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Some of the nicest thngs I own have come from there..... New pants and I'm talking 40 or 50 dollars from the store that look like they have never been worn for 4 dollars...... Just cant beat it......

I don't think it costs them that much more for every time I have ever donated they always have a big trash hopper to throw away anything and everything...... I imagine they have a monthly trash bill that won't change if they dont use it......

I only donate decent items to Goodwill. From household goods to clothing to toys, I'll donate it.

And before I do, I ask myself 'can someone really use this?' Is it in good condition? Will a child be pleased or disappointed? (if a toy doesn't have all of the parts that matter or doesn't work, it's chucked, not donated)

I never donate junk or trash. I think that it's insulting. Rude. Uncivilized, really. And if it's good and usable, I ALWAYS donate, never toss.

Haven't found any deals in STL, yet. There really aren't many thrift stores around my neck of the woods.

Yep! I love to go and hunt for jeans at my store. 80 feet of jeans on a rack, 4 bucks a pair, I always find at least two pair I can purchase. Check out some of the record albums too, I've found all kinds of cool old stuff, and in pretty good shape. We have a semi new Goodwill on highway 94 in St Charles.

When I lived in STL. I use to give to GoodWill, but since I'm in Illinois I give to Beverly Farms nursing home. The Goodwill in Illinos is really bad I hate to say.

That dumpster if is a 20,30 or 40 yard dumpster it call a "roll off " there or different charges ,but all of them or base on how many times they or dump.I`ve worked for a recycling center.Paper,glass,clothes, cans,and cardboard etc. you would think it was a land fill, with all the stuff people would drop off there after hours. Some people will always find some place to drop off their Junk .I was also a solid waste driver for the county .you would not beleive the bulk trash that I pick up every month along streets and county right-away..If you don`t see it in your neightborhoods, It because some Counties and cities have more money to cleans it up faster..

At the end of winter, i took my daughter in there for some clothes. We found Tommy,Hollister,and Aeropostal for her. She got 12 shirts and i only paid $37.00. What a steal.

Worked next to a salvation army store 10 yrs ago and it was common practic even then to use their pick ups as a junk hauler.

ONly like half of what they picked up was in good condition. But they never turned anything away and the people knew it.

Old matresses that had rats living in them, clothes that had been sitting in water for years. TV's that didnt work and the owners knew it but lied to the drivers.

But you better believe they claimed the donations on their taxes without a second thought.