My goodwill gets what it deserved (not VG related but funny)

[wageslave]

I Found an old table I liked for $12.99 at Goodwill and decided to pick it up. Seemed to me to be a very good deal at that price.

Nasty blinged out cashier and her friend are busy abusing and laughing at customers on the phone and talking about their boyfriends - ignoring the customers in line.

I tell the cashier "12.99" and sort of hold up the table halfway up for her to see.

They are to busy talking to bother to look. "$2.99?" She says. Obviously not paying me much attention.

I don't say or do a thing and just pretend I didn't hear a thing. She just rings it up. I put my change it my wallet lickety split without looking at it, pick the table up, and leave.

I get a solid Maple end table for $2.99 cash.

Maybe that is fraud, and maybe it isn't. They deserved it either way.

I'll be sure to write the manager a little letter, including the reciept with the cashiers name on it and the original price tags. Anonymous of course.

[Puffa469]

They got the table for free. All you did was lower their potential profits. Im sure having those lazy, unattentive workers there everyday costs that location more than you ever could.

[Morrigan Lover]

It's not illegal to take advantage of a pricing mistake.

[AlanSaysYo]

Yeah, I see how they got what they deserved with those dumb employees, but isn't the whole idea of shopping at Goodwill to help the people in the community get jobs? Don't they use the proceeds of the sales in those stores to train people how to work and become productive members of society?

I dunno, writing a "ha-ha-fooled-you" letter would make me feel kinda low.

[wageslave]

I dunno, writing a "ha-ha-fooled-you" letter would make me feel kinda low.
I'm not realy thinking of a "ha-ha-fooled-you" letter. More like a "Do you know what your employees are doing?" letter. I do understand your point. These cashiers definatly need to learn some remedial job skills, though.

[wubb]

Manager is just as likely to think you pulled a price tag switch fraud.

If you do write a letter include a donation check for $10. That'd probably get you taken seriously.

[Spacepest]

Yeah, I see how they got what they deserved with those dumb employees, but isn't the whole idea of shopping at Goodwill to help the people in the community get jobs? Don't they use the proceeds of the sales in those stores to train people how to work and become productive members of society?

I dunno, writing a "ha-ha-fooled-you" letter would make me feel kinda low.


The employees at Goodwill ARE supposed to be the people in the community that need the jobs, they are getting onsite job training by working at the Goodwill stores. The proceeds of Goodwill are supposedly used to pay part of their paycheck, the other part of their paycheck is subsidized by the U.S. government. So not only does Goodwill get free items for sale, every tax paying American is helping to pay for the Goodwill employee's paycheck! THe owner of each individual Goodwill store is also allowed to keep a certain percentage of that store's profits.

I honestly wondered how much of Goodwill's proceeds actually goes to local charities. Since I am always in doubt that I am actually helping people when I go there (most of the staff in the stores are morons or just plain mean and disagreeable, hence them needing a job somewhere, since they probably wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else), I rarely see Goodwill sponser charity events in my area, plus my tax dollars are already paying for part of their employee's paychecks, I just stopped buying stuff from them. And I stopped making donations to them...I give my stuff away to other community programs now.

[Skelah]

lol u act like u walked out the door with rare art or something.

[Puffa469]

Manager is just as likely to think you pulled a price tag switch fraud.

If you do write a letter include a donation check for $10. That'd probably get you taken seriously.

Thats actually a very good idea.