shopgoodwillReviews of shopgoodwill.com

Items get bid up to higher than ebay auctions but then a few days after the sale the item shows up again. Shill bidding at its finest. Goodwill is running a shill bidding market.

First off I give alot to goodwill. I recently got onto the auctions on shopgoodwill.com at an employees suggestion. I have gotten several things but then I realized I'm paying so much in handling fees. I only buy local where I can pick up. I bought 3 different items at 7.99 each but each one had a handling fee of 4.00 which is half the cost of the items. So instead of paying $24, I'm paying $36 for everything. Its absolutely ridiculous and incredibly greedy. The site is super frustrating and not easy to navigate without having to constantly go back and start over. There is no reason you should have so many handling fees especially with multiple wins/orders. I expect better from you. Get it together and show some GOODWILL!!!!

The navigation process freezes up as you try to use or change categories on the site. I wanted to look at leather bound classic books except the site didn't provide pictures 99% of the time.

Here's the problem: Goodwill needs to hire a large number of staff to run their 24/7 online auction, but the number of knowledgeable staff is insufficient to run a top-notch, continuous online auction. The items they photograph are not well represented, from the images to the descriptions. Often, they sell damaged items, take photographs that misrepresent, and mislead through descriptions. Over two years, I purchased regularly through the online auction. When an item was damaged, they would have numerous excuses for not accepting a return. More often than not, their favorite was "Thank you for donating to Goodwill," inferring I wasn't purchasing an undamaged item, I was donating $$ to them. I even had an item that was damaged during a pick-up, and they admitted it was damaged on the way out the door. Again, "Thank you for your donation." When you donate your items to Goodwill, they go to a central processing center where they may be auctioned or redistributed to stores that need certain items. You may think you are giving to your community, but what is happening is that you are feeding a large "non-profit" with a net worth of $93,000,000. So, while they may be growing to provide programs, jobs, etc. They are also an organization that doesn't believe they have customers, only donors. And, this is why you can't find the same quality goods in their stores; it goes to an online auction that costs the consumer even more. Those who show in their brick-and-mortar stores are getting the leftovers. The way they are serving the community is costing it more and more each year. While the prices for goods skyrocket, the money in the bank for those in need remains to be seen. The poor remain poor, and the price of resale items just goes up. The online auction makes many donations unaffordable. Goodwill can't have it all and be reputable. Either they are running a reputable online auction, or they are asking for monetary donations. Or, they are running a quality brick-and-mortar that offers their best goods at a fair price. This is the problem. Currently, they are taking a few amazing donations and maximizing the profit, but mostly selling mediocre goods, pumping up the price through an auction platform, and making the public pay for their 'mistakes', all from the point of view that a purchase is also a donation. The rest of the tired, poor quality goods go to the many locations around the world, and to your very neighborhoods. Goodwill doesn't care about their customers. Please! Think twice. Think three times before buying through their online auction.

customer service gives you the run around and then tries to guilt trip you to remind you they help people with their sales. Just be aware when you shop at their on-line or auctions site that if you have a damaged shipment or incorrect items, you will spend a lot of time taking photos of the damaged items, packing and outside of the shipping box (because they want to blame the delivery service when they packaged items incorrectly). Their customer service needs an upgrade for sure

Shipping and handling cost on a 6oz package. Handling is $5.99 (i was ok with that) but the shipping alone is 19.88 by ups ground. Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley has no idea what they're doing when it comes to shipping or the are purposely overcharging.

They are honest . They are selling the same stuff every overpriced retailer is. I always check shopgoodwill first. Its worth it.

I love shopping at goodwill stores. The problem, they don't respond to calls or emails so if you have a problem your stuck. It can take weeks for them to be shipped NEVER timely. SHIPPING costs their making a profit. You can buy multiple items there to combine to save money they always leave something out or don't honor so if you think your bundling it may not work. If you get a past due even though it's their fault. So I'm on the fence. Also found on ebay check first you can save alot of money.