by going to your local thrift store
I just refuse to read ‘Next Page’ click bait
Agree
My goodwill is actually expensive. They had a used storage tote they got for free and wanted to charge 5.00 for it. The exact same tote at Walmart was $4.00 new.
I will never shop at good will. Scam artists
Wool blankets, tools, kitchen items, camping equipment, cast iron pots and pans, survival gear, crayons, hunting gear, books and games, rags, fencing items (the build-a-wall kind, not the swordfighting kind), homeschooling supplies, sewing supplies, buckets. Saved you eight clicks. #stopclickbait
Thank you!
You can’t afford the local goodwill here they want brand new prices for used items
Goodwill is expensive
Goodwill is the worst store ever ..that take free stuff marketed up an owner makes a fortune..an doesn’t donate nothing
You’re not the hero we wanted but you’re the hero we needed!
What if anything have they ever donated to other then their pockets they are getting to be have prices same as Walmart only Walmart it’s new
Ur awesome thank u I wasn’t clicking thru all that lol
The CEO of goodwill make $790,000 a year. Stay out of those stores! Just sayin
Try freecycle, salvation army, or church run thrift stores instead.
Not Goodwill.
Put your$#%&!@*on one page and people might read it.