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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scoutshouse, post: 127024, member: 267&quot;]It has changed, for sure - when Goodwill started to get serious, they came to pickers and asked them to be pricers - the pickers were horrified, seeing the end of a long, lucrative era. I think they train their own people, now. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a GI-normous clearing center in Ontario (California) where they sort and price for the stores, but they also grade bales of clothing and batches of collectibles and household goods <i>to sell to other thrifts</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s pretty rare for anything perfect to make it through - neat stuff is almost always nicked, chipped or defective in some way. It&#039;s even more rare to find a leather handbag. They opened up a store that sells noticeably better quality and turned my old store right around the corner into a dollar clothing store. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s boring, but it finds do make it through. Someone asked me how I found good stuff at junk stores - the only reason is because I&#039;m looking. That&#039;s my big, trade secret <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>But I also go to two liquidators in East LA, and I never know what they will have - not many people are willing to go to those neighborhoods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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