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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Jim Gibbons is the CEO.
Goodwill around here thinks they are a high class joint with high class prices. I donate to local shelters.
Scott Paddock i worked at a Lincoln dealership. the “ceo” (that’s what he called himself) of the goodwill stores came in and bought and paid cash for 2 loaded to the hilt lincolns for 2 big wigs of the corp. about 120 grand. why? these guys couldn’t drive something that should reflect their willingness to actually do good will. instead they got a really loaded fancy as hell vehicle to ride around and show exactly how they feel and exactly how they help others.”others” translates to “themselves”. yep they have a lot of special needs people employed. but it’s a front….”look at us…we’re doing good”. yep…”good” translates to “themselves”.
Dillon Thompson
Agreed! A 6 figure paycheck by selling freely donated items.
I have despised Salvation Army and the Red Cross since the tornado here. SA made 3.8 mill dollars off of our tornado and by 2014 had only put $1 mil back into the community. They do have a nice new place now. Red Cross was a joke. We lost everything and they gave us backpacks w blanket, flashlight, etc.
Colleen Adams
Goodwill is great for finding cheap but good cooking items and books but nothing else on that list. Camping equipment, blankets, tools are all junk or they would have been gone before you got there.
But you forget about animal rescue groups which get hundreds of millions in donations and all they give in return is promises which they don’t keep.
Emily Nichols
Amanda Sandstedt
Garage sales are better
Screw goodwill. No way! If you need thrift stores go to a VS store or something.
As much as goodwill can$#%&!@*itself, when I worked security for them I was paid over minimum wage.
Thanks, Chris. Not everyone who works for GW is paid minimum, but most of the front-line workers start there. My main beef is that the guy at the top makes a bundle off the backs of low paid workers and free merchandise.
Love goodwill
Check out gothrivepro.com
if you really want to buy stuff worth stocking up on! 25yr shelf life! 11months opened!
Tell me anybody that owns a business that is rich doesn’t have employees at the very bottom getting paid minimum wage. All companies are like that.
Bad enough Goodwill is way over priced for a thrift store… With you posting this… Now they are going to up the price on these items… Shady$#%&!@*company
Matthew Thomas, yes he is.. of Goodwill INTERNATIONAL. The guy stated in the idiotic meme has never been the CEO of Goodwill, international or any of the regionals.
The moral of the story is stop believing every MEME you read. 2 minutes of research into the message of that MEME would tell every reader it’s bullshit, but no one bothers to do the research……
Blankets, tools, kitchen items, camping equipment, cast iron pots and pans, survival gear, crayons, hunting gear, books and games, rags, fencing items, homeschooling supplies, sewing supplies, buckets.
You’re welcome.
Thanks! I hate click bait.
Just give us a fucking list, not a damn slideshow.
We need to up vote this one.
They also charge ridiculous prices.
$40 for a VCR should be reason enough not to ever shop Goodwill
Winner winner!
Sometimes you do find some things that are pretty good and the prices might be decent ….but I’ve noticed they’re really raising their prices a lot recently
Martin Zef Rodgers
Who finds cast iron at a thrift store?? I check weekly sometimes twice a week and never catch any… but I do have a nice Pyrex and Corning ware collection from 70s and older now
Goodwill in upper Michigan I go to has their clothes for too much . But I can get kid bikes for 50 cents lol
All stuff you can find at yard sales as well.
Die hard click bait.
Stupid forum, next, next, next, I didn’t do it and wont. If it isn’t on the first click, it is bs.
Books? For under a $1??? HOW long has it been since you shopped Goodwill?????
I know I went to a Goodwill store and saw an old electric guitar there.
Thought to myself “if it is $50 or less I’ll snag that up”.
Turned the guitar over to find the price tag and choked when it said $300.
Looked up the guitar online from my phone, it retails new for $200 with free shipping!
Mentioned it to the cashier there, they didn’t give a damn!
Scott Paddock, what meme are you refering to? Do YOUR research you moron. The company, makes HUGE money, snd pays its top people huge money. Just a big scam on peoples generosity!!
Ellisha Renegar Taylor
ugh clickbait go to hell thank god for the comment section
Fk them. 6 figure salaries, planes etc…
Jimmy Cumbie…shares will be out the roof..
The things uninformed people love to spew on the internet. In other news water is wet and fire is hot.
I apologize..maybe y’all don’t have shares..
Zara Hart
Some heroes don’t wear capes
Goodwill is not a non-profit. It is a soul proprietorships with a catchy name. It is an evil corporation with one man at the top making millions each year off of basic slave labor that he only pays 25 cents an hour.$#%&!@*Goodwill. Shop at your local thrift, Volunteers of America or better yet, The Salvation Army.
No, goodwill does not do a lot of good. They do the bare minimum to not have to pay taxes & use state labor for 25 cents per hour
Salvation Army is a wonderful organization. Probably the best in the country. Nationwide organization anyway.
Goodwill is a scamming place they are higher than most dept stores
Salvation army ain’t worth a damn either