1 /5 David: City Mission thrift needs a reality check.
Prices are getting ridiculous. I’m seeing items marked higher than what they cost to buy brand new or what they are selling for on eBay. I understand the mission is supposed to help people in need and I hope some of that actually happens. But do not forget who makes that possible. The customers and the ones donating.
A lot of the people walking through those doors are struggling themselves. Thrift stores used to be a place where people could stretch a dollar. Not pay retail prices for donated goods.
What makes it worse is seeing things overpriced from the start and only marked down after they sit there and do not sell. That is not helping people. That is squeezing every dollar out of free inventory and hoping someone desperate enough pays it.
The wild part is even Goodwill is usually more down to earth on pricing. And they are the ones everyone always calls greedy.
If the goal is actually helping the community then the pricing should reflect that. Otherwise it starts looking less like charity and more like pure greed.


