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<p>[QUOTE="johnnycb09, post: 127233, member: 27"]This is very true ! I worked at the Goodwill in St. Pete fla for a few months back in the mid 80s , and while their prices were very reasonable , the " good " stuff rarely made it out front . Walking through their enormous warehouse/sorting area one day , I ran across a literal pile of antiques in a back corner with tags that said " hold for Linda " . When I asked who "linda " was I was told she was a manager in the office , and had a store . This stuff was very good , and had $2-3 4 dollar price tags on it ! Another day they were unloading a complete camera shop inventory , and we aren't talking polaroid cameras either . Within a week , the huge crate the cameras came in was empty , and I never saw one out front .</p><p>That being said , with my employee discount and friendship with several pricers , I took advantage as well ( im not proud of that but I was young! ) . That warehouse was huge , and they had those retarded people back there in sweltering heat working for like a buck an hour . Even with huge fans running , youd sweat to death . My friends sister ,who was retarded as well , worked there and I would go check on her frequently , and I was always concerned about the working conditions . In fact , my friends parents finally took her out of there because she was losing so much weight .</p><p>After that summer , I never donated to them ( and rarely shop there ) again . They are a huge scam ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnnycb09, post: 127233, member: 27"]This is very true ! I worked at the Goodwill in St. Pete fla for a few months back in the mid 80s , and while their prices were very reasonable , the " good " stuff rarely made it out front . Walking through their enormous warehouse/sorting area one day , I ran across a literal pile of antiques in a back corner with tags that said " hold for Linda " . When I asked who "linda " was I was told she was a manager in the office , and had a store . This stuff was very good , and had $2-3 4 dollar price tags on it ! Another day they were unloading a complete camera shop inventory , and we aren't talking polaroid cameras either . Within a week , the huge crate the cameras came in was empty , and I never saw one out front . That being said , with my employee discount and friendship with several pricers , I took advantage as well ( im not proud of that but I was young! ) . That warehouse was huge , and they had those retarded people back there in sweltering heat working for like a buck an hour . Even with huge fans running , youd sweat to death . My friends sister ,who was retarded as well , worked there and I would go check on her frequently , and I was always concerned about the working conditions . In fact , my friends parents finally took her out of there because she was losing so much weight . After that summer , I never donated to them ( and rarely shop there ) again . They are a huge scam ![/QUOTE]
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