Thanks, but no thanks: Goodwill says it is swamped with useless donations
Goodwill sales associate Candice Longley picks up a microwave that won’t be for sale at the store behind a corner of a sectional couch at the drop-off area of the store on Wednesday. The couch corner was dirty and the only part of the sectional that was dropped off so Longley said it would not be going out to the floor. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff
GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff
Goodwill sales associate Candice Longley puts on gloves as she prepares to move a portion of a sectional couch onto a pallet to go to the warehouse after deciding it was not going to be put out on the floor of the store on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. That piece was dirty and was the only part of the sectional that was dropped off. GEOFF FORESTER Monitor staff
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