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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 10194497, member: 36"]I've seen things piled in the back room and you darned well know they never were destined for the floor. Anything good goes on line, where the people they allege they're helping can't afford it, and the trash goes into the store. They used to sell a pile of jewelry; now it never shows up in my local store, and the "new " one gets some but it's all things too junky to sell on line. </p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile people blame resellers for jacking prices up. Resellers didn't do that; the greed-heads at Ill Will HQ did. Old school resellers are/were often the very disabled/disadvantaged people the stores said they're helping. GoodWill needs to change their names to something less of a lie.</p><p><br /></p><p>The exceptions to the Junk rule are things too heavy or fragile to ship easily. Sometimes. Things with damage go to the stores, and things with no resale value. That silver tea service may well end up melted for scrap, and will be before they put it back into a store.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 10194497, member: 36"]I've seen things piled in the back room and you darned well know they never were destined for the floor. Anything good goes on line, where the people they allege they're helping can't afford it, and the trash goes into the store. They used to sell a pile of jewelry; now it never shows up in my local store, and the "new " one gets some but it's all things too junky to sell on line. Meanwhile people blame resellers for jacking prices up. Resellers didn't do that; the greed-heads at Ill Will HQ did. Old school resellers are/were often the very disabled/disadvantaged people the stores said they're helping. GoodWill needs to change their names to something less of a lie. The exceptions to the Junk rule are things too heavy or fragile to ship easily. Sometimes. Things with damage go to the stores, and things with no resale value. That silver tea service may well end up melted for scrap, and will be before they put it back into a store.[/QUOTE]
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