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never heard of goodwill bins. there is a GW less than a mile from my place. went in once and they just had overpriced k-rap and would not haggle on scrap copper/brass.
 

A few months back there were some folks holding signs picketing in front of my local GW. I stopped to talk to these folks to find out what the problem was. They were all blind and were a part of a local union/organization for the blind. Apparently there is a law that allows GW to hire workers with disabilities but pay them less than minimum wage. They were trying to raise awareness of this and hopefully either get people to lobby to have the law changed or to get GW to agree to pay ALL of their workers at least minimum wage.

I have talked to some of the folks that work there before too. I met one guy who was really cool and he was basically part of a half-way program to get back on his feet.
 

Yeah I use to shop them. I found some good items there last yr but now it is like shopping the dump. JMO on that. I dont know if they changed managers or what but the stuff went from good to terrible. Unless you buy clothes or furniture the rest is bad news. The pics arent even nothing but prints now. You use to be able to pick up a nice painting once in a while for under 20 but now they want 20 for a print. And I am talking about GW
 

Im talking about the outlet goodwills, they are strictly bins, kinda cool...
 

jerseyben said:
A few months back there were some folks holding signs picketing in front of my local GW. I stopped to talk to these folks to find out what the problem was. They were all blind and were a part of a local union/organization for the blind. Apparently there is a law that allows GW to hire workers with disabilities but pay them less than minimum wage. They were trying to raise awareness of this and hopefully either get people to lobby to have the law changed or to get GW to agree to pay ALL of their workers at least minimum wage.

I have talked to some of the folks that work there before too. I met one guy who was really cool and he was basically part of a half-way program to get back on his feet.
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Honestly this is what bugs me about liberals/unions. Lets say these guys do get a law passed that forces goodwill to pay everyone minimum wage. Why would anyone hire a disabled or blind person at minimum wage when they can hire a full able bodied person for the same money? All they would do is hurt the disabled people with the jobs. They would all get fired and replaced. Well they would all get fired and maybe 50% replaced. Sorry went off on a tangent, I don't mean to hijack a thread but uhhhhh the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
 

TreasureHunters said:
Im talking about the outlet goodwills, they are strictly bins, kinda cool...
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...Never heard of outlet goodwill's........I do know if i go down in Austintown Ohio ahd on rt 224 in Canfield ohio the Goodwills there are spotless floors shine shelfs nice and clean and stacked neat.......... But if i go up to Ashtabula county & Lake county ohio the goodwill stores there are like filthy dumps.......... So it must be the management in different areas...........
 

Here's a list of current Goodwill Outlet Store locations:
[h=3]Arizona[/h]Goodwill Clearance Outlet
515 N. 51st Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85043
Phone: 602-513-8410
[h=3]California[/h]Franklin Outlet
6648 Franklin Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95823
Phone: (916) 395-9023
Goodwill As-Is Store
86 Eleventh Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 575-2197
129 South Grant Street
Stockton, CA 95202
Phone: (209) 466-2311
[h=3]Colorado[/h]Aurora Outlet
13600 E. Mississippi
Aurora,CO 80012
Phone: (720) 748-3866
Outlet World
3047 W. 74th Ave.
Westminster,CO 80030
Phone: (303) 487-6900
[h=3]Connecticut[/h]Goodwill Outlet Store
2901 State Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203) 248-1600
Store Information
[h=3]Delaware[/h]Goodwill Outlet Store
300 E. Lea Boulevard
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: (302) 504-1734
Store Information
[h=3]Florida[/h]6104 Processing Center
2900 NW 60 St.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone: (954) 486-1600
815 S Kings Hwy Store
925 Edwards Rd.
Fort Pierce, FL 34982 Phone: (772) 461-4513
St. Petersburg Outlet Store
10596 Gandy Blvd.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Phone: 727-523-1512, ext. 1450
Lakeland Outlet Store
3033 Drane Field Rd.
Lakeland, FL 33811
Phone: 863-647-4225
Ocala Outlet Store
2920 W. Silver Springs Blvd.
Ocala, FL 34475
Phone: 352-369-3000
Goodwill Outlet Store
1887 Old Okeechobee Rd
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Phone: (561) 833-1693
[h=3]Indiana[/h]Goodwill Outlet Store-East
2900 N. Shadeland Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone: (317) 524-3880
Goodwill Outlet Store-North
8345 Georgetown Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268
Phone: (317) 876-0449
Goodwill Outlet Store-West
6650 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46241
Phone: (317) 481-9355
For all Indianapolis locations: Outlet Information
[h=3]Maryland[/h]Goodwill Retail Outlet Center
Crystal Plaza Shopping Center
12655 Laurel-Bowie Rd
Laurel, MD 20708
Phone: (301) 490-5926
[h=3]Michigan[/h]Grandville Outlet Center
3075 30th Street SW
Grandville, MI 49418
[h=3]Mississippi[/h]Hernando Outlet
480 East Commerce St.
Hernando, MS 38632
Phone: 662-429-4447
Twelve Oaks Circle Store
# 2 Twelve Oaks Circle
Jackson,MS 39208
Phone: (601) 922-3916
Goodwill Industries of Mississippi
Centre Street Store
863 Centre Street Store
Ridgeland,MS 39157
Phone: 601-991-9299
Goodwill Industries of Mississippi
[h=3]Missouri[/h]Goodwill Outlet Store
3728 Market St.
Saint Louis, MO 63110-1212
[h=3]Nebraska[/h]4115 South 72nd GoodBytes
4115 South 72nd Street
Omaha,NE 68127
Phone: 402-935-4552
4115 South 72nd WearHouse
4115 South 72nd Street
Omaha,NE 68127
Phone: 402-731-4888
[h=3]New Jersey[/h]Atlantic City Outlet Store
3711 Ventnor Ave.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Phone: (609) 348-8401
Store Information
[h=3]New Mexico[/h]San Mateo Clearance Corner
5000 San Mateo Blvd. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: (505) 881-6566
Store Information
[h=3]New York[/h]Queens Van Dam Outlet Store
47-47 Van Dam Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 392-0125
[h=3]Nevada[/h]Bargain Bin
2424 Oddie Blvd. Suite C
Reno,NV 89512
Phone: 775-358-6444
[h=3]North Carolina[/h]Asheville Employment & Training Center
1616 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28806
Phone: (828) 298-9023
Freedom Drive Outlet Store
2901a Freedom Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28208
Phone: (704) 394-6017
Peters Creek Parkway Regional Center
2760 Peters Creek Parkway
Winston Salem, NC 27127
http://www.goodwillnwnc.org
[h=3]Ohio[/h]Goodwill Outlet Store
4912 Airway Shopping Ctr
Dayton, OH 45390
Phone: (937) 781-9532
[h=3]Oregon[/h]Goodwill Westside Outlet Hillsboro
2920 SW 234th Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97123
Phone: (503) 649-5424
Store Information
Goodwill As-Is Store
515 N. Fir St.
Medford, OR 97501
Phone: 541-772-3300
Goodwill Outlet Portland
1740 SE Ochoco Street
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Phone: (503) 230-2076
Goodwill Outlet Salem
3235 Portland Rd. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 587-9760
Store Information
[h=3]Pennsylvania[/h]Goodwill Country Thrift Store
1367 Weaverland Road
East Earl, PA 17519
Phone: (717) 445-6016
Goodwill Store-Cameron
627 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: (717) 232-5876
Goodwill Fashions Etc.
2353 Lincoln Highway East
Lancaster, PA 17602
Phone: (717) 509-4015
Goodwill Fashions Etc.
Clock Tower Plaza
2846 Main St
Morgantown, PA 19543
Phone: (610) 286-6676
Goodwill Fashions, Etc.
Shillington Shopping Center
602 Lancaster Ave.
Reading, PA 19607
Phone: (610) 777-5250
South Philadelphia Outlet Store
Front and Oregon
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 755-1320
Store Information
[h=3]South Carolina[/h]Greenville Clearance Center
115 Haywood Rd
Greenville, SC 29607
Phone: (864) 627-9840
Greenville Liquidation Center
912 Poinsett Hwy
Greenville, SC 29607
West Columbia Clearance Center
1008 Meeting St.
West Columbia, SC 29169
(803) 794-2198
[h=3]Tennessee[/h]Goodwill Bargain Barn
6899 Stage Road
Memphis,TN 38133
Phone: (901) 323-6221
Highland GGC
574 S Highland St
Memphis,TN 38111
Phone: 901 458 6610
Goodwill Outlet Store
780 Berry Rd
Nashville, TN 37208
Phone: (615) 346-1600
[h=3]Texas[/h]Goodwill Blue Hanger Outlet
916 Springdale Rd
Austin, TX 78702
Phone: (512) 928-8832
Bargain Barn
2421 East Highway 190,
Copperas Cove, TX. 76522
(254) 547-8690
Open Friday and Saturday
As-Is Store
125 East Kathy,
Harker Heights, TX. 76548
(254) 699-3344
Open Wednesday-Saturday
[h=3]Virginia[/h]Warehouse Outlet
6301 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, VA 23225
Phone: (804) 521-4921
[h=3]Washington[/h]Everett Outlet
2208 W. Casino Road
Everett,WA 98204
Phone: (425) 263-8540
Tacoma Outlet Store
714 South 27th Street
Tacoma, WA 98409-8193
Phone: (253) 284-3377
Goodwill Outlet
1765 6th Ave. S
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 957-5516
Vancouver Outlet
9025 NE 117th Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98662
Store Information
[h=3]West Virginia[/h]Main St Outlet Store
1200 W Main
Bridgeport, WV 26330
[h=3]Canada[/h]Goodwill Community Outlet - Scarborough
50 Emblem Court
Scarborough, ON M1S 1B1
Phone: 416-815-4773
 

Thanks for posting that list. Just found out there is one on my way into work. Drive by everyday and had no idea it was there. Going to check it out tomorrow. :icon_thumright:
 

I've heard about these GW outlet stores just haven't been to the one in my area yet. It's a little far unless i'm already in that area. One day i'll check it out. Thanks for the list.
 

We visit the outlets on occasion.

I find that it is hit and miss. I've some pretty good scores.

My wife bought a complete aluminum Christmas tree from the 1950's for $8. We brought it home and listed it, and it sold for $159 in about 15 minutes. I bought a Dave Ramsey DVD teaching kit for $3, and flipped it for $150 the next day.

I have found that the picking there is not nearly as good as it once was. Since we flea market too, even if I don't find ebayable junk, we can always find enough junk for our booths to pay for our gas.
 

There is one by me. Not bins though. I dropped off a bag of clothes and went in to look. I found a pretty bowl and mount for 3.95. Once home I noticed more detail to it and turned out to be an 18th century famille vert bowl in ormolu mount. Which I was able to sell at a local auction house for $1600!!! Not a bad buy. So I definitely scored well there.
 

Forgot to add, when I got the check from the auction, I donated $500 of it back to the store I bought it in, cause you know...karma! Lol
 

2ndisbest said:
Honestly this is what bugs me about liberals/unions. Lets say these guys do get a law passed that forces goodwill to pay everyone minimum wage. Why would anyone hire a disabled or blind person at minimum wage when they can hire a full able bodied person for the same money? All they would do is hurt the disabled people with the jobs. They would all get fired and replaced. Well they would all get fired and maybe 50% replaced. Sorry went off on a tangent, I don't mean to hijack a thread but uhhhhh the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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Don't let Fox News blind you so badly that you can't see that these are just Americans trying to earn a living. But if you are happy trying to survive earning less than minimum wage working a job that is less than glamourous, be my guest.
Hey, maybe GW can move it's operations overseas. Then they won't have to worry about who they hire or how much they pay them.
 

jerseyben said:
Don't let Fox News blind you so badly that you can't see that these are just Americans trying to earn a living. But if you are happy trying to survive earning less than minimum wage working a job that is less than glamourous, be my guest.
Hey, maybe GW can move it's operations overseas. Then they won't have to worry about who they hire or how much they pay them.
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First things first, minimum wage laws hurt poor people. The vast majority of minimum wage workers are teenagers just starting out in the job market with no experience or skills. These jobs let them get both. However even those minimum wage jobs get more scarce because business owners hire less people. You are not supposed to start and raise a family on a minimum wage job, its purpose is to get young people an opportunity to gather experience and skills for their next better paying job. Less jobs, less opportunity for experience.

If you fall into that other category of not being a teenager working a minimum wage job, well do you think a company is going to pay you more than what you are worth? They would quickly go out of business.

If the work you do is losing a company money, they have an easy decision to keep you employed or fire you.

But you are correct, when our labor becomes overpriced, companies move to where they can make more profits. Again minimum wage is hurting the poor because now instead of a low paying job they have no job.

Obviously welfare plays a part too, since why work a minimum wage job if welfare pays better? Or even a less than minimum wage job?

There are many money factors to this discussion about jobs but that is the basics.

And back to my original thought, do you at least understand the point I am trying to make about the picketers? If they succeed they will cost those people their jobs. So how does that help them?

And one final thought, corporations don't pay taxes. Any tax increase levied on a corporation is negated by lower worker wages and or higher consumer prices. So lets say I am wrong and they do not fire all their workers, they will just raise prices on all their goods. So they are not forcing them (GW in this case) to reduce their bottom line.
 

2ndisbest said:
First things first, minimum wage laws hurt poor people. The vast majority of minimum wage workers are teenagers just starting out in the job market with no experience or skills. These jobs let them get both. However even those minimum wage jobs get more scarce because business owners hire less people. You are not supposed to start and raise a family on a minimum wage job, its purpose is to get young people an opportunity to gather experience and skills for their next better paying job. Less jobs, less opportunity for experience.

If you fall into that other category of not being a teenager working a minimum wage job, well do you think a company is going to pay you more than what you are worth? They would quickly go out of business.

If the work you do is losing a company money, they have an easy decision to keep you employed or fire you.

But you are correct, when our labor becomes overpriced, companies move to where they can make more profits. Again minimum wage is hurting the poor because now instead of a low paying job they have no job.

Obviously welfare plays a part too, since why work a minimum wage job if welfare pays better? Or even a less than minimum wage job?

There are many money factors to this discussion about jobs but that is the basics.

And back to my original thought, do you at least understand the point I am trying to make about the picketers? If they succeed they will cost those people their jobs. So how does that help them?

And one final thought, corporations don't pay taxes. Any tax increase levied on a corporation is negated by lower worker wages and or higher consumer prices. So lets say I am wrong and they do not fire all their workers, they will just raise prices on all their goods. So they are not forcing them (GW in this case) to reduce their bottom line.
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Ok, I get it, you are a fiscal conservative - which is fine.

All I want people to consider is this: Do we really want our businesses to make a buck on the backs of our fellow hard working Americans, especially those with disabilities? There are plenty of examples of US companies who manage to walk a fine line between treating their workers fairly and still being able to turn a profit. Isn't that the American dream? Or is it to succumb to the GREED that has corrupted us and turn our backs on our own people just so a few can make a whole lot more?
 

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