I so LOVE Goodwill. do you?

I used to shop GoodWill a lot, especially when my kids were growing. There's one in the next city over, but their prices are a whole lot more than the other Goodwill in the next county. The last time I was in the close one, I saw a great looking shirt, still had the tags on from Kohls. The price? Well, the price tag said $5. on sale at Kohls, yet the Goodwill had it marked for $7! Even though it takes me an extra half hours drive, I only go to the one that's in the next county. I do like when they have their colored tags sale, everything with a green tag (blue, etc) is marked down for the day to 50% off. Some of my favorite coats and dresses have been from Goodwill, and I always laugh because somebody will always ask where I got that really neat coat.

I only recently went to a good will store and bought some really fun and interesting books. I was so amazed by the wide selection of books I saw there and plan to return soon again. I do know many people from the theater business who shop at Good will quite often for costumes and understand that by doing so they have also gotten great deals on clothing. I am happy you were very satisfied with your purchased clothing, maybe next time I visit I will take a look around the entire store.

It really depends on where the Goodwill is located whether they have worthwhile things. If one lives in a city or town with middle class to rich people in a 30 mile radius, then one has a good shot of getting some good stuff. I didn't grow near a "good" Goodwill. And for a few years my mom would shop there for me and my sister's clothes. And it was a sad looking store. But my mom made me think we were there looking for bargains. Like a treasure hunt. So I had no idea we were poor! My sister lives in a nice town. Her Goodwill has awesome stuff. She and her husband live about three hours away from me. I'd like to go to hers sometime. She donates her things to there, and I KNOW her things are nice.

I am not a very big fan of Good Will. I feel they are overpriced for things that are given to them for free and they do not do enough in our community. If I go there I just look at their movies, housewares and nicknacks if we are out "junk'n". Honestly for the prices you mentioned I can watch the clearance racks and when the weather is right watch craigslist for rummages.

I like goodwill as well. I go to the St. Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army. We even have an old store that has been here since I was small. I can remember going there with my grandmother. It is great for old books and copies of National Geographic. Its great to just look around in too.

I've been to our goodwill store, here in town, a few times. Unfortunately it seems that every time I go, I never find anything good! I have friends who brag about the awesome stuff they find when going to 2nd hand shops. I never have this luck, unfortunately. Maybe if I went more often to see things on a regular basis I would have more luck at finding things I liked?

No Bunny I don't as the Clothes are quite cheap here in the Shops and specially when the Sale is on I will buy Books and things like that from the Charity shop but not clothes, that is just me though, here they mainly have clothes for elderly Ladies (80 and up ) but I have a Phobia of wearing someone elses Clothes if I do not know them I to wash Clothes when I have just bought them from the Shop But I am glad you managed to find these great offers Hugs

I love buying second hand stuff.. and hate paying full store prices for anything. Of course sometimes things at thrift stores aren't worth what they're asking. I mean I pay $7 at Walmart for jeans.. so I wouldn't pay that at a thrift store. The thrift stores around here have half off a particular color price tag, so I tend to look for that price tag to save even more money. The only time I'll buy something not that price tag is if it's a good deal or an item I really want and can't pass up. Still, you did get a great deal on the clothes you bought.

HI BON, We don't have a goodwill store here but i would have no problem shopping at it if we did.When i use to yard sale all the time i would pick up things for myself & my youngest son wore alot of clothes from a yard sale when he was little. Sounds like u got some good deals. Hope your Sunday has been good. hugs.

Oh, yes! I love Goodwill for clothes and a lot more. I usually go about once a month, mainly just to see what they have. Sometimes I don't buy anything, other times I practically fill up the car! LOL It's very true and Goodwill proves that one man's trash is another man's treasure. Every year before Christmas, I go through my stored Christmas decorations and take a lot of them to Goodwill, then pick up new things for decorating. Of course, I keep the things that have special meaning to me but I love the fact that I can decorate a bit differently every year and it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg. I remember once finding a wool suit (skirt and jacket) that I paid $5.00 for. My mother had the exact same suit (in her size, of course) and she told me that she paid $150.00 for it! She was the kind of person who loved bragging about how much she spent on things while I was the opposite, I love bragging about how much I save. As for those people who look like they have serious money, maybe they do BECAUSE they shop at Goodwill or maybe they just LOOK like they have money because of the terrific finds from Goodwill.

I used to shop there a lot. Now I am not working and very rarely buy clothes or anything except groceries. When I did shop there I could always find nice stuff, sometimes with the tags still on for cheap. Now I just drop stuff off there, when I am spring cleaning or something. I am disabled and I don't even have to get out of the car! I love it, in fact I have some stuff to take now.

Me too, it feels like home when someone is kind. If we think about it we should always act this way and I don't know people are ready to separate them selves in groups of religions or others, cause we are not divided by country limits or even continents, we are actually all a race, the HUMANKIND.

i shop at good will as much as possibel. and i even got my boyfriend going there know. i see same people in there sitting down while someone they are with is shopping. we have a good will where the clothes are 1.45 dollars a pound. so i have gotten some good deals on alot of stuff in there.

I like going to the good will to get clothes. I save lots of money there. I'm picky and just look at things real good and see if they still look new and then I will buy it. I knew people that if you looked at them you would think that they had lots of money because they wanted people to think they did but they got their expensive clothes at used places.

I have to drive at least a half hour to shop at a Good Will store. We do have some thrift shops in my town, and two of them are really neat, and they fund worthy causes. The third one make my skin crawl. I often feel completely overwhelmed when I go to these shops to shop, because there is so much to choose from.

I think every "Thrift" store, has an invitation sign out for me! I very seldom get to a metropolis where there is a Goodwill or Salvation Army, but in the small city that I shop, there is Hospital Aux. Thrift stores...and they are always on my list of "to do!" Just recently, I walked into the Thrift Store with two items in mind, a wallet and re-upholstery fabric! It was like they had my name on them...The upholstery fabric, what I had always envisioned..but could never find, nearly 10 yards for $20.00 (the quality of which would have been over $30.00 a yard here) so over $300.00 (and Iknew that in my mind, as I had been searching for a while)...and wallet $2.00! I went to pick up my lottery ticket on Sat., and my boss said, where did you get that wallet...I told here that I had paid $2.00 it, she grabbed it from my hands...looked it over, felt it..and said, "I have the identical one..and I paid $268.00!" I nearly passed out! I found, I have kinda avoided the Salvation Armies here...ever since (Mrs. Kruger/Krocker---the widowess of McDonald's) bestowed 10 million dollars on them a few years back...the stores have been upgraded, and prices have soared! About a year/or two back...when the recession hit big time, there was a lot of news, about how prices had soared at Goodwill and Salvation Army due to the traffic increase from more monied clientele! It made me mad, that they were "making hay whilst the sun shone"---increasing prices while the traffic was there...so I have stuck to small independent thrift stores! Long winded, aren't I?

I have only been to the goodwill store once. Until about 6 months ago there wasent one close enough. I had always heard about them though so when one opened about an hour from me where I usually go shopping I quick stopped in. The prices were a little high so I didnt buy anything but its definitely worth going back. Gas prices are so bad right now that I dont even know when I will go shopping again. I'm not leaving town with gas at 3.45 and my van only getting about 20 miles to the gallon.

Hi bunnybon, I love Goodwill and just about any of the thrift stores that are around. You just can't beat the prices and many times through the years when I had to dress a certain way for work, that's where I went and saved bunches of money. When I craft I usually get most of my items from the thrift stores too, and then re-furbish them into something different. It's great fun and I just love the bargains. That's why I like garage sales too, so much fun!

Hi bunny, You got so many new cloths with cheap price. You eat delicious food. So lucky you are. A nice day you passed. Well dressed bunny will be so attractive. If possible I would take a snap of you.

we do not have goodwill here but we have shops that sell old clothes..we call it here "ukay ukay" and i do buy from there, and some are even branded clothes and i like it because it saves me a lot!