A “thrift vigilante” has gone viral by exposing some of the strange pricing tactics of Goodwill in a new viral video. In the clip, which has amassed 1.3 million views, TikToker @happyvibes1983 shared ...

Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been homebound ...

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(AP) - Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been ...

Donors are increasingly using Goodwill as a dumping ground for old, unwanted junk. Unusable donations are costing some franchises millions of dollars. "It actually ends up costing Goodwill rather than ...

In Wisconsin and Illinois, stores have reported an influx of flammable and hazardous donations, including lead acid batteries. Those items increase the stores' costs because they must be be disposed ...