ahc3
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posted on September 3, 2002 10:56:29 PM new
One of the things I like to do is pick up Disney videos and sell them online since they move quickly and I can usually get them at good prices at garage sales. I decided to start checking other places, since garage sale season will be winding down here soon. I was shocked that my local Goodwill store is charging $14.99 for these videos. I can buy some of them still new for around that price. Anyone else go to Goodwill for these, and if so, is that the going rate there? I can't imagine any of these selling for that price. The rest of the videos they were selling were between 99¢ and $4.99, nothing between the $4.99 and the $14.99 - Maybe it was an error?
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chathamsue
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posted on September 4, 2002 03:24:00 AM new
I am in Connecticut. My "local" Goodwill store charges $2. for videos. I have seen that prices vary on items (not necessarily videos) from one Goodwill store to another. I inquired about this & was told the stores are in in different districts. Seems odd to me though since the prices are usually higher in the less affluent communities.
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reddfoxx
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posted on September 4, 2002 05:31:05 AM new
The Goodwill stores in my area all have different pricing. It varies between items. I've also noticed that they have all started to carry store return items from Target and such. I asked the manager about it and she said that the stores just started to buy this stuff a few months ago. It just seemed odd, buying inventory instead of just donations.
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robertsmithson
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posted on September 4, 2002 07:35:43 AM new
I tried to drop off a box of very good hardback books yesterday at the Goodwill and they refused them after a very fast glance. The immigrant worker said they only accept "story books". They could have all be $25 list price new books and he would have said they same thing.
They accept less and less items.
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nightman444
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posted on September 4, 2002 08:21:34 AM new
I think Goodwill and all other thrift stores have wised up to ebay selling. I have noticed that the ones I shop at have all raised the prices.
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gina50
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posted on September 4, 2002 09:39:34 AM new
My Goodwill in Southeastern Pennsylvania still charges only $2.00 for videos !! 
They are starting to raise prices on clothing but still a steal !
NOT gina50 on ebay
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sanmar
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posted on September 4, 2002 09:50:30 AM new
2 wweks ago I bought a set of china, service for 12 with serving pieces for $149.99. Sold it for over $300.00. Also at the same time bought 3 place settings of Noritake "Fine Bone China" their premier grade. Paid $15.00 & sold it it for $90.00. Love Good Will stores!!
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reddfoxx
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posted on September 4, 2002 10:28:28 AM new
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking 'em. I still find great deals for resale with Goodwill. I do think the Salvation Army has better prices though. Video's at my Salvation Army last time were only $1.00. I bought an old 1970's skateboarding movie and sold it for $24 Buy It Now that night. Whooo Hoooo! Buyer even paid. Imagine that.
I do think thrift stores are more eBay savvy than ever. Good for the charity , bad for me.  My local Goodwill ladies give me the evil eye. I think they are on to me. It must have been all the women's clothes I bought last time that gave me away. Or they think I'm a transvestite.
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ahc3
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posted on September 4, 2002 10:55:15 AM new
I think it is fine they are aware of ebay. No matter how hard you try, there will always be a good deal to find out there where you can make money. In coin collecting, this is called cherry picking. My concern was that at $15, the price was just around the retail price I could expect to pay at Wal-Mart. I just wonder why anyone would buy a beat up video for $15 from Goodwill, which has no guarantee to work and is not even refundable when the same thing can be purchased new at a retail store for the same price...then again, sometimes I wonder why people buy what they do and spend what they do, but I guess it keeps me in business so I should not wonder too much, lol!
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pclady
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posted on September 4, 2002 03:57:41 PM new
Our local Goodwill has very high prices but they have sales all the time. Most people wait for the sales to buy and I'm sure items are priced high to sell on those days for semi-reasonable prices. Doesn't make sense, but that's what they do.
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gravid
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posted on September 4, 2002 05:30:52 PM new
Our Goodwill stores in Northern Oakland county MI were not only high priced but we knew from donating nice items that they never made it out on the floor. Nice stuff like Pendleton clothing was cherry picked by the workers. The stuff out on the floor was in nasty shape and not presented well.
Result? - They all closed down and went out of business last year. Reality struck - ZOT.
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Roadsmith
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posted on September 4, 2002 05:57:29 PM new
ahc3--Just curious. Can you give me an idea what the Disney videos actually sell for on eba? Just a range. I keep passing them up at yard sales.
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NearTheSea
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posted on September 4, 2002 06:19:54 PM new
I used to go to the thrift stores (Goodwill etc) to buy to resell, and yes, here they have become retail also.
What bothers me is when people who can't afford to go to retail stores for clothes, for their kids and such, used to be able to go to the thrift store and get decent used clothes for a low price. NOW geeez I would direct those people to Target or Walmart, they'd be getting a better deal!
My daughter took all her old clothes there, they picked through it, and only took: Old Navy, Abercrombie, AE etc.
Her and her friend went there a few days later, she said the price they put on some of her Abercrombie shirts were higher than what she originally paid for them.
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ahc3
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posted on September 4, 2002 06:45:58 PM new
I went back today, and ALL of the videos were gone at $14.99 - Wow! I still am in shock.
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ahc3
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posted on September 4, 2002 06:49:02 PM new
Roadsmith,
It depends on the title, and how much they charge. I've purchased anywhere from 50¢ to $5 - There are a few titles (Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, and Cinderella to name three) that can sell for $10 or possibly more. Some, like Pinnochio and Toy Story will sell for much less. What I do for garage sales is keep a list on me (very small and discreet) that has the titles, and the ranges they usually sell for. $5 is too much for some titles, but fine for others. I recently found a Little Mermaid with the withdrawn cover and it sold for about $15 on Ebay, that was a nice find!
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yeager
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posted on September 5, 2002 03:10:33 AM new
The Goodwill in my area is grossly overpriced with left over garage sale junk!!! When you enter, you notice the same things from months earlier, and the same smell of ... well leave it to your imagination.
If anything of salable value ever makes it to the sales floor, the you will pay close to retail for it. This may be sometimes 70 to 80 percent of retail. I would NEVER buy anything from them for this price. A person could go to a REAL retailer and get the item new in the box, with a guarantee, and a return policy for a coulple bucks more.
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quickdraw29
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posted on September 5, 2002 08:20:15 AM new
Several thrifts around here have jacked up their prices, which were already high on some items, then either once a week or once a month they have 50% off sales, which is the same price as before the increase. I don't shop them even on sales, I don't support deceptive sales techniques.
Everyone is entitled to my opinion.
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