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Goodwill needs to be careful here. I think what drives a lot of donations is “stuff arbitrage”. Many people don’t have the time/attention to try to think about
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
Goodwill needs to be careful here. I think what drives a lot of donations is “stuff arbitrage”.
Many people don’t have the time/attention to try to think about what potential value their used goods have. Goodwill has experience figuring out what value can potentially come from what is being donated.
If you make people think too hard about the value of what is being donated, then it may not be worth their effort to donate anything and just throw stuff away.
- rsj_hn 6y agoI'm waiting for the app that will let you take some pictures of stuff, enter a description, have it run some AI to classify the product, look at market rates in your area, and then make an offer. iStuff.
- emerged 6y agoMercari is pretty close to that. Every time I post it seems to know a good price which usually seems fair to me and actually sells.
- WalterBright 6y agoI donate to them, and I know what it's worth. But it isn't worth my time to list it on Ebay/Amazon/Craiglist and then spend the time fulfilling the order. Such things only make fiscal sense at scale, not with a handful of random items. If I can donate it instead to Goodwill and they list it online and make a few bucks, that's a good outcome as far as I'm concerned.