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I love getting to the register at the thrift store and watching the ladies react with surprised appreciation for what I managed to find, or having my pricing nemesis at another thrift inspect the item for identifying marks and wince that she missed something. It makes me feel like a good picker. 🙂
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My price nemesis at the Goodwill near my workplace moved to another goodwill. Good riddance! Everyone else there realizes we’re more like partners than enemies. I buy their stuff at the prices they set if it makes sense to me profit wise.
They do tag sales every week – one color is half off and another is 99 cents. I used to love rubbing it in her face when I’d come up to the register with 5 or so pair of shoes with $15-20 price tags but they made it to 99 cent tag week. I always made sure to say that if they were priced reasonably I would have bought them a month ago at full price.
Today I notice they’ve dedicated a rack to individually pricing neam brand clothes. They’ll lose even more customers over this new price grab. My comment to the clerk – “Cool – more nice pre-sorted clothes I’ll be able to buy for 99 cents in a few weeks.”. Lol!
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One of the Goodwill stores in my area has a bitter cashier who always tells me things are priced wrong (too low) and calls the manager over to make sure “she can sell them” at the price on the tag. The manager sticks to the tag price, but it is constantly annoying to deal with the price checks.
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You might want to do a little experiment.
Bring someone with you, separate in the store and each pick up a few items. Then go up to the counter at the same time allowing the person who came with you to go first. See if they get hassled on prices. If not, and you do, you may want to speak to the manager. Sometimes employees act as if you are taking something from them when all you are doing is buying items at price.
If you do talk to the manager and are asked why you are buying the items. – ask the manager why he/she needs to know and if all customers are asked why they are buying the items. Most likely, your friend will not have been asked, so the answer is No – they do not ask all customers.
Remember, it is not about you. It is about the money they think they are missing out on. They have not hired anyone to do their own online selling so instead they are imposing their frustration onto anybody who seems as if they may be taking money away from them. It may also be about them thinking you are taking from others who benefit from low priced items (a thought process I still struggle with). But, if they are connected to a charity that they are raising funds for, people who are in the low income range would benefit from any funds you provide by buying the items. The thrift store managers think they are going to shut out the sellers and make their own money when actually they are hurting the exact community they are set up to serve. They do not realize that buy exorbitantly raising the cost of what should be lower cost items that people on a low income can afford, they are shutting out those they are set up to serve and sellers who help fund their thrift store through purchases.
I think these Thrift Store owners who think they are going to push out the sellers are going to find themselves hurting when their own community members can not afford the exorbitant prices and the sellers have stopped shopping there.
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I quit going to a newer Salvation Army thrift near a Goodwill I go to a couple times a month. They were to the point they were placing ebay listing printouts next to some drastically overpriced items. They were also routinely putting $10+ on shoes as well. They put a dedicated price on EVERYTHING, including clothes. So I spoke with my wallet and quit going.
Yesterday I was in the area to look at a truck, so I decided to stop by. Much to my surprise, their prices were much much lower. Shirts were $2-$3, pants $4, and shoes were all either $1 or $2. Apparently I wasn’t the only person who spoke with his/her wallet. Glad to see they saw the error of their ways.
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