Goodwill — Local services in Plymouth

Although the underpaid staff are perfectly nice, work hard, it's way overpriced on clothing; adult tanks are $4.99, tops are $4.99-$9.99 ,the nwt selection is sparse at best & random. Adult jeans typically are placed in wrong sizes, kids 16 in adult sizes for ex. Dresses are usually fairly priced @ $4.99. Men/women Jeans $4.99-$14.99, what perplexes me are the purse prices, all very random up to $89.99 for mostly fake branding, or used bags. No chance for your re-sale profits here. Kids clothing $1.99-$6.99 per piece. Shoes $4.99-up. I have found ok deals but in two yrs of regular looking/shopping here & my experience in thrifting I would call it more boutique pricing, moderate prices for what is essentially beer budget merchandise. Some sales for seniors and random 75% off certain color tags (they pull most of the sale color the day of sale so THAT selection is very limited). But, I always say if you hunt long enough, just about every thrift produces something eventually. This is mainly a clothing store, FYI. They use the blue and white GW discount card, which accumulates points for purchases, eventually after you spend $50 you can redeem GW dollars towards a purchase over $10. You must ask for the free card to get it, they also have a paid card which offers a bit more in discount program. Not sure what community programs rely on GW proceeds here, because Knowing some employees who aren't paid fairly or have benefits I find it hard to believe actual programs are supported by a company whose employees are underpaid with poor to...

This Goodwill prices items vastly different than other Goodwills to the South. This Goodwill belongs to Goodwill Michiana, while all other Goodwills South of Logansport belong to Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana. There are two Goodwills in nearby Kokomo and they both belong to the Southern branch. Nearby Rochester belongs to the Michiana branch.

The Southern Goodwills use a universal pricing system for certain items, for example, all t-shirts are $1.99, all long sleeve or dress shirts are 4.29, etc. The Michiana Goodwills tend to set a base price for clothes, which goes up depending on the brand and the content. I'm not a big fan of this pricing technique, although it does lead to treasures sitting in the store for longer. I have seen some crazy pricing before, such as a $60 jersey and a $50 bobblehead. I'm not a big fan of having to pay random prices for items because the employee who tagged the item knows the actual price or looked up the price online, but it is what it is.

Overall I prefer the way that the Indy area Goodwills are generally ran, but I also understand that the Central/Southern locations have MANY more locations than what the Michiana...

WARNING HIGH PRICES

Positives: Nice staff, well organized store

Negatives: $6.99 t shirts with stains and holes, was only able to buy a few shirts because prices were so high, why would you have a $2.99 shirt sign when not one t shirt was $2.99, talk about manipulation. No discounts or coupons, except seniors are the only special ones, no military discount, the cashiers didn’t even know how the reward program works, called the manager to explain. You get $1 for every $40 spent so a 2.5% discount, you can’t use it until next visit, their reward program credit expires every month. This Goodwill is greedy never left a thrift store so frustrated. Just head into Fort Wayne where they have daily tag sales and coupons at 20% off.

I will never visit again. I’ve spent $200-$300 at other thrift stores in 1 visit. When you over price items means spenders like me will go to your competition that offer discounts and more...