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Goodwill Donations

Katcat1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:28:53 GMT

I have a few bags of clothes to donate to Goodwill. I called today and found out that your bags of clothes will be held for two weeks before placing out for sale. Everyone has to wear a mask customers and employees if you go inside. The drive up is a no contact matter. Hours have changed so check with your local Goodwill.

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ninjawife — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:32:21 GMT

My daughter and I brought some household goods a few weeks ago. Even though there was an attendant at the drop off location, we had to deposit our goods in the donation bins ourselves.

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kaydee50 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:31:52 GMT

I'm waiting for the Salvation Army to schedule pick ups which they are not doing in my area at the present time.

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gidgetgh — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:52:24 GMT

At our Goodwill, you pop the trunk/back open and the employee takes the donations out. They don't want you to get out of the car.

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Spurt — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:55:48 GMT

@Katcat1

Thanks for the info, I have some donations to take to them....

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willdob3 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:48:11 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
I have a few bags of clothes to donate to Goodwill. I called today and found out that your bags of clothes will be held for two weeks before placing out for sale. Everyone has to wear a mask customers and employees if you go inside. The drive up is a no contact matter. Hours have changed so check with your local Goodwill.

@Katcat1

Does that mean they don’t wash the donated clothes before selling them?

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Silver Lining — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:20:43 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@Katcat1 wrote:
I have a few bags of clothes to donate to Goodwill. I called today and found out that your bags of clothes will be held for two weeks before placing out for sale. Everyone has to wear a mask customers and employees if you go inside. The drive up is a no contact matter. Hours have changed so check with your local Goodwill.
@Katcat1

Does that mean they don’t wash the donated clothes before selling them?

Goodwill and other charities don't wash donated clothing. They don't have employees or equipment to do laundry.

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willdob3 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:35:47 GMT

@Silver Lining wrote:
@willdob3 wrote:
@Katcat1 wrote:
I have a few bags of clothes to donate to Goodwill. I called today and found out that your bags of clothes will be held for two weeks before placing out for sale. Everyone has to wear a mask customers and employees if you go inside. The drive up is a no contact matter. Hours have changed so check with your local Goodwill.
@Katcat1

Does that mean they don’t wash the donated clothes before selling them?

Goodwill and other charities don't wash donated clothing. They don't have employees or equipment to do laundry.

@Silver Lining

I’ve been inside Goodwill where the donations start before and they had professional grade washer/driers. They always had plenty of employees. Whether they still do, is another thing.

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GCR18 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:21:54 GMT

I went a couple weeks ago. Drop off employees touch nothing. Huge cardboard boxes line the drop off and are labeled. You put your donations in the boxes. I was a little worried because I had breakable items and it was a long drop into the box. When the boxes are full, they stop taking donations because they only have so much room. No receipts. You have to go online to get one. I haven't done it.

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Katcat1 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:51:31 GMT

@Silver Lining Do you think they have a washer & dryer at Goodwill? There is no way they could possibly wash all those clothes.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:58:55 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
I'm waiting for the Salvation Army to schedule pick ups which they are not doing in my area at the present time.

@kaydee50 I much prefer to donate to the Salvation Army. Goodwill has too many very generously paid executives. I want my stuff to go to people who need it, not to support an executive lifestyle plus SA picks up.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 02:02:14 GMT

I always make sure my donations are clean and laundered. I've heard of some gross things coming out of those donation bags.

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Silver Lining — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 02:12:26 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
@Silver Lining Do you think they have a washer & dryer at Goodwill? There is no way they could possibly wash all those clothes.

Huh??

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Silver Lining — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:37:58 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
@Silver Lining Do you think they have a washer & dryer at Goodwill? There is no way they could possibly wash all those clothes.

@Katcat1

You're confused. I said the exact opposite. You have me mixed up with what someone else said.

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sunshine45 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:42:58 GMT

i used pickupplease.org last month for about eight bags.....so convenient for them to just come and pick them up at the front door.

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Katcat1 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:49:22 GMT

@Silver Lining I am not confused but I made a mistake. There is a difference. lol

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CANDLEQUEEN — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:37:30 GMT

@Katcat1 Thanks. My husband and I are going to donate some clothing next week, I also think our location is drive up, and pop the trunk open and they take it out.....Good info to know though!

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cowboy sam — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:45:46 GMT

Our closest Savation Army 12 miles away..has closed it's store good.!

Sad..don't know if 3 other thrift stores like Goodwill did them in or ..2 many other new trift stores opened up and they were in a very bad building?

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shoptilyadropagain — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:12:00 GMT

I dropped off several boxes of things over a month ago. They had attendants outside as normal but then had HUGE bins to sort the items into clothing, household goods, etc. I got out and handed the boxes to the workers.

It doesn't surprise me that they are waiting 2 weeks before handling everything. I think a lot of retail stores are doing this with clothing that has been tried on.

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drizzellla — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:02:56 GMT

Tuesday we loaded up the car with donations and the place was not open. There were cones across the entrance so you couldn't go into the parking lot.

They had just recently moved into a brand new building so I'm not sure what is going on. It is an organization that is a Network of Victims Assistance.

I started donating to them because the Goodwill stores near us were not accepting any more donations.