#thriftstores — Public Fediverse posts

How a thrifting tycoon took over Goodwill in the Bay Area from an Arizona throne ("The Bay Area stores’ merger into the Arizona-Maryland operation formed the largest Goodwill organization in the world.")

My wife and others, including the person quoted in the article, have been aware of the declining quality of Goodwill items in the Bay Area for a while, and a worker confirmed to her last year that the whole operation had been bought by Arizona.

Now the news is out.

The strategy is to take the most valuable items and sell them online, then convince you to pay $6 dollars for something second hand that cost $3 dollars new from Shein (which is made of 100% Polyester btw, which is textile-speak for "plastic").

If you want something good, don't go to "Good"will.

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/bay-area-goodwill-arizona-22075698.php

#thrifting #ThriftStores #SanFrancisco #Goodwill #Arizona #clothing

Thrifty Cat is a good place to look for inexpensive clothing.

Read my full blog post here:

https://bayareaexploreer.blogspot.com/2025/06/thrifty-cat.html

#stores #thriftstores #inexpensive #clothing #inexpensiveclothing #berkeley #hippy #sharingiscaring #bayarea #california

Thrifty Cat is a good place to look for inexpensive clothing.

Read my full blog post here:

https://bayareaexploreer.blogspot.com/2025/06/thrifty-cat.html

#stores #thriftstores #inexpensive #clothing #inexpensiveclothing #berkeley #hippy #sharingiscaring #bayarea #california

My CD Haul for today. Top half of image was from a 2nd hand bookstore/music shop. Bottom half is a thrift store haul.

#CDs #CompactDiscs #ThriftStores #ThriftStoreFind #ThriftStoreHaul

I may have a Dremel tool problem. I just "rescued" another one from the local Goodwill thrift store the other day, something I keep doing. Not sure how many rotary tools (mostly Dremel, but not all) I have now. At least six or seven, but maybe I'm forgetting some.

#makers #dremel #rotarytools #hobbies #tools #thrifting #thriftstores #making