[quote name='spmahn']This shit just sickens me. Goodwill is a NON PROFIT CHARITY, they receive tax money, and their directors take home six figure paychecks. I understand the need to cover your overhead costs in running the retail stores, but if they are just going to hold back everything of even nominal value, why even bother running the stores? Just run donation centers, train the handicapped guys to take the donations, list the stuff that can be sold online, and then toss the trash in the dumpster.
Yeah, if you get something of value, you can jack the price up a bit, that's fine, but if you're just trying to squeeze every last penny you can out of it, why even waste your customers time by running a store?[/QUOTE]
I used to work at Goodwill. Boy, could I tell you some dirt.
Anyways, not all stores sell online. It is a division thing. So, chances are your local store doesn't sell online. I believe it would be those stores in the larger cities. That listing was probably uploaded by some manager who did not have a clue on what it's value was. The store may have been trying to meet budget also. Usually any time there are games, the manager, assistant managers, automatically think they can charge a lot of money for them, because games are almost a guarantee sell.
For this, it should of been put in a bin, and the games should of been sold for like $3 per game. Nothing in that was worth the cash. Plus, Goodwill is a second hand store.
You guys would be surprised at the gaming gems that some of the staff throws in the compactor. My old manager, tried selling a bunch of Sega Genesis stuff that didn't sold. It was thrown in the compacter. I would normally eye ball the compactor on my breaks, or just to act like I was working.
Some of my finds, to be CRUSHED:
- A NES Top Loader, with controllers
- Metal Gear
- Final Fantasy
- Final Fantasy II
- Every Legend of Zelda NES titles.
- Every rare Mario NES titles
I freaked out whenever I seen this. I got it all out, and sold it. I sold each game for $7 each. The top loader sold for $20. The lady returned it and said it didn't work. It didn't have the AC adapter. Somebody tried throwing it away again, so I put $3 on it, and it sold immediately.
This was a good $150+ eBay lot, about to be crushed. I died.
I've also found numerous SNES consoles. I once sold twenty atari games, for $20. We once had a donation of a sealed xbox 360 with kinect.
Once, a manager put something in the showcase by the register when I wasn't looking. She had stuck a Nintendo DS in there, not knowing what it was for fifty cents. She was an older lady. A customer had seen it before I could grab it and correct the price.
I can help you guys out with the Goodwill stuff. If anyone has any kind of questions, I'll try and check this thread to see if you guys have anything to ask.