Playing the System
Goodwill can be a source for great findings, rare objects you can’t find anywhere else, or even lost treasures. Even if it seems everything is cheap at Goodwill, they’ve been around for ages and attract many customers every day. Founder Edgar J. Helms alone earns over $2.3 million a year from Goodwill’s operations. Many people take advantage of Goodwill’s great prices, from furniture flipping to upselling; you can do so much with their good deals. But this person decided to take a different route…
By selling Goodwill’s cheap clothes to Plato’s Closet, this person can actually make a decent few bucks. You’re basically getting paid to move vintage clothing around, but hey, people have done worse things for money, and at the end of the day, you’re kind of helping second-hand store users.