Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette

not a bad location, most of the staff seems to have an attitude but other than that not bad

Eh, this place is okay for finding kitchen items, but the crazy cat lady in the teacup aisle constantly playing cat noises on a toy cat for the half an hour I was there definitely makes me not want to come back.
This place was pretty sparse on kitchen appliances though, so I was disappointed. There were plenty of old stereo receivers and disc changers there, so if that’s your fix then this might be the place for you! However… You’ll have to battle it out with the other dozen older men swarming the 12 – 15 foot stretch of shelving to get what you want. Seriously, I have never seen so many grown men crowded around a shelf at a thrift store. Weird.

Visited Goodwill in Forest Grove yesterday; once again noticed the ½ price color seemed absent or scanty… in this event, green. I’ve assumed professional (ebay?) shoppers quickly snatch up nice half-​off items, that’s cool. (However, my visit last Sunday (day of color change) to a Portland Goodwill also yielded very, very few ‘green’ tags… the ebay-​ers must be an energetic bunch of motivated early-​birders.) Yesterday, finally got a clue: a cart, not full, maybe 20 items, was being pushed into the workoom next to the public toilettes. THE CART CONTAINED ONLY GREEN-​TAGGED ITEMS. Wow, that’s where the ½ price items go… to be retained til the following week perhaps? It makes sense: a minimum wage worker (say $ 10) spends an hour gathering up $ 50? $ 100? worth of items… presto, a cash register savings to the store of $ 25 or $ 50 worth of inventory. I’ll still go in occasionally, but will not expect to see much in the ‘color of the week’ for real bargains. Kinda of tricky fake incentive, takes the fun factor down a notch.