07-08-2006, 11:16 AM
I have encountered the same thing at Goodwill both here and in Atlanta. They wanted to cherry pick my offerings despite the fact that nothing was broken. On another visit they refused to accept a perfectly good set of weights with bench because it was bit dusty. Not caked in mud, mind you, just needed dusting. I didn't want to go to the dump again that day, so I dusted it in front of them. You should have seen the perplexed look on the guys' faces. It never occurred to them to do it themselves. Needless to say, they accepted the weight set.
In the not-too-distant past, Goodwill trained people to fix things. I guess they don't do that anymore because it now costs a lot more to fix a most things than to buy new. It all comes back to the throw-away society we live in.
Aloha,
Jerry
In the not-too-distant past, Goodwill trained people to fix things. I guess they don't do that anymore because it now costs a lot more to fix a most things than to buy new. It all comes back to the throw-away society we live in.
Aloha,
Jerry