After a break, back on the topic of Goodwill

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Before donating or shopping at Goodwill again, you may want to watch these and give it some thought:

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/Goodwill-paying-disabled-workes-pennies-an-hour/34498115754/Comcast/TopVideoClips/
and

Both articles are similar but contain some different content. Also, to bring a semi-decent amount of trolling content to the thread, the youtube link seems to contain scenes with Dr. Malcolm Betruger. Discuss.

[esteban]

Well, damn, I was ignorant about the labor practices at Goodwill.

I always assumed folks were being compensated fairly. How naive.

Sadly, I'm not surprised by the outrageous salaries executives and __________ get paid: countless ministries, charities and non-profit organizations are structured like for-profit corporations (power and money in hands of management).

On a side note: Doom. Damn. Doom.

[BigusSchmuck]

So would having crossed eyes count as disability and a wage garnishment? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus
Ridiculous.

[FiftyQuid]

Sorting hangers for 0.22/hour?  Sign me up!

Is anyone else thinking that these disabled workers are all just working the sorting rooms for 0.22/hour and putting copy after copy of CIB Stadium Events in their pockets?

In all seriousness, I don't know why anyone needs to take home $1.1 million annually especially CEO's of what are considered charitable organizations.  Shit like this, articles like this, are the reason I no longer blindly donate to charities.  Instead, Mrs. Quid and I go out and purchase groceries for needy families and deliver them to their front doors.  At least this way we know where the money has gone.

[Tatsujin]

Dr. Malcom Betruger ... sooo good.

[Deletion]

On a similar note, this piece unearths the worst charities in America in terms of the percentage of donations that ends up helping the needy. They're downright scams that play off the names and reputations of well-known and actually good organizations. The worst offender is the Kids Wish Network (a name meant to confuse donors with the Make-A-Wish Foundation) that spent a whopping $240,000 (1%) of the $18.6 million that it raised in 2012 on actually helping kids.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/us/worst-charities/index.html

[xelement5x]

Eesh, makes me glad I normally only go to local thrifts instead of a "big box" thrift. 

[geise]

This is why I stick with the Salvation Army Stores.  They are way better, treat workers better, have better prices for people in need for getting stuff, and have way more outreach.  I never liked goodwill and knew they did stuff like this.

[Mishran]

This is why I stick with the Salvation Army Stores.  They are way better, treat workers better, have better prices for people in need for getting stuff, and have way more outreach.  I never liked goodwill and knew they did stuff like this.

The S.A. got into a world of trouble for misuse of funds itself and other mischief.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/more-trouble-salvation-army-2m-toys-disappear-155110707.html
Not the first time they caught hell. Reason I stopped donating to any charities. You just never know if that money is going to the proper place.

[geise]

This is why I stick with the Salvation Army Stores.  They are way better, treat workers better, have better prices for people in need for getting stuff, and have way more outreach.  I never liked goodwill and knew they did stuff like this.

The S.A. got into a world of trouble for misuse of funds itself and other mischief.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/more-trouble-salvation-army-2m-toys-disappear-155110707.html
Not the first time they caught hell. Reason I stopped donating to any charities. You just never know if that money is going to the proper place.

Yeah but you can't let 2 people that do shit like that make the whole organization bad.  Where it's the main people running goodwill that are deliberately doing it.

[Jibbajaba]

I f*cking hate Goodwill.  It's the Wal-Mart of thrift stores, in every way.

[Tatsujin]

That ain't no Goodwill, but Badwill.

[Mishran]

I remember years ago when clothes, toys, and other smaller items weren't over $1. Now you'd be lucky to find anything under $10.

I saw an antique looking coffee table in one a couple years back being sold for $300. Goodwill is a joke.

[Tatsujin]

I bet they paid the previous owner only few bucks for that table.

[BigusSchmuck]

I remember years ago when clothes, toys, and other smaller items weren't over $1. Now you'd be lucky to find anything under $10.

I saw an antique looking coffee table in one a couple years back being sold for $300. Goodwill is a joke.

Value village isn't much better. Although when I first started building pcs they did have cheap lcd monitors...