I use ‘Goodwill’ as a verb - but I never shop there.
The guy who started it is a money-grubbing douche with a bad reputation. And they take as much as they can out of the company in salaries and perks.
The Capitalist in me says, ‘Fine. Your idea, your fortune.’
The Humanist in me thinks you should give BACK more than you TAKE in a case like this that brings you tax breaks and FREE merchandise to resell for profit.
That may be true of Goodwill's CEO today, but the original was founded as a Methodist charity in 1902.
I believe it was actually started by a Methodist minister in the midwest as a way to help struggling “out of a job” workers. They would repair stuff and resell.
Would not be a bad idea for quality “slightly stressed” furniture or other non dangerous items nowadays....
The ceos are making lots of money selling merchandise given to them for free( except overhead). Basically a stationary mega garage consignment sale.